Covid: Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival finds a way to keep making the music – Steve Cardownie

It’s good to see that the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival is not taking the Covid-19 social distancing regulations lying down and that a weekend celebration of Scottish jazz and blues is planned for next month.
Mezcla and Blue Boar Brass are among the performers taking part in the online Edinburgh Jazz and Blues FestivalMezcla and Blue Boar Brass are among the performers taking part in the online Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival
Mezcla and Blue Boar Brass are among the performers taking part in the online Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival

Pay per view performances (a tenner) will hit our online screens from 3 to 6 December featuring four exclusive concerts, showcasing some of the best that Scotland has to offer.

As a former board member of the festival, I am heartened to see that the hard work is still continuing and that jazz and blues enthusiasts will not be completely deprived of their preferred diet of live music.

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Blues giants such as John Mayall, Alexis Korner and BB King as well as bands such as Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack, Ten Years After and Taste fuelled my youthful concert attendance back in the day but I will always be grateful to the festival for providing me with the opportunity to see Eric Burdon giving it laldy singing “House Of The Rising Sun” at The Queen’s Hall.

The Edinburgh International Jazz and Blues Festival is an annual music extravaganza that attracts singers and musicians from throughout the world, building up considerable audiences of international visitors in the process.

It is an integral part of Edinburgh’s festival programme and, like the other festivals, plays a huge role in boosting the city’s cultural scene and international profile and I am confident that the current board of directors will strive to maintain that position

Let’s hope that it will make a full return worth waiting for very soon!

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