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Jazz Festival kicks off Edinburgh’s culture month

By | Published on Monday 2 August 2010

The Edinburgh Festival 2010, the world’s largest cultural festival, kicked off on Friday with the first of the various festivals that make up the wider event – the Jazz & Blues Festival – getting under way with another ten days of, well, jazz mainly. And blues too. And very fine jazz and blues at that.

The chief jazz man of CMU’s sister media ThreeWeeks, the biggest reviewer at the Edinburgh Festival, Tom Bragg has picked out ten artists playing at the Jazz Festival this year that he and his team reckon are definitely worth looking up. And to get you in the mood he’s even compiled a special download album featuring a track from each of them. Says Tom: “Putting together a playlist of music from some our favourite artists at the Jazz Festival is just our way of bringing this – the first of Edinburgh’s August festivals – to life online, and letting ticket buyers try before they buy with our gig recommendations”.

“For those involved in the bigger Edinburgh Fringe Festival [which opens on Wednesday]”, he continues, “this coming week – with all its get-ins and previews – can be extra busy, but it is definitely worth squeezing a couple of hours into your schedule to take in a bit of the Jazz Festival. In amongst the jazz programme are a few of the best performers you’ll see in Edinburgh during the entire festival, so you’d be a fool not to find the time to dip in and see what’s on offer”.

Tom’s 2010 Jazz Festival selection includes TJ Johnson, Eric Alexander, NeWt, China Moses and GOL.

The Jazz Festival runs until 8 Aug alongside the Edinburgh Fringe’s preview week. You can check out Tom’s recommendations and download his preview album at www.ThreeWeeks.co.uk/jazzalbum. There is more about the Jazz Festival at www.edinburghjazzfestival.com.



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