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Trumpet star opens jazz festivalUS trumpet star Roy Hargrove opens the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival later with a performance at the Queen's Hall.The programme for the 31st festival also includes top names such as Courtney Pine, Jack Bruce, Martin Taylor and Jools Holland. A jazz orchestra directed by veteran Scots saxophonist Joe Temperley, 79, will be another of the highlights. There will also be free events such as the Mardi Gras and Jazz on a Summer's Day in Princes Street Gardens. The 10-day festival uses 19 venues, ranging from formal concert halls and clubs to unusual settings such as The Signet Library and Rosslyn Chapel. Mardi Gras Pianist Dick Hyman will play a concert of jazz on the harpsichord in the Georgian splendour of The Signet Library. Baptiste Trotignon performs solo in the magical atmosphere of Rosslyn Chapel. The festival's line-up of blues artists includes Scots exiles Jack Bruce, the former guitarist of rock band Cream, and Maggie Bell. More here |