Tickets go on public sale tomorrow (4 April) for the Jazz Weekend at the Buxton International Festival 2023 (6-10 July). Gabriel Taylor looks forward:

BAND LINE-UP FOR WYNTON MARSALIS

The line-up has been announced for festival headliner Wynton Marsalis‘s excellent British band for his headline show at Buxton Opera House on Monday 10 July:

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Wynton Marsalis – Trumpet
Alan Barnes – Saxophones, Clarinet
Dan Higham – Trombone
Joe Webb – Piano
Will Sach – Bass
Will Cleasby – Drums

SELECTED CONCERTS (all at the Palace Hotel)

• Saturday 8 July: Trish Clowes and Ross Stanley will present a late night duo performance
• Sunday 9 July: The long-standing Northern Jazz Orchestra will perform an early afternoon show
• Monday 10 July: Tommy Smith and former Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year Peter Johnstone

FULL BUXTON INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL JAZZ LINEUP:

• Dale Storr
• Charlotte Glasson Band
• Jamie Safir
• The Super Tramp Big Band
• Shez Raja
• Trish Clowes and Ross Stanley
• Northern Jazz Orchestra
• Tom Seals
• Gaz Hughes Trio
• Ni Maxine
• Tommy Smith and Peter Johnstone
• Wynton Marsalis
• Zoe Kyoti
• Julie Edwards and Kevin Dearden
• Geno Washington and The Ram Jam Band / Sad Café
• Madeline Bell with Ian Shaw
• Stevie Williams & the Most Wanted
• AMC Gospel Choir
• BIF Dance Band
• Graham Clark Quartet
• The Gwilym Simcock Quintet

LINK: Festival website