02 May 2012, Posted in: Company news

Great news! Jamie Cullum is presenting a live show on BBC Radio 2 this Saturday, 5 May from backstage at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival. Jamie will be broadcasting in Dermot O’Leary’s slot from 4-6pm.


Special guest jazz vocalist Gregory Porter will join Jamie for an interview and the pair will also perform a track together. The modern blues artist C.W.Stoneking will also pop in to play a couple of tracks with Jamie.


The show will bring the full flavour of the festival to Radio 2 with Jamie playing music from artists performing at the festival including Imelda May, Candi Staton and many more.


Then on Tuesday 8 May, Jamie’s regular weekly jazz show on Radio 2 from 7-8pm will be a Cheltenham highlights special featuring backstage interviews with pianist John Taylor, trumpeter Abram Wilson as well as Kit Downes and Seb Rochford who are performing together at the festival.