Opening Gala Concert and Dinner with Patron Sir Karl Jenkins

SOLD OUT! SOLD OUT! Thursday 13thJune, from 6pm th Morgans Hotel We welcome Festival Patron Sir Karl Jenkins to a special celebration event marking his 80thbirthday and the 75thanniversary of Swansea Jazz Club – this evening of good food, great company and the cool sound of jazz really is not to be missed! We welcome Festival Patron Sir Karl Jenkins to a special celebration event marking his 80thbirthday and the 75thanniversary of Swansea Jazz Club – this evening of good food, great company and the cool sound of jazz really is not to be missed! th th From 6pm:Live jazz in the bar/reception drinks7pm:Nigel Hitchcock/Mark Nightingale Quintet (1stset)8pm:3 Course Dinner9.30pm:Nigel Hitchcock/Mark Nightingale Quintet (2ndset) From 6pm:Live jazz in the bar/reception drinks From 6pm: 7pm:Nigel Hitchcock/Mark Nightingale Quintet (1stset) 7pm: st 8pm:3 Course Dinner 8pm: 9.30pm:Nigel Hitchcock/Mark Nightingale Quintet (2ndset) 9.30pm: nd Featuring Nigel Hitchcock/Mark Nightingale Quintet Featuring Nigel Hitchcock/Mark Nightingale Quintet Nigel Hitchcock (Sax)Mark Nightingale (Trombone),Ian Thomas (Drums)Laurence Cottle (Bass)Jim Watson (Piano) Nigel Hitchcock (Sax) Mark Nightingale (Trombone), Ian Thomas (Drums) Laurence Cottle (Bass) Jim Watson (Piano) SOLD OUT! 3 Course Dinner Food Options 3 Course Dinner Food Options Starters: 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: 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: 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) About the Artists NIGEL HITCHCOCK is considered by many to be the most talented musician of his generation. He first came to prominence with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO), 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 three 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. Nigel is now resident in Germany and is flying over to be at the start of this year’s Swansea International Jazz Festival. He has collaborated on projects with Sir Karl Jenkins and will be leading the saxes at Karl’s 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. Swansea Council proudly brings you Swansea International Jazz Festival in partnership withSwansea Jazz Club. Swansea Jazz Club See otherSwansea International Jazz Festival 2024 events here Swansea International Jazz Festival 2024 events here Swansea International Jazz Festival 2024 events here