Jazz breaking news: Terence Blanchard, Eric Bibb, Charles Bradley and Arun Ghosh announced for Love Supreme Jazz Festival
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Shaping up to be one of the biggest and brightest new jazz festivals of recent years the Love Supreme Jazz Festival, which is presented by Jazz FM and runs from 5-7 July at Glynde Place, near Lewes in Sussex, has confirmed top US trumpeter Terence Blanchard (pictured left), blues guitar star Eric Bibb and 64 year-old soul sensation Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaires are all set to appear.
Also announced is charismatic Indo-Jazz clarinetist Arun Ghosh, storming prog jazz three-piece Troyka, the 32-piece Ryan Quigley Big Band (performing wide-angle reinterpretations of The Beatles songbook), electro swing duo Kitten & The Hip, pianist/singer Oli Rockberger, and hard-firing sax/trumpet quartet Brass Jaw.
They join a line-up already brimming with British and international talent including stunning soul-jazz vocalist Gregory Porter, bass guitar hero Marcus Miller, revered saxophonist Branford Marsalis, Grammy Award winning singer/bassist Esperanza Spalding, jazz-blues singer Melody Gardot, Brit-funk icons the Brand New Heavies and hard-grooving New Orleans brass troupe Soul Rebels. Four young female vocal stars of the London scene – Gwyneth Herbert, Zara Mcfarlane, Lucinda Belle and Andreya Triana – are also set to appear, while the event’s Discovery Stage presents rising stars such as high-octane avant rock trio Three Trapped Tigers, saxophonist Adam Waldmann’s MOBO-winning group Kairos 4tet and up-and-coming singer/pianist Matthew Lee.
The festival programme also includes a stellar list of names that so far include the live premiere of Bryan Ferry's The Jazz Age album, Jools Holland and His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, Chic featuring Nile Rodgers, Michael Kiwanuka, Courtney Pine, Soweto Kinch, Neil Cowley Trio and Naturally 7. The first green field jazz festival in the UK in years, and differs from other UK city-based jazz festivals, just one ticket to the Love Supreme Jazz Festival will give fans access to all of the music provided on all four stages: over 40 acts, three days, for one price. The event will feature international food stalls, family activities, camping and a wide range of core, crossover and cutting edge jazz artists to compliment the main stage headliners.
For more info and tickets go to www.lovesupremefestival.com
– Mike Flynn