Wigan
Jazz Club
is a sponsor of, and provides volunteers for, Wigan International Jazz Festival.
26th
WIGAN INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL
JULY 14th - 17th 2011
The 26th Wigan International Jazz Festival
took place from July 14th to 17th at Celebration Hall,
Indoor Sports Centre, Robin Park, Wigan - with the theme of "Big Bands and
Beyond". To all those who attended, thank you for helping to make the
event such a success. To relive the main concerts (or to get a flavour of what
you missed if you were not there) a selection of photos appears below.
ALL
CONCERTS AT CELEBRATION HALL (except free town
centre concerts)
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(Indoor
Sports Centre, Loire Drive, Robin Park, Wigan - opposite DW Stadium)
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Thu.
July
14th
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WIGAN
YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA
with
guest soloist STEVE
WATERMAN
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THE
RYAN QUIGLEY BAND
'TRIBUTE TO MAYNARD FERGUSON’
featuring
trumpet virtuoso RYAN QUIGLEY
with
New York based alto star PATRICK
CORNELIUS
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Fri.
July
15th
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JOHN LAW TRIO
with
YURI GOLOUBEV
(Russia, bass)
& ASAF SIRKIS (Israel, drums)
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Celebrating
the release of his debut album ‘On Song’
A
J BROWN & HIS BAND
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British
Jazz Singer of the year 2005 & 2007, and
BBC Jazz Singer of the Year 2006.
CLARE
TEAL &
HER TRIO
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Sat.
July
16th
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GEOFF
EALES QUARTET
with
NEIL YATES
(trumpet)
Playing
the music of Freddie Hubbard and Bill Evans
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"..
at 13, may yet be the best of them all"
...Irish Times
ANDREAS
VARADY
with
the DAVID LYTTLE TRIO
DAVID
LYTTLE (drums), BANDI VARADY (guitar) & EUAN BURTON (double bass)
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WIGAN
JAZZ CLUB BIG BAND
directed
by IAN
DARRINGTON MBE
‘Iconic
Reeds’, with
guest soloist
ALAN
BARNES (saxophones & clarinet)
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Sun.
July
17th
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THE
DARIUS BRUBECK QUARTET
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THE
LAURENCE
COTTLE BIG BAND
Superlative
Jaco-influenced electric bass virtuoso Laurence Cottle leads his barnstorming
16-piece
big band, made up of the cream of London's brass section talent.
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"Arguably
Great Britain's foremost big band drummer"
(Jack
Bowers, All About Jazz)
THE
PETE CATER BIG BAND
presents
'A
Tribute To Buddy Rich'
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