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WELCOME TO CHELTENHAM JAZZ FESTIVAL Once again we’ve collected some of the finest jazz artists from around the world and here in the UK to perform for us at the Festival. This year’s line-up also includes some of the biggest names in blues, club and pop, and some comedy too.
I’m delighted that Jamie Cullum is returning as Guest Director. As well as performing his own solo set which will feature new previously unheard material alongside some of his superb back catalogue, he will also be bringing some of his favourite acts to Cheltenham, including Susanna and Roots Manuva & Bonobo Live.
My highlights include; Overtone Quartet - a true jazz supergroup led by bassist Dave Holland, Cleo Laine, Pharoah Sanders and our celebration of the innovative British musician Django Bates. I’m also excited about hearing authentic R’n’B from guitarist James Hunter, Andy Sheppard’s Trio Libero, Portico Quartet, and the exhilarating transatlantic collaboration that is Big Air. I also can’t forget to mention the unique Horne Section, a jazz-infused comedy show led by Alex Horne.
Jazz on the Square, our vibrant outdoor site, will be at the heart of the Festival again in Imperial Gardens. There will be a wide range of food stalls, a bigger and better jazz market, a CD and merchandise store, bars, and of course the fantastic Budvar stage which will play host to a wide range of music across the weekend – and it’s all for free! Visit cheltenhamfestivals.com/jazz for a taste of what’s to come, and to listen to some of the great jazz from the Festival’s stars. Be sure to book early. Tony Dudley-Evans, Artistic Director
THE NORWEGIAN FORMULA The Norwegian Jazz scene is one of the strongest in Europe, so we’re honoured and delighted to have been able to work closely with the Norwegian Embassy to bring some of the brightest and best Norwegian jazz talent to the Festival this year.
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Some of our favourite acts are coming, including Tord Gustavsen, Stian Westerhus and Susanna. We’ve also invited back students from Trondheim Conservatory Department for Jazz, who will be joining students from Birmingham Conservatoire to perform at the Festival.
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‘Whether you’re into vocalists or pianists, jazz legends or something a bit more edgy, you’ll DOZD\V ÀQG performances to interest you.’
Following Jamie Cullum’s incredible sell-out performance in 2010 we’re thrilled to be able to welcome him back this year. As well as performing a unique one-off show of previously unheard music, he’s also bringing some of his favourite acts to Cheltenham in his role as Guest Director. Here are some of his thoughts on the line-up and details of his top picks for this year’s Festival. I first played at Cheltenham Jazz Festival in 2003, and whenever I come back I’m always struck by the sheer breadth of music on offer. Whether you’re into vocalists or pianists, jazz legends or something a bit more edgy, you’ll always find performances to interest you. Being asked to be Guest Director for the 2010 Festival was a real privilege. It was great to be able to showcase some of my favourite acts – hopefully everyone enjoyed their shows as much as I did. This year I’ve worked with the team to bring you another great mix of artists. Mercury Prize nominated Kit Downes is one of the most in demand young pianists on the jazz scene, and I’m really looking forward to seeing him, along with his sextet, at Cheltenham Town Hall on Sunday 1 May. Another act I’m really excited about is Andreya Triana. The Brighton based singer-songwriter is a genuine rising star and she’s worked with some great music producers, including one half of my next pick for the Festival - Roots Manuva & Bonobo. Their electric live shows have helped make them two of the premier artists on independent record labels Big Dada and Ninja Tune. Finally, you’ve got to book a ticket to see the fantastic Norwegian singer and songwriter Susanna. As well as writing her own original compositions, she’s also added her distinctive style to some classic songs including Love Will Tear Us Apart and Hallelujah. Check out all my picks for this year’s Festival on page 6.
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SHOW-STOPPING VOCALISTS
Friday Night is Music Night (p17) Family Breakfast Show (p30) Gwyneth Herbert (p16) Andreya Triana (p28) Portico Quartet (p31)
Cleo Laine (p13) James Hunter (p15) Lucinda Belle Orchestra (p31) Gwyneth Herbert (p16) Sara Colman (p18) Anthony Strong (p26)
BEST OF BRITISH
NORWEGIAN JAZZ
Kit Downes' Sextet (p26) Neil Cowley Trio & Strings (p26) Denys Baptiste (p30) Curios (p16) Django Bates & The T.D.Es (p25)
JAZZ LEGENDS Pharoah Sanders (p24) Dave Holland (p28) Django Bates (p27) Andy Sheppard (p18) Nils Petter Molvaer (p24) Jason Moran (p28)
NEW MUSIC & PREMIERES
Django Bates & The T.D.Es (p25) Tord Gustavsen (p27) Animation Migration (p23) Jamie Cullum (p29) Phronesis (p30) Neil Cowley Trio & Strings (p26) Trondheim Jazz Exchange (p23)
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Tord Gustavsen (p27) Susanna (p24) Stian Westerhus (p28) Trondheim Jazz Exchange (p23)
SOMETHING DIFFERENT Portico Quartet (p31) Lamb (p25) Animation Migration (p23) The Horne Section (p17) Fromage en Feu (p23) Sierra Maestra (p14)
JAMIE’S PICKS Susanna (p24) Andreya Triana (p28) Roots Manuva & Bonobo Live (p29) Kit Downes' Sextet (p26)
PIANO
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THE NEWPIANO TRADITION Jazzwise Magazine’s Mike Flynn gives us his take on the pianists who are performing at this year’s Festival. The piano’s rich jazz lineage is enjoying renewed popularity today - evident in the current wave of emerging and established piano masters all harnessing its malleable qualities to forge new sounds and styles. They’re re-energizing the swing and bebop roots of the jazz tradition while embracing classical, folk and rock influences.
Another brilliantly agile musician appearing is US star Jason Moran, a fearsomely gifted pianist who’s as steeped in the music of Thelonious Monk as he is today’s most avant garde and technically challenging classical and jazz forms. His presence in pre-eminent bassist Dave Holland’s talent heavy Overtone Quartet always brings an exciting edge to the music, while his solos build from sensitive melodic themes to free flowing sheets of sound.
These contemporary virtuosos spring from all corners of Europe and America and one of today’s most successful and sublimely melodic young players is Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen. He brings something of the folkloric Nordic tone to his work, where pristine, glacially beautiful themes mix with an unhurried style to create bewitching moods.
Revered UK pianist John Taylor brings a quieter intensity to his exquisite compositions and thoughtful improvisations, particularly in his duet with influential sax virtuoso Julian Arguelles. Combining all of these things and more is internationally acclaimed British pianist and composer Django Bates. His mastery of composition, first established in his now 30 year old group Human Chain and his contributions to seminal 1980s big band Loose Tubes, has always seen him bring irreverent energy and wit together in a whimsically diverse style. Perhaps better known for his use of electric keyboard playing, he’s once again revealed his prowess as a first rate pianist, not least with his uniquely twisted take on the music of Charlie Parker on his critically acclaimed album Belovèd Bird. Forensically dissecting Parker’s music Bates finds compositional inspiration from the alto icon’s astonishing improvisations, by slicing, re-scoring and magnifying them turning his off-the-cuff solos into sparkling written works. And in a generational nod to his collective experiences with Loose Tubes, Bates has written a specially commissioned work for a nine piece band. Featuring Kit Downes, but also including the prodigious talents of Denys Baptiste, Jay Phelps, Shabaka Hutchings and Chris Montague, Bates ensures his creative spark is renewed once more.
These highly melodic qualities are also present in British Mercury Music Prize nominated pianist Kit Downes, who expands on his romantic and classical influences to create his own richly pastoral narratives. Playing music from his new album Quiet Tiger he appears with his sextet featuring multi-reedist James Allsopp and cellist Adrien Dennefield. Downes’ award-winning mentor Tom Cawley also appears with his highly kinetic trio Curios that dazzle in different ways. They create an exciting three-way dialogue of piano, bass and drums to weave interlocking layers of groove and melody to mesmerising effect. Upping the rhythmic ante are Phronesis, the fast rising UK based trio led by Danish bass dynamo Jasper Høiby, alongside explosive Swedish drummer Anton Eger and imaginative young pianist Ivo Neame, their electrifying blend of post-rock rhythms with pulsating Mediterranean and European flourishes crackles with frenetic energy and interplay. 7
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JAZZ MEETS SCIENCE AT THE JAZZ FESTIVAL With LabOratory, one of our most exciting projects, we’ll be bringing this year’s theme Migration to life in Animation Migration. See page 23.
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his inspired Belovèd Bird piano trio that turns both the trio format and traditional bebop sounds on their head. Trumpeter Chris Batchelor and saxophonist Steve Buckley, two more Loose Tubes alumni, appear in the highly charged five-piece Big Air, alongside influential Downtown New York drummer Jim Black, laptop artist Myra Melford, and astonishing tuba maestro Oren Marshall, to create chamber jazz with electronica-laden attitude and rock-edged abandon.
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Drummer Martin France has a formidable international reputation forged in part through his time in Loose Tubes, but also as a stellar Bates sideman, and he appears here with his compelling beat driven Spin Marvel project. Originally formed for a Cheltenham Festival commission the group continues to produce hypnotizing music not least here with iconic Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer, sound manipulator Terje Evensen and bassist Tim Harries.
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Jazz may have transatlantic roots, yet its gravitational centre has long since dissipated to all corners of the globe, not least to our own Sceptred Isle and its rich history of great British jazz musicians. Emergent styles like bebop, modal, jazz-rock and fusion all broke like waves on our shores as each successive decade gave up its own variation on what had gone before.
It’s worth noting that today’s significant F-IRE and LOOP jazz collectives have produced the likes of rising star pianist Kit Downes and hotly tipped saxophonist Sam Crockatt, both appearing at Cheltenham this year. For them it’s Loose Tubes’ distinctly English, romantic, pastoral qualities, heard particularly in Django Bates and Julian Arguelles’ music that has deeply influenced their own stylistic development.
'This year’s festival features several former Loose Tubes members and... their musical progeny.' The Jazz Warriors were another 1980s collective that spawned a new generation of world-beating British jazz musicians – including Courtney Pine and Julian Joseph among many others – and who stamped their identity on the rich bebop tradition. Their latter day incarnation is Tomorrow’s Warriors, a dynamic pool of young talent that’s seen formidable musicians like altoist and rapper Soweto Kinch, pianist Andrew McCormack and notably tenorist Denys Baptiste.
Yet in the mid 1980s an anarchic force in UK jazz, a 21 piece big band called Loose Tubes, would emerge and have far reaching effects that are still being felt today. Breaking all the rules and like all good things, leaving before outstaying their welcome, they delivered a definitive parting 1990 appearance at Ronnie Scott’s, brilliantly captured on last year’s widely acclaimed, finally released live album, Dancing On Frith Street. This year’s Festival features several former Loose Tubes members and in turn their musical progeny who are as influenced by this seminal band as any other past jazz masters.
Baptiste led the next wave of UK post-bop stars. He has brought major works to Cheltenham Jazz Festival before, like his extraordinary Let Freedom Ring! suite, and this year it’s his imperious post Coltrane soloing skills, in a fiery quartet alongside pianist McCormack and Tomorrow’s Warriors founder and bassist Gary Crosby, that finds him in rousing form. Baptiste also joins the dots between Tomorrow’s Warriors and Loose Tubes appearing in Django Bates’ specially commissioned work for a unique nonet featuring the next generation of British jazz greats.
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JAZZ IT UP! 11 BANDS OVER 2 DAYS %XGYDU 6WDJH 6DWXUGD\ $SULO 6XQGD\ 0D\ DP RQZDUGV Cheltenham Jazz Festival just wouldn’t be the same without Jazz It Up! The showcase for school jazz bands from all over Gloucestershire is always a blast, and has now become a firm fixture in the Festival programme. From new bands performing in public for the first time to well-established ensembles, the young musicians give it their all and are a delight to watch.
JAZZ IT UP! MARCHING BAND This year, as part of Jazz It Up!, a marching band will officially open Jazz on the Square and start the weekend in style. Made up of musicians from Gloucestershire schools, the band will work with some of our favourite and best music educators including the highly talented Sid Peacock.
BARCLAYS MONEYSKILLS Barclays is hosting Introduction to Money and Enterprise workshops for Jazz It Up! participants. Students can compete to win £1000 for their school’s Music Department by taking part in an enterprising activity which will challenge their creative and financial skills.
TRONDHEIM JAZZ EXCHANGE As a continuation of last year’s hugely successful project, Cheltenham Jazz Festival is again hosting a special collaboration between players from Trondheim Conservatory and Birmingham Conservatoire, two of Europe’s most creative jazz institutions. Featuring three newly formed AngloNorwegian groups performing their own original works, this is a chance to catch the jazz stars of the future. See page 23.
BANDWAGON The Bandwagon, a bus carrying an ensemble of young, talented musicians from Gloucestershire senior schools, is an innovative way of giving young children a vibrant and unforgettable experience of live music. Led by jazz musician Sid Peacock and professional conductor William Carslake, the ensemble will spend four days making surprise appearances at local schools. For more information about the education programme visit cheltenhamfestivals.com/education or call 01242 775 891 or 01242 775 822.
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Make the most of the extra Bank Holiday and join us in Imperial Gardens to celebrate the Royal Wedding. The ceremony will be broadcast live and we’re putting on free entertainment throughout the day to help get the party started.
FREE ENTERTAINMENT
FREE MUSIC
Royal wedding live screening Jive dance classes & showcases Punch and Judy Games for the kids
Brass band DJs playing classics from the 30s, 40s and 50s Specially selected Fringe acts
FOOD & DRINK
EVENTS TO BOOK
A variety of food stalls Tea and cakes Fully licensed bar
Kyle Eastwood (p16) The Horne Section (p17) Sir Michael Parkinson presents Friday Night is Music Night Jazz Royalty (p17) Curios (p16) See pages 19 & 20 for handy event and venue info, a Jazz on the Square guide and maps of all the Festival venues.
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FRINGE ON THE TOWN We’ll be kicking our popular Fringe Festival off a week early again this year in the build up to the main Festival. The Fringe focuses on your favourite local venues to bring you a selection of the best unsigned talent in a selection of free gigs.
FRINGE ON THE SQUARE On Thursday 28 April join us for the opening of this year’s Jazz on the Square. During the Festival the Fringe can be experienced on the Budvar stage and we’ll bring you free music all Festival with extended hours in the evenings and an extra full day for Friday’s Bank Holiday.
BBC INTRODUCING Jez Nelson hosts a showcase of the most exciting and creative emerging UK jazz talent. Radio 3’s flagship contemporary jazz show, Jazz on 3, has teamed up with BBC Introducing to provide a platform for rising artists. There will be four bands performing, all of whom are "unsigned, undiscovered or under the radar" and have been selected after submitting demo tracks via the BBC Introducing Uploader. Recordings of their sets will be broadcast on Jazz on 3 (Radio 3) and be made available to Gilles Peterson (Radio 1) and Jamie Cullum (Radio 2), as well as BBC Introducing shows across Radio 1, Radio 2, 1Xtra, 6Music and Asian Network. www.bbc.co.uk/music/introducing
BUDVAR BREWED JAZZ COMPETITION In association with Budweiser Budvar, the Jazz Festival is running a competition to find the very best up-and-coming jazz band in the UK. A short list of the best three entrants will play to a panel of judges during the Festival. The winners will be awarded a showcase performance on the Budvar Stage. If you play regularly at a pub or bar, want to shout about your band – and your local – and have the chance to win £300, then get in touch at jazzfestival@cheltenhamfestivals.com and do check out cheltenhamfestivals.com/budweiserbudvar
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CLEO LAINE J1 Cheltenham Town Hall – Main Hall 7.30pm – 9pm £20, £18, £15 Members - 10% off $ VWURQJ FRQWHQGHU IRU WKH WLWOH ´ÀUVW ODG\ RI MD]]¾ &OHR Laine is a singer who has played everywhere, from English dance halls to London’s Royal Albert Hall. With a charismatic stage presence and an astonishing vocal range Cleo presents her current show, joined by her band featuring her son, bassist Alec Dankworth.
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An outstanding nine-piece band from Havana, Sierra Maestra are the guardians of the Cuban son music tradition, following on from Buena Vista to become the new ambassadors of Cuban Music. They have preserved and reinvigorated this infectious GDQFH PXVLF DQG JRQH RQ WR EH LWV ÀQHVW SHUIRUPHUV Always popular with dancers as well as listeners, join them for a lively and enjoyable night of Afro-cuban jazz and latin rhythms.
J4 Cheltenham Town Hall – Main Hall 8pm – 9.30pm £16 standing Members - 10% off
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JAMES HUNTER J5 Jazz Arena 7.30pm – 9pm ÂŁ15 Members - 10% off Described by Van Morrison as “one of the best voices DQG EHVW NHSW VHFUHWV LQ %ULWLVK 5¡Q¡% DQG 6RXOÂľ -DPHV Hunter is a modern singer who unapologetically HPEUDFHV WKH 5¡Q¡% VRXQGV RI WKH V DQG HDUO\ V With his 6 piece band Hunter has his own brand of authentic R’n’B and soul in the style of Ray Charles and James Brown.
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OPENING OF JAZZ ON THE SQUARE
ONE NIGHT IN PARIS FEATURING BEN POWELL
Budvar Stage 5.30pm onwards Free
J3 The Daffodil - Bar opens 6.30pm. Dinner served 7.15pm. Performance 9pm. ÂŁ55. All tickets include a special Parisian three course set menu. Tables may be shared.
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J9 The Playhouse Theatre 8pm – 10pm £10 Members - 10% off
J7 The Daffodil Bar opens 6.30pm. Dinner served 7.15pm. Performance 9pm. £55. All tickets include a three course set menu. Tables may be shared.
CURATED BY CHRIS CUNDY
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A singer-songwriter with one foot in the jazz world and one somewhere in the future, Gwyneth Herbert has gained comparisons with artists as diverse as Nina Simone, Ray Davies and Joni Mitchell. Herbert's bewitching voice, abundance of beautiful melodies and charming personality are the perfect accompaniment for an evening.
CURIOS J11 Cheltenham Town Hall - Pillar Room 10pm – 11.15pm £10 Members - 10% off $ ÁXHQW DQG LPDJLQDWLYH pianist, Tom Cawley performs with his piano trio Curios. Drawing on romantic classical music as much as modern jazz, his compositions are at times delicately melodic and at others wildly percussive. Live, the band ÁDVKHV IURP D ZKLVSHU to a roar with impressive control and musicality.
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J6 Jazz Arena 6pm – 7.15pm £13 Members - 10% off Bassist and composer Kyle Eastwood’s music resonates with swing, groove and funk overtones. His childhood had jazz as its soundtrack and his father, the actor and director Clint, introduced him to the joys of the bass line while teaching him Boogie-Woogie piano. He performs a stylish set featuring new material from his forthcoming album.
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SIR MICHAEL PARKINSON PRESENTS
FRIDAY NIGHT IS MUSIC NIGHT
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J8 Cheltenham Town Hall – Main Hall 8pm – 10pm ÂŁ32, ÂŁ30, ÂŁ25 Members - 10% off As this is a live broadcast please be seated by 7.45pm Join Sir Michael Parkinson, the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Mike Dixon and the Guy Barker Big Band for a Jazz Royalty themed broadcast RI )ULGD\ 1LJKW LV 0XVLF 1LJKW RQ %%& 5DGLR Following the Royal Wedding earlier in the day enjoy the music of ‘Duke’ Ellington, ‘Count’ Basie, Benny Goodman (the King of Swing) and many more, in the company of our stellar line-up including Georgie Fame, Madeline Bell, Martin Taylor and Charlie Wood.
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THE HORNE SECTION J10 Jazz Arena 8.30pm – 10pm £14 Members - 10% off Comedy meets jazz. When The Horne Section debuted DW (GLQEXUJK ODVW VXPPHU LW TXLFNO\ EHFDPH WKH talk of the Fringe. Part improvised, part honed, part performance, part party, Alex Horne and his 0DJQLÀFHQW %DQG MRLQ ZLWK FRPHGLDQ 7LP .H\ DQG special guests to present their jazz infused comedy show.
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TRIO LIBERO J15 Cheltenham Town Hall – Main Hall 1.30pm – 2.45pm £15 Members - 10% off Leading UK saxophonist Andy Sheppard returns to the Festival with his new group Trio Libero featuring two collaborators, French bass virtuoso Michel Benita and Seb Rochford, the young drummer at the heart of genre-bending band Polar Bear. Releasing their ECM label debut in Spring, Sheppard’s glowing tone works in tandem with the colourful ideas of Benita and Rochford’s dynamic drum attack.
JAZZ IT UP! The Budvar Stage 11am onwards Free Cheltenham Jazz Festival just wouldn’t be the same without Jazz It Up! - the showcase for school jazz bands from all over Gloucestershire. It’s always a blast, and KDV QRZ EHFRPH D ÀUP À[WXUH LQ WKH )HVWLYDO programme. From new bands performing in SXEOLF IRU WKH ÀUVW WLPH to well-established ensembles, the young musicians give it their all and are a delight to watch.
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J13 Cheltenham Town Hall - Pillar Room 12pm – 1.15pm £10 Members - 10% off
J12 The Playhouse Theatre 10.30am – 12pm £6 Members - 10% off
One of the most innovative groups in contemporary British jazz, Outhouse Quartet KDYH GHYHORSHG D XQLTXH group sound where spontaneity and interplay prevail. They are joined by Icelandic guitarist Hilmar Jensson, a regular collaborator with various downtown New York acts.
Committed to her belief in music’s power to communicate emotion and experience to a listener, Gwyneth Herbert provides advice and encouragement to budding singersongwriters. For more information on this event and taking part see cheltenhamfestivals. com/jazz-workshops for details.
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SARA COLMAN J14 Hotel du Vin 12pm – 3pm £50. Inc. three-course set lunch and coffee. This event is booked through the Festival Box Office. Bookers are also requested to call the hotel on 01242 588450 to confirm table time. 2QH RI WKH ÀQHVW MD]] singer-songwriters in the UK, Sara Colman was a member of The Passion with Liane Carroll and -DFTXL 'DQNZRUWK 6KH¡V performing an intimate solo set featuring imaginative re-workings of well known songs alongside her own original material.
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Market Stalls The square will come alive with a variety of stalls selling Festival goodies and music. Check out the CD shop, run by local music retailer Rise, for artists’ albums and merchandise.
Getting to Cheltenham
Finding our venues
Cheltenham Spa is well served by First Great Western and CrossCountry trains, including direct services from many mainline stations. The railway station is located approximately 1 mile from the town centre, and local buses depart into Cheltenham town centre every few minutes.
Festival events take place in a range of venues around Cheltenham and the surrounding area. Most are in easy walking distance of Cheltenham Town Hall (GL50 1QA) – for detailed directions and a comprehensive map of our venues and local car parks, visit cheltenhamfestivals.com/ visitorinformation
For your Sat Nav, using GL50 1QA will get you to the Town Hall; but if you prefer to use Cheltenham’s Park & Ride service, this is located at Arle Court (GL51 6SY, near M5 Junction 11) and Cheltenham Racecourse (GL50 4SH). For details on Park & Ride, visit cheltenhamfestivals.com/ visitorinformation
For your Sat Nav 1. Town Hall GL50 1QA 2. Budvar Stage GL50 1QA 3. Jazz Arena GL50 1QA 4. The Playhouse Theatre GL53 7HG 5. The Daffodil GL50 2AE 6. Hotel du Vin GL50 3AQ
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You can book tickets by phone or in person at our brand new box office in Cheltenham.
Our mobile box office will open on site a week before the Festival with the same opening times as the main box office. During the Festival it will open at 10am and close after the start of the last event of the day.
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Extended opening hours Mon 21 Feb – Sun 6 March and Mon 21 March – Mon 2 May 9am – 6pm Mon – Sat, 12pm – 4pm on Sundays All other times Mon - Sat 10am – 5pm, Sundays 12pm – 4pm Please note the box office will be closed on Easter Sunday – 24 April 2011
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Family concessions
The Festival cannot refund money or exchange tickets, except in the case of a cancelled performance. If an event is cancelled, please return your tickets to the box office within 30 days for a full refund.
Children (Under 16s only, proof of age may be required) are entitled to half price tickets for Lucinda Belle and Fromage en Feu.
DISCOUNTS & CONCESSIONS Membership
Students are entitled to a discount on the Roots Manuva & Bonobo Live event (as listed in brochure). Please be prepared to show NUS ID upon admission to events.
Members are entitled to a 10% discount on full price tickets at Cheltenham Jazz Festival events. Discounted tickets are for Member’s sole use. Discounts do not apply on events that include food or drink, or for those people with Associate Membership. Membership starts from £15 and offers discounts and priority booking at all four Festivals. For details visit cheltenhamfestivals.com/membership
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Disabled patrons are entitled to a free ticket for their support worker/ personal assistant. Please make sure you book early and be prepared to show relevant ID at the box office or upon admission to events.
For information about access, please see our website for venue contact details. Cheltenham Festivals reserves the right to offer last minute promotions and discounts.
AT THE EVENTS Timings Please note that all timings are for guidance only and are approximate.
Free events Please note for some free events capacity may be limited and entry cannot be guaranteed.
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JULIAN ARGUELLES & JOHN TAYLOR
J16 The Playhouse Theatre 1.30pm – 3pm £5 Members - 10% off
J18 Cheltenham Town Hall Pillar Room 3.45pm – 5pm £13 Members - 10% off
Cheltenham Jazz Festival is again hosting a special collaboration between players from Trondheim Conservatory and Birmingham Conservatoire, two of Europe’s most creative jazz institutions. Featuring three newly formed AngloNorwegian groups performing their own original works, this is a chance to catch the jazz stars of the future.
FREE MUSIC The Budvar Stage 2pm onwards Free
A performance by two giants of British jazz. John Taylor is a world class pianist who has developed a sophisticated classically informed jazz style over four decades as a leader and collaborator. With him is saxophonist Julian Arguelles, a former member of British big band Loose Tubes, who has gone on to forge a career as a highly distinctive saxophonist, composer and improviser.
Throughout the weekend the Budvar Stage is playing host to a range of free performances and live music.
ANIMATION MIGRATION WITH KIT DOWNES J19 The Playhouse Theatre 5.15pm – 6.15pm ÂŁ10 Members - 10% off Jazz meets science in an exciting collaboration between the distinguished jazz pianist Kit Downes, performing with a special TXDUWHW DQLPDWRU /HVOH\ %DUQHV and geneticist and ‘professional geek’ Adam Rutherford, creator RI WKH %%& 6HULHV 7KH &HOO Genome. Inspired by the theme of genetic migration, the new audiovisual commission will be aired and WKH FROODERUDWRUV ZLOO UHĂ HFW RQ WKH novel experience of working together.
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FROMAGE EN FEU J17 Jazz Arena 2pm – 3.15pm £10 Members - 10% off The unstoppable Trans-Balkan Express that is Fromage en Feu bring you an energetic mix of high octane klezmer, gypsy tango, soulful waltzes, Oompah mayhem and more!
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J23 Jazz Arena 8.15pm – 9.30pm £13 Members - 10% off With a cool, distinctive voice, Susanna Wallumrød and her trio perform beautiful originals and highly personal interpretations of well-known songs such as Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah and Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart. One of the most exceptional new voices of UHFHQW \HDUV WKH VLQJHU DQG SLDQLVW KDV D XQLTXH ZD\ RI making a song her own.
Led by the former Loose Tubes drummer Martin France, electronica jazz group Spin Marvel features VRPH RI (XURSH·V ÀQHVW PXVLFLDQV LQFOXGLQJ FHOHEUDWHG trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer. Praised for their use of textural soundscape and colour they have developed a distinctly European sound that is highly inventive and compelling.
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PHAROAH SANDERS J21 Cheltenham Town Hall – Main Hall 7pm – 8.30pm £22, £20, £17 Members - 10% off Possessing one of the most distinctive, harmonically rich tenor saxophone sounds in jazz, Pharoah Sanders was once described as ‘probably the best tenor player in the world’ by Ornette Coleman. Although he emerged playing expressionistic free jazz in John Coltrane’s late ensembles, his later music is guided by more graceful concerns, with a characteristic hard edged lyricism. A chance to see a true jazz legend. Supported by The Leonora Society Go to cheltenhamfestivals.com/legacy
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J22 The Playhouse Theatre 8pm – 10pm £10 Members - 10% off Writer, comedian and experimental music fan Stewart Lee welcomes fearless contemporary pianists Steve Beresford and Tania Chen for a performance of John Cage’s Indeterminacy. They are joined by trombonist Alan Tomlinson who will also perform Cage’s Solo for Sliding Trombone.
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LAMB J25 Cheltenham Town Hall – Main Hall 11pm – 12.30am £20 standing Members - 10% off Electronic music duo Lamb combines the talents of producer Andy Barlow DQG VLQJHU VRQJZULWHU /RX 5KRGHV ,Qà XHQFHG E\ WKH %ULVWRO WULS KRS HUD Lamb’s musical style is a distinctive mixture of jazz, dub, breaks and drum and bass, with a strong vocal element. Causing much excitement the duo is EDFN ZLWK D QHZ DOEXP IRU
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J26 Cheltenham Town Hall - Pillar Room 12pm – 1.15pm £13 Members - 10% off
J28 Hotel du Vin 12pm – 3pm £50. Inc. three-course set lunch and coffee. This event is booked through the Festival Box Office. Bookers are also requested to call the hotel on 01242 588450 to confirm table time.
Following his trio’s sold out performance LQ .LW 'RZQHV returns with a new album Quiet Tiger. Backed by the subtle touches of bassist Calum Gourlay and drummer James Maddren, the Mercury Music Prize nominated trio is expanded to form a new sextet performing engaging original compositions.
Pianist, singer and songwriter Anthony Strong writes feel-good music infused with jazz, blues, pop and soul. ,QĂ XHQFHG E\ PXVLF legends such as Frank Sinatra and Stevie Wonder, he performs infectious foot-tapping music from his debut album, Guaranteed, alongside original arrangements of classic jazz songs.
JAZZ IT UP! The Budvar Stage 11am onwards Free Cheltenham Jazz Festival just wouldn’t be the same without Jazz It Up! The showcase for school jazz bands from all over Gloucestershire is always a blast, and KDV QRZ EHFRPH D ÀUP À[WXUH LQ WKH )HVWLYDO programme. From new bands performing in SXEOLF IRU WKH ÀUVW WLPH to well-established ensembles, the young musicians give it their all and are a delight to watch.
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NEIL COWLEY TRIO J30 Jazz Arena 2pm – 3.15pm £13 Members - 10% off In just a few short years the Neil Cowley Trio have carved out a reputation as one of Britain’s most exciting bands. Blurring the boundaries between classical, rock, funk and jazz, they perform a selection of choice cuts from their catalogue alongside new material, written specially for this expanded line-up featuring a VWULQJ TXDUWHW KHDGHG E\ WKH +HULWDJH 2UFKHVWUD¡V OHDG violinist, Julian Ferraretto.
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TORD GUSTAVSEN J32 Cheltenham Town Hall – Main Hall 4.15pm – 5.30pm £15 Members - 10% off An intriguing voice on today’s music scene. Norwegian pianist Tord Gustavsen explores styles including Scandinavian folk music, gospel and cool jazz and he leads an ensemble with a remarkable ability to mix MD]] KLVWRU\ ZLWK UHÁHFWLYH 1RUGLF PRRGV DQG O\ULFDO beauty. At this event they’ll be performing specially commissioned work alongside pieces from Tord’s outstanding ECM release Restored, Returned.
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Throughout the weekend the Budvar Stage is playing host to a range of free performances and live music. Check out cheltenhamfestivals.com/jazzfringe for the announcement of the line-up.
FREE MUSIC The Budvar Stage 2pm onwards Free
DJANGO BATES’ BELOVÈD BIRD J31 Cheltenham Town Hall – Pillar Room 2.45pm – 4pm £13 Members - 10% off ,Q KLV th birthday year Django Bates' Belovèd Bird is paying tribute to the pioneer of be-bop Charlie Parker, ZKRVH PXVLF ÀUVW LQVSLUHG WKH SLDQLVW DV D WHHQDJHU The group, featuring Danish musicians Petter Eldh on bass and Peter Bruun on drums, will be re-working familiar themes such as Hot House, Now’s the Time and Moose the Mooche.
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J33 Jazz Arena 4.45pm – 6pm £13 Members - 10% off
J34 The Playhouse Theatre 5.45pm – 7pm £10 Members - 10% off
A self taught singer-songwriter, Andreya Triana’s highly anticipated solo album showcases her EUHDWKWDNLQJ EUDQG RI IXQN\ VRXO 7ULDQD LV D XQLTXH vocalist who has launched her career through collaborations with some of the most highly regarded producers, including Mr Scruff and Bonobo.
With a soundscape far beyond the standard guitar Stian Westerhus pushes the boundaries of improvised music. With a healthy disregard for convention and guitar orthodoxy, he balances raw expressiveness and melodic instinct using electronics and sheer noise to create performances of near-orchestral expansiveness.
OVERTONE QUARTET J35 Cheltenham Town Hall – Main Hall 7pm – 8.30pm £22, £20, £17 Members - 10% off Three-time Grammy winner Dave Holland is a musician of profound imagination and sophistication. He returns WR WKH )HVWLYDO DIWHU KLV VWXQQLQJ à DPHQFR FRQFHUW last year, with his extraordinary Overtone Quartet IHDWXULQJ VRPH RI $PHULFD¡V ÀQHVW PXVLFLDQV 6D[RSKRQH impresario Chris Potter, genre-bending pianist Jason Moran, and virtuosic drummer Eric Harland are all acclaimed composers and musicians in their own right.
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J36 The Playhouse Theatre 8pm – 10pm ÂŁ10 Members - 10% off One of the hottest bands on the London improvised music scene. Alan Wilkinson trio features the brilliant bassist John Edwards and inventive drummer Steve Noble, who play ‘free jazz’ born exclusively out of intense listening and an almost intuitive creativity.
JAMIE CULLUM SOLO
BIG AIR
J37 Jazz Arena 8.30pm – 10.20pm £38 Members - 10% off This event is being filmed live and audience members must be seated by 8.15pm at the latest. There will be a 20 minute interval.
J38 Cheltenham Town Hall – Pillar Room 8.45pm – 10pm £13 Members - 10% off
The master entertainer returns with an exclusive solo show for the Festival. Catch Jamie with just a piano for company as he performs a mix of unheard new material, previous hits and jazz classics. If you like Jamie Cullum, 1 try Andreya Triana, Anthony
International supergroup Big Air create groove heavy music which is edgy, raw, and full of wry humour. The band combines the remarkable talents of former Loose Tubes members Steve Buckley and Chris Batchelor, with those of American piano virtuoso Myra Melford, New York downtown drummer Jim Black and the extraordinary UK tuba innovator Oren Marshall.
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ROOTS MANUVA & BONOBO LIVE J39 Cheltenham Town Hall – Main Hall 11pm (doors) – 2am £18 (£16 NUS) standing Members - 10% off
Two star acts from the Big Dada and Ninja Tune labels perform in an exclusive double bill. One of the UK’s ÀQHVW 0&V DQG SURGXFHUV 5RRWV Manuva blends hip-hop, reggae, dub and electronica with witty and eccentric rhymes. Bonobo is known for his eclectic mix of breaks, jazz, hip-hop, soul and funk, and he leads a superb live band featuring brass and electronics.
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BRASS JAW
J40 Cheltenham Town Hall - Main Hall 10.30am – 11.30am £6 Members - 10% off Breakfast not included Enjoy your breakfast and read the paper as the family are entertained by the energetic Glasgow based four-piece Brass Jaw. Bringing a vibrant new sound to the world of jazz, they perform without a traditional rhythm section. Expect lively, upbeat music, suitable for every age group. A great way to kick-start the day!
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J42 Cheltenham Town Hall - Pillar Room 12pm – 1.15pm £10 Members - 10% off
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SAM CROCKATT QUARTET J44 Cheltenham Town Hall - Pillar Room 3pm – 4.15pm £10 Members - 10% off Founder member of London’s Loop collective, Sam Crockatt is a highly lyrical saxophonist with D VW\OH LQà XHQFHG E\ Julian Arguelles and Wayne Shorter. His TXDUWHW LV PDGH XS RI four creative young jazz musicians, whose voices blend to form a band VRXQG HTXDOO\ DW KRPH on Crockatt’s originals as well as jazz standards.
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PHRONESIS J43 Jazz Arena 1.15 – 2.30pm ÂŁ13 Members - 10% off Described by The Daily Telegraph as “the most electrifying experience to be had in British jazz", Phronesis’ live performances are an adventure where accessible and often simple melodies take the listener on an impassioned journey. Led by bassist Jasper Høiby they’re performing a set of exciting new material DORQJVLGH WXQHV IURP WKHLU DFFODLPHG OLYH album Alive.
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LUCINDA BELLE ORCHESTRA
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J45 Jazz Arena 3.45pm – 5pm £12 Members - 10% off
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With mellow jazz-pop in a style similar to Norah Jones, Lucinda Belle takes the harp away from its classical expectations, instead fusing it with southern JRVSHO J\SV\ DQG MD]] LQà XHQFHV 6KH¡OO EH MRLQHG E\ her orchestra whose instruments, a harmonium, the melodica, horns, an upright bass, drums, the ukulele and a guitar, complement her sound beautifully.
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FESTIVAL FINALE‌ CLOSING CONCERT J47 Cheltenham Town Hall – Main Hall 8pm onwards 7KH )HVWLYDO ÀQDOH LV VWLOO WR EH DQQRXQFHG so watch this space! Keep an eye on our website, cheltenhamfestivals.com, or subscribe to our eNews at FKHOWHQKDPIHVWLYDOV FRP VXEVFULEH WR ÀQG RXW PRUH
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MORE EVENTS FOR YOU… If you’ve enjoyed the music at Jazz, come and enjoy the jazz at Music.
Wednesday 29 June, Parabola Arts Centre Claire Martin sings the Irving Berlin Songbook with Richard Rodney Bennett at the piano
Saturday 9 July, Cheltenham Town Hall Stunning a cappella and vocal percussion from The Swingle Singers
Friday 1 – Sunday 3 July A special percussion weekend, featuring Dame Evelyn Glennie, Graham Fitkin’s band and the Colin Currie Ensemble performing Steve Reich’s Drumming Full programme for the HSBC Cheltenham Music Festival on sale in early April
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IS 200d Advance £369.00 £24,995.00 £6,239.64 £18,755.36 £9,974.70 £29,129.34 12p per mile
9.9% APR Typical †
To find out more visit:
LEXUS CHELTENHAM 179 Tewkesbury Road, Cheltenham GL51 9DT Tel: 01242 230303 www.lexus.co.uk/cheltenham IS Series prices start from £24,865 OTR. Model shown IS 200d Advance costing £25,605 OTR including metallic paint. Price correct at time of going to press and includes VAT, delivery, number plates, full tank of fuel, one year’s road fund licence and £55 first registration fee. †9.9% APR Typical over 3 years on Lexus Connect Contract Purchase available on IS 200d Advance and IS 250 Advance, when ordered between 4 January and 31 March 2011 and registered and financed between 4 January and 31 March 2011, through Lexus Financial Services, Great Burgh, Burgh Heath, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 5UZ at participating Lexus Centres. Other finance offers are available but cannot be used in conjunction with this offer. Terms and conditions apply. Indemnities may be required. Finance subject to status to over 18s only. Subject to availability.
IS Series fuel consumption figures: urban 16.3-44.8 mpg (17.3-6.3 L/100km), extra urban 33.6-64.2 mpg (8.4-4.4 L/100km), combined 24.4-55.4 mpg (11.6 - 5.1 L/100km). CO2 emissions combined 270 – 134 g/km. CT 200h prices start from £23,485 OTR. Model shown CT 200h SE-L Premier costing £31,145 including optional metallic paint. Price correct at time of going to print and includes VAT, delivery, number plates, full tank of fuel, one year’s road fund license and £55 first registration fee.
CT 200h fuel consumption and CO2 figures: urban 68.9 mpg (4.1L/100km), extra-urban 70.6 mpg (4.0 L/100km), combined 68.9 mpg (4.1L/100km). CO2 emissions combined 94 g/km
THE TIMES CHELTENHAM SCIENCE FESTIVAL 7 – 12 JUNE
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Acknowledgements
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Artistic Director Tony Dudley-Evans
If you have any specific comments about any aspect of the Festival, please write to:
28 Imperial Square Cheltenham GL50 1RH Registered No. 251765 Charity No. 251765 Vat Registration No. 274184644
Executive Director Ian George Festival Manager Philip Woods Festival Assistant Jemma Price Development Manager Lisa Garrett
Cheltenham Festivals Board Sir Michael McWilliam, KCMG Chair Peter Bond Lewis Carnie Jonathan Carr Dominic Collier Christopher Cook Peter Elliott Prof. Russell Foster Dr. Martin Knight Dr. Gill Samuels, CBE Donna Renney
Ian George Jazz Festival Executive Director Cheltenham Festivals 109 Bath Road Cheltenham GL53 7LS Cheltenham Jazz Festival is a member of the British Arts Festival Association www.artsfestival.co.uk and European Jazz Network www.europejazz.net
With many thanks to all the staff at Cheltenham Festivals, Cheltenham Town Hall, those at each venue and the Festival volunteers, all of whom help make the Festival happen. The 16th Cheltenham Jazz Festival is presented by Cheltenham Festivals, a company limited by guarantee.
Jazz Festival Advisory Group Lewis Carnie (chair) Mike Bartlett Sheela Bates Joe Baxter Harvey Cohen Marc Connor Kate Danielson Jeremy Hartley Hugh Phillimore
Photography Credits Nick White, Pauline Keightley, Tim Dickeson, James Pfaff, Noel McLaughlin, Emile Holba, Tom Bradley, Will Cooper-Mitchell, James Pearson-Howe, Calum Morrell, Alex Bonney, Toby Summerskill, Toby Farrow, Jules Beresford, Pete Riley, Bill Burt, Laura Leclair Delord, Ro Cemm, Sven Arnstein, Bartosz Madejski
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