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Jazz Album Reviews

Ted Morcaldi

Celestial Stranger

Part solo recording, part band album it successfully combines both elements and also delivers a successful and beguiling mix of electric and acoustic sounds embracing a variety of musical styles.

Matt Carmichael

Dancing With Embers

Aurelius

Rizes Cave

Germana Stella La Sorsa and Tom Ollendorff Duo

After Hours

Emily Francis Trio

Atomic Tour Live

Simeon May

Heroes

Tom Smith

A Year In The Life

Jazz Mann Recommended Listening

Shez Raja

Spellbound

The playing of every musician involved is exceptional and the performances are dynamic and exciting, with Raja’s bass a unifying force as he explores a broad range of music from east and west.

Emma Rawicz / Gwilym Simcock

Big Visit

A genuinely impressive piece of work, intimate but ambitious and featuring intelligent original writing and inventive arrangements alongside some brilliant playing.

Lukas DeRungs

WAKE

DeRungs is an emerging artist with plenty to say, a supremely accomplished pianist and also the visionary force behind this varied and very impressive album.

Elijah Jeffery & Eddie Gripper

Elijah Jeffery & Eddie Gripper

Gripper & Jeffery shine in the exposed setting of the piano / vocal duo. These are songs that convince both musically and lyrically, there is real musical and emotional intelligence at work here.

Live Jazz Reviews

Jon Crespo Quartet

Jon Crespo Quartet, ‘Beyond Armstrong’, Black Mountain Jazz, Melville Centre, Abergavenny, 31/08/2025.

Lucy Sissy Miller / Walt McClements

Lucy Sissy Miller / Walt McClements, Sy; Gigs, Unitarian Church, Shrewsbury, 16/08/2025.

Ibrahim Maalouf

Ibrahim Maalouf, BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, 29/07/2025.

Ursula Harrison and Sylvie Noble Duo

Ursula Harrison and Sylvie Noble Duo, Black Mountain Jazz, The Melville Centre, Abergavenny, 27/07/2025.

Tiggy Blackwell Quintet / Huw Llewellyn Quartet

Tiggy Blackwell Quintet / Huw Llewellyn Quartet, Brecon Jazz Festival, The Muse Arts Centre, Brecon, 08/07/2025.

Songs for the Earth

Songs for the Earth, Pittville Pump Room, Cheltenham, Glos. 05/07/2025 (Part of Cheltenham Music Festival).

Jazz Mann Features

Sunday at Brecon Jazz Festival, 10/08/2025.

Ian Mann enjoys the final day of the Festival and performances by Julian Martin/ Ben Thomas, Soweto Kinch. Emily Masser / Alex Clarke, Dreamscapes, Ashley John Long's Rare Earth Project, Jazz Sabbath.

Saturday at Brecon Jazz Festival, 09/08/2025.

Ian Mann enjoys the second day of Brecon Jazz Festival 2025 and performances by Ursula Harrison and Sylvie Noble, Sultan Stevenson, Double Double, Ben Shankland, Remi Harris, Geoff Eales, Ruby Turner.

Jazz Mann News

The Green Note, Camden Town, London - Newsletter, 03/09/2025.

Wednesday, September 03, 2025

The Green Note has forwarded its latest newsletter with details of forthcoming musical events.

Guildford Jazz - Programme for October 2025.

Tuesday, September 02, 2025

Mick Thomas has forwarded details of forthcoming events at Guildford Jazz.

Guido Spannocchi - Forward Motion Tour Autumn 2025.

Tuesday, September 02, 2025

Alto saxophonist & composer Guido Spannocchi has announced tour dates in the UK, Europe and South Africa. Details attached.

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Jazz Gigs & Events

The Plague Doctors Cure All at The Speakeasy, Left Bank Village, Hereford.

Wednesday, September 03, 2025

Jazz Jam Ft. Alex Merritt at FarGo Village, Far Gosford Street, Coventry

Thursday, September 04, 2025

Swansea International Jazz Festival at Cu Mumbles and National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

Thursday, September 04, 2025 - Sunday, September 07, 2025

The Fabulous Red Diesel at The Old Dairy Taproom, Tenterden, Kent.

Friday, September 05, 2025

Aaron Moloney Trio Featuring Vasilis Xenopoulos at Kidderminster Jazz Club, St. Ambrose Parish Centre, Kidderminster, Worcs.

Friday, September 05, 2025

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