Edinburgh Festival

Scottish Jazz Expo at the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival

  • Source: Edinburgh Festival Guide
  • Date: 13 July 2009 (updated 21 Jul 2009)
  • Written by: Kenny Mathieson
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This article is from 2009.

Konrad Wiszniewski

New bands and fresh collaborations brim to the surface with national pride

Like the Homegrown weekend at the Glasgow Jazz Festival, the Scottish Jazz Expo is aimed at raising the profile of our country's musicians. This year’s programme includes an impressive range of the most exciting developments here, alongside projects combining home-based and international musicians. The Edinburgh Jazz Festival Orchestra will perform two very different concerts, the first led by Joe Temperley and featuring the music of Duke Ellington, and the second a new commission from pianist David Milligan based on Robert Burns, with participation from a number of folk musicians (company which Milligan keeps on a regular basis in any case).

Mention of Burns inevitably evokes Homecoming, and saxophonist Phil Bancroft will celebrate that theme in Home, Small as the World, a multi-media investigation of the whole idea of ‘home’. Collaborations include Ken Mathieson’s Classic Jazz Orchestra with Alan Barnes, Tommy Smith with Swedish pianist Jacob Karlzon, Martin Taylor with French guitarist Sylvain Luc and Raymond MacDonald with French pianist Sophia Domancich. The wide-ranging showcase also features Stu Brown’s Raymond Scott Project, the saxophone quartet Brass Jaw, and bands led by Colin Steele, Konrad Wiszniewski (pictured), Ryan Quigley, Alyn Cosker and Tom Gordon.

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This article is from 2009.

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