Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival 2009

The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival 2009 takes place from Friday 31st July until Sunday 9th August at various venues around Edinburgh.

Now in its 31st year the festival offers a host of concerts, club gigs, jam sessions, street parties and events.

The programme is as follows:
Friday: My Funny Valentine, Sinne Eeg, Fat Sams Band, George Penman Jazzmen, Roy Hargrove Quintet, Alyn Cosker Trio, Joe Acheson Quartet, and Atomic Bosco.
Saturday: Mardi Gras, Tam White, Lisa Mills, the Sermon Organ Trio, Angie King, Diplomats of Jazz, the Criterion Parade Band, Makoto Ozone and No Name Horses, Enrico Pieranunzi Trio, Phil Mason New Orleans All Stars, Tricia Boutte with Kenny Mylne All Stars, My Funny Valentine, Colin Steele and Robert Pettigrew, Eric Burdon and The Animals, Doky/Ozone/Johansen/Smith, Tom Gordon Mirror Image, and Hamish Stuart Band.
Sunday: Jazz On A Summer's Day, Todd Gordon. Edinburgh Schools Jazz Orchestra, Forth Valley Chorus, Mike Hart's Society Syncopators, Tricia Boutte, The Criterion Parade Band, The Squadronaires, Grassmarket Sunday Market, KBB Big Band from Alesund in Norway, Polich Krakow band and Rosy Blue Duo, Scotsman Talk: Chet Baker, Let's Get Lost, Gospel Concert with Tricia Boutte, Morten Gunnar Larsen, Enrico Pieranunzi Plays Scarlatti, Courtney Pine, My Funny Valentine, Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hellraisers, Ryan Kisor Quintet, Edith Budge, Dick Hyman Piano Legends With Chris Hopkins and Bernd Lhotsky, The Thing.
Monday: Scotsman Talk: Morten Gunnar Larsen: Stride and Ragtime Piano, easide Skiffle with Eric Wales and Jerry O'Regan, Hamish McGregor, and Ken Ford, Joe Temperley Quartet with special guest Carl Majeau, Jacques Loussier Trio, Phil Bancroft - Home, Small As The World, Batchelors Of Jazz, Echoes of Swing + Creole Clarinets, Stanton Moore Trio, Rosendal, Ankarfeldt, Templeton.
Tuesday: Spirits of Rhythm and Thomas l'Etienne, Ken Mathieson Classic Jazz Orchestra with guest Alan Barnes, Todd Gordon with special guest Clare Teal, Les Doigts De L'Homme, Blues Night at the Minto: Blue Hyenas and Missing Cat, Dick Hyman European All Stars, Hot Club Of Cowtown, Carl Majeau.
Wednesday: Swing 2009 with Dick Lee, Stephen Coutts, John Russell, and Roy Percy, Edinburgh Jazz Festival Orchestra Plays Duke Ellington, Dick Hyman: Harpsichord Swing, Bill Salmond's Louisiana Ragtime Band, Haftor Medboe Group, Martin Taylor/Sylvain Luc – Double Standards, Elephant9, Sophia Domancich Trio + Sophia Domancich/Raymond MacDonald, Jam Session with Bill Kyle.
Thursday: Joe Gordon's Ragtime Banjos, Tommy Smith & Jacob Karlzon, Moishe's Bagel, Paris Washboard + Mike Hart's Society Syncopators, Jeremy Monteiro: Singapore Swing, Niki King sings Billie Holiday, Melting Pot, Brass Jaw, Jam Session with Bill Kyle.
Friday: Havana Swing, Napier University Jazz Summer School, Words and Music of Cool America with Don Paterson, Patrick Kunka Band, Loren Stillman/Kevin Mackenzie Quartet, Barbara Morrison, Fat Sams Band, Dave Donohoe Band, Jack Bruce, Robin Trower & Gary Husband + support, Colin Steele's Stramash, Ibrahim Electric, Jam Session with Bill Kyle.
Saturday: Lightnin' Willie And The Poor Boys, Lyndon Anderson Band, and Al Hughes, Stu Brown's Raymond Scott Project, Tommy Smith Youth Jazz Orchestra, Konrad Wiszniewski Quartet, Barbara Morrison, Edinburgh Jazz Festival Orchestra Director: Dave Milligan with Annie Grace, Corrina Hewat and Karine Polwart, Carol Kidd, Maggie Bell, Miller Anderson, Zoot Money, Colin Hodgkinson, Colin Allen: The British Blues Quintet, Blues N'Trouble, Ibrahim Electric, Baptiste Trotignon, Jam Session with Bill Kyle.
Sunday: Otis Grand Blues Combo, Gerry Jablonski Blues Project, Black Smoke Blues, Barbara Morrison, Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, and Graeme Stephen Sextet.

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