Malta Jazz Festival to hold midday concerts

The Malta Jazz Festival has announced the number of performances for the Valletta Midday Jazz Concerts, running from 17 till 22 July.

Throughout the whole festival week, free concerts will be held in front of the Parliament building at the entrance of the city, starting at 12.30pm and featuring both established locals and upcoming musicians.

The events are part of the Jazz on the Fringe activities and are being organised in collaboration with Valletta 2018.

• Monday 17 July

Walter Vella group

Walter Vella (sax/flute), Godwin Lucas (keyboards), Anthony Saliba (bass), Joe ‘Bibi’ Camilleri (drums)

• Tuesday 18 July

Charles ‘City' Gatt Quintet feat. Stjepko Gut

Stjepko Gut (trumpet), Rino Cirinnà (sax), Dominic Galea (piano), Yoni Zelnik (bass), Charles Gatt (drums)

• Wednesday 19 July

Latina Melita

Alex Taylor (trumpet), Karl Galea (guitar), Diccon Cooper (bass), Manuel Pulis (drums)

• Thursday 20 July

Glenville Group

Glen Montanaro (guitar), Dean Montanaro (bass), Joseph Camilleri (drums)

• Friday 21 July

Marvin Gaerty Trio

Marvin Gaerty (guitar), Paul Giordimaina (piano), Charles Gatt (drums)

• Saturday 22 July

The Johann Strauss School of Music Jazz Combo

Christian Debono (vocals), Fabio Imbroll (guitar), Philip Borg Barthet (trombone), Samwel Grima (bass), Rafel Grima (drums)