Swanage Jazz Festival | 2023

Welcome back to the 32nd Swanage Jazz Festival!

We were thrilled by the response to our 31st Swanage Jazz Festival – and by the wonderful weather we enjoyed.

This year’s Festival has some notable developments. We are, as you will probably know, back with a marquee and full programme on Sandpit Field. This is a significant and costly development. We hope it pays off in terms of music and ambience.

This exciting return means we have had to slightly slim down the number of main venues we are using. But that also probably means a bit less walking!

We are reintroducing the popular Sunday morning Gospel service in conjunction with Swanage Methodist Church. We are delighted that the eminent Alyn Shipton and his New Orleans Friends will be performing at the service and

hope you will want to attend. We were rather overwhelmed, literally, by the number of people who attended on the Friday – the first Friday this team had run. We have learnt lessions from that and now have a ‘full’ Friday programme starting at 4pm featuring some really great names. And finally there is, of course, the music. At Swanage we are seeking to balance your favourites with the best of the new emerging talent. Jazz just never stops evolving and we want to reflect that. So we have ‘old favourites’ like Alan Barnes, Nigel Price, Craig Milverton and Chris Walker. Alongside those are some new exciting names like Alina Bzhezhinska, Dan Mar-Molinero, Isobella

Burnham, Rebecca Nash and Zara McFarlane. Plus we have some ‘star names’ like Claire Martin, Get The Blessing, Tony Kofi and Hammond Organ maestro, James Taylor.

The jazz styles you can hear at this year’s Swanage Jazz Festival encompass the very best of New Orleans, swing, classics from the 1940s cool school, contemporary bop, new composition and the newer Jazz that is tinged with soul and hip hop. We think there’s something for everyone. If you are reading this at the Festival, thank you for attending and we hope you have a Jazz-tastic weekend.

Paul Kelly Chair – Swanage Jazz Festival

The Damian Cook Quintet

The Mowlem Theatre

Friday 7 July 4pm – 6pm

Formed in 2019, The Damian Cook Quintet bring bags of energy, and a lot of soul to their music. Playing original material influenced by the Hard Bop and Soul Jazz idioms, alongside tunes by the likes of the Cannonball Adderley and Roy Hargrove, these five musicians

always produce something special when they come together.  Following their recent album release, and performances at Ealing Jazz Festival and various jazz clubs around the UK, this is set to be a great afternoon of swinging, grooving, bopping jazz.

The Philip Clouts Quartet

The Mowlem Theatre Friday 7 July 7.30pm – 8.45pm

Melodic jazz with inspirations from around the world. Cape Townborn pianist/composer Clouts’ South African roots have inspired a voyage of discovery that has led to him soaking up the joyful passion of Caribbean calypso, the bluesy melodies of middle eastern praise songs, the exuberant sway of Cuban dance music and the tuneful essence of Gospel while honouring jazz heroes including Bill Evans, Keith

Jarrett, and Charles Lloyd. As a key member of the popular London-based world jazz ensemble Zubop and its offshoot ZubopGambia, with BBC World Music awardwinner Juldeh Camara, Clouts created a solid body of work with African roots and since moving to Dorset in 2006 he has responded to his new surroundings with impressionistic compositions that complement his world music interests, resonating

with strong themes and packing a mighty rhythmical punch. The latest CD from the Philip Clouts Quartet is one of the first wave of releases on the new jazz imprint from prestigious label Odradek Records. On this album, entitled Umoya (named from the Zulu word for life force), Clouts’ African inspirations extend beyond Cape jazz to Gnawa music and Afrobeat, and further to pan-European folksong and soul-jazz. Joined by rising star saxophonist Samuel Eagles, bassist Tim Fairhall and drummer Andy Chapman, he brings his musical journey alive with superb musicianship and infectious vigour.

Philip Clouts: Piano

Samuel Eagles: Saxophone

Tim Fairhall: Double bass

Andy Chapman: Drums

Dave Boraston: Trumpet | Damian Cook: Alto Sax Graeme Taylor: Piano | Joe Limburn: Double Bass | Ted Carrasco: Drums

Tony Kofi’s Inside Straight

The Mowlem Theatre Friday 7 July 9.30pm – 11pm

INSIDE STRAIGHT is a celebration of the music of Cannonball Adderley, featuring compositions by Joe Zawinul, Nat Adderley, and of course Cannonball himself. Led by award winning alto saxophonist Tony Kofi, the band explores exciting repertoire from the late 1960s / Mid 1970s which helped to push the boundaries of jazz music at the time and pave

the way for the oncoming jazz funk revolution.

Tony is joined in the engine room by Martyn Spencer (double bass), Andrew ‘Woody’ Wood (drums) & Matthew Ratcliffe (piano, keyboards, synthesiser & Moog). On the frontline, Tony is joined by top brass men,Hugh Pascall on trumpet and Dennis Rollins MBE on trombone.

The Alan Barnes Quartet

Sandpit Field Marquee Friday 7 July 4pm – 6pm

Alan Barnes returns to the Festival this time with his Quartet, which features three of the country’s top younger jazz musicians.

Alan is best known for his work on clarinet, alto and baritone sax, and he has made over thirty albums as leader and co-leader alone. In British jazz, the young Barnes worked with the established greats of the time - Stan Tracy, John Dankworth, Kenny Baker, Bob Wilber, and Humphrey Lyttelton, but he is equally respected for his longstanding and fruitful collaborations with contemporaries such as David Newton, Bruce Adams, and Martin Taylor. Alan’s unique musicianship, indefatigable touring, and warm rapport with audiences have made him uniquely popular in British jazz. He has received over 25 British Jazz Awards, most recently in 2014 for clarinet,

and has twice been made BBC Jazz Musician of the Year.

Paul Edis on piano is a performer, composer and educator who has built a reputation for consistently delivering innovate ideas within his work whilst paying respect to both jazz and classical music traditions. Paul has released several critically acclaimed recordings in recent years, regularly receives commissions from a wide variety of organisations, and works as an educator for organisations including Sage Gateshead, National Youth Jazz Orchestra and National Youth Jazz Collective.

Bassist Adam King's success in the 2015 annual Musicians' Company Young Jazz Musician Award revealed one of the most promising jazz artists of his generation. He has performed widely in Europe and the UK and is one of the most sought-after

young bass players around.

Joel Barford on drums has packed a lot into his 25 years and as a London based freelance drummer, he has performed with many of the country’s top jazz artists. Joel started learning the drums when he was 7 and at the ripe old age of 18 ventured on his first European tour playing some of Europe's iconic venues and biggest festivals. Alan Barnes performed at all but one of the 32 Swanage Jazz Festivals. The Festival wouldn’t be the same without him.

Tony Kofi -Alto Saxophone | Hugh Pascall - Trumpet

Dennis Rollins - Trombone | Matthew Ratcliffe - Keyboards/piano, synthesiser & Moog

Martyn Spencer - Double Bass | Andrew Wood - Drums

Alan Barnes: Saxophones | Paul Edis: piano | Adam King: bass | Joel Barford: drums

Fletch’s Brew Sandpit Field Marquee

Friday 7 July 7.15pm – 8.30pm

In 2010 renowned drummer Mark Fletcher put together a band comprised of some of the most innovative players in British music. That band became Fletch’s Brew. Across evolving line-ups and with many of Fletch’s long-time collaborators joining the band, the central ethos of Fletch’s Brew remains commitment to spontaneity. Whether playing original compositions or new arrangements from across the jazz canon, the band’s style floats seamlessly between the idioms of

fusion, funk, bop, reggae and rock. In 2014, Fletch’s Brew released their debut album ’39 & 47’. Musically, 39 and 47 offers a great deal of variety to listeners. Half of the tracks are completely improvised, but at no time are they lacking in the heavy grooves the Brew have become known for. Also featured are original compositions by Carl Orr and Freddie Gavita as well as Gavita’s arrangement of Herbie Hancock’s ‘Fat Albert Rotunda’ and the band’s signature tune, a funky

arrangement of Wayne Shorter’s ‘Beauty and The Beast’. 39 and 47 features playing which is virtuosic but also accessible, Fletch’s Brew last played at Swanage in Nigel Price’s 2018 Festival. It’s great to have them back!

Rainey’s Ragtime Band

Swanage Conservative Club Friday 7 July 7pm - 9pm

Gertrude "Ma" Rainey is one of the legends of early American Jazz and Blues. Dubbed the "Mother of the Blues", she bridged earlier vaudeville and the

authentic expression of southern blues, influencing a generation of blues singers. Rainey was known for her powerful vocal abilities, energetic disposition, majestic phrasing, and a "moaning" style of singing. She became known as "Ma" Rainey after her marriage to Will "Pa" Rainey in 1904. They toured with the Rabbit Foot Minstrels and later formed their own group, Rainey and Rainey. She recorded with Louis Armstrong and unlike many blues singers of her day, Rainey wrote at least a third of the songs she sang including many

of her most famous works such as "Moonshine Blues" and "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" which would become standards of the "classic blues" genre. Her career was subject of the 2020 American film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom starring Viola Davis. Rainey’s Ragtime Band bring you music from the 1920s/1930s featuring Ma Rainey’s classic songs and a selection of other wellknown tunes from the era arranged by Richard Exhall in conjunction with Musical Director, Dom Barnett.

Chrissie Myles and Gemma Dorsett: Vocals | Richard Exall: Saxes

Amy Roberts: Saxes and clarinet | Dom Barnett: Piano | Tony Qunta: Acoustic Guitar

Marianne Windham: Double-Bass | Sam Kelly: Drums

Freddie Gavita: Trumpet | Ross Stanley: Keyboards | Laurence Cottle: Bass | Mark Fletcher: Drums

The James Taylor Quartet

Sandpit Field Marquee Friday 7 July 9.15pm – 10.45pm

‘An institution’ The Independent ‘A Hammond led slice of organic retrofunk’

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Led by Hammond organ-guru, James Taylor, JTQ stands with one foot planted in 2023, and other, just as firmly, somewhere south of the 1970s.

For more than 30 years, The James Taylor Quartet have set the standard for the coolest sounds in funky acid jazz. On dozens of

critically acclaimed albums and at their legendary live shows both at home and around the world, they’ve quietly become a byword for distinguished British creativity.

In addition to his work with JTQ – James has collaborated with the likes of U2, The Wonderstuff, Manic Street Preachers, The Pogues, as well as with Tom Jones on the multiplatinum album Reload. JTQ are perhaps best-

known and best-loved for their unrivalled live performances. With James’s Hammond leading the way, JTQ jam out with funky rhythms and kitschy-cool melodies - their concerts include reworkings of classics such as Green Onions and Time Is Tight, as well as JTQ’s debut single Blow Up and favourites such as JTQ Theme and, of course, the inimitable, Starsky and Hutch.

Moonlight Swing Band

Isle of Purbeck Golf Club Friday 7 July 7.30pm – 10.30pm. Admission by separate ticket £15. We are delighted to be working with the Isle of Purbeck Golf Club to present The Moonlight Swing Band. This 18 piece Dorset based big band formed in 2002 providing opportunities for amateur musicians to improve their skills with regular rehearsals and performances. The band’s repertoire

includes a varied selection of music ranging from modern versions of well-loved tunes to big band standards, encompassing Swing, Latin, Jazz as well as romantic ballads. The featured vocalists perform some of the most beautiful songs ever written, music associated with the greatest singers

such as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone. The Isle of Purbeck Golf Club has a unique setting with a fabulous panorama of the Purbeck Hills and Poole Harbour and the possibility of spectacular sunsets all in all a fitting setting for ‘Moonlight Serenade’ and other Big Band classics.

James Emmett’s Ragtime

Revellers, Carnival Parade

Hardstanding, Shore Road Saturday 8 July 10.30am

Swanage Jazz Festival is one of the few in the country to feature both Traditional and Contemporary jazz. Whilst on the Contemporary front it is easy to find individuals and groups pushing forward the music’s boundaries, it is harder to find quality Traditional jazz

groups who bring love and care to the music, especially if they are also asked to perform a la promenade.

It has been Swanage’s custom to kick the Saturday programme off with a Festival parade and for many years this was nobly undertaken

by Dave Brennan’s Band both before and after his untimely death in 2018.

We are delighted to welcome back a more local equivalent who, we know have all the Dave Brennan spirit and quality. They certainly did last year!

James Taylor: Hammond organ and vocals | Mark Cox: Guitar

Andrew McKinney: Bass | Ted Carrasco: Drums

James Emmett: Tuba | Oleg Zaremskyi: Soprano Sax | Graham Majin: Vocals and Tenor Sax Mike White: Trombone | Tom Ward: Banjo | Steff Emmett: Washboard

The Craig Milverton Quintet

The Mowlem Theatre

Saturday 8 July 11am – 12.15pm

Craig Milverton is one of Britain's finest Jazz pianists as recognised in 2010 by winning Best Jazz Pianist in the British Jazz Awards and 12 Awards with Digby Fairweather and his Half Dozen in the Best Small Group Category. Also five awards for Best Recording in The Small Group category. Craig brings a superb quintet to Swanage featuring five of the finest

Jazz musicians in the South West. The Quintet will perform an attractive mix of Jazz Standards, Funk and Latin tunes from across The American Songbook

“Britain’s nearest to Oscar Peterson and The best to come along in the last 20, Years” Digby Fairweather

“A master of whatever he chooses to perform, a truly great British Trio”

Humphrey Lyttleton

Rebecca Nash presents ‘Redefining Element 78’

The Mowlem Theatre Saturday 8th July 1pm – 2.15pm

Redefining Element 78, is a brand-new work by British pianist-composer Rebecca Nash, commissioned by Bristol Jazz Festival and released on Whirlwind Recordings. Firmly established as one of the most exciting contemporary jazz composers/band leaders in the UK, pianist Rebecca Nash is now garnering an international reputation for her distinctive sound,

Rebecca Nash: Piano

Nick Walters: Trumpet

Dee Byrne: Alto saxophone

Jamie Leeming: Guitar

Paul Michael: Bass

Matt Fisher: Drums

full of artistry and heart.

Redefining Element 78 is the follow-up album to Rebecca’s highly celebrated debut release Peaceful King. Her music blends bold melodies with electronic elements and grooves, placing them within ethereal harmonic soundscapes.

The suite, a collection of eight pieces is curiously centred around precious metals; Platinum, Osmium,

Rhodium, Iridium, Ruthenium, and Palladium. The music's excitement comes from a creative tension between detailed through-composed sections and large swathes of free improvisation. A deep sense of trust and connection between the musicians, combined with expansive, otherworldly compositions leads to spontaneous, daring, and unpredictable music making.

Craig Milverton: Piano | Ian Ellis: Tenor/Soprano Sax | Andy Urquhart: Trumpet/ Flugelhorn Ashley John Long: Bass | Alex Goodyer: Drums

The Norma Winstone Trio

The Mowlem Theatre

Saturday 8 July 3pm – 4.15pm

Norma Winstone needs little introduction having been an influential singer and lyricist worldwide since the early 70’s, recording for ECM with Azimuth, Kenny Wheeler’s big bands and with her own Grammy nominated group.

“Finding kindred spirits that lead you on...” is a quote from Nikki Iles which describes the musical empathy of this trio

A trio of great musicians; one half of

Nikki Iles’ very popular group The Printmakers. Nikki is not only a brilliant pianist but has shown herself in recent years to be an impressive writer for her big band which has recently been touring the UK. She has an open and innovative approach to creating music and as such has received numerous commissions and awards. She is currently Artist in Residence with the wonderful NDR Big Band in Hamburg.

Saxophonist Mark Lockheart has won many awards and is a member of the Mercury nominated group Polar Bear and has written extensively for his very successful group which explores and expands the music of Duke Ellington. Together they play diverse selection of originals by Nikki, Ralph Towner, Vince Mendoza, Steve Swallow, Joni Mitchell, as well as their own take on some standards.

The Arun Ghosh Quartet

Seclused in Light Live

The Mowlem Theatre Saturday 8 July 5pm – 6.30pm

Arun Ghosh is one of the most popular and distinctive jazz clarinet players in Britain. Conceived in Calcutta, bred in Bolton, matured in Manchester and now living in London, Arun's musical vocabulary

and vision reflects his rich geographical heritage. Using the spirit and language of jazz, with the sounds and styles of hip-hop, Indian classical and folk, western classical, rock, pop and avant-garde, Ghosh's music is full of lyrical melodies and searching harmonies, down to earth directness and psychedelic ambient introspection. His Indo-Jazz Sextet play original music of South Asian origin with a contemporary jazz attitude, rocking urban beats and the passion of punk. Sweet and timeless melodies give birth to soaring

improvisations and raag explorations, driven by a heady mix of dub-reggae bass, tabla trickery and ferocious drum explosions. Constantly experimenting with live formats and arrangements has been key to Arun Ghosh's growing reputation for creating music that is “...at once no-nonsense, thrilling and beautiful...uproarious and irresistible (The Telegraph)”

The set will feature his sensuous and danceable 2022 album “Seclused in Light”

After a six year absence, it’s great to have Arun and his band back at Swanage!

Gavin Barras: Bass | Dave Walsh: Drums

Norma Winstone: Vocals | Mark Lockheart: Saxophones | Nikki Iles: Piano

Arun Ghosh: Clarinet | Alex Veitch: Piano

Sarsen Drift

The Mowlem Theatre Saturday 8 July 8pm – 8.45pm

Sarsen Drift started as a new collaboration between pianist Rebecca Nash and trumpeter/producer Nick Malcolm. However for scheduling reasons Nick Malcolm is being replaced for this concert by trumpeter Nick Walters who regularly works with Rebecca. This new venture, firmly rooted in their mutual appreciation of electronica and jazz begun in 2020, and now this duo

are ready to bring it to the world. Their music incorporates electronics, as well as samples taken from the natural world of Avebury, Stonehenge and its surrounding areas blending them with acoustic instruments on stage. Echoes of influences such as bands like Royksopp, Aphex Twin, and Lemon Jelly can be heard in the mix of their sound alongside live improvisation.

Nick Walters: Trumpet | Rebecca Nash: Keyboards

Alina Bzhezhinska

Sarsen Drift’s new album entitled The Sanctuary will be released on D.O.T. Records later this year. We are delighted to have this forward looking duo perform at Swanage Jazz Festival.

The Mowlem Theatre Saturday 8 July 9.30pm – 11pm

Internationally renowned Alina Bzhezhinska, one of the leading harpists in the world today, has built a strong reputation for innovation. Having first appeared at Ronnie Scott’s in 2018, supporting a sold-out tribute to Alice and John Coltrane by The Denys

Baptiste Quartet, Bzhezhinska returned in 2022 with new compositions, airing for the first time at her headline show at Ronnie’s this March. Creating a unique sound on the harp, with layered effects and electronics, Bzhezhinska will be supported by

music supremo’s Mikele Montolli (bass), Joel Prime (percussion) & Matt Holmes (drums). Drawing from a variety of influences, including Dorothy Ashby’s ‘Afro-Harping’, Alice Coltrane’s spiritual outputs, Joe Henderson’s free form jazz experimentation & 90s Acid Jazz and Trip Hop, Bzhezhinska (composer, band leader and founder of the HipHarpCollective) is a one-woman powerhouse on a mission to bring the harp to the fore of contemporary sonics. With her new album, recorded in London last year with her HipHarpCollective and released in 2022 (BBE Music), expect to hear the harp as you’ve never heard it before.

Alina Bzhezhinska: Harp | Mikele Montolli: Electric Bass | Matt Holmes: Drums Joel Prime: Percussion | With special guest Vimala Rowe: vocals

Soldoro

Sandpit Field Marquee

Saturday 8 July 11am – 12.15pm

Soldoro are a six piece band formed just over a year ago made up of Bournemouth and Poole musicians. They play well known jazz tunes with a Latin flavour. This will be Soldoro’s first time playing at the Swanage Jazz festival and the band are really looking forward to it. Expect tunes from Stevie Wonder, Sergio Mendes and others in that ilk. You could be dancing….

The Martin Dale Quartet

Sandpit Field Marquee Saturday 8 July 1pm – 2.15pm

Martin Dale has been a full time musician since he was 16 when he joined the Royal Marines Band Service. He studied jazz saxophone at the Guildhall school of music during his time in the service. He has played with most of the UK's leading jazz musicians and toured with the Jack Bruce Blues Band. He plays in the style of his 3 favourite tenors, Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott and his close friend Dick Morrissey.

Gavin Martin has been MDQ's regular piano player for quite a few years now,he also had  full career in the band Service playing trumpet and piano. Also eager to learn more tunes he has become an accomplished jazz player and great accompanist. He plays with a few  West Country bands and also

teaches music in a local academy.

Kevin Sanders is a long standing member of the quartet and is one of the most in demand bass players in the South West. He has a wealth of knowledge and you can rarely catch him out when you "call a tune " A fine player and he also writes for a very popular Bass magazine.

Dennis Harris is the longest serving member of the Quartet, he has been with the band since the very beginning and still "swings like the clappers " not too busy just a good old "proper groover" which suits the MDQ perfectly.

Expect to hear swing, Latin and of course a ballad or two, and maybe an old tune done in a different way "just to keep things fresh"!

Martin Dale: Tenor sax | Gavin Martin: Piano

Kevin

Sara Harris: Vocals | Tobie Muir: Saxophone

Ray Shea: Piano | Simon Collins: Double Bass

Danny Speller: Drums | Barry Limburn: Percussion

Sanders: Bass | Dennis Harris: Drums

The Isobella Burnham Quartet

Sandpit Field Marquee Saturday 8 July 3pm – 4.15pm

Isobella Burnham, (bassist, vocalist & composer) is held in the highest regard by her contemporaries on the UK jazz scene. She is very influenced by the Caribbean music she heard while growing up. Since her arrival in the UK from Barbados in 2018 she has become a must have bassist in many of the most successful bands around, playing alongside Tom Misch, Connie

Constance, Steamdown, Sampa The Great, Poppy Ajudha, to name but a few. Her 2021 her release "Dancin' Garuda" was very favourably received. Of it she said “It’s always important to me to have fun while I play. Otherwise there’s not much point. Music is so emotive and you choose what the listener feels by guiding them through your lens

Isobella Burnham: Bass and vocals | Naiyah: Vocals

Lorenz Okello: Keyboards | Benjamin Appiah: Drums

and how you see the world. This EP is overall joyful music. It’s a part of who I am and I wanted to let the world in and see different parts and sides of me.”

We welcome Isobella and her Quartet to Swanage during a pivotal and exciting period of her musical development. Expect a well crafted performance with periods of unadulterated multi-genre jamming.

The Alessio Menconi/Nigel Price Quartet

Sandpit Field Marquee Saturday 8 July 5pm – 6.15pm [Alessio] “Best Soloist” – Gran Prix du Jazz | [Nigel] “Best guitarist” – British Jazz Awards

The internationally renowned and respected Italian maestro Alessio

Menconi teams up with UK award winning Nigel Price to present a night of exciting

guitar led jazz. With support from the incendiary Joel Barford on drums and the virtuosic Mikele Montolli on double bass this promises to be a memorable concert.

Expect echoes of Pat Martino, Wes Montgomery and Joe Pass as the band take on material made famous by the giants, as well as a few original compositions. Not to be missed!

Nigel Price: Guitar | Alessio Menconi: Guitar | Mikele Montolli: Double Bass | Joel Barford: Drums

Julian Phillips and Mike Denham Ragtime Meets Boogie Woogie

Sandpit Field Marquee

Saturday 8 July 7.45pm – 8.45pm What do you get when you put two outstanding South West Jazz pianists together? Well you get a history of piano playing from the 1890s to the 1940s, styles that were both hugely influential on the development of Jazz and Jazz piano. Ragtime was the black man’s equivalent of classical music. Its syncopated rhythms influenced early 20s Jazz. Boogie Woogie imitated the sound of trains thundering through urban areas. It arrived around the same time as Ragtime and its propulsive swing went on to power a

very different style of Jazz. Ragtime was and still is Mike Denham’s first love, and he has performed rags at every opportunity – from St Pancras Station concourse to concert venues including St George’s Bristol and London’s Purcell Room.

He discovered jazz at university and, for years, juggled a career as a chemical engineer with band and solo performances.  American pianists Jelly Roll Morton, Pete Johnson and Ralph Sutton are Mike’s heroes.

Julian Phillips taught

Mike Denham: Piano | Julian Phillips: Piano

The Claire Martin Quartet

Sandpit Field Marquee Saturday 8 July 9.30pm – 11pm

Claire Martin OBE has established herself as a tour de force on the UK jazz scene. During her career, which spans three decades, she has gained many awards, including winning the British Jazz Awards eight times. In 2018 she was the proud recipient of the BASCA Gold Badge Award for her contribution to jazz. Claire became a professional singer at 19 and two years later realised her dream of singing at Ronnie Scott’s. Claire has recorded 18 albums with Linn Records and her latest - “I Watch You Sleep” released in March 2023, is a collaboration with the American conductor and pianist Scott Dunn and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. On this they pay homage to

their dear friend, the late Sir Richard Rodney Bennett.

Rob Barron on piano started playing at the age of five and by the time he was in his teens was performing his first gigs in Hull with local band Jazz Soup in a weekly residency that lasted over two years. Rob studied jazz at Leeds College of Music where he was awarded the prize for outstanding performance on the BA Hons programme. Since graduating from The Guildhall School of Music and Drama with an Mmus with distinction in Music Performance, Rob has become a mainstay of the London jazz and studio scene. He has played with visiting American artists and in groups lead by leading UK artists. Rob was

Claire Martin: Vocals |Rob Barron: Piano

Dave Whitfield: Bass | Mark Taylor: Drums

himself how to play the piano at the age of fourteen by listening to and interpreting the music of the great Boogie Woogie pioneers including Jimmy Yancey and Pinetop Smith. His love and knowledge of the music is infectious and whether playing solo or performing with other musicians, his enjoyment of the music shines through.

also a member of the awardwinning group Kairos 4tet and regularly appears with the BBC Big Band and Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra.

Mark Taylor on drums began playing at the age of 5 and turned professional at 16. The list of artists he has worked with reads like a 'who's who' of jazz and covers a wide range of styles from Mainstream to Be-bop and beyond. To date, Mark has performed on more than 60 albums, and he has toured extensively in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Dave Whitfield completes the line-up on bass.

Thokozile Collective

Swanage Conservative Club Saturday 8th July 11am – 12.15pm

Swanage Jazz favourites

Thokozile were formed off the back of British Council musician exchanges with South Africa over a decade ago. Founder member, Dan Somogyi (brother of bassist Arnie), visited Langa Township in Cape Town and the wider Western Cape region and was so inspired by what he heard that a whole musical exchange programme emerged. Thokozile were originally formed as a house band for the finale concert alongside British and South

Dan Somogyi: keys / guitar

Rob Palmer: guitar

Terry Quinney: saxophones

Jack Shaughnessy: bass

Cheikh Diop: percussion

Neil Evans: drums

Yetii

Swanage Conservative Club

Saturday 8th July 1pm – 2.15pm

Yetii are an acoustic jazz trio playing original compositions. The music combines flowing melodies with expansive group improvisations, interlocking grooves and evolving soundscapes.

Alex Veitch (piano) has a current bimonthly residency at Ronnie Scott's and plays in Bristol with projects including MADLY, Family Business and Bristol Street Music.Ashley John Long (bass) is an award-winning virtuoso double bassist

African musicians but their infectious sound proved so popular, they continued to gig sporadically, evolving to incorporate influences from across the world jazz spectrum, and developing a cult local following through

support slots alongside Osibisa, James Taylor Quartet and others. Thokozile are about to release their long-awaited debut album, and this gig features new member, Senegalese drum master Cheikh Diop.

and composer and current lecturer at Cardiff University. Alex Goodyear (drums) has been named "One of the fastest rising stars of Jazz in the UK” (Jazz Knights) with credits including John Law, Simon Spillett, Adrian Cox, Joe Webb, Denny Ilett, Alex

Merritt, and Dave Newton. The band released their debut album in November 2022 to widespread critical acclaim and look forward to their busiest year of gigs so far in 2023 including shows in Stroud, Birmingham, Bath and Swanage.

Alex Veitch: Piano | Ashley John Long: Double bass | Alex Goodyear: Drums

The Roger Beaujolais Quartet

Swanage Conservative Club Saturday 8th July 3pm – 4.15pm

Roger Beaujolais came to music late in life & is a self taught vibist who has had a long & varied career including his time with jump/jive favourites The Chevalier Brothers, a stint with pop band Fairground Attraction along with his best selling albums (by jazz standards) on the Acid Jazz label in the names of The Beaujolais Band & Vibraphonic. For over 20 years Roger has concentrated on his acoustic quintet/quartet & has so far released 21 albums & has had over 250 compositions recorded

& released.

Roger’s quartet is a regular on the UK jazz scene & he will be joined by some of the top UK jazz musicians - Gareth Williams on piano, Simon Thorpe on double bass & Milo Fell on drums. Roger moves in diverse musical circles & along with his work with many of the top names in UK jazz he has also recorded with many well known pop/ rock artists in different genres inc. Robert Plant, Roni Size, Fairground Attraction, Morrissey, Guy Chambers, Kirsty MacColl, Rumer, Duffy, Paul

Weller, Alexander O’Neal, Omara Portuondo, Neneh Cherry, Alison Limerick, Tony Allen & Ed Motta.

Jon Lloyd’s European Quartet

Swanage Conservative Club Saturday 8th July 5pm – 6.15pm

Jon Lloyd says, “I'm privileged to play with these three seriously great musicians, interpreting my new pieces in a quartet format with enormous creativity, sensitivity and energy...

The music is essentially European jazz, with the improvisation and composition informed

by various world musics as much as by jazz. A new recording A new recording is in preparation, scheduled for summer 2023, but meanwhile please watch the Jon Lloyd Quartet playlist of six pieces on Youtube, filmed live at The Lighthouse, Poole, UK in November 2022. The pieces represent many facets of the

quartet. "Cidron" has a North African influence and begins with haunting soprano and piano. "Breaking the Waves" has a still, spacious feel. "Earth Song" has a beautiful bass groove and very cool  hand drumming from Alex. "River" begins to represent a more driving jazz feel, with an extended modal section which can really take off in concert! "For Stan" is a plaintive piece written as a tribute to the wonderful cellist Stan Adler. "Soften the Sound of all Tears" is a sweet (though not saccharine) ballad!”

Jon Lloyd: Saxophone

John Law: Piano

Nick Pini: Bass

Alex Goodyear: Drums

Roger Beaujolais: Vibes | Gareth Williams: Piano | Simon Thorpe: Bass | Milo Fell: Drums

Perfect Houseplants

Swanage Conservative Club Saturday 8pm – 10pm

Formed by four of the most distinctive jazz musicians and composers in Britain, Perfect Houseplants achieved a reputation as one of the most innovative and challenging jazz groups to emerge in the 1990’s. The group's unique and colourful compositions and musical interaction has established them as an adventurous but accessible group on the cutting edge of European music.

On the group’s debut album, simply entitled Perfect Houseplants, The Guardian wrote, "They are at the cutting edge of contemporary jazz music with an innovative approach to composition, operating in a territory of folksy tunes, sultry tangos, waltzes and busy time changes."

The band’s second album Clec (1995) opened a significantly larger sound

James Emmett’s Ragtime Revellers

The Hardstanding, Shore Road

Saturday 10.30am – 11.15pm

The Centre

Saturday 8 July 12.15pm – 1.30pm

Initially formed in 2012, James Emmett had a vision to bring live traditional good time jazz back into the public eye and into the gardens and organisations of all those who love live music. Now

in its very successful 10th year, the Revellers have survived the pandemic and are raring to go.

The trumpet-less line up features former cornet player James Emmett leading the band

world and in 1997 Snap Clatter was released. "More drama than the RSC" said The Wire.  Jazzwise commented, "If Snap Clatter were a book – it would be 'Alice In Wonderland', a clever whimsical journey profuse with ideas."

The period between 1996 and 1997 also saw two important cross-over projects with musicians from the Early and Baroque worlds. Extempore brought together Perfect Houseplants with the award winning early music group The Orlando Consort. Their Swanage appearance is a “much anticipated”, “long awaited” return to live performance.

on Tuba, and wife Steff Emmett keeping time on Washboard. The line up includes Ukranian saxist Oleg Zaremskyi features two saxes and trombone with the full line up as follows:

Mark Lockheart: Soprano & Tenor saxophones | Huw Warren: Piano, accordion & percussion Dudley Philips: Acoustic & electric bass | Martin France: Drums

James Emmett: Tuba | Oleg Zaremskyi: Soprano Sax | Graham Majin: Vocals and Tenor Sax Mike White: Trombone | Tom Ward: Banjo | Steff Emmett: Washboard

Tad Newton’s Jazz Friends

The Centre Saturday 8th July 2.15pm – 3.30pm

Now celebrating their 40th year, Tad Newton’s Jazz friends are now established as one of the most popular groups on the UK and international jazz entertainment scenes.

The Jazz Friends specialise in lively always swinging jazz. Within this framework, also reside the sounds of Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington and Count Basie making the band ideal for concerts, clubs, dances, festivals (especially Swanage Jazz Festival,) riverboat shuffles or indeed any functions where happy, lively music is required.

Whilst concentrating on the jazz sounds of the

20’s 30’s 40’s and 50’s, the Jazz Friends do not resign themselves to re-runs of “golden oldies” and can combine their traditional repertoire with more contemporary blues material.

The band features within it’s show, a flexibility of approach enabling it to spotlight delightful interludes of vocals, novelties, rhythm and blues as well as fine

solos by it’s respected and noted individual musicians.

Always in demand at Jazz clubs both at home and abroad, the band have played such prestigious events as The Royal Festival Hall, Royal Ascot, Henley Royal Regatta and the British Grand Prix. Last year Covid meant the band included a number of deps. This year they are back with the “proper” line up.

Jeremy Huggett's Dart Valley Stompers

The Centre Saturday 8 th July 4.15pm - 5.30pm

Led by Award Winning musician Jeremy Huggett, The Dart Valley Stompers perform lively & exciting jazz from the 20s, 30s & 40s. Since its formation in 2005, the band has proved to be hugely successful with a strong following throughout the UK. The Dart Valley Stompers are one of the

most popular and busiest bands in the country regularly performing to capacity audiences at Jazz Clubs & Festivals both in the UK & abroad. Featuring some of the UK's top musicians the band’s repertoire is guaranteed to get your feet tapping – this is definitely a band not to be missed!

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Tad Newton: Trombone/vocals | Gary Wood: Trumpet/vocals | Mike Wills: Clarinet/saxes

Alan Haughton: Piano | Tomas Pederson: Bass | Ronnie Fenn: Drums

Jeremy Huggett: Saxophones, Clarinet & Vocals | Gethin Liddington: Trumpet

Jarvis: Trombone | Vic Partridge: Banjo & Guitar | Tony Mann: Double Bass

Evans: Drums

Get The Blessing 7pm - 8.15pm

The Dan Mar Molinero Jazz Orchestra featuring Ivo Neame 9pm - 10.30pm

The Re-Birth Octet plays the music of Miles Davis 3.30pm - 4.45pm

The Sound of Blue Note with Mark Nightingale

- 6.15pm

Zara McFarlane’s Tribute to Sarah Vaughan

- 9pm & 9.30 - 10.15pm

Nikki LeightonThomas sings the songs of Fran Landesman

- 4pm & 4.30pm - 5.15pm

Gospel Service At Swanage Methodist Church with Alyn

Speak No Evil: Tribute to Wayne Shorter. Jon Lloyd and Tobie Muir 7.30pm - 9pm

Chris Walker’s Pedigree Jazzmen

Julia Titus as Ma Bessie with Mike Denham and Graham Samuel 4.30pm - 5.45pm

Chris Hodgkins’ Salute to Humphrey Lyttelton 7.30pm - 8.15pm & 8.45pm - 9.30pm

Free Fringe

Alyn Shipton’s New Orleans Jazz Friends

The Centre Saturday 8 July 7.30pm – 9.30pm

And Sunday 10.30am, Swanage Methodist Church for the Gospel and Jazz Service

The New Orleans Jazz Friends were first convened by drummer Emile Martyn for the Davos/Klosters Sounds Good Festival in 2018, and the band was made up from musicians who had all spent time in New Orleans, learning from the founding fathers of the music.The following year, bassist and broadcaster Alyn Shipton got the group back together for a short UK tour, for which they were joined by the pianist Richard Simmons, who’d played with the legendary Crescent City clarinettist George Lewis on his 1960s UK tours (along with Emile’s father, the drummer Barry Martyn). Since then the band has played at the EFG London Jazz Festival, festivals in Cambridge and Stroud, and numerous concerts across the country, keeping alive the tradition and repertoire of the New Orleans revival. For the Swanage concerts they are joined by clarinettist Tom Sancton, who is from New Orleans and learned at first hand from many of the city’s great musicians. Expect to hear the marches, songs, spirituals and well-known tunes associated with George Lewis and his Ragtime Band.

Alyn Shipton is well known as a broadcaster and jazz historian, as well as playing bass with many bands including those of Ken Colyer and Sammy

Rimington. He has recorded with such visiting American players as clarinettist Herbie Hall, drummer Freddie Kohlman, and pianist Don Ewell. He also co-leads the Buck Clayton Legacy Band.

Tom Sancton grew up in New Orleans, and played with a variety of bands in the US (including Boston’s New Black Eagle Jazz Band) before coming to the UK in the 1970s to study. He is an expert in traditional clarinet styles and has published a memoir of his formative years “Song for my Fathers”, which is a first-hand account of New Orleans at a significant time in its musical history.

Finlay Milne has played trumpet in a variety of jazz settings from traditional brass bands to dance groups, including a long association with Northampton’s Ginger Pig Band.

Richard Simmons was

a member of the bands of both Barry Martyn and Ken Colyer, and has accompanied many of the great names in traditional jazz on record, including George Lewis and Louis Nelson.

Simon Picton hails from Dundee and has played guitar and banjo with a wide variety of jazz and r’n’b bands, ranging from the Pasadena Roof Orchestra to T J Johnson, as well as leading his own bands.

Emile Martyn is a specialist in traditional jazz drumming styles, and has lived and worked in New Orleans, playing with many of the city’s musicians. He’s also a familiar sight on the UK scene, having worked with such famous bands as those of Chris Barber and Max Collie, but also playing with the band he co-leads with his brother Ben, the Fallen Heroes.

Alyn Shipton: Bass | Finlay Milne: Trumpet | Tom Sancton: Clarinet Simon Picton: Guitar and Banjo | Emile Martyn: Drums | Richard Simmons: Piano

Misha Mullov-Abbado Sextet

The Mowlem Theatre

Sunday 9 July 12.15pm – 1.30pm

The Misha Mullov-Abbado Group is made up of some of the finest, multiaward-winning musicians in London. Under Misha’s direction the group performs his original compositions and arrangements with a broad variety of influences. The band has performed at a variety of prestigious jazz and classical festivals across the UK, as well as undertaking overseas ventures to France, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium and Mexico. London highlights include the

Southbank Centre, King’s Place, Vortex and Barbican Centre. Having been signed to Edition Records since 2014 the group recently released “Dream Circus”, produced by fellow Edition Records bass player and bandleader Jasper Høiby. The band previously released “CrossPlatform Interchange”(2017) and“New Ansonia”, the latter of which was included in“Best Jazz Albums 2015” of both The Telegraph and BBC Radio 3. All of the band’s releases have received an overwhelming

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Saxophonist Dave O’Higgins & guitarist Rob Luft present their second co-led recording three years after “Play Monk & Trane”. Where the first album clearly did what it says on the tin, “Pluto”, as the title suggests, comes from another place. Seven of the nine songs are originals, and the remaining

two are Monk & Trane hits from the 40-plus date tour in 2019 that evolved on the road. The sonority has changed a little too, with the Hammond organ of before replaced with piano and bass. This is straight-ahead modern jazz in the AfricanAmerican tradition, clearly coming from the Monk and

amount of praise, and the group appears regularly on Radio 3 and Jazz FM.

The O’Higgins & Luft Quintet

The Mowlem Theatre

Sunday 9 July 2.15pm – 3.30pm

Trane lineage, but not bound to emulating it. You will hear Luft easily morphing Wes Montgomery with Bill Frisell, his own trademark soundscapes and worldly influences, while O’Higgins’ emotive melodies evoke Dexter, Trane, Joe Henderson and Brecker, with a melodic logic of his own.

Dave O’Higgins: Tenor saxophone | Rob Luft: Guitar | Ross Stanley: Piano

Misha Mullov-Abbado: Double bass | Billy Pod: Drums

Davison: Trumpet & flugelhorn

Smith: Alto sax | Alex Hitchcock: Tenor sax | Liam Dunachie: Piano | Scott Chapman: Drums

The Corrie Dick Sextet

The Mowlem Theatre

Sunday 9 July 4.15pm – 5.30pm

At the rhythmic epicentre of a new era of innovative British jazz is Corrie Dick, a musician and composer specialising in euphoric, sonically-inventive drumming. He is lauded for his dynamism, his melodic slant and for his playfully subversive take on style and genre. An artist of prolific and varied output, Corrie has long been an essential component of Laura Jurd’s music including Mercury Prize shortlisted Dinosaur; is a crucial co-pilot in Elliot Galvin Trio and Rob Luft

Group, and co-writes music with an abundance of artists including alternative Indie band Ink Line. His 2015 release Impossible Things, which skilfully fused Celtic folk and contemporary jazz with new takes on African rhythms, culminated in sold out touring and concerts across the UK. Now Corrie resets for an album which further embraces the eclectic whims of a child of the iPod shuffle generation - finding cohesion among disparate elements. As a multi-instrumentalist who

has recorded on piano, vocals, synth, guitar and trumpet, Corrie’s writing is uniquely colourful and his playing shaped by many perspectives. The new album Sun Swells showcases all of this. Anchored by a rock guitar trio but with layers of fruity surprises, surging vocal melodies are counterpointed by mercurial horn playing. There is captivating prose written by guest vocalists Dave Malkin of the English folk tradition and Greek-Norwegian Marianna Sangita.

Get The Blessing

The Mowlem Theatre Sunday 9 July 7pm – 8.15pm

It was twenty years ago today (or thereabouts) that the key ingredients of what was to become the award-winning, internationally touring, musical potage Get The Blessing were first gathered together in a Bristolian deepsided saucepan to begin the slow process of sweating… Since then, the recipe has been periodically tweaked and adapted, with unexpected spicings and unlikely additions, but the basic sofrito has remained constant. Another constant flavour has been the influence of

Ornette Coleman’s great early quartet. The Blessing, as it was until an enforced name-change, took its name from one of Ornette’s tunes, and began as an acoustic homage to those groundbreaking free-spirited albums of the late 1950s and early 1960s, before plugging in and ploughing on in its own uncategorisable furrow.

From then on, GTB has rarely stopped touring, amassing a truly international fanbase, with tours and festival appearances all over the world.

Alice Zawadzki: Vocals/Fiddle | Laura Jurd: Trumpet | Rob Luft: Guitar

Elliot Galvin: Piano | Tom McCredie: Bass | Corrie Dick: Drums

Jake McMurchie: Saxophones | Pete Judge: Trumpet Jim Barr: Bass | Clive Deamer: Drums

The Dan Mar-Molinero Jazz Orchestra featuring Ivo Neame

The Mowlem Theatre Sunday 9 July 9pm – 10.30pm

their own right to friends and close collaborators on the jazz circuit.

Composer and saxophonist, Dan Mar-Molinero, leads a 17 piece jazz orchestra performing a programme of his original material alongside music of leading UK composers. As a writer and performer his work spans genres. It has appeared worldwide on film and TV scores, video games and hit records (including a ‘Top 3’ and several top 20

records). However, Dan’s roots have always been within jazz. In particular large ensemble works, writing and collaborating with artists such as Soweto Kinch, Julian Joseph and Natalie Williams. Dan’s jazz orchestra is packed full of the musicians who have helped shape his musical life; from ex-students who are now highly regarded professional musicians in

For this performance, Dan is delighted to welcome award winner pianist and titan of the European Jazz circuit, Ivo Neame as special guest. The performance will include music from his recent recording, Taproot – “Fans of contemporary big band writing will find much to delight themJazzwise Magazine”. From expansive chordal textures to powerful melodies to deep grooves, the performance will draw you into Dan's rich and varied soundworld.

Listen to Taproot on danmarmolinero. bandcamp.com

Dan Mar-Molinero: Director | Neil Doherty, Dave Smith, Paul Hawkins, Finn Bradley: Trumpets

Nick Willshire, Damian Cook, Alex Wilson, Rachel Kerry, Caitlin Jeffrey: Saxophones

Matt Rumble: Tuba | Rob Johnston: Guitar | Ivo Neame: Piano | George Balmont: Bass

James Ashdown: Drums | Olli Martin, Joel Knee, Dave Desmond: Trombones

The Dylan Ross Jazz Collective

Sandpit Field Marquee Sunday 9 July 11.30am – 12.45pm

The Dylan Ross Jazz Collective is comprised of some of the best professional musicians across London and the south coast.

Reviving the antiquity of live performance and celebrating the golden age of jazz, performing unique renditions of beloved tunes, old and new. Exploring

the vast anthology of jazz music, from roaring blues to atmospheric bossa nova flourished with improvisation and style.

Male jazz singers are in a minority, so it’s always interesting to hear one, especially one who has the tone and phrasing of some of the very best from the past. If

Dylan Ross: Vocals | Paul Styles: Saxophone | Phil Doyle: Piano Joe Limburn: Double Bass | Jan Evans: Percussion

you like Sinatra, Tony Bennett and even Michael Buble, you can’t help but love Swanage born and bred Dylan Ross.

The Leo Richardson Quartet

Sandpit Field Marquee

Sunday 9 July 1.30pm – 2.45pm

Leo Richardson is widely recognised to be one of the UK's leading Jazz Tenor Saxophonists, and is best known for his honest, straight-ahead, contemporary hard-bop style. His most significant influences include John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Dexter Gordon, Horace Silver and Art Blakey. His 2017 debut album, “The Chase”, on Ubuntu Music, was selected by The Times newspaper as one of the Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2017 and one of the Top 100 Albums of all music genres and received 5* from The Guardian/Observer.

The Quartet’s second album, their second album, “Move”, released in 2019 to critical acclaim, received 5* in BBC Music Magazine. As well as leading his own bands, Leo has become an in demand side man and has collaborated with many well known musicians including, Kylie Minogue, Jamie Cullum, Gregory Porter, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Van Morrison, Ronnie Wood, Gary Barlow, Wet Wet Wet, Paul Carrack and Deep Purple. We are delighted to welcome him to his debut performance at Swanage Jazz Festival.

The Re-Birth Octet Plays

The Music of Miles Davis

Sandpit Field Marquee Sunday 9 July 3.30pm – 4.45pm

The Rebirth Octet was formed in 2021 by Brighton based musician Chris Coull. Taking the original 78rpm compositions by Miles Davis, Gill Evans and Gerry Mulligan, the music has been extended into more substantial charts that feature each of the Octet’s personnel, whilst staying true to the ensemble colour and harmony so distinctive of the seminal 1948 ‘Birth of The Cool’ album which saw the dawn of the cool-school/West coast jazz era of the 1950’s.

Two of the UK’s finest exponents of modern jazz in Andy Panayi (alto saxophone) and Jim Rattigan (French horn) together with Chris Coull on trumpet lead the top end of these lush harmonic jazz tunes. They are complimented by the lower end of the horn section in Michael Pilley (trombone), Bob McKay (baritone sax) and Gabriel Garrick (sousaphone). Finishing off the group is a two-piece rhythm section of George Trebar (bass) and young

gun Joe Edwards (drums). Having debuted at Hove-based “Jazz At St Andrews”, the group have gone on to ever more greater heights and exposure with stints at The Brighton fringe festival, Ropetackle Arts Centre and Love Supreme Jazz Festival, bringing them to the attention of both local and national press.

Chris Coull: Trumpet | Andy Panayi: Alto sax | Michael Pilley: Trombone

Joe Edwards: Drums | Bob McKay: Baritone sax | Gabriel Garrick: Sousaphone

George Trebar: Bass | Jim Rattigan: French Horn

Leo Richardson: Tenor sax | Rick Simpson: Piano | Adam King: Bass | Darren Beckett: Drums

The Sound of Blue Note with special guest Mark Nightingale

Sandpit Field Marquee Sunday 9 July 5.15pm – 6.15pm

Following their packed out performance last year, we are delighted to welcome back The Sound of Blue Note to a more spacious venue where all should be able to see, hear and enjoy them.

As their name suggests

TSOBN are a five piece who are known for their meticulous re-creations of the music of the legendary artists who recorded on the BlueNote record label, capturing all of the spirit, nuance and swinging intensity

of the 50’s and 60’s. The addition of eminent guest trombonist Mark Nightingale has shifted TSOBN’s to that Art Blakey era when he employed a succession of fine players including Curtis Fuller and J J Johnson. Expect an altogether richer and fuller sound. Looking back to an era dominated by the Beatles and the Mersey sound, the other musical influences of the day may easily be overlooked. This is a nostalgic tribute to the musicians who forged this inimitable style which still sounds so exciting sixty years on.

Andy Urquhart: Trumpet | Terry Quinney: Tenor Sax | Mark Nightingale: Trombone

Phil Doyle: Piano | Ben Taylor: Bass | Andy Chapman: Drums

Zara McFarlane sings Sarah Vaughan

Sandpit Field Marquee Sunday 9 July 8.15pm – 10.15pm

Zara McFarlane has created a unique show, journeying through the very special life and music of Sarah Vaughan. Known to all as one of the jazz singing greats, she was more than that, being universally regarded by her contemporaries as a musician of the highest degree in what was probably the most exciting times in the annals of jazz.

Multi-award winning singer-songwriter Zara McFarlane is known for her unique sound, melding influences from jazz, reggae, folk and nu-soul.

The twice Jazz FM vocalist of the year winner has

led her band in festivals from British Summer Time (Hyde Park), Field Day and BoomTown Festivals to prestigious international jazz festivals and venues such as Ronnie Scotts, The Jazz Cafe, The Royal Albert Hall, Love Supreme (UK), Rochester Jazz (US), Cully Jazz (CH), St Lucia Jazz Festivals and SXSW (US). With a voice that has been described as ‘a caressing voice of sparkling clarity,’ Zara is an in-demand vocalist internationally and has performed with acclaimed musicians including Hugh Masekela, Gregory Porter, Gary Bartz, Ernest

Zara McFarlane: Vocals | Kaidi Akinnibi: Saxophone

Alex Ho: Keyboards | Nathan Dawkins: Bass | Jake Long: Drums

Ranglin, Shabaka Hutchings, Moses Boyd and Ezra Collective, and collaborated with esteemed producers Lil’ Louie Vega, Swindle, Floating Points, Osunlade and Dennis Bovell. Zara has also worked in the theatre with Royal Shakespeare Company and Glyndebourne Opera and worked as a music educator at conservatories including Guildhall School of Music and Drama and BIMM.

Invisible Apples

Swanage Conservative Club Sunday 9 July

1.15pm – 2.30pm

Legendary Bristol pianist

John Baggott is best-known for his work with Portishead, Massive Attack and Robert Plant & The Sensational Spaceshifters, whilst Pete Judge is most familiar from leftfield contexts including the mighty Get The Blessing (also performing at Swanage this year) and acoustic multi-instrumentalists

Three Cane Whale. Their acoustic duo The Invisible

Apples is an unexpectedly lyrical conversation between two highly experienced improvisers, centering on John's meditative compositions alongside a

John Baggott: Piano | Pete Judge: Flugelhorn

sprinkling of jazz standards. They have recently released their debut album, "The Golden Threads and Mystic Lights of Duka", recorded in St George's Bristol in 2022.

Nicky Leighton-Thomas sings the songs of Fran Landesman

Swanage Conservative Club Sunday 9 July 3.15pm – 5.15pm

Born in the UK, Nicki Leighton-Thomas lived in Mauritius and Paris before studying at drama school and moving to London.  Her first album Forbidden Games (Candid, 2011) was The Evening Standard’s Album of the Week and received 4* reviews in The Guardian and The Times.  Nicki’s vocals can be heard on work ranging from artists such as Gary Husband and Belinda Carlisle and in 2017 she recorded a collection of songs by Dory Previn, produced by John Reynolds. Nicki writes, “The poet

and legendary lyricist Fran Landesman was a wonderful friend and mentor to me until her death in 2011.  Known for being part of the Beat Generation in 1950’s New York, she hung out with Jack Kerouac, Lenny Bruce, Alan Ginsberg, Miles Davis and had her songs recorded by Ella Fitzgerald, Barbra Streisand and Roberta Flack. During my time working with her she wrote over 300 more lyrics with composer Simon Wallace and I've just released a second album of some of her new ones (she wrote two songs about me).”

Nicki Leighton-Thomas: Vocals | Dave O’ Higgins: Saxes Simon Wallace: Piano | Alec Dankworth: Double Bass | Roy Dodds: Drums

Speak No Evil: Tribute To

Wayne Shorter

Swanage Conservative Club

Sunday 9 July 7.30pm – 9pm

Speak No Evil perform a tribute to the music and career of the outstanding saxophonist Wayne Shorter, who sadly passed away this year at the age of 89.

Born in 1933, Wayne Shorter's rise to fame included playing with the greats of several of the most exciting periods in modern jazz's development.

From Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and Miles Davis' (second) great quintet, to co-create the most famous jazz-fusion bands of all time - Weather Report. Shorter’s many inventive compositions

have become a cornerstone of contemporary jazz, and some like ‘Milestones’ have become jazz standards. We are delighted to be able to pay tribute to this great musician at this year’s Swanage Jazz Festival.

Tony Waller’s Prohibition Jazz

The Centre Sunday 9 July 12.30pm – 1.45pm

We are delighted to welcome back Tony Waller and his Prohibition Jazz with great jazz as it used to sound in the 20’s and 30’s.

Having attended the Trinity College of Music in London, Tony who played for many years as a freelance trumpeter, deputised in orchestras like

Syd Lawrence, Glenn Miller, Joe Loss and The Pasadena Roof Orchestra (who he still plays for). If that wasn’t enough, he toured with stars like Jack Jones, Alison Moyet and Gene Pitney.

Tony decided to start his own band specifically to play the music of the 20’s and 30’s and some of his own

re-arrangements for the new six piece of some 40’s tunes.

If you like Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Fats Waller (there’s a coincidence) Sidney Bechet, Duke Ellington and Kenny Ball, you’ll appreciate the versatility of Prohibition Jazz.

We know how many of you still appreciate these classic tunes and who better to perform them than these guys. Swanage Jazz Festival is pleased to welcome some familiar faces back to Swanage for this year’s Jazz By The Sea.

Tobie Muir: Tenor Saxophone | Jon Lloyd: Soprano Saxophone | Ray Shea: Piano Paul Lawrence Francis: Bass | James Wheeler: Drums

Peter Rudeforth: Trumpet | Mark Crowe: Clarinet/sax | Mick Davis: Trombone Martin Litton: piano | Tony Waller: Tubaphone | David Waller: Drums

Chris Walker’s Pedigree Jazzmen – A Salute to Trad Jazz

The Centre Sunday 9 July 2.30pm – 3.45pm

Following their excellent Jazz Train and Dance at last year’s Festival, we are delighted to bring Chris Walker and his band back into the main Festival for Chris’s 23rd performance at Swanage, but only the second with the Pedigree Jazzmen. Lovers of the 50’s and 60’s music of the likes of Chris Barber, Acker Bilk and Kenny Ball won’t be disappointed as the band revives the excitement of those “Jazz Boom” years.

Chris’s expertise as a broadcaster and lecturer

ensure that his audience is never disappointed.

Tony Mann plays the trombone in the band but you may find him equally at home on the double bass or the sousaphone. Wouldn’t it be good if he were to play the sousaphone at the Swanage Jazz Festival?

Trumpeter Andy Chislett comes ashore from his 9 years at sea playing on NCL, Cunard and P & O cruise ships. Now that sounds like hard work to me.

John Noddings looks

after banjo and guitar in the back line, sure to keep your feet tapping to that trad jazz rhythm.

Still in the back line, Ken Ames used to play banjo but moved to playing double bass so that Tony Mann could move to Trombone.

Sy Gorelick completes the rhythm section on drums for the band’s Swanage Jazz Festival appearance. Apparently Sy is an aficionado of several sciences which I have never heard of and couldn’t spell even if I had.

Chris Walker: Leader, Clarinet | Andy Chislett: Trumpet | Tony Mann: Trombone

John Noddings: Banjo & Guitar | Ken Ames: Double Bass | Sy Gorelick: Drums

Julia Titus as Ma Bessie with Mike Denham and Graham Samuel

The Centre Sunday 9 July 4.30pm – 5.45pm

It’s great to have Julia Titus back in Swanage after her sell-out Ma Bessie show last year. Julia is an actress, poet, singer and songwriter. Among her talents is the ability and verve to put over convincingly the songs of the great blues & vaudeville singer of the 1920s, Bessie Smith.  The phenomenal Ma Bessie, Empress of the Blues, recorded many discs with piano and trumpet backing.  Here's a chance

to hear that combination, with accompaniment provided by Mike Denham and Steve Graham. Expect to hear classics including 'Careless Love', ‘Nobody Knows When You’re Down And Out’, ‘Gimme A Pig Foot (And A Bottle Of Beer)’, and of course 'Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight'. Mike Denham is a renowned Ragtime and New Orleans pianist. Graham Samuel adds the powerful sound and

Julia Titus: Vocals | Mike Denham: Piano | Graham Samuel: Trumpet

style of 1920s New Orleans trumpet to round out the trio. Expect gutbucket mutes and plungers!

DJs Nick and Oscar Mowlem Show Bar

Mowlem Show Bar Saturday July 8th 10pm – 12pm

Local DJs Nick and Oscar Brady will be completing the day’s exciting programme with a late DJ set in the Mowlem Show Bar. Expect a fusion of upbeat sounds from

this father and son duo. Some songs from the new London Jazz scene mixed with older classics and a scattering of funk and soul. Something old something new...

Chris Hodgkins Salute to Humphrey Lyttelton

The Centre Sunday 9 July 7.30pm – 9.30pm

An ensemble of jazz musicians from the UK and USA embarked on a 17 date tour in November 2021, in celebration of the legendary trumpeter, bandleader and BBC broadcaster Humphrey Lyttelton, on what would have been his 100th birthday anniversary year. Rising to prominence in the early 1950’s, Lyttelton’s hit single

Diane

‘Bad Penny Blues’ was the first-ever British jazz record to achieve top 20 status, and remained there for six weeks. Its success was largely due to a very catchy boogie piano riff, which was later used by Paul McCartney as the basis for the Beatles’ song ‘Lady Madonna’. Throughout his career, he blazed a trail with diverse presentations

of jazz music and unique collaborations. In 2002, he performed (in front of 42,000) and recorded with Radiohead, engaging an entirely new audience with his music and providing a rare platform for fellow jazz musicians to play on a world stage.

Andrea Vicari : Piano | Max Brittain: Guitar | Alison Rayner : Double Bass | Buster Birch : Drums

Jim Hunter Shapes of Blue

Mowlem Theatre throughout the Festival and to 29th August

Shapes of Blue are recent works from Jim Hunter’s studio practice. The paintings have their own formal imperatives, but point also to the commonalities between abstract painting and Jazz. He seeks to make the surface of the canvas a site for improvisation that allows him to keep the imagery, and its potential meaning, speculative and provisional. The relationship between Jazz and painting

goes back a long way, from Piet Mondrians Broadway Boogie Woogie (1942-43), through Jackson Pollock to Jean Michel Basquiat. As for Jim Hunter, Jazz Music is a very common “go to” as studio background music. It just seems to inspire! We can point to common terms used to describe both forms such as rhythm, space, tone, shape, interval, arrangement, fusion, improvisation as further

evidence of this symbiosis. Jim Hunter lives in Swanage and retired from his career in art education as Professor Emeritus of Painting at the Arts University Bournemouth. In 2018 he was elected a full Member of the Royal Watercolour Society and he serves currently as the Society’s Senior Vice President.

Chris Hodgkins: Trumpet | Henry Lowther: Trumpet | Charlotte Glasson : Saxophone

McLoughlin : Saxophone | Alex Clarke: Saxophone | Mark Bassey : Trombone

Swanage Jazz Festival Fringe

Square & Compass, Worth Matravers

The Other Way

Friday 7 July 9pm

If there is an Other Way - for this inspiringly unique mix of musical voices - then it lies beyond easy categorisation. Darkly comic, melodically charged and astutely poetic, The Other Way’s sound allows space for progressive heavy riffs and high-flying improvisation to rub shoulders, but all ideas serve the off-beat songs that are the core of the band’s

Theo Mizu

Sunday 9 July 2pm

Theo Mizu has chosen the world as home, travelling with his music, getting in contact with diverse musical and cultural influences and performing in festivals and venues all around the world. Using music as a universal language, Theo offers, through diverse melodies and instruments, a deep sensorial experience to his listeners.

Lavishing energy and charisma, the group offers the public a journey around

ecologically inspired mission.  While elements of jazz, folk and soul coalesce in Rowan Porteus’s highly personal writing, The Other Way have a chemistry that’s more than the sum of its parts. It’s shaped too by the themes drawn from nature such as mankind’s

fragility and incompetence in the face of impending ecological disaster, the change of the seasons, migration, wild landscapes and the elements - which lend the music a bittersweet edge and jazz-rock energy: this is passionate protest music too.

the world through music. With a fusion of eastern and western musical references, Theo Mizú & Banda features an original repertoire that is danceable and universal, promising to

captivate all listeners. The project was elected the Best Street Music Band in São Paulo, and has already played in many international festivals and venues around Brazil, Europe and Asia.

The Red Lion

Sarah Bolter’s “Not Just Sax”

Friday 8 July 7.30pm – 10.30pm and Sunday 10 July 1pm – 4pm

‘NOT JUST SAX’ are a group of four musicians from the south led by Sarah Bolter on saxophones, flute, clarinet and vocals. The band was formed in 2001 and are bound together by a love of melodic, rhythmic jazz whilst enjoying pushing

the boundaries of the idiom with a variety of well known favourites and originals composed by pianist Ray Shea. Ray Shea (piano) and Pete Maxfield (double bass) are original members with Dave Mayne joining later on drums.

The Rob Palmer/ Véronique

Joly Duo

Saturday 8 July 2pm – 2.20pm

French jazz vocalist Véronique

Joly and guitarist Rob Palmer have been playing together for many years. They play a

JazzKnots

Saturday 8 July 8pm – 9.30pm

mixture of swing, latin and jazz/funk sung in English, French and Portuguese. Their great variety of sounds

and styles ensure that their performances are always full of surprises with something guaranteed for every taste.

JazzKnots are a group of local, young enthusiastic musicians who love performing live music. Their wide repertoire includes numbers from Herbie Hancock, Tom Misch, Dave Brubeck and many more. Their line up is Oscar Brady on keyboards, Jude Brady on guitar, Sam Capper on drums and Mason Arnold on bass. We are delighted to welcome

them back after their excellent debut last year.

Mowlem Show Bar

Julie Lewis

Saturday 8 July 1pm – 3pm and 4pm – 6pm

Weymouth-based pianist and singer Julie Lewis is a delight who should be far better known. Her piano playing is skilful with a rock-solid left hand when there’s no Bass player (or he’s gone for a pint). Her voice has a delightful purity

of expression and her choice of material ranges from jazz classics to the unexpected and some clever re-interpretations.

The combination puts us in mind of a Westcountry version of much-admired Norah Jones. Yes, she’s that

Zoe Schwarz and Rob Koral

Sunday 9th July 5.30pm – 7pm

There are two sides to Zoe Schwarz. An out and out hard-driving blues singer leading her band Blue Commotion to growing National acclaim. And then there’s the more soulful and restrained side, heavily influenced by Billie Holiday, that tackles a range of jazz and blues classics with aplomb.

Sara Harris trio

Sunday 9 July 2.15pm – 3.45pm

Formed in the latter half of 2017, this experienced vocal and guitar duo perform their own unique arrangements of jazz, swing, latin, soul, Motown and R&B classics.

Sara Harris started out as a singer / songwriter with the jazz / funk and soul band The Bloo Notes. Sara has performed at both Bournemouth Jazz and Food & Drink Festivals,

Both feature her guitarist partner of 14+ years, Rob Koral, an exceptional blues and jazz performer. We’re delighted to welcome that more intimate side of Zoe’s music

good. At press-time we weren’t quite sure which, if any, friends Julie will be bringing with her, so there’s another surprise to look forward to. Don’t miss her!

to Swanage Jazz Festival. Expect a mix of classic standards, original songs plus a few surprises all delivered with style and flair.

“Terrific musicians. Very nice indeed.” – Paul Jones BBC.

Southampton Guildhall, Shards Art Exhibition at the BIC and many others. Sara additionally performs as a solo artist and her debut album was released in 2018. Having performed extensively in the south

of England since the early 80’s, Simon Newton’s guitar accompaniment in the vocal duo format, complements his guitar tuition and arranging for Bournemouth based Musique a Trois, whose debut album was released in 2017.

The Trackside Cooptimists

Hardstanding Saturday 8 July 2pm – 4pm

Trackside Cooptimists were formed by Saxophonist Rob Mills during the lockdown of 2020 to enable outdoor performance at Sandy Hill Arts. Bringing their blend of jazz, funk and latin to the open air of Corfe Castle, the Cooptimists return jazz to its communal roots on the street,

or in the case of Swanage Jazz Festival, to the beach!

In addition to internationally experienced Rob Mills, the group includes fellow reed player Diane Goff and percussionists Malcolm Orgee and Pete Silver as well as occasional guest players.

The Hard Standing The Grand Hotel

JazzKnots

Saturday 8 July 4pm – 5.30pm

JazzKnots are a group of local, young enthusiastic musicians who love performing live music. Their wide repertoire includes numbers from Herbie Hancock, Tom Misch, Dave Brubeck and many more.

Their line up is Oscar Brady on keyboards, Jude Brady on guitar, Sam Capper on drums and Mason Arnold on bass. We are delighted to welcome them back after their excellent debut last year.

The Rob Palmer/Véronique Joly Duo

Saturday 8 July 6pm – 7.30pm

French jazz vocalist Véronique

Joly and guitarist Rob Palmer have been playing together for many years. They play a mixture of swing, latin and jazz/funk sung in English,

Mambossa

Saturday 8 July 8pm – 10pm

French and Portuguese. Their great variety of sounds and styles ensure that their performances are always full of surprises with something guaranteed for every taste.

As their name implies, Mambossa’s setlist draws from the sounds of Cuba and Brazil. With an emphasis on both countries’ different rhythmic twists, it is music for the head as well as the feet.

The quartet’s individual members have played with diverse artists, such

as Van Morrision, Keith Tippett, Dr John, Courtney Pine, Louis Stewart, Benito di Paula and Kalu.

They include Ian Ellis (saxes), Dave Marchant (guitar, percussion), Joe Limburn (double bass, percussion) and Buster Birch: (drums). Just try and keep still to these Guys!

Sara Harris Trio/Quartet

Sunday 9 July 2.15pm - 3.45pm and 6pm - 7.30pm

Formed in the latter half of 2017, this experienced vocal and guitar duo perform their own unique arrangements of jazz, swing , latin, soul, Motown and R&B classics.

Sara Harris started out as a singer / songwriter with the jazz / funk and soul band The Bloo Notes. Sara has performed at both Bournemouth Jazz

Chantoozy

Sunday 9 July 4pm – 5.30pm

You know how exciting it feels when you stroll into a hotel lounge to find live music being played, and even more so when it’s jazz. That’s where the new Chantoozy line-up are happy to indulge in jazz standards from the song books and contemporary excursions for some extra fun.

Saxophone player Rob Mills has recently found time away from his own projects with “Swanage

Spiral

Sunday 9 July 8pm – 10pm

Spiral can be described as the ultimate late night groove experience although they would sound equally at home in a concert hall, on a smooth jazz radio station or performing in intimate surroundings! Taking the cream of jazz/funk fusion sounds created in the 70’s and 80’s by the likes of Jeff

and Food & Drink Festivals, Southampton Guildhall, Shards Art Exhibition at the BIC and many others. Sara additionally performs as a solo artist and her debut album was released in 2018. Having performed extensively in the south of England since the early 80’s, Simon Newton’s guitar accompaniment in the vocal

duo format, complements his guitar tuition and arranging for Bournemouth based Musique a Trois, whose debut album was released in 2017. Sara brings Joe Limburn on bass for the trio gig and adds Paul Ambrose on drums for the evening performance.

Jazz Machine” and “The Trackside cooptimists,” to feature on saxes with Chantoozy. Having recently relocated from London to Swanage, and after a lifetime of performance and workshop leadership, Rob can now ensure that his time at the seaside is not too quiet.

Singer song-writer Bruce Evans, who can be found on bass most times, moves across to the piano to complete those intimate smooth sounds and provide the vocals for Chantoozy’s appearance at this year’s Festival.

Lorber, the Jazz Crusaders, Lee Ritneour, to name but a few, Spiral have reinvented these timeless classics by adding a pleasing mix of melodic, rhythmic and sublime

extemporisations making it a distinctly modern and highly fashionable vibe. A very popular band that excites with spontaneous grooves and improvisations!

The Black Swan

The Dave Marchant Trio

Sunday 9 July 2.30pm – 4.30pm

A bassless trio comprising Dave Marchant on guitar, Ian Ellis on sax & flute and Andy Chapman on drums performing standards, old and new, with a modern

spin. The trio's focus is on interaction and conversation between the instruments in a similar way to the famous Paul Motian Trio. Expect the unexpected.

Swanage Bandstand

Poole Grammar School Band

Saturday 8 July 12.30pm – 2pm

Led by Gary Austin, PGS Big Band is delighted to be playing at this year’s jazz festival. Comprising of members from the lower years through to sixth formers, the band is at the heart of the life of Poole Grammar School. Some of this year’s line-up are going on to study music at

Swanage Big Band

Saturday 8 July 2.30pm - 4.30pm

The Swanage Big Band started in 2018 and is a community band made up of a mix of adults and students. It began with a generous grant from the Swanage Jazz Club (who previously organised

Royal Northern College of Music and the Birmingham Conservatoire. PGS Big Band has been running for more than 30 years and is at that heart of the life of Poole Grammar School. Although based at an all-boys school, PGS big band has recently been welcoming girls from Parkstone Grammar.

Performing a blend of jazz standards and fusion classics, they hope to entertain for many more years to come.

the Jazz Festival) and play, in and around Swanage. They play music ranging from traditional big band repertoire to more modern

styles. They meet once a month and are always on the lookout for new players, particularly for trumpet, guitar and piano.

Mountbatten School

Sunday 9 July 11.30am – 1.30pm

The Mountbatten Big Band was formed in 1997 by its current Musical Director, Stu Marchant, at the Mountbatten School, Romsey, Hampshire. The school is an 11-16 Comprehensive Academy. Over the years the band has evolved and developed into its current line-up, using the standard Big Band format of 5 saxes, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, and rhythm section. From classic tunes by Count Basie and Duke Ellington, to contemporary works by cutting-edge composers such as Vijay Iyer, the band’s repertoire includes something for everyone. The Band is in great demand in the UK, and

has played at a number of prestigious engagements, including the TUC and NUT conferences. They have appeared as finalists in the National Festival of Music for Youth, and have featured at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, Holland. Since 2015 they have made regular appearances at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, to great acclaim. In November 2022 they were honoured to perform at the Royal Albert Hall in the Schools Prom. All of the members of the band are extremely dedicated, rehearsing every Thursday after school, and many former members have gone on to study jazz at top UK

Big Band

conservatoires. The students also benefit greatly from the expertise of their Assistant Director, Jahan Hunter.

Dorset Youth Jazz Orchestra with special guest Mark Nightingale

Sunday 9 July 2.30pm – 4pm

Dorset Youth Jazz Orchestra (DYJO) is an intermediate to advanced youth jazz orchestra led by renowned local jazz musician Terry Quinney. Aimed at musicians of grade 4 and above the group has a busy gigging calendar with many performances at local music festivals and events. DYJO is made up of the big band instrument mix including trumpet, trombone, saxophone, electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, drum kit, double bass and voice. They are developing new

progression routes and learning opportunities within the big band and the contemporary jazz genre as part of the Creative Music Hub with many emerging

new opportunities for 2023 and beyond. They are delighted that the renowned trombonist Mark Nightingale is joining them for this performance.

Thank yous and Acknowledgements

Festivals take time to plan, money to ensure viability and partnerships.

So first thank you to the Swanage Jazz Festival Committee for endless meetings, discussions and work: Paul Kelly (Chair), Gary Austin, Andrew Canon, Emily Colle (Treasurer), Mary Ealey, Tim Edgar, Amanda Jensen, Mayank Patel.

We are grateful to Swanage Town Council for their support especially in supporting our use of Sandpit Field.

Thank you to Andy Chapman for his percussive support.

Some of you who bought tickets in 2023 gave us additional donations. You know who you are, thank you all for your generous support.

Thank you to The Mowlem Theatre and congratulations on making the Theatre look even more lovely!

Thank you to all our volunteer stewards without whom we simply could not run the Festival.

Thank you to our other two main venues, Swanage Conservative Club, The Centre and to Swanage Pubs and Hotels that are hosting The Fringe Festival.

Thank you to StageLightSound our PA suppliers and operators.

Thank you to Julian Phillips Pianos for pianos and tuning without which some key harmonies would be missing.

Thank you to Bob Payne and Swanage Disabled Club for the Jazz Bus.

If you would like to discuss financially supporting the Festival in future years then please contact the Festival Chair, Paul Kelly - chair@swanagejazzfestival. co.uk We are also looking for more committee members to help plan and run the Festival.

The 33rd Swanage Jazz Festival Book your accommodation now!

will take place on: 12 – 14 July 2024