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Portrait of a jazz fan en route to a gig at the Edinburgh Jazz Festival 😉 ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #ejbf2018 #edinburghjazzfestival #lothianbuses"Wait, what?! Thought you said Curtis Stigers was doing Songs For Swingin' Sproodles with the Ryan Quigley Big Band tonight at the Assembly Hall at the Edinburgh Jazz Fest . I'm checking the small print ..." 🐶🎤🐶🎤🐶🎷🐶🎷🐶🎷🐶🎷 #edinburghjazzfestival #ejbf2018 #assemblyhall #curtisstigers #stigerssingssinatra #ryanquigley @edinburgh_jazz #sproodlesofinstagram #zuzuthesproodleThe great Billie Holiday died on this day, July 17, in 1959. Her life may have ended prematurely but she certainly crammed a lot into it and left a rich legacy - her recording career lasted for nearly 25 years and produced one gem after another. 🎤❤🎤❤🎤❤🎤❤🎤 Which phase of Billie's career do you love best? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thanks to @leokorna for another terrific post. #billieholiday #ladyday #jazzanniversaryThe best gig of the Edinburgh Jazz Festival so far this year - Brian Kellock (piano), Nigel Clark (guitar) and Roy Percy (bass) 👌🏆🎉 - last night. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The trio and the audience had a ball, and the venue - the Piccolo Speigeltent - was just the right size and shape for an intimate shindig. Only a noisy serial sniffer, the racket from an adjacent tent and the chatter of people at the door of the tent threatened to spoil things 🤢😡😠 Highlights? A Shine On Your Shoes, Hymn to Freedom, Naptown Blues, Viper's Drag and How Deep Is the Ocean. 😊 all round! 🎉👌🎉👌🎉👌🎉👌🎉👌🎉👌🎉🎉👌🎉👌🎉 #briankellock #nigelclark #roypercy #piccolospeigeltent #ejbf2018 #ejbf40Look who popped by The Shore Bar in Leith to see Brian Kellock 🎹 this afternoon - the mighty US clarinettist Evan Christopher ☺! I was sorry to miss his gig on Friday with the Dime Notes but not sorry at all to skip his appearance on a Benny Goodman tribute last night. I didn't like some of the company he was keeping .... Suffice to say, he understood! Scroll through to see Evan how keeps a low profile by blending into his surroundings 😉. #metoo #metooinjazz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . It's a shame he wasn't given a gig in his own name, and maybe with his favourite pianist over here 😉. Now he's off to Paris to play the wonderful Duc des Lombards club to which I hope to return some day soon. 🇫🇷 #ejbf2018 #theshorebar #leithjazz #ducdeslombards #thedimenotes @thedimenotes @ducdeslombards @clarinetroad #briankellockLove this! This is what it's all about 😊❤. Thanks to @leokorna for sharing this fab photo of Duke and Louis backstage at Madison Square Garden in Feb, 1970 - just a year before Satchmo' s death. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .c #louisarmstrong #dukeellington #satchmo #satchmothegreat #thegreatreunionxHad a wee taster of some new additions to Carol Kidd' s repertoire last night at the Edinburgh Jazz Festival's 40th Anniversary Gala Concert (or was it a gala to celebrate its 40th edition? Its presenter wasn't v sure.). Am now looking forward even more to Kidd's festival concert next Sat, with a trio headed by pianist Paul Harrison (pictured). Gaun yersel hen! (That's Glaswegian for "You go, girl!") 😉 🍾🎹🥂🎹🥂🎹🥂🎹🥂🎹 #carolkidd #ejbf2018 #paulharrison #edinburghjazzfestivalgala #ejbf40 #edinburghjazzfestivalThese are snapshots taken by my dad of my first-ever day at the Edinburgh Jazz Festival, back in 1986, when I was 14. I was lucky enough to hear a group headed by Buddy Tate, Al Grey and Harry Edison. And that wasn't even the main event of the day! 🎷 Along with some other long-time devotees of Scotland's longest-running jazz fest, I've shared my memories on my blog. ⬆Please click on the link in my bio to read them. ⬆ Today the Edinburgh Jazz Festival, which kicked off a couple of hours ago, celebrates its 40th birthday with a gala concert at the Assembly Hall on the Mound. @edinburgh_jazz #edinburghjazzfestival #harryedison #buddytate #algrey #speigeltent #ejbf40Love this photo - it reminds me of the joyful, swinging duets that Louis and Danny do in the film The Five Pennies, especially their hilarious When the Saints Go Marching In. Thanks to @jazz_photos_and_videos for posting 😊. #louisarmstrong #satchmo #dannykaye #louisanddannyLatest Tweets
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Nice write up but the best part is actually HEARING you! Joán
Great to hear this. Wish I’d been there!