Love Supreme Festival

The Love Supreme Jazz Festival is a three-day UK music festival, established in 2013, which is named after the John Coltrane album 'A Love Supreme'. The festival is presented by UK digital radio station Jazz FM^[1] and is planned and produced by Neapolitan Music, Ingenious Media and Serious.^[2] The festival line up consists of jazz, soul and blues acts. ^[3]

2013 Festival

The first Love Supreme Jazz Festival was held in Glynde Place, in East Sussex.^[4] The festival site opened on the Friday 5 July 2013 with local bands playing followed by the return of Jazz FM club night Funky Sensation, with presenters Chris Philips, Pru Fiddy, John Osborne and Jeff Young DJed. ^[5] On Saturday 6 July, winner of the Discovery competition Anoushka Lucas opened the main stage. ^[5] This was followed by performances from Charles Bradley, Michael Kiwanuka, Chic featuring Nile Rodgers before headliner Bryan Ferry and The Bryan Ferry Orchestra. ^[6] Elsewhere on site, Robert Glasper Experiment, Snarky Puppy, Marcus Miller, Courtney Pine, Zara MacFarlane, Portico Quartet and Kairos 4Tet. On Sunday, the event was headlined by Jools Holland, in the day performances were put on Brand New Heavies, Esperanza Spalding, Gregory Porter, Soweto Kinch, Melody Gardot, Roller Trio, Neil Cowley Trio and Terence Blanchard. ^[6] As well as the Main Stage, Arena and Big Top, the Festival hosted a Bandstand curated by Verdict Jazz Brighton where local bands performed. ^{[5][7][8][9][10][11]}

2014 Festival

The second Love Supreme Jazz Festival opened on Friday 4 July with local bands such as King Porter Stomp and The Studio 9 Orchestra followed by the return of Jazz FM club night Funky Sensation led by presenters Nigel Williams, Paul Clark, John Osborne, Chris Philips, Jeff Young and Pru Fiddy. Saturday 6 July bought the opening of the main stage with Natalie Williams’ Soul Family followed by performances from Snarky Puppy, Incognito, Laura Mvula, Earth, Wind & Fire Experience (featuring Al Mckay) and headliner Jamie Cullum. Elsewhere in the festival, the Big Top stage, sponsored by Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, played host to acts such as John Scofield Überjam, Dave Holland’s Prism, Lalah Hathaway and Derrick Hodge. As well as the Main Stage and Big Top, The Arena, Late Club Nights, Matua Sessions and the Cocoface Bandstand all presented live music and DJ’s throughout the weekend. On Sunday 6 July the festival was headlined by De La Soul, with performances from Soul II Soul, Gregory Porter, Courtney Pine, Alice Russell, Christian McBride Trio and Polar Bear throughout the day. Both days featured performances from the NEON SAINTS Brass Band who played outside Jazz FM's converted Airstream studio.

References

External links

• Love Supreme Jazz Festival