Jazzing It Up At Margate's Hottest Music Date Of The Year

One of the hottest events in the UK jazz calendar - the Big Sky Jazz Festival in Margate - is being staged at the Winter Gardens, the Piazza and other key venues around the popular seaside resort on July 25 and 27 and August 2.

Some of Britain's best jazz talents are lined up for this premier music fest - now in its fourth year - which has been organised by Margate Town Partnership with the support of Thanet District Council.

The festival launches at the Winter Gardens on July 25 with Celebration of Voice featuring Barb Jungr with Jenny Carr on piano, Christine Tobin, Anita Wardell, Ian Shaw and the Phil Robson Quartet.

Jungr's hypnotic vocal style draws on sources as varied as Jacques Brel, Bob Dylan, Ray Davies and Elvis. With her winning combo of splendid voice, intelligence with a lyric and innate charm, it's easy to see why she is the UK's top song stylist.

One of the strongest, most beguiling voices on the UK jazz scene, Tobin's expressive style is firmly rooted in a story-telling tradition that mixes blues, folk and jazz - a territory occupied by such luminaries as Joni Mitchell, Cassandra Wilson and Nina Simone. She has just released her seventh album - Secret Life of a Girl - described by Lionel Shriver in the Guardian as "sexy, gutsy, bluesy and beautiful".
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