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Laura Mvula, Dionne Warwick, Lianne La Havas, Van Morrison, Madeleine Peyroux, Gregory Porter, Georgie Fame, Polar Bear, Noisettes, etc... at Cheltenham Jazz Festival at Montpellier Gardens

Courtesy of Dom Christophers | Posted on April 9, 2013

Where

Montpellier Gardens
Cheltenham Jazz Festival

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Cheltenham
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When

Mon, May 6, 2013
11am-9.30pm

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"One of the UK's classiest and most eclectic jazz festivals"
The Guardian
“A great example of how jazz’s all encompassing ethic and attitude can work on both intimate and arena levels”
Jazzwise
A host of world class musicians will once again descend on the Cotswold town of Cheltenham this May for the return of the Cheltenham Jazz Festival. The programme will feature the festival’s trademark mix of jazz icons and up-and-coming new artists interspersed with unique, one-off performances from established international stars.

Highlights of the 2013 programme include Five time Grammy Award winning singer Dionne Warwick, her only live appearance in the UK this year, Van Morrison, who will return to Cheltenham to play classic songs from his award-winning back catalogue alongside material from his recent Blue Note album Born to Sing: No Plan B; Madeleine Peyroux will introduce her new album The Blue Room, which sees the genre-blending songstress rework landmark musical gems from legendary artists Ray Charles, Buddy Holly and Leonard Cohen; exclusively for the festival, Noisettes - described as “the best live band in Britain” by The Guardian last year - will perform a stripped back session of sleek soulful pop-songs inspired by jazz and blues greats; universally acclaimed singer Gregory Porter is the festival’s Artist in Residence and will be performing tracks from both his Grammy-nominated debut Water and latest album Be Good; and shows from stars of tomorrow Laura Mvula and Lianne La Havas will demonstrate why the future of British music is brighter than ever. ...

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