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Coventry lays it on…

“The music ain’t worth nothing if you can’t lay it on the public” proffered jazz legend, Louis Armstrong. In many ways, this statement has become the motivation for the Coventry Jazz Festival’s current committee.

With that, 2009 marks the city’s 11th Jazz Festival, which will see exciting performances from the likes of Maceo Parker, Theo Travis & Robert Fripp, The Don Weller Big Band, Portico Quartet and Jacqui Dankworth! There’ll also be appearances by the Neil Cowley Trio, Tim Garland Acoustic Trio and the Michael Roach Duo!

This year, organisers have also launched a free citywide exhibition of iconic black and white jazz photography taken over the last 10 years of the festival. The images, taken by some of Coventry and Warwickshire’s leading photographers, can be viewed at various venues, pubs, cafes, restaurants and shops across the city centre.

As always, the jazz festival is staged by a range of venues and landmarks across Coventry including The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry Cathedral, St Mary’s Guildhall, Biggin Hall, Esquires Coffee House (situated in Coventry Transport Museum) and Taylor John’s House.

We trust this line-up honours Armstrong’s sage words and that you’ll enjoy the 2009 Coventry Jazz Festival!

Download Jazz Festival programme (1.3MB PDF)

Sponsors & Partners

Produced by: CV One; In association with: Belgrade Theatre and Coventry Cathedral; Supported by: Coventry City Council and Advantage West Midlands; Media Partner: Jazz FM; Sponsors: Belgrade Plaza, Deeley Properties, Oakmoor Estates, Coventry University, City College, Coventry Telegraph, Times Series, and Isle of Capri Casino.

Festival at a glance

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and so….

26 May 2009 | Posted by Chris Davis

….we come to the end of Coventry Jazz Festival 2009 and what a festival it has been. We’ve had a great weekend organising the shows – and i hope YOU have all enjoyed watching the very varied and high quality jazz which has been on offer.

I’ll be posting my highlights over the coming days – but we’d also like to hear your festival highlights/stories/reviews. Please send these to c.davis@cvone.co.uk and i’ll publish some of them on the blog over the coming days.

Keep tuned to the website for photos and much more from this years festival coming soon!

Until then….

….Chris out.

Production Diary – Day 5: Sunday (Part 2)

24 May 2009 | Posted by Chris Davis

If you haven’t already got tickets for Maceo Parker tonight then GET THEM NOW! I have just heard the soundcheck and the gig is going to be awesome! Box office number is 024 7655 3055. You really cannot afford to miss this gig!

…and if you are coming to Maceo’s gig then you should also hang around to hear Monica Vasconcelos and her “Vintage Brazil” band with some lovely latin jazz at 10pm in B2.

Currently over at St Mary’s Hall – Tim Garland’s Acoustic Trio is entertaining the crowds with a more laid back kind of jazz than we are expecting from Maceo later.

Don’t be anywhere else – the sun is going to hang around all week so you don’t need to enjoy it today!

See you there…..

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Jazz Photography Exhibition

To mark the 2009 Coventry Jazz Festival, we have launched a free citywide exhibition of iconic black and white photography which features images taken over the last 10 years of the Coventry Jazz Festival.

View sneak peak