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Jazz Album Reviews

Johnny Hunter / Mark Hanslip / Olie Brice

Divisions

It may have been some four years between the initial recording session and the final album release, but nevertheless “Divisions” has been well worth waiting for.

Henry Spencer and Juncture

The Defector

RBG Trio

RBG Trio

Noah Stoneman

Anyone’s Quiet: Let it Rain to You.

Mark Lewandowski

A Bouquet (for Lady Day)

Dee Byrne

Outlines

Liam Noble & Geoff Simkins

Lucky Teeth

Jazz Mann Recommended Listening

Chris Allard Band

Melodic Collective

A work that Allard and the band can be justly proud of. The writing is both intelligent and accessible and the playing excellent throughout.

Howl Quartet

Airglow

Sees the group maturing as both musicians and writers and the quartet’s collective sound has become even more distinctive, drawing on various jazz genres as well as elements of folk & classical music.

Dunmall / Brackenbury / Bianco / Pope

Sentient Beings

One of the best freely improvised recordings that I’ve heard for some time. The standard of the playing and the level of interaction is outstanding throughout.

Ant Law & Alex Hitchcock

Same Moon In The Same World

A highly coherent and convincing piece of work that Law and Hitchcock can be justly proud of.

Live Jazz Reviews

Dan Lockheart Quintet

Dan Lockheart Quintet, ‘Roots to Leaves’, Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester, 21/09/2023.

BMJ Collective with Sarah Meek

BMJ Collective with Sarah Meek, Black Mountain Jazz, Melville Centre, Abergavenny, 03/09/2023.

Annette Gregory

Annette Gregory Quintet, Kidderminster Jazz Club, St. Ambrose Parish Centre, Kidderminster, Worcs. 01/09/2023.

Simon Spillett

Simon Spillett Quartet, ‘The Music of Tubby Hayes’ Black Mountain Jazz, Melville Centre, Abergavenny, 23/08/2023.

Anbessa

Anbessa: Homage to Manu Dibango, Studio de l’Ermitage, Paris, 04/05/2023.

Debs Hancock Quartet

Debs Hancock Quartet, ‘The Influences of Women in Jazz’, Black Mountain Jazz, Melville Centre, Abergavenny, 30/07/2023.

Jazz Mann Features

Ezra Collective win 2023 Mercury Music Prize.

Ian Mann with a personal reflection on Ezra Collective's historic victory at the 2023 Mercury Music Prize ceremony, making them the first ever jazz act to win an award first instigated in 1992.

Autumn 2023 Season at The Snug Sessions at Bishop’s Court Farm, Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.

Trevor Bannister previews the forthcoming season at The Snug Sessions and performances by Elaine Delmar, Freddie Benedict, Marcus Bonfanti, Jo Harrop, Zoe Francis, Jim Mullen, Jordan Jackson & more.

Jazz Mann News

Guildford Jazz - Programme for October 2023.

Friday, September 22, 2023

Martin Collins of Guildford Jazz has forwarded details of the organisation's programme for September 2023 with performances by Randolph Matthews / Nic Meier and Alan Barnes / Phil DeGreg.

Mood Indigo Events - Newsletter, October 2023.

Friday, September 22, 2023

Mood Indigo Events, run by pianist Terence Collie & vocalist Janet McCunn, promotes jazz events at various venues in South West London and beyond. Programme for October 2023 attached.

Akumu Music Agency - Concert Schedule, September - November 2023.

Friday, September 22, 2023

The Italian concert agency Akumu has announced its updated concert schedule.

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Jazz Gigs & Events

Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music 2023, various venues, Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Friday, September 22, 2023 - Sunday, October 08, 2023

Stuart Henderson Trio at Jazz on the Plaza, Café Yukari, Kew, London.

Sunday, September 24, 2023

La Malbec Jazz Orchestra from Argentina at Brecon Jazz Club, The Muse Arts Centre, Brecon.

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Rhodri Davies (Harp) and Will Guthrie (Percussion) at The Queen’s Head, Monmouth.

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Lucy Mellenfield / Neil Yates Quartet present “Songs of the Understory” at Corn Exchange Jazz Club, The Corn Exchange, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire.

Thursday, September 28, 2023

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