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Manchester Jazz Festival is an annual 9-day-long festival focused on showcasing contemporary jazz from the North West of England and beyond.

mjf 2009
The 14th Manchester Jazz Festival will take place from 24th July to 1st August in Manchester city centre. Programme and venues details are not yet released and will be available on the festival website.

History
The Manchester Jazz Festival was created in 1996. More details are available on the festival website.

Structure and Staff
Manchester Jazz Festival is an Arts Council England 's Regularly Funded Organisation since 1999. It is a Limited Company registered in England and Wales.

The festival team is currently made out of three permanent staff:

Steve Mead, Artistic Director

Mick Waterfield, Producer

Fanny Guillaut, Festival Coordinator

Temporary staff working on the festival include:

Art Adams, Sound Engineer

Pete Scullion, Production Assistant

Commissions
From 2000, Manchester Jazz Festival has been commissioning North West artists to help them develop ambitious projects. Previously commissioned artists include Richard Iles, Jon Thorne, Stuart McCallum, Mike Walker...

In 2008, the festival has been allocated an increase in core funding from Arts Council England to develop its commitment to new jazz works and to actively encourage innovative artistic creation on the part of the region’s jazz community. This new strand, called "mjf originals", is open to submissions. The first recipients, whose work will be premiered in July 2009, are Olivia Moore and Matt Owens.

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