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Al Swainger’s Pointless Beauty - Al Swainger’s Pointless Beauty, Black Mountain Jazz, Melville Centre, Abergavenny, 29/03/2025. | Review | The Jazz Mann
Al Swainger’s Pointless Beauty - Al Swainger’s Pointless Beauty, Black Mountain Jazz, Melville Centre, Abergavenny, 29/03/2025.. A consistently engaging and interesting performance featuring the innovative use of electronics and visuals in addition to some excellent playing and writing..
Hanakiv / Marysia Osu - Hanakiv / Marysia Osu, Sy; Gigs, Unitarian Church, Shrewsbury, 29/03/2025. | Review | The Jazz Mann
Hanakiv / Marysia Osu - Hanakiv / Marysia Osu, Sy; Gigs, Unitarian Church, Shrewsbury, 29/03/2025.. Featuring a double bill of pianist Hanakiv and harpist Marysia Osu this was music that combined modern musical technology with acoustic sounds and which was informed by a fundamental humanity..
Rob Luft - Rob Luft Quartet, Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester, 27/03/2025. | Review | The Jazz Mann
Rob Luft - Rob Luft Quartet, Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester, 27/03/2025.. Let’s hope Luft’s first visit to Worcester won’t be his last, and thanks to Dave Fuller for bringing him here to deliver the “exceptional live music experience” promised in the MSH manifesto..
Line up announced for 64th edition of Jazz A Juan, Juan-les-Pins, France, 10th to 20th July 2025. | News | The Jazz Mann
The line up has been announced for the 2025 Jazz A Juan Festival. Performers include Herbie Hancock, Jamie Cullum, Dianne Reeves, Gregory Porter, Ibrahim Maalouf, Robert Plant ,Emile Londonien.
Léon Phal Quintet / Emile Londonien - Léon Phal Quintet / Emile Londonien, Stockfish, Nice, France, 21/03/2025. | Review | The Jazz Mann
Léon Phal Quintet / Emile Londonien - Léon Phal Quintet / Emile Londonien, Stockfish, Nice, France, 21/03/2025.. Guest contributor Colin May enjoys a double bill featuring two of the leading lights of the new French Jazz Scene, both combining contemporary urban music with jazz..
Billy Marrows + Grande Famila - New live album and UK tour Dates, March, April, May 2025. | News | The Jazz Mann
Discus Music will release 'The Penelope Album Live' by award-winning London guitarist & composer Billy Marrows on 28th March. The release will be accompanied by an 8 date Grande Familia spring tour.
EFG London Jazz Festival announces first names for 2025 edition including Tanita Tikaram, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Tune-Yards, Makaya McCraven and Hiromi. | News | The Jazz Mann
Now entering its 33rd year, the global celebration of music, EFG London Jazz Festival, is announcing the first names for its 2025 edition, which takes place from 14-23 November. Press release attached
Cheick Kouyaté, Julien Pérez and Davy Sur - Cheick Kouyaté, Julien Pérez and Davy Sur, La Trésorerie, Nice, France, 19/03/2025. | Review | The Jazz Mann
Cheick Kouyaté, Julien Pérez and Davy Sur - Cheick Kouyaté, Julien Pérez and Davy Sur, La Trésorerie, Nice, France, 19/03/2025.. The three musicians created an engrossing atmosphere into which the audience entered fully. They did not talk much, but they spoke with their music which was joyful and full of life..
Dave Manington’s Riff Raff - Weightless | Review | The Jazz Mann
Dave Manington’s Riff Raff - Weightless. His compositions are multi-faceted with strong narrative arcs and are rich in terms of colour, texture, moods & dynamics. In Riff Raff he has a hand picked team capable of doing justice to his ideas..
Programme Announced for 10th London Piano Festival at Kings Place, 9th - 12th October 2025. | News | The Jazz Mann
The programme of this largely classical festival includes a recital featuring Julian Joseph and Zoe Rahman plus four outstanding young pianists from the Julian Joseph Jazz Academy. Press release att.
Mike Hall with the Alex Steele Trio - Mike Hall with the Alex Steele Trio, Corn Exchange Jazz Club, Corn Exchange, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, 20/03.2025. | Review | The Jazz Mann
Mike Hall with the Alex Steele Trio - Mike Hall with the Alex Steele Trio, Corn Exchange Jazz Club, Corn Exchange, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, 20/03.2025.. A well chosen selection of material from this one off quartet that combined tender ballads with r’n’b style raunch and blistering hard bop. .
Josephine Davies & The Ensō Ensemble - The Celtic Wheel of the Year Suite | Review | The Jazz Mann
Josephine Davies & The Ensō Ensemble - The Celtic Wheel of the Year Suite. Her compositions are intelligent and evocative and her arrangements and orchestrations rich, wide ranging and colourful, allowing Davies to bring out the best from her hand picked cast of musicians. .
Music Spoken Here, Worcester introduces new ‘Sunday Service’ strand, featuring soul, gospel and R’n'B. | News | The Jazz Mann
MSH will be trying out its new 'Sunday Service', featuring soul, gospel & R'n'B with pilot shows arranged for the last Sunday in May and June, probably starting at 5pm and wrapping up around 7:30pm.
Lekan Babalola’s Sacred Funk 4tet - Lekan Babalola’s Sacred Funk 4tet, Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester, 13/03/2025. | Review | The Jazz Mann
Lekan Babalola’s Sacred Funk 4tet - Lekan Babalola’s Sacred Funk 4tet, Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester, 13/03/2025.. A hugely enjoyable evening that was both entertaining and educational, and which featured some exceptional writing and playing. .
Tammy Payne Quartet - Tammy Payne Quartet, Brecon Jazz Club, The Muse Arts Centre, Brecon, 11/03/2025. | Review | The Jazz Mann
Tammy Payne Quartet - Tammy Payne Quartet, Brecon Jazz Club, The Muse Arts Centre, Brecon, 11/03/2025.. A highly entertaining and enjoyable evening of music featuring a well chosen selection of familiar standards plus a generous serving of Payne’s original songs. .