Cheltenham Jazz Festival Announces Full Line-Up

Thursday, March 1, 2007

The Cheltenham Jazz Festival has announced its full line-up for this year's extended event running from 1-7 May. Topped by American legends Charles Loyd and Bennie Maupin the festival this year extends its range of venues to include a Madeleine Peyroux show at the Centaur, a new Marquee, plus shows at St Andrew's church and the University of Gloucestershire. Special strands this year include a Czech stream, the Jerwood jazz generation and a residency by Bob Brookmeyer.

The full line-up is: Madeleine Peyroux (1 May), Ray Gelato, Imelda May (2 May), Jazz It Up, Esther Miller, Bob Brookmeyer and Eliane Elias, Shabaka Hutchings' Splay (3 May), Michael Parkinson Show Presents, Koop, Kyle Eastwood, Ondrej Pivec Quartet, Gilles Peterson, Zoe Rahman (pictured), Jazz on 3 broadcast (4 May), Zoe Rahman masterclass, Jazz Summit, Bryan Corbett, Jaromir Honzak, Gwilym Simcock, Claudia Quintet, Mark Sanders, Robert Balzar, Fulborn Teversham, Ben Allison, Bob Brookmeyer, Gloucestershire Music Jazz Live Big Band, Cinematic Orchestra, Jonny Phillips' Oriole Brazil, Late Night Jazz Club (5 May), Babyhead, Clark Tracey's Jazz Messengers, Neil Cowley Trio, Ingrid Laubrock, Jazz Summit, Speeq, Bennie Maupin, Ambulance, Charles Lloyd, Silje Nergaard, Hans Koller, Guillemots, Late Night Jazz Club (6 May), Saxophone masterclass with Bobby Wellins, Silje Nergaard masterclass, Family Fun Day, Gilad Atzmon, Neil Yates and Tarnished Silver, Emil Viklicky Trio, Tom Bancroft and Enzo Rocco, Bobby Wellins and Marti Pellow (7 May). For tickets phone 01242 227979 or visit the official website for tickets and booking information.