Manchester Jazz Festival

At a glance

Fri 18
Time Cost Act
8:00PM £6 (adv.)/£8 on the door Festival Launch Party Urban jazz bands and DJs
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Sat 19
12:00PM free Bossa Nouvelle Summery Brazilian sounds
1:45PM free John Ellis Band West African grooves and folky melodies
3:30PM free 12twelve Spanish and psychedelic free jazz
5:30PM free Lunnetta Dean Favourite Mancunian diva
7:30PM £13.50/£9.50 (concs.) Christine Tobin Band: Secret Life of a Girl Original jazz, folk and blues songs
10:00PM £5 RKW in a World’n’Jazz Style Drum-focussed heavy groove and nu-jazz
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Sun 20
12:55PM free ‘Jazz - Manhattan to Manchester’: Photographs by William Ellis Photographic exhibition
1:00PM free Gareth Roberts Quintet Modern Welsh swing
2:15PM free Alcyona Mick Quintet Angular, energetic and punchy
3:30PM free Free Spirits Indo-jazz fusions
7:30PM £19.50/£17.50/£15 Double Bill: Roberto Fonseca Cuban pianist from Buena Vista Social Club
7:30PM £19.50/£17.50/£15 Double Bill: La Gran Descarga 22-piece Latin big band
9:00PM free Festival Jam Session All jazz players welcome
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Mon 21
11:45AM free EU3 + 1 Contemporary European swing
1:00PM free The Wagon Train Country blues and rootsy grooves
3:00PM free HB3 Hard-swinging piano trio
5:00PM free Melonious Funk Loose vibes and jazz funk
7:30PM £13.50/£9.50 (concs.) Italian Double Bill: Gabriele Mirabassi Trio Italian chamber jazz
7:30PM £13.50/£9.50 (concs.) Italian Double Bill: Danilo Rea Rhapsodic solo piano
10:00PM £5 Arun Ghosh Indo-Jazz Sextet Raag explorations and tabla trickery
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Tues 22
11:45AM free Tom Sykes Quartet Violin-led swing and bossas
1:00PM free The Troubadours featuring Kirsty Almeida New country, folk and gypsy style songs
2:30PM free (but please register beforehand) Grants Seminar for Jazz Musicians and Promoters Industry advice
3:00PM free Alex Douglas & John Ellis Melodic sax and piano duets
5:00PM free Brigitte Beraha Group Contemporary melodic vocals
7:30PM £8/£6 (concs.) Triple Bill: The Owl Ensemble String quartet grooves with rhythm section
8:35PM £8/£6 (concs.) Triple Bill: Grew Quartet Free improvisation
9:35PM £8/£6 (concs.) Triple Bill: Graham Clark & Graham Massey Violin and electronic soundscapes
10:00PM £10 Steve Grossman/Damon Brown Quintet Hard swing from US sax star
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Wed 23
11:45AM free The MK-Ultras Tight funk-fusion
1:00PM free Clark – Grew Duo Improvised violin and piano duets
3:00PM free Lava Fast and fiesty Flamenco
5:00PM free DrumCake Hard-edged groovy electro-beats
7:30PM £13.50/£9.50 (concs.) Mike Walker - Ropes New Commission: contemporary jazz + string orchestra
10:00PM £7.50 Killer Shrimp Modern hard-bop
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Thurs 24
11:45AM free Mrs Columbo Electronic-acoustic jazz grooves
1:00PM free George King Freely-improvised solo piano
3:00PM free Tony Judge Quartet Contemporary swing and Latin
5:00PM free The Brothers Gris New Orleans blues and funk
7:30PM £9/£7(concs.) Double Bill: Neil Yates’ Five Countries Trio Celtic and Euro-jazz fusions
8:45PM £9/£7(concs.) Double Bill: Curios Contemporary piano trio
10:00PM £7.50 The Blessing Energetic indie-jazz
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Fri 25
11:45AM free Paul Farr Band Blues, funk and New Orleans
1:00PM free Robin Dewhurst and Mike Hall: Reflections Exquisite sax and piano duet
3:00PM free Steve Chadwick & Ed Barnwell Joyous and lyrical duets
5:00PM free Crill-Bones Contemporary electronic groove
7:30PM £9/£7(concs.) Double Bill: Robert Mitchell Dazzling solo pianist
8:30PM £9/£7(concs.) Double Bill: Polo Ortí Quintet Contemporary fusion from Spain
10:00PM £5 Kevin Davy Group Nu-jazz groove
10:00PM free Vespers - Alex Douglas, AINE and Friends Uplifting gospel voices
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Sat 26
12:00PM free Tim France Quintet Contemporary bop
1:45PM free Terri Shaltiel Soulful vocals
3:30PM free Wizards of Twiddly Rousing and raucous
5:30PM free Sarah Bennett Bossa Trio Latin warmth
8:00PM £10/£8 (concs.) on the door; £9/£7 (concs.) in adv Double Bill: Deirdre Cartwright & Kathy Dyson: Tribute to Emily Remler Guitar duets
9:15PM £10/£8 (concs.) on the door; £9/£7 (concs.) in adv Double Bill: Apitos: Made in Manchester Manchester Mambo
10:00PM £5 Don Weller with the Stuart McCallum Trio Hippy, trippy and funky