the weekend of the principality this year featuring International Phronesis, Kyle Eastwood (23-26 May) is looking back Quartet, Maceo Parker, at its best. Hugh Masekela, Portal/Peirani/Parisien, Mike Westbrook, Matthew Antoine Berjaut 6tet, Michel Shipp, Gwyneth Herbert and Reis Paris Quartet, Rabih y be Black Top are the top names. Abou-Khalil among many !arge www.bathfestivals.org more at the Opderschmelz Cultural Center. 'ents www.jazzmachine.lu NEWPORT JAll. WEEKEND w,all 28-31 MAY JAZZ SAINT GERMAIN-DES- InOw! A must-go festival in the A PRES, PARIS. FRANCE picturesque Solent town of Newpor t on the Isle MAY 21-1 JUNE of Wight, the musicians A festival right in the heart appearing inciude Georgina of Paris surrounded by Jackson, Alan Barnes, Tony iconic land marks such as Kofi, Dennis Rollins, Byron Notre Dame, the Jardin Wallen, Bobby Wellins, Jean du Luxembourg, Sainte no less than 700 performers. more than 50 concerts over Phronesis, Branford Marsalis, Toussaint, Gareth Williams, Chapelle, the Sorbonne They even provide free the four-day festival - tickets Enzo FavatalEnrico Rava Sax Appeal, Edana Minghella, and featuring concerts busses all night from are inexpensive and the doing Dark Side af the Maan, Jim Mullen and Zoe Francis. (the tull list is announced most parts of town. www. atmosphere is terrific. Alan Ambrose Akinmusire, Manu www.newportjazzweekend. in April) exhibit ions, brusselsjazzmarathon.be Barnes, Craig Milverton, the Katehe, Julia Biel, Richard co.uk talks, conferences and Buck Clayton Legacy Band Galliano/Paolo Fresu/Jan and a lot more jive, swing masterelasses - a real chance JAi:z.CERKNO 21-23 MAY Lundgren, Lars Danielsson, to mix sightseeing and music. Out in the wilds of the and dance jazz. Tigran and more top names EUROPE www.festivaljazz www.uptonjazz.co.uk to be added. Concerts are in ESTORIL JAZZ, CASCAIS Siovenian countryside this saintgennainparis.com different locations throughout improvised music based PORTUGAL 9-17 MAY festival offers much in an NOCTURNE LIVE, BLENHEIM the region such as vineyards, Sean Jones, Opus 5, the caslles, country mansions MOERS JAll. FESTIVAL, extremely welcoming town PALACE, WOOOSTOCK, Mingus Alumni (Alex Sipiagin, and fortresses, and feature MOERS, GERMANY 22-25 MAY - Mare Ribot, Igor Matkovic Seamus Blake and long- OXFORDSHIRE 25-28 JUNE local wine and produce. & Marcin Wasilewski, standing MBB bassist Boris This is a leftfield festival that Brand new festival from the www.palatiajazz.de Paal Nilssen-Love, Ken Kozlov), announced so far at loves improvisers and artists same people who organise Vandermark, Akira Sakata, this long-established festival. on the edge. Musician in Love Supreme - based in JAZZFEST WIEN, VIENNA, Agnel/Edwards/Noble and residence this year is New the glorious Great Court www.projazz.pt many more are featured. AUSTRIA 1-9 JULY Zealand saxophonist and at Blenhiem Palace. So far www.jazzcerkno.si Including venues such as the TRON DHEIM JAZZ FESTIVAL, composer Hayden Chisholm, announced are Gregory Vienna State Opera House while other artists appearing 7-'O MAY Porter and Van Morrison ELBJAll., HAMBURG, and the world famous Porgy are Colin Stetson, Eve Risser, with more names to be With a nice mix of the familiar & Bess Jazz Club, this is a Sarah McDonald, the Ziad GERMANY 29-30 MAY added shortly. -Jan Garbarek featuring great city and festival to visil. party all Rajeb Trio, Eivind Ospvik, A nitty weekend away in www.nocturnelive.com Trilok Gurtu, Trondheim Jazz Already announced with .ed by Dean Blunt, the Trondheim Hamburg and you will see Orchestra, Candy Dulfer, more to come are Melody zz Train' Jazz Orchestra and some amazing acts all based Level 42, Stian Westerhus & CLEETHORPES JA12 Gardot, Rager Cicero Jazz through Bassekou Kouyate. around the harbor and Sidsel Endresen and so me 'FESTIVAL, 26-28 JUNE Experience, Malia, A Frank Stacey www.moers-festival.de beautiful waterways; booked less familiar - Needlepoint, This year based at Sinatra Tribute and Nils Petter rd, Arun this year are lan Shaw, Mare Swans and Hermine Deurloo McCormacks Bar on the Molvaer - the rest of the :h, Alan Ribot, Verneri Pohjola, Cecile - the festival offers much NATIJAll., , NORWAY Kings Road with a stellar li ne programme is online in April. lern Jazz McLorin Salvant, Ed Motta, and in a stunning location on 28 MAY TO 6 JUNE up featuring Sarah Gillespie, www.viennajazz.org ymore, Baptiste Trotignon, Kenny the Norwegian sea and the If you thought there was John Horler, Dave Newton, ltS. Werner, Lizz Wright and many mouth of the Nidelva river. something fishy about the Alan Barnes, Andy Cleyndert JAZZ VIENNE, FRANCE 26 :s.co.uk more. www.elbjazz.de A www.jazzfestno brand new Nattjazz venue and Dave O'Higgins. JUNE T011 JULY you would be right - it's a www.grimsbyjazz.com :EST IVAL JAZZSOUS LES POMMIERS, OFF FEST, SKOPJE, Just outside France's former sardine factory - now second city Lyon, Vienne is COUTANCES, a state of the art four-stage MACEDONIA 28 MAY TO a beauliful town with a long e of jazz FRANCE 8-16 MAY music venue that this year will 1 JUNE EUROPE BARIiNJAll. FESTIVAL, BARI, history dating back to Roman arious An excellent festival in host over 65 concerts during The largest music festival in PUGLlA,ITALY,11 JUNE times - temples and mosaics clubs, the 10-day festival. Seun Normandy with a reputation Macedonia featuring world abound in the town as weil ld more, Kuti & Egypt 80, the Bergen T04 JULY for amazing concerts and and jazz sounds, this year as the Roman Ampitheatre Irtet Big Band, Arild Andersen, Set in the beautiful seaside food in a beautiful location. with a focus on music from that seats 8,000 every night Ellis, Rudresh Mahanthappa, the town of Bari in Puglia (the fish Names so far announced Mali. With cheap tickets, during the festival. This is the Riot fantastic Elephant 9, Mare here is to die for), Bariinjazz include Lizz Wright, Joe accommodation and food the only show that needs Joshua Ribot, Steve Lehman and The offers a wonderful week of Lovano, Henri Texier, Tigran, and an exciting capital city a ticket - the rest of the Group are Thing are already in the can jazz and this year the festival Manu Katche/Richard Bonal to explore, the bill so far programme is free - music I. with more to come. is also having concerts in Stefano di BattistalEric includes Tinariwen, Bassekou from 4pm till 3am across www.nattjazz.no nine nearby towns. Featuring ;o.uk Legnini, Melingo, Meshell Koyate, Boubacar Traore the town - the programme www.offest. an eciectic mix of artists Ndegeocello, Jacky Terrasson and Lula Pena. is announced in late April including Gregory Porter, FESTIVAL, and the Amazing Keystone BRUSSELS JAZZ MARATHON, com.mk but I can reveal that so far Manu Katehe, Hamid Drake, 15·17 MAY Big Band - catch a ferry to BRUSSELS, 22·24 MAY Philip Catherine/Richard Cherbourg and you are no Kekko Fornarelli, Mats A massive festival (all Galliano/Didier Lockwood JUNE Eilertsen, Eivind Aarset and more than an hour away! and the Jazz Legends (Benny ,te Park, concerts are free) set in the www.jazzsouslespommiers. Guillaume Perret to name ollege of ciubs and bars of Brussels - UK Goison, Chico Freeman, Don GLASGOW JAll. FESTIVAL, a few, with cheap flights by com the programme is available Brown, Billy Hart) plus a night an iconic Ryanair this could be your boast an from mid April onwards 24-28 JUNE of music by Gi! Evans are lIKE A JAZZ MACHINE perfect early summer get I festival and promises a rich mix With shows at the wonderful planned. away. www.banriinnjazz.it -ubeck, Get FESTIVAL, DUDELANGE, of international artists and Old Fruitmarket and loads www.jazzavienne.com John Taylor LUXEMBOURG 14-17 MAY European favorites - last year of venues across the city, PALATlA JAZZ, THE orrnances Great festival in the saw over 200 shows featuring Glasgow will again be awash JULY atthe with top quality jazz for the INTERNATIONAL JAll. es from five days of the festival. FESTIVAL OF THE UK MOSTLY JA12 FUNK & SOUL Millennium www.jazzfestco.uk PALATINATE, GERMANY, f FESTIVAL, UMBERSLADE ,entre o 20 JUNE TO 8 AUGUST :I.ac.uk ESTATE, SOLJHULL 10·12 UPTON JAZZ FESTIVAL Fast becoming one of my 25-28 JUNE favorite festivals this features JULY lNAL MUSIC Congratulations to Upton! great music every weekend Set within 11 acres of the 5-26 MAY This is their 30th festival and between 20 June and 8 beautiful Moseley Park in I by Serious, it is stronger than ever with August. So far confirmed are Worcestershire, this great

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