Fife Jazz Festival

The fifth Fife Jazz Festival leaps into action from 3rd-5th February 2012. Promising to the biggest Festival to date, organisers announce some big names who will be taking part:

   Son of Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood 
   Octogenarian saxophonist Joe Temperley joins Fife Jazz Orchestra
   After their sell out smash hit last year - The Red Stripe Band 

Other concerts will take place across Fife including Anstruther, Crail, Crossford, Dunfemline, Freuchie, Glenrothes, Kirkcaldy, St Andrews, St Monans. The full programme will be announced in early January - so watch this space!

Aberdeen Jazz Festival will take place from the 14-18 March and will be based at the iconic Blue Lamp. Tim Garland and Joe Locke are already signed up and we'll be annoucing more in early January.

Some other dates for your diary the Lagavulin Islay Jazz Festival will take place 14-16 September 2010 with Lockerbie Jazz Festival running from 28-30 September.

and here's what you might have missed..

Lagavulin Islay Jazz Festival  "with attendances among the busiest ever, and many visitors declaring 2011’s edition the best yet – no small accolade, given how the event’s unique blend of attractions, for jazz fans and musicians alike, have matured into an international reputation that belies its modest scale, a stature underscored by the BBC’s presence over the weekend, recording several shows for broadcast on both Radio Scotland and Radio 3" (Northings) .. "A gem" (The Scotsman).

Lockerbie Jazz Festival  "sensational, funky, downright dirty blues which threatened to blow the roof off the hotel conservatory and inspired brilliant playing from the two saxophonists and, in particular, pianist Paul Harrison whose solo worked the audience into a frenzy of enthusiasm" (The Scotsman.

Dundee Jazz Festival showcased some very hot jazz and blues, a host of leading Scottish and international musicians: American saxophone sensation Tia Fuller; Martin Taylor in duo with Woody Mann; Angela King in a stellar band featuring Brian Kellock and Martin Kershaw; Havana Swing and Maggie Bell.

Jazz Scotland aims to promote the best of international and Scottish jazz through presenting the Aberdeen, Dundee, Fife, Islay, Lockerbie and Tay Jazz Festivals as well as selected concerts throughout Scotland.