Mike Gordon introduces this year’s Scarbborough Jazz Festival:

Welcome to the seventh Scarborough Jazz Festival which this year sparkles with some great American jazz stars: Kyle Eastwood, Steve Grossman, Ken Peplowski and Mike Janisch.  But as always we have programmed some of the cream of UK jazz, and we are delighted that our Arts Council bid was successful and that Andy Panayi and Alan Barnes have been commissioned to compose ‘Jazz: The British Story’ which will celebrate the quality and uniqueness of our own music.

FRIDAY 18 SEPTEMBER

Start your weekend with a Friday afternoon of free and exciting jazz which this year will take place in the Grand Hall. Then:
7pm  Kyle Eastwood Band
8.45pm  Mike Janisch’s European CD Release Event
10.30pm  Dave O'Higgins 7


SATURDAY 19 SEPTEMBER

12.30pm  Killer Shrimp
2.15pm Nicolas Meier Group
4.00pm  Andy Panayi’s Big Band: ‘Greek God Suite’
7.00pm  Steve Grossman/
Damon Brown Quintet
8.45pm  Trudy Kerr and the Michael Garrick Trio
10.30pm  Jazz: The British Story

SUNDAY 20 SEPTEMBER

12.30pm  The Homemade Orchestra with Michael Rosen
2.15pm  John Etheridge and Christian Garrick
4.00pm Arnie Somogyi’s Scenes in the City
7.00pm  Liane Carroll
8.45pm  Ken Peplowski and Alan Barnes