C Jam Blues

Pop artist Mel C, formerly of the Spice Girls, sang at Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival yesterday, causing a frisson among newspapers who thought heresy might be afoot. She appeared at the invitation of keyboard player Peter Vettese, something of a Scottish jazz prodigy in the late 70s, who vigorously defended her part in an 'Evening With Peter Vettese'. His principled stand for musical freedom follows a successful career writing and playing top-selling pop with Mel C and others.