Early bookings for Cheltenham
Friday, February 28, 2003
The eleventh Cheltenham Jazz Festival will take place from 27 April-1 May 2006 and follows on from a very successful tenth birthday edition which headlined with Herbie Hancock and Ornette Coleman.
Sponsored again this year by Jazzwise the programme is now deep in the
planning stage and a full list of performers will be announced in the
months ahead. But Jazzwise can exclusively reveal that the programme
will include appearances in the Gloucestershire spa town by the McCoy
Tyner Trio, singer Dianne Reeves, a commission for trumpeter Abram
Wilson and an appearance by singer Claire Martin with the Lawrence
Cottle Big Band. The festival bases itself around the Everyman Theatre
and Town Hall with gigs also taking place in local bars and restaurants
in the town. One main stay of the festival is the Jerwood Rising Stars
programme which has been a galvanising force on the UK jazz scene in
that it helps bring on a new generation of UK jazz talent. For more on
the festival read Jazzwise in the run up to the event.