Jazz breaking news: Jools Holland, Branford Marsalis, Marcus Miller and Neil Cowley Trio confirmed for Jazz FM Love Supreme Jazz Festival 2013
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Jazz FM, the national DAB radio broadcaster, has announced it will present a major new summer jazz festival in July, its second big initiative for 2013 following the launch of the Jazz FM Awards that take place in January.
The Love Supreme Jazz Festival will be a three-day green-field jazz event with camping, and takes place from Friday 5 to Sunday 7 July in the picturesque surroundings of Glynde Place in east Sussex, next to the famous Glyndebourne opera festival.
The event is created by a partnership of Neapolitan Music, Jazz FM and Ingenious Media Entertainment who have appointed Serious, producers of the London Jazz Festival and numerous jazz tours, as programme consultants. The first names to be announced are Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, Branford Marsalis Quartet (pictured above), Marcus Miller, Neil Cowley Trio, Soweto Kinch, Zara McFarlane and Phantom Limb with more names to be announced shortly.
Richard Wheatly, chief executive of Jazz FM, said: “Jazz FM is delighted to be supporting the Love Supreme Jazz Festival, we are confident that it will be a warmly welcomed newcomer to the UK’s great Festival scene. We are all delighted to be working with the highly experienced team at Serious, whose impressive track record in programming jazz events will help us achieve our ambition that Love Supreme becomes known as one of Europe’s leading jazz festivals.”
– Jon Newey