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Line Up Announced for Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival
- Christopher Glasgow
- Scottish Music Centre
- 29 Jun 2009
One of the key strands of this year's programme is keyboards in all shapes and sizes from concert grands to Hammond organs.
2009 also marks the rise of the Hammond Organ Trio; Stanton Moore Trio (USA), Ibrahim Electric (Denmark) and Elephant9 (Norway) all feature the distinctive sound and Dick Hyman, Honorary President of the Festival, leads an exciting series playing duets with Chris Hopkins (Germany) and Bernd Lhotzky (Germany), presenting a stellar European All Stars ensemble, and showcasing his remarkable Harpsichord Swing in the spectacular setting of the Signet Library.
The Festival also welcomes legendary blues and boogie woogie piano star Jools Holland has always said what he loves best of all is to play live - and it shows! For one night only at Edinburgh Playhouse, Britain's best known bandleader and pianist has assembled a special line up featuring singer Dave Edmunds ("I Hear You Knocking") and soul stars Ruby Turner and Louise Marshall.
