Schedule announced for Swanage Jazz Festival 2022 (July 8-10) – London Jazz News
The Swanage Jazz Festival team have announced their 2022 programme. This year’s festival will be centered around the Mowlem Theatre. The program will feature a very wide range of the British scene from several generations….
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Friday July 8
From 2 p.m.: Afternoon Jazz Train with Chris Walker’s Pedigree Jazz Band
From 7 p.m.: The Salamanda Swing Band
The sound of Bluenote Play Herbie and Wayne
Jazz Films – coming soon
Saturday July 9
from 10:30 a.m.: festival parade with Ragtime Revelers by James Emmett
From 12 p.m.
The Phillip Clouts Quartet
Chris Batchelor’s Pig’s Foot
Nigel Price’s Wes Montgomery revisited with Tony Kofi
The Alex Clarke Quartet
The Xhosa Cole Quartet
Charukesi by Martin Speake
South Africa and Beyond by Adam Glasser
Kate Westbrook and Granite
Alan Barnes Octet
The Electric People by Tom Waters
The Craig Milverton Trio – Tribute to Oscar Peterson
Greg Abate with the Craig Milverton Trio
Yazz Ahmed Quintet: Polymnia
Late Night DJ Session with JazzFM’s Nigel Williams
Traditional and mainstream program
From 12:15 p.m.
Ragtime Revelers by James Emmett
The Jazzmen of John Maddocks
Tad Newton’s Jazz Friends
Mike Denham’s Sunset Stompers
My Bessie and her blues troupe
Sunday July 10
From 11:30 a.m.
The Nicola Farnon Trio with David Newton
The Simon Spillett Quartet
Babelfish with Brigitte Beraha
Mark Kavuma and the Banger Factory
Hampstead Jazz Club presents: Jo Harrop and Jamie McCredie
Alison Rayner’s Quintet
The Nat Steele Quartet – Tribute to MJQ
Hampstead Jazz Club presents: Paul Edis: solo piano
The Art Themes New Directions Quintet
The Calm Waters of Henry Lowther
Eternal Triangle by Trevor Watts
Hampstead Jazz Club presents Jo Harrop – “The Heart Wants”
The Dreamers by Mark Lockheart
The Simon Spillett Big Band plays the music of Tubby Hayes
Traditional and mainstream program
From 11:30 a.m.
Prohibition Jazz by Tony Waller
Hotsy Totsy by Rachel Hayward
The TJ Johnson Group
The Meercats of Harlem
Little Devils Tribute to Keith Nichols
More Free Fringe Festival
at Swanage hotels and pubs – details to come
And free outdoor concerts
Here is the full text of today’s press release:
The return of the Swanage Jazz Festival
Friday 8 July – Sunday 10and July 2022
After a two-year absence due to Covid, the Swanage Jazz Festival returns in July with an impressive and wide line-up of 40 bands.
The Festival takes place from Friday 8 to Saturday 10and July and takes place in several indoor venues in the city. It features a mix of Swanage favorites including The Alan Barnes Octet, Nigel Price with his Wes Reimagined Project, Art Themen’s New Directions Quintet and American saxophonist Greg Abate, as well as new rising stars like Xhosa Cole, Alex Clarke Quartet, Mark Kavuma and Jo Harrop.
British-Bahrani trumpeter Yazz Ahmed and his quintet headline Saturday night while the Festival closes on Sunday with the Simon Spillett Big Band playing the exuberant charts of Tubby Hayes.
The festival features British jazz legends Henry Lowther with his band Still Waters, Trevor Watts’ Eternal Triangle and Mike and Kate Westbrook in Kate’s band Granite.
As always, the Swanage Jazz Festival features a traditional, mainstream program featuring Ma Bessie and her blues troupe, the TJ Johnson Band, The Harlem Meercats ending with The Little Devils’ Tribute to Keith Nichols who has played the Festival 14 times before his untimely death in 2021.
As well as top conductors, the Festival will be filled with some of the best names in British jazz, appearing as sideman. Pianist Dave Newton accompanies both Alex Clarke and bassist and vocalist Nicola Farnon. Bassist Dave Green appears with Henry Lowther and also with Alex Clarke. Saxist Jason Yarde and guitarist Rob Luft perform with Adam Glasser’s South Africa and Beyond. The saxist Tony Kofi is with Nigel Price, Alex Dankworth is with Simon Spillett in quartet and big band. Drumming legend Clark Tracey is with Alan Barnes, Gareth Williams is with Art Themen and bassist Chris Laurence with Babelfish.
The Festival will also host a free Fringe festival featuring local bands at several venues, including the bandstand and the Grand Hotel, as well as Friday night jazz films, free for Stroller ticket holders.
Other acts have yet to be booked and further announcements will be made.
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LINKS: Reservations on the Swanage Jazz Festival website