The annual Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival is back, hosting top Scottish and international music talent. Highlights include Best Vocalist at the 2021 Scottish Jazz Awards Marianne McGregor, Jim Mullen, widely regarded as the finest jazz guitarist the UK has ever produced, with his take on the songs of Robert Burns, virtuoso banjo player Don Cappie (pictured) with Creole-infused New Orleans jazz, Jools Holland & his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra with guest vocalist Eddi Reader, a Mardi Gras afternoon in the Grassmarket with bands performing on multiple stages, plus the return to Edinburgh of another jazz guitar great, the much-admired American John Scofield.