Kicking‐off the season in style and FIRST TIME at JATP are THE MAGIC HAT ENSEMBLE.  Packing houses the length and breadth of the nation and with an impressive list of festivals on their itinerary as I write, Manchester’s master‐manipulators of rhythm bring an outstandingly refreshing injection of youth and possibly monkey glands to some of the great standards, yet giving them an air of 'first hearing'.  Exciting, exquisite senses of rhythm, beat and ballistic guitar playing are sure to give our jazz monocles a good buffing.