Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2008

5 May – The Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2008 is not to be missed, with Eartha Kitt, Van Morrison, Mr Scruff, Bill Frisell and a whole host of other acclaimed artists all scheduled to appear.

While 2007 saw what was undoubtedly the biggest and best Cheltenham Jazz Festival to hit Gloucestershire yet, the line-up for the 2008 seven-day event is quite simply breathtaking – with jazz fans old and young from across the UK snapping-up tickets like proverbial hot cakes.

The legendary Eartha Kitt will be dropping in for her only UK festival appearance, Cleo Laine and John Dankworth will be celebrating their 80th birthdays with some classic jazz standards and Jools Holland’s front woman Ruby Turner will be bringing her soulful sounds to Cheltenham once again.

Other highlights include performances by Imelda May, Courtney Pine and the Jerwood Jazz Generation’s selected artists Soweto Kinch, Iaan Ballamy and Pete Wareham. Bill Frisell and Jack DeJohnette’s performances are expected to sell-out quickly, while Van Morrison’s performance featuring tracks from his new album is sure to wow festival audiences.

And that’s not forgetting none other than Mr Scruff who’ll be bringing his upbeat sounds to Cheltenham, with performances by Gwyneth Herbert, Maceo Parker, Dennis Rollings, Roberto Fonseca and many more expecting to make the Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2008 an unforgettable event.

The full schedule of events for the Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2008 is as follows:

Tuesday 29 April 2008 at Cheltenham Jazz Festival

At 7pm Eartha Kitt will be performing at The Centaur
At 7.30pm Carol Brewster will be playing at The Daffodil

Wednesday 30 April 2008 at Cheltenham Jazz Festival

At 7pm Van Morrison will be performing at The Centaur
At 7.30pm Sara Colman will be performing at The Daffodil
At 7.30pm Courtney Pine will be performing on the main stage of Cheltenham Town Hall

Thursday 1 May 2008 at Cheltenham Jazz Festival

At 7.30pm Maceo Parker with his band, featuring Dennis Rollins, will be performing on the main stage of Cheltenham Town Hall
At 7.30pm TG Collective will be performing at The Daffodil
At 10pm Gwyneth Herbert will be performing in the Pillar Room at Cheltenham Town Hall

Friday 2 May 2008 at Cheltenham Jazz Festival

At 7.30pm the BBC Radio 2: Tribute to Billie Holiday will be performed on the main stage of Cheltenham Town Hall
At 7.30pm Colin Salmon will be performing at The Daffodil
At 7.30pm Jerry Dammers’ Spatial AKA Orchestra will be performing at The Everyman Theatre
At 8pm Han Bennink will be performing at the University of Gloucestershire’s Xposed Club
At 9.30pm Giles Peterson with Jose James, Elan Mehler and Tawiah will be performing at the University of Gloucestershire’s Park Bar
At 10pm Enrico Rava and Stefano Bollani will be performing in the Pillar Room at Cheltenham Town Hall
At 11pm Jazz on 3 will be performing at The Everyman Theatre

Saturday 3 May 2008 at Cheltenham Jazz Festival

At 10am the Zoe Rahman Piano Masterclass will be performed in the Drawing Room at Cheltenham Town Hall
At 12pm Phil Robson’s Six Strings and The Beat will perform in the Pillar Room at Cheltenham Town Hall
At 1.30pm Outhouse Ruhabi will be performing at The Everyman Theatre
At 2pm Making Sense of Sound will be performing at St. Andrews Church
At 3pm The Jerwood Interview with Soweto Kinch and Iain Ballamy will be take place in the Drawing Room of Cheltenham Town Hall
At 3pm Tim Berne’s Science Friction will be performing in the Pillar Room at Cheltenham Town Hall
At 4.30pm the BBC Big Band with Nicola Conte will be performing at The Everyman Theatre
At 5.30pm the Dave Stapleton Quintet will be performing at the Pillar Room of Cheltenham Town Hall
At 7pm Imelda May will be performing on the main stage of Cheltenham Town Hall
At 7.30pm Alias / The Jerwood Commission will be taking to the stage at The Everyman Theatre
At 8pm the Gloucestershire Jazz Live Big Band will be performing at St. Andrews Church
At 10pm the Heritage Orchestra with Bonobo will be performing on the main stage at Cheltenham Town Hall
At 10.15pm Soweto Kinch’s Basement Fables will be performing at The Everyman Theatre

Sunday 4 May 2008 at Cheltenham Jazz Festival

At 10am The Breakfast Show / The Destroyers will be performing on the main stage of Cheltenham Town Hall
At 11am the Family Fun Day will kick off at Cheltenham’s Imperial Gardens
At 12pm the Dan Nicholls Band will be performing in the Pillar Room at Cheltenham Town Hall
At 1.30pm Jack DeJohnette will be performing at The Everyman Theatre
At 3pm Bobby Previte’s New Bump will be performing in the Pillar Room at Cheltenham Town Hall
At 4.30pm Ralph Alessi with This Against That featuring Ravi Coltrane will be performing at The Everyman Theatre
At 5.30pm a BBC Radio 3 Jazz Library performance will take place in the Drawing Room at Cheltenham Town Hall
At 5.30pm Pete Wareham: The Final Terror will be performing in the Pillar Room at Cheltenham Town Hall
At 7pm Ruby Turner will be performing on the main stage at Cheltenham Town Hall
At 7.30pm Bill Frisell will be performing at The Everyman Theatre
At 9.30pm Mr Scruff will be performing on the main stage of Cheltenham Town Hall
At 10.30pm Roberto Fonseca will be performing at The Everyman Theatre

Monday 5 May 2008 at Cheltenham Jazz Festival

At 10am the Jack DeJohnette Drum Masterclass will take place on the main stage of Cheltenham Town Hall
At 12pm the Dave Holland Prize Competition Winners will perform in the Pillar Room at Cheltenham Town Hall
At 3pm Andy Sheppard and The Lunatics featuring James Morton will be performing in the Pillar Room at Cheltenham Town Hall
At 6pm Blink will be performing in the Pillar Room at Cheltenham Town Hall
At 8pm Cleo Laine and John Dankworth will be performing on the main stage of Cheltenham Town Hall

So, with jazz legends and young guns, club nights and jazz standards, big bands and soloists from funk to fusion, Latin to soul and hip hop to much, much more, put the dates in your diary now for an unmissable jazz spectacular right here on our doorstep.

Event: Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2008
Venue: Events will take place at various venues across Cheltenham. See above for more details.
Date: Tuesday 29 April to Monday 5 May 2008
Times: Vary per specific event. See above for more details.
Tickets: Vary per specific event. Contact the Cheltenham Festivals box office on (01242) 227979 for more information and to book tickets.

SoGlos.com
2 April 2008