THURSDAY June 13th, 6pm Opening Gala Concert & Dinner with Patron Sir Karl Jenkins, 3 Course Dinner with NIGEL HITCHCOCK & MARK NIGHTINGALE QUINTET

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Approx running times.....

From 6pm: Live jazz in the bar/reception drinks 

7.15pm Nigel Hitchcock/ Mark Nightingale Quintet 1st set

8pm Dinner

Approx 9.30pm,  Quintet 2nd set 

*BOOK A TABLE FOR 10 PEOPLE 10% DISCOUNT*

A Celebration Event to open the 2024 Festival . Festival Patron Sir Karl Jenkins Celebrates his 80th Birthday &  Swansea Jazz Club is Celebrating 75 years of weekly Jazz Events in Swansea

FOOD OPTIONS

Starters:

• Soup of the day crisp warm roll (V / VE / GF options)
• Heritage caprice salad basil oil, microgreens (V)
• Local Gin and Juniper cured Smoked Salmon (GF)

 Main:

• Roast Supreme of cornfed chicken crushed new potatoes, peppercorn sauce (GF)
• Roasted Welsh sirloin of Beef, duck fat roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, braising jus (GF option) 
• Roasted butternut squash, stuffed with giant cous cous, squash puree, Romanesco sauce (VE / V / GF)  

  Desert:

• Baked white chocolate and honey cheesecake, vanilla Chantilly, berry coulis (V)
• Vanilla crème brulee, shortbread biscuit (V / GF option)
• Vegan lemon posset, granola, passionfruit pearls (V / VE / GF)

MARK NIGHTINGALE & NIGEL HITCHCOCK QUINTET

Nigel Hitchcock (Sax), Mark Nightingale (Trombone), 

Ed Richardson (Drums) Laurence Cottle (bass) Jim Watson  (piano)

NIGEL HITCHCOCK is considered by many to be the most talented musician of his generation.

He first came to prominence with NYJO (National Youth Jazz Orchestra), becoming their lead alto at the age of 11. By 15 he was working as a professional musician doing studio work and numerous gigs around the country, and by the age of 21 he had worked with virtually every major band around, Nigel has performed with many artists including Tom Jones, Wet Wet Wet, Beverley Craven, Hue and Cry, Swing Out Sister, Ray Charles, Robbie Williams, and Mark Knopfler and has released 3 solo albums, the first 'Snakeranch Sessions' in 1997 under Black Box and the next two,'SmootHitch'(2013) and 'Hitchgnosis'(2019)released under his own Eight Inch Clock label. He is now resident in Germany and flying over to be art of the Swansea Jazz Festival. 

He has collaborated on projects wit Sir Karl Jenkins and will be leading the saxes at Karls Festiavl concert on Friday.

Multi award-winning jazz trombonist Mark Nightingale is a firmly established favourite on the UK jazz scene, and has gained a reputation as one of the top-flight jazz trombonists in Europe and worldwide. Mark has had longstanding musical associations playing in bands lead by John Dankworth, Cleo Laine, Stan Tracey, Kenny Wheeler, Andy Panayi, Clark Tracey, and Alan Barnes over the years. He also fronts various small groups and a big band of his own, featuring his own compositions and arrangements. 

Mark is also a busy studio musician in London and has played on hundreds of movie soundtracks, and has been fortunate to play and record with some of the greats in all genres of music. These include Ray Brown, Clark Terry, Scott Hamilton, James Morrison, Bill Holman, Frank Sinatra, Charlie Watts, Sting and Steely Dan. 

He is best known to many young players for his growing catalogue of educational studies and short pieces published by ‘Warwick Music’, and used extensively by the ABRSM and Trinity/Guildhall in their music exam syllabi.

NIGEL HITCHCOCK with BUDDY RICH BIG BAND @Ronnie Scotts