BBC Radio 3 Portraits Day

Two Marsden Jazz Festival 2012 New Stream artists featured on BBC Radio 3 on Monday 7 May. As part of National Portraits Day, Tom Challenger's subject was the pioneering American saxophonist Ornette Coleman and Shabaka Hutchings portrayed graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Tom Challenger's group Ma and Shabaka Hutchings' Sons of Kemet appear at Marsden Jazz Festival New Stream on Saturday 13 October 2012.

Listen here: BBC Jazz on 3 Portraits Day

2012 Festival Preview

Our full programme will be announced in July, but to whet your appetite here is a selection of artists appearing at Marsden Jazz Festival 2012:

Friday 12 October

• King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys
• Toby Greenwood's We Free Kings
• Jump, Jive 'n' Wail (with dance class)

Saturday 13 October

• Tom Challenger's Ma
• Roller Trio

Upcoming gigs at Huddersfield Jazz

Our friends at Huddersfield Jazz have some cracking gigs coming up:

• Rod Mason / Jim Mullen Quartet, Saturday 31st March 2012
• Alan Barnes / Dave Newton Duo, Saturday 14th April 2012
• Snake Davis Quartet, Saturday 26th May 2012

For more information, visit the website at www.huddersfield-jazz.co.uk

Festival review on FCUM Radio

Tune in to FCUM Radio at 7pm on Monday 20th February to hear a review of Marsden Jazz Festival 2011. The programme will be repeated on Sunday 26th February at 11pm.

Listen online at www.fcumradio.co.uk.

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