Pat Metheny, Tim Garland’s Lighthouse Trio and Rob Luft headline Cambridge Jazz Festival

This year’s Cambridge Jazz Festival packs a punch with a bumper line-up including a rare solo show from this month’s Jazzwise cover star Pat Metheny at Saffron Hall on 17 November. This concert is part of a diverse programme taking in jazz, blues, funk and soul running from 8 to 24 November with over 50 events showcasing top UK and international names for the festival’s 10th edition.

Alongside the headline concerts the 2024 programme includes a series of recitals, an extensive fringe programme, instrumental and vocal workshops, musician Q&As, jam sessions, family events, and live painting from visual artist-in-residence, Gina Southgate, whose work will be exhibited at Storey’s Field Centre, Eddington (from 8 Nov to 4 Dec).

Multi-award-winning composer and trombonist, Dennis Rollins MBE, is the festival’s Artist in Residence and appears at two events in the form of his Zero Gravity Trio (14 Nov, La Raza) and Dennis Rollins & CUJO (17 Nov, West Road Concert Hall).

Further highlights include jazz-funk stars the Brand New Heavies (8 Nov, Cambridge Corn Exchange); top UK vocalist OMAR plus the jazz-heavy horns of QCBA (16 Nov, Cambridge Corn Exchange); renowned UK saxophonist Tim Garland’s Lighthouse Trio with the Britten Sinfonia (20 Nov, West Road Concert Hall); high-flying guitarist Rob Luft and the Amika String Quartet (23 Nov, Cambridge Junction J2), plus concerts from the Ronnie Scott’s All Stars (10 Nov), TC & The Groove Family (12 Nov), Elliot Galvin (15 Nov), Florian Arbenz’s  ‘Conversation’ feat. Immy Churchill, Ivo Neame, Jim Hart and Percy Pursglove (16 Nov) and Imogen Ryall Sings the Charles Mingus/Joni Mitchell Songbook (22 Nov) among many other concerts.

For the full line up and tickets visit www.cambridgejazzfestival.info