Europe’s largest outdoor jazz festival announces more names for this summer’s event
Included in the list of newly announced acts is 2024 breakout star Olivia Dean, one of the UK music scene’s hottest prospects who, following a whirlwind 12 months in which she was nominated for three Brit Awards including Artist Of The Year, was named as a BBC Music Introducing Artist Of The Year and released a Mercury-nominated debut album, takes top billing on the Saturday night and will perform her first festival headline show. Dean will line up alongside 10-time Grammy-winning Chaka Khan, who is touring in celebration of a milestone 50 years in music and headlines the Sunday night.
Also included in the latest round of additions are 100 million selling Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Dionne Warwick, seminal acid jazz outfit Galliano, South London singer-songwriter Joel Culpepper, the soul-stirring singerJosh Milan, Bricknasty, powerful British soul singer Alice Russell, alternative singer-songwriter and guitarist Rosie Frater-Taylor, and the US rapper and producer Noname.
The newly announced acts join the 70 million-selling US funk outfit Kool & The Gang, powerhouse UK vocalist Joss Stone, Brazilian pianist,Sergio Mendes, British R&B star Mahalia, who headlines on the Friday evening, US psychedelic soul band Black Pumas, husband and wife vocal duo The War & Treaty, Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram, and London-based Australian soul singer Jordan Rakei.
A selection of the world’s most revered contemporary jazz acts will feature across the weekend including multi-award-winning US vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, visionary multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello, Mercury-nominated Scottish pianist and Jazz FM Instrumentalist of the Year Fergus McCreadie, Japanese pianist Hiromi with her Sonicwonder project, Blue Note drummer Johnathan Blake, Christian McBride, “fusion’s greatest drummer” Billy Cobham, boundary-pushing young drummer Roni Kaspi, vocalist Alicia Olatuja and bassist Michael Olatuja’s afrobeat-inflected duo Olatuja, Tunisian singer and oud master Dhafer Youssef, UK pianist Andrew McCormack featuring Kyle Eastwood, fiery US saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, and one of the UK’s most esteemed jazz singers Jacqui Dankworth.
Love Supreme Jazz Festival: 5 July - 7 July
Full line with more to be announced visit the website HERE
Tickets start at £72 (day, weekend, camping, Supremium and glamping tickets are available) and are on sale now from www.lovesupremefestival.com