Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme may be in thinner supply at the festival (whatever happened to the fair, anyway?) in Scarborough next month but the jazz is on again and plentiful. Here's the neat hard bop, standards and straightahead-rooted full line-up for 24-26 September's festival held in the Yorkshire seaside resort town. As you scroll dig flautist Harold McNair's fine version of 'Scarborough Fair' heard on 1970 album The Fence:
Rafe’s Dilemma
Dave O’Higgins & Rob Luft Quartet
The Oxley-Meier Guitar Project
VEIN featuring Stan Sulzmann
Julian Joseph Trio
Hans Koller - Bird Migration Big Band-A Celebration of the Centenary of Charlie Parker
Djanco featuring Andy Aitchison
Karen Sharp Quartet
Ian Shaw, Iain Ballamy, Jamie Safir -What's New
Nikki Iles Jazz Orchestra
Zoe Gilby
Jean Toussaint Allstar 6tet
The Fergus McCreadie Trio
Tony Kofi's 'A Portrait of a Cannonball'
John Pearce & Dave Newton
Phil Robson's Organ Trio
Alan Barnes Octet plays Jazz Portraits
Zoe Gilby, top
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