Robert Glasper, whose new album Black Radio 2 (a follow-up to Black Radio the best R&B album at this year's Grammys) is about to be released; the Esperanza Spalding/Joe Lovano/Jack DeJohnette/Leo Genovese supergroup The Spring Quartet; Bill Frisell's Beautiful Dreamers; and Django Bates’ Belovèd Trio & the Norrbotten Big Band + Joakim Milder’s Charlie Parker and Prefab Sprout project (!), are all included in the first announcement of the line-up for the tenth anniversary of the Gateshead Jazz Festival, the north-east of England’s leading jazz festival, to be held at the Sage by the banks of the Tyne from 4-6 April 2014.
Tickets and more: http://www.sagegateshead.com/tour-dates/gateshead-international-jazz-festival-2014

Esperanza Spalding pictured