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• Marlborough Jazz Fest: Red Hot Rhythmakers

  THIS nine-piece swing band from Melbourne, Australia, took Marlborough by storm on Saturday. read more

• Marlborough Jazz Festival: Paw Pawson's Artesian hall stompers

  A WARM Saturday afternoon - by 2008 standards anyway - and supping a pint while listening to a mellow jazz band that just about sums up the best thing about the Marlborough Jazz festival. read more

• Marlborough Jazz Fest: The Overtones

  APPRECIATING the talents of a band is made much more difficult when rain is running off your hair and down your neck. read more

• Marlborough Jazz Festival: PAUL LEEGAN AND THE LEGENDS

  This was not their first time at Marlborough and those who saw this group will be hoping it's not their last. read more

• Marlborough Jazz Fest: Jazz service

  THE annual Sunday morning Jazz Service at St Mary's Church was popular yet again this year, with so many people attending the orders of service had to be shared. read more

• Marlborough Jazz Fest: Julie Felix

  AFTER an evening performance in the crowded back room of the Sun Inn on Friday, Julie Felix launched Saturday's performance at the same venue by launching a campaign for bigger rooms in future. read more

• Marlborough Jazz Fest: Bob Hall Trio

  THERE was a change to the Bob Hall Trio line-up this year as jazz legend Top Topham took the guitar place that has, for the last few years, been occupied by Henry Ayrton. read more

• Marlborough Jazz Fest: King Salsa

  ANYONE who likes a bit of Latin music was in for a treat with one of the first acts of the festival as Robin Jones and King Salsa provided music to dance along to in the Priory Marquee. read more

• Marlborough Jazz Fest: Slaughterhouse Seven

  AS ever, Slaughterhouse Seven seemed to have lost the ability to count but, granted, Slaughterhouse Nine doesn't have the same ring to it. read more

• Marlborough Jazz Fest: Pete Long

  IT can't be easy to provide a recreation of someone else recreating somebody else but Pete Long and his Goodmen on Sunday proved it was possible. read more

• Marlborough Jazz Fest: Sticky Wicket

  DESPITE a slow start, the annual Saturday night Town Hall dance with Sticky Wicket's Little Big Band proved a hit once again. read more

• Marlborough Jazz Fest: Bill Mather

  LUNCHTIME proved the ideal slot for the multi-talented local Bill Mather to play at Coles Bar. read more

• Marlborough Jazz Fest: Pete Allen and his jazz band

  ONE of the greatest stalwarts of jazz in Marlborough is Cotswolds band leader Pete Allen. read more

• Marlborough Jazz Fest: Clare Teal

  THE Yorkshire lass wowed the Marlborough crowds yet again at this year's Saturday evening concert in the Priory marquee. read more

• Marlborough Jazz Fest: The Red Stripe Band

  It is always difficult to find the right sort of superlatives to describe this band with its zany, manic but brilliant leader Neil Drinkwater AKA Red Stripe. read more

• Marlborough Jazz Fest: The Kremlinaires

  COMMUNISM reigned supreme on Saturday, for a couple of hours at least, as the Kremlinaires made a welcome return to Marlborough. read more

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