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Francine Luce

French born singer Francine Luce performing at the 2019 Marsden Jazz Festival, West Yorkshire, UK

Donny McCaslin

American saxophonist Donny McCaslin performing at Festival Jazz International Rotterdam, October 2018

Jason Lindner [Donny McCaslin Quartet]

Festival Jazz International Rotterdam, October 2018

John Etheridge

Performing the music of Ray Davies with Ben Crosland's Quintet at Scarborough Jazz Festival 2018.

Nic France

Ben Crosland Quintet, Scarborough Jazz Festival 2018.

Zoe Gilby

Ilkley Jazz Festival 2018

Booker T. Jones

Manchester Jazz Festival 2014

Jimmy Haslip

Meier - Budjana Group, Marsden Jazz Festival 2017

Norma Winstone, Klaus Gesing

Manchester Jazz Festival 2015

Liam Genockey (Rude 2.0)

Marsden Jazz Festival 2013

Theo Travis

Soft Machine, Band on the Wall, Manchester 2017

Henry Lowther

Jazz at The Keys, Huddersfield 2018

Tori Freestone

Marsden Jazz Festival 2017.

Alina Bzhezhinska

Ilkley Jazz Festival 2018

Tony Kofi

Manchester Jazz Festival 2013

Alan Skidmore

Jazz at The Keys, Huddersfield 2017

Tom Herbert (Polar Bear)

Chris Sharkey (Shiver)

Band on the Wall, Manchester 2014

Zoe Rahman

Steve Rodby

The Impossible Gentlemen, Marsden Jazz Festival 2016

Stuart McCallum, Don Weller

Matt & Phred's Jazz Club, Manchester 2006

Steve Rodby

Sound check, Marsden Jazz Festival 2016

Keith Tippett

Soft Machine Legacy, Manchester Jazz Festival 2014

Tony Kofi, Claude Deppa

Tom Cawley's Curios with Neil Yates & Co

Stan Tracey

Marsden Jazz Festival 2010

Vibes

Stephen Grew

Manchester Jazz Festival 2011

Stan Sulzmann

Jazz at The Keys, Huddersfield 2018

Theo Travis

Soft Machine, Band on the Wall, Manchester 2017

Airelle Besson

Manchester Jazz Festival 2015

Tony Kofi, Larry Bartley

Ilkley Jazz Festival 2018

Spike Heatley

The Electric Palace, Harwich 2015

Simon Spillett

Jazz at The Keys, Huddersfield 2017

Shane Forbes

Jean Toussaint's Roots & Herbs, Marsden Jazz Festival 2015

Sebastiaan de Krom

Dave O'Higgins Quartet, Marsden Jazz Festival 2017

Seb Rochford (Polar Bear)

Band on the Wall, Manchester 2014

Sam Healey

Manchester Jazz Festival 2014

Rob Luft

Joy Ellis Quartet, Manchester Jazz Festival 2018

Roberto Bellatalla

Dreamtime, Elton Dean Memorial Concert, 100 Club, London 2006

Richard Iles

Manchester Jazz Festival 2011

Pete Wareham (Polar Bear)

Band on the Wall, Manchester 2014

Papanosh

Manchester Jazz Festival 2014

Ntshuks Bonga

Marsden Jazz Festival 2017

Oren Marshall (Pigfoot)

Manchester Jazz Festival 2014

Nick Blacka

GoGo Penguin, Manchester Jazz Festival 2015

Nick Walters

Paradox Ensemble, Manchester Jazz Festival 2013

William Ellis @ mjf 08

In 2008 Manchester Jazz Festival hosted an exhibition by renowned jazz photographer William Ellis. I couldn't resist taking this shot of William unconsciously mirroring his portrait of McCoy Tyner.

Nat Birchall, Johnny Hunter

Manchester Jazz Festival 2014

Michael Dease (Bones of Rath)

Marsden Jazz Festival 2017

He said his name was Mic

Marsden Jazz Festival 2017

Mark Nightingale (Bones of Rath)

Marsden Jazz Festival 2017

Marc Charig (The Dedication Orchestra)

London Jazz Festival 2014

Luke Flowers (Paul Farr Band)

Manchester Jazz Festival 2008

Louis Moholo-Moholo (The Dedication Orchestra)

London Jazz Festival 2014

Liran Donin (Arun Ghosh Sextet)

Manchester Jazz Festival 2014

Laura Jurd

Marsden Jazz Festival 2013

Kit Downes

Marsden Jazz Festival 2010

John Marshall

Soft Machine, Band on the Wall, Manchester 20187

Johnny Hunter (Fragments)

Manchester Jazz Festival 2017

John Helliwell

The Supertramp sax man leads his own band, Crème Anglaise, Manchester Jazz Festival 2018

Keith Tippett

Dreamtime, Elton Dean Memorial Concert, 100 Club, London, 2006

John Etheridge

Soft Machine Legacy, Manchester Jazz Festival 2014

John Etheridge

Soft Machine, Band on the Wall, Manchester 2017

Jo Harman

Beer & Blues Weekend, Band on the Wall, Manchester 2014

Joel Fisk

Electric Palace, Harwich 2015

Jo Harman

Beer & Blues Weekend, Band on the Wall, Manchester 2014

Jim Dvorak, Jim LeBaigue, Gary Curson, Nick Evans

Dreamtime, Elton Dean Memorial Concert, 100 Club, London 2006

Jean Toussaint's Roots and Herbs

Marsden Jazz Festival 2015 (l to r: Daniel Casimir, Byron Wallen, Jean Toussaint, Dennis Rollins)

The Impossible Gentlemen

Band on the Wall, Manchester 2012

Ikui Doki

Jazz Migration Day, Manchester Jazz Festival 2018

Iain Ballamy

Richard Iles Big Band, Manchester Jazz Festival 2011

Hugh Hopper, Theo Travis

Soft Machine Legacy, Elton Dean Memorial Concert, 100 Club, London 2006

Gwilym Simcock

The Impossible Gentlemen, Marsden Jazz Festival 2016

Gilad Atzmon

Marsden Jazz Festival 2012

Geoff Gascoyne (Dave O'Higgins Quartet)

Marsden Jazz Festival 2017

Frank Ricotti

Jazz at The Keys, Huddersfield 2018

Elliot Galvin, Conor Chaplin (Dinosaur)

Manchester Jazz Festival 2017

Ellery Eskelin

Marsden Jazz Festival 2016

Derek Nash

Jazz at The Keys, Huddersfield 2018

Dennis Rollins, Ben Crosland (Bones of Rath)

Marsden Jazz Festival 2017

Dennis Rollins

Dennis very kindly posed for this shot, taken in the Green Room, Marsden Jazz Festival 2014

Dave Walsh

Arun Ghosh Sextet, Manchester Jazz Festival 2018

The Hoochie Coochie Mancunian

Dave Stapleton

Edition Records showcase, Manchester Jazz Festival 2011

Corey Mwamba (Batteries)

Marsden Jazz Festival 2013

Chantel McGregor

beer & Blues Weekend, Band on the Wall, Manchester 2014

Christophe Sabbioni (Kobu)

Manchester Jazz Festival 2010

Christophe de Bezenac

Trio VD, Manchester Jazz Festival 2010

Chris Sharkey (Shiver)

Band on the Wall, Manchester 2014

Asaf Sirkis

Meier - Budjana Group, Marsden Jazz Festival 2017

Byron Wallen, Daniel Casimir (background)

Jean Toussaint's Roots & Herbs, Marsden Jazz Festival 2015

Arun Ghosh

Manchester Jazz Festival 2018

Booker T. Jones

Manchester Jazz Festival 2014

Benn Clatworthy

Matt & Phred's Jazz Club, Manchester 2007

Art Themen

Playing with the Spike Heatley Trio, Electric Palace, Harwich 2015

Antonio Forcione

Marsden Jazz Festival 2013

Annie Whitehead

Marsden Jazz Festival 2013

Andy Champion, Chris Sharkey [Batteries]

Marsden Jazz Festival 2013

Andy Champion (Shiver)

Band on the Wall, Manchester 2014

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Steve Rodby

Sound check, Marsden Jazz Festival 2016