At a glance listings for the 2010 Manchester Jazz Festival

Friday 23 July

7.30pm (2 x 45 mins)Festival Pavilion£5Ralph Alessi with the Jim Hart Trio [US/UK]
8.30pm, double bill (2x60min)Band on the Wall£14Nat Birchall Quartet • Marshall Allen & James Harrar’s Cinema Soloriens and the Cosmo-Drama [US]
10.00pmMatt & Phred's Jazz Club£5Honeyfeet

Saturday 24 July

12 noon (60 mins)Festival PavilionFreeMagic Hat Ensemble
1.00pm (60 mins)St Ann's SquareFreeThe Trashcan Collective
2.00pm (60 mins)Festival PavilionFreeGlazz [Spain]
3.00pm (60 mins)St Ann's SquareFreeTwitchy Fingers
4.00pm (60 mins)Festival PavilionFreeTony Woods Project
5.00pm (60 mins)St Ann's SquareFreeMatt Chandler Trio
8.00pm, double bill (2 x 60 mins)Festival Pavilion£10Huw Jacob • Liane Carroll Trio
9.00pm (open until 3am)Band on the Wall£11 /£12 Mr Scruff: Keep It Unreal
10.00pm (3 x 45 mins)Matt & Phred's Jazz Club£5Jon Thorne’s Oedipus Mingus

Sunday 25 July

1.00pm (60 mins)St Ann's SquareFreePapa Miles
1.00pm, triple bill (60 + 50 + 60 mins)The Bridgewater Hall FoyerFreeGary Boyle Band • Mike Hall & Dan Whieldon • Sara Colman Quartet
2.00 – 5.00pm (with two short breaks)Festival Pavilion£10 Workshops: An introduction to Afro-Cuban Percussion and Dance with song
3.00pm (60 mins)St Ann's SquareFreeWay Out (North) West
5.00pm (60 mins)St Ann's SquareFreeJD73
8.00pm, double bill (2 x 60 mins)Festival Pavilion£7.50Diáspora • Mojito
8.00pm (2 x 50 mins)Band on the Wall£10 National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Scotland

Monday 26 July

11.45am (60 mins)St Ann's SquareFreeExtra Curricular
12.30pm (60 mins)Festival PavilionFreePete Hughes
1.00pm (60 mins)The Bridgewater Hall FoyerFreeGlass Mystery plays the music of Tom Harrell
2.30pm (60 mins)Festival PavilionFreemjf introduces: Sam Rapley/Adam Chatterton Quintet
2.30pm, music starts 3.00 (60 mins)Midland Hotel£15 Afternoon Tea with… Elaine Harris & Andrzej Baranek
5.00pm (60 mins)St Ann's SquareFreeEuropean Union Quartet
6.15pm, triple bill (3 x 30mins)St Ann's Church£3.00 on the doorOrfeo 5 • Richard Scott’s Lightning Ensemble • Rudnicki/Postle Electric Duo
8.00pm (2 x 50 mins)Festival PavilionFreeMonika Lidke
10.00pm (3 x 45 mins)Matt & Phred's Jazz ClubFreeJazz Jam Session
11.15pm – please arrive by 10.30pm (105 mins)Band on the WallDraw for ticketsJazz on 3

Tuesday 27 July

11.00am – 3.30pmMidland Hotel: Wyvern Suite FreeFunding surgeries for jazz musicians and promoters
11.45am (60 mins)St Ann's SquareFreeCusp
12.30pm (60 mins)Festival PavilionFreeCool Ceol Quartet
1.00pm (60 mins)The Bridgewater Hall FoyerFreeElbracht-Sheriff Project
2.30pm, double bill (2 x 30 minutes)Festival PavilionFreemjf introduces: Cait Mayall & Ben Newton Duo ● Daniel Marks
2.30pm, music starts 3.00 (60 mins)Midland Hotel£15 Afternoon Tea with… Sarah Bennett & Curt Shaw
5.00pm (60 mins)St Ann's SquareFreeOrchestre DC Dansette
7.30pm (2 x 50 mins)RNCM£14/£12 (concs. available)Simcock/Walker/Swallow/Nussbaum
8.00pm (2 x 50 minutes)Festival PavilionFreeRodina
8.30pm (2 x 60 mins); also on Wed 28Band on the Wall£25 Kid Creole and the Coconuts
10.00pm (3 x 45 mins)Matt & Phred's Jazz Club£5Stuart McCallum with Rioghnagh Connolly

Wednesday 28 July

11.45am (60 mins)St Ann's SquareFreeJim Faulkner Group
12.30pm (60 mins)Festival PavilionFreeSara Dowling & Andy Kingslow
1.00pm (60 mins)The Bridgewater Hall FoyerFreeEdward Barnwell Trio
2.30pm, music starts 3.00 (60 mins)Midland Hotel£15 Afternoon Tea with… Alice Zawadzki & Moss Freed
2.30pm (60 mins)Festival PavilionFreemjf introduces: Andrew Woodhead Quartet
5.00pm (60 mins)St Ann's SquareFreeGeni Lamb Quintet with SuEyo
6.00pmSt Ann's ChurchFreeSurroundings: Open Rehearsal
7.30pm (3 x 35 minutes)RNCM£14/£12 (concs available)Phil Bancroft’s “Home, Small as the World”
8.00pm (2 x 50 minutes)Festival PavilionFreeTerri Shaltiel
8.30pm (2 x 60 mins)Band on the Wall£25Kid Creole and the Coconuts
10.00pm (3 x 45 mins)Matt & Phred's Jazz Club£5The Rachael Gladwin Sextet

Thursday 29 July

11.45am (60 mins)St Ann's SquareFreeSerge Tebu Project
12.30pm (60 mins)Festival PavilionFreeThe 265 Quartet
1.00pm, double bill (2 x 30 mins)St Ann's ChurchFreeOur Liberated Winter • Steve Tromans/Dan Nicholls Duo
2.30pm (60 mins)Festival PavilionFreemjf introduces: Ben Watte/Sam Healey Quintet
2.30pm, music starts 3.00 (60 mins)Midland Hotel£15Afternoon Tea with… An Jacobs & Dan Whieldon
5.00pm (60 mins)St Ann's SquareFreeSargasso Township Jazz Band
7.30pm (2 x 50 minutes)RNCM£14/£12 (concs. available)Stu Brown Sextet: The Raymond Scott Project
8.00pm (2 x 50 minutes)Festival Pavilion£10Harry Moyaga Band
9.00pm, double bill (2 x 60 mins)Band on the Wall£12Asaf Sirkis Trio • Arun Ghosh Quintet
10.00pm (3 x 45 mins)Matt & Phred's Jazz Club£5Cabbage Alley

Friday 30 July

11.45am (60 mins)St Ann's SquareFreeSendai
12.30pm (60 mins)Festival PavilionFreeBaylis/Howard/McCallum
1.00pm (60 mins)St Ann's ChurchFreeLes Chisnall
2.30pm (60 mins)Festival PavilionFreemjf introduces: Orca Trio
2.30pm, music starts 3.00 (60 mins)Midland Hotel£15Afternoon Tea with… Doreen Edwards & George King
5.00pm (60 mins)St Ann's SquareFreeAd Infinitum
8.00pm, triple bill (30 + 60 + 60 mins)Festival Pavilion£7.50Stuart McCallum • The Golden Age of Steam • Trio VD
10.00pm (3 x 45 mins)Matt & Phred's Jazz Club£5Rob Durbin Trio with Chip Wickham

Saturday 31 July

12.00 noon (60 mins)Festival PavilionFreeDaniel Erdmann and Francis Le Bras [Germany/France]
1.00pm (60 mins)St Ann's SquareFreeMike Smith’s Ginger Tunes Quartet
2.00pm (60 mins)Festival PavilionFreeKobu [France]
3.00pm (60 mins)St Ann's SquareFreeBilly Adamson Group
4.00pm (60 mins)Festival PavilionFreeBaldo Martínez Group [Spain]
5.00pm (60 mins)St Ann's SquareFreeZoe Chiotis Band
7.00pm (60 mins)St Ann's Church£9. mjf originals: Neil Yates & the N-circle Jazz Orchestra – Surroundings
8.30pm, double bill (60 + 105 mins)Festival Pavilion£7.50Beats’n’Pieces Big Band • Dark Knights of Soul
10.00pm (3 x 45 mins)Matt & Phred's Jazz Club£5Extra Love