The 2022 Isle of Wight jazz festival catnip for tradsters and modern mainstream jazz heads directed by pianist Jim Thorn includes the Joe Thompson Trio, Cameron Rossi Quartet, David Newton/Euan Stevenson, Jim Thorn Trio and Dave O'Higgins & Rob Luft - O'Hig Lufting off to Trane and Monk once more.
Also on are Poppy Dee Trio, Sol Grimshaw Trio, Liane Carroll Trio, Karen Sharp Trio, Keith Newnham & Friends, Alan Barnes + Eleven, Nigel Price Organ Quartet with Vasilis Xenopoulos, Nat Steele's Portrait of MJQ, the Martin Dover Trio, Angelina Grimshaw duo, Hexagonal and the Sara Dowling Quartet. Saxist Cameron Rossi - top - is from the Isle of Wight and is an alumnus of the island's youth jazz orchestra.
Dotted around Newport the festival runs from 15-18 September
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