Now entering its 28th year,
the Glasgow Jazz Festival returns 25 – 29 June with a superb line-up
of world-class acts from across the jazz spectrum. Headliners include
guitarist Martin Taylor, saxophonist Courtney Pine with his acclaimed
“House of Legends”, Neil Cowley Trio, Jacqui Dankworth & Todd Gordon,
Brazilian Hamilton de Holanda and free-jazz cult hero Evan Parker and the
hugely enjoyable Ian Shaw & Guy Barker At the Movies. Visit www.jazzfest.co.uk for full line up.
To celebrate the Commonwealth Games the festival will
also play host to a day of music centred on Jamaican musical influences,
featuring sets from the Courtney
Pine, Jazz Jamaica and
rising star singer Zara McFarlane.
Pop up venue The Rio Club hosts Geno Washington, Dennis Rollins Velocity Trio, MOBO
winners Sons of Kemet, and Niki King “Songs of Ellington”, Federation of the
Disco Pimp as well as the popular Late Night Jazz Jam.
Elsewhere on the bill Laura Macdonald Commonwealth
Sextet, Cinematic Orchestra
guitarist Stuart McCallum, Stu Brown’s Twisted Toons, dixie and trad
favourites including Classic Jazz Orchestra, Jazz on Film, Classic Album
Listening Sessions as well as free fringe gigs.
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