SUNDAY 17 JULY
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MUD MORGANFIELD
Assembly Hall 8-10pm £20, £22.50 He’s the eldest son of the undisputed King of the blues, Muddy Waters. Mud and his fantastic band deliver classic Chicago electric blues. He’s the real deal charisma, authority, authenticity, musicality. This incredible showman plays the classic Chicago electric blues that Muddy is generally held to have invented, and which in its turn spawned the rock revolution of the 60s and 70s. Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, and Paul Rodgers are among many to have covered Muddy’s music.
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DINOSAUR
Assembly Roxy 6-7.30pm £16 Mercury-nominated, “British Jazz super-group” Dinosaur are led by multi-award winning composer and trumpeter Laura Jurd. Playing her spiritedly accessible compositions, Dinosaur explore Jurd’s distinctive yet ever-evolving music with playful abandon and technical prowess from Elliot Galvin (piano), Conor Chaplin (double bass) and Corrie Dick (drums).
SOWETO KINCH TRIO
George Square Speigeltent 6-7.30pm £16.50 One of the most exciting musicians of today, multi award-winning altosaxophonist, MC and composer Soweto Kinch brings his exhilarating, hard hitting jazz, racing freestyle lyrics and hip hop to EJBF22. A titan of the UK jazz scene, he has amassed an unprecedented array of accolades including two MOBO awards, two Urban Music Awards and a Mercury Prize nomination. A set infused with great music, showmanship and sheer energy - don’t miss it. He has also curated a series for EJBF called BLAZE celebrating new and exciting names
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