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Chaka Khan, Ginger Baker, Candi Staton, Van Morrison, Dianne Reeves, Hugh Masekela Amongst Stars Confirmed For The UK’s Only Major Greenfield Jazz Festival

The organisers of the Love Supreme Jazz Festival have announced the first wave of acts for this year’s event, which returns to Glynde Place in East Sussex from July 3rd – 5th.

Topping the bill on Saturday 4th is ten-time Grammy-winning soul diva Chaka Khan, whose incredible 40-year career has spawned a string of global hits including ‘I Feel For You’, ‘Ain’t Nobody’, ‘Tell Me Something Good’, ‘I’m Every Woman’ and ‘You Got The Love’. Closing the festival on Sunday 5th will be one of music’s true originals Van Morrison, who celebrates his 70th birthday this summer and will be performing classic tracks from his phenomenal back catalogue.

Love Supreme, the UK’s only major greenfield jazz festival, has been hailed by The Guardian as “the British jazz world’s Glastonbury” and will also present performances from chart-topping soul and gospel singer Candi Staton, legendary Cream drummer Ginger Baker, US vocalist Dianne Reeves, who won Best Jazz Album at last week’s Grammy Awards, and revered South African trumpeter Hugh Masekela.

The full line-up to date is:

Chaka Khan
Van Morrison
Hugh Masekela
Joshua Redman & The Bad Plus
Terence Blanchard E-Collective
Candi Staton
Dianne Reeves
Ginger Baker Jazz Confusion
Submotion Orchestra
Ambrose Akinmusire
Hiatus Kaiyote
Gogo Penguin
Rag ’N’ Bone Man
Jarrod Lawson
Bill Laurance Project
Get The Blessing
Theo Croker
Kneebody
Joe Stilgoe
Gabby Young & Other Animals
Hackney Colliery Band,
Dylan Howe’s Subterraneans
Christine Tobin
Partisans
Blue Eyed Hawk
Elliot Galvin Trio
The Vampires
Shiver

“Love Supreme festival is a Woodstock moment for British Jazz… the perfect setting… the quality rarely dips below the height of the endless sun”
The Independent ★★★★★

“This is the best festival I’ve ever been to”
Laura Mvula