Playing catch up with my blog entries.
The Edinburgh International Jazz and Blues Festival was held at the end of July/beginning of August. Due to commitments (mainly goingon holiday), I was only able to go to three things in this years festival.
The first gig was Roy Hargrove at the Queen's Hall - enjoyed this gig - I wasn't sure what it was going to be like, as I hadn't heard a lot of Roy Hargrove's recordings. Really enjoyed it though - especially the piano playing of Jonathan Batiste. The support act was Brian Kellock. The only criticism of this gig was that there were no Roy Hargrove cd's for sale.
The second thing was a narrative play based on the life of Chet Baker. Mike Marran narrated the play, with Edinburgh's Colin Steele playing the trumpet through the show. Only criticism was the length of the performance - just under an hour - felt it was a bit short (especially when it was advertised as being in the region of 1 hour 15 minutes.
The last thing in this year's festival was Courtney Pine's Tradition in Transition. Again this concert was held in the Queen's Hall. This was the best performance by Courtney Pine that I have seen for a while - the last couple of times that I have seen him, he has seemed to be lacking in the on stage presence that he normally has. This performance was extremely lively, and Courtney and his band seemed to be genuinely enjoying themselves - even my good friend Mr Hay was seen to be quietly grooving at one point (he would probably deny that). CD's were on sale at this gig, and I purchased Courtney's latest disc, and Cameron Pierre's latest - both artists signed the discs and were quite chatty when meeting the purchasers.
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