The 20th annual edition of Manchester Jazz Festival launches
this week with its ever-impressive array of time signatures and styles,
continuing from Friday 31 July through to Sunday 9 August.
While limelight stealers include the Robert Glasper
Trio and the Mercury Prize nominees Gogo Penguin (whose
Festival Pavilion show is now reportedly sold out), there’s also a keen eye on
ensuring plenty of events remain accessible and free to attend. Jazz North’s
northern line showcase extends across Monday 3 August at a few of the
partner venues – Matt & Phred’s, Central Library and St Ann’s Church among
them – and other newcomers remain free under the ‘introduces’ banner.
Elsewhere, there’s a strong local presence, both old and
new, with the likes of Charlie
Cooper & The CCs, Hans Prya (who
formed after meeting as participants of Snarky Puppy’s Brighter Sound residency
at Band on the Wall in 2013), Cinematic Orchestra guitarist Stuart
McCallum and Lamb double bassist Jon
Thorne.
Look out for reviews of some of the festival’s events in our
September issue, which will appear
here.
We’ve teamed up with Manchester Jazz Festival to give away a
pair of tickets to the Riot
Jazz Brass Band / Baked A La Ska double bill at the Festival Pavilion on
Saturday 8 August. All you need to do to enter is like and share the image at the other end of this link (making sure it’s set to ‘public’ so we can see
that you’ve entered).
We’ll announce the winner on Thursday 6 August.
Good luck!
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