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Winner of the Parliamentary Jazz Award for Best Media, 2019

Jazz Album Reviews

Luke Bainbridge

Surface Tension

The standard of the playing is exceptional throughout and the level of interaction impressive, with Bainbridge subtly directing procedures from the drums.

Krokofant

Fifth

Shiver

Night School

Duncan Fraser Septet

Soundscapes of Manhattan

Greg Cordez

Magnolia

Xhosa Cole Quartet

K(no)w Them, K(no)w Us

Tom Challenger / Alexander Hawkins / Mark Sanders

Imasche

Jazz Mann Recommended Listening

Paul Hazel / Steve Waterman

Out Of This World With Sun Ra

Hazel's overall vision combined with Waterman’s brilliance as a soloist makes for a winning combination and this updating of Ra’s still visionary music for the 21st century is highly effective.

Julian Siegel Jazz Orchestra

Tales from the Jacquard

Siegel masterfully deploys rhythm, colour and texture to create a lustrous ensemble sound, but still with ample scope given for a hand picked bunch of brilliant soloists to express themselves.

Archipelago

Echoes To The Sky

The seemingly disparate elements are skilfully melded into a unified and convincing whole, resulting in an increasingly distinctive group sound that is very much theirs alone.

Ben Crosland Quintet

Solway Stories

A set of carefully crafted and highly melodic compositions that are suitably enhanced by the playing of five excellent musicians.

Live Jazz Reviews

Alex Hitchcock Quartet

Alex Hitchcock Quartet, The Hive Music & Media Centre, Shrewsbury, 09/10/2021.

Duski

Duski, Tenth Anniversary Gig, Queens Head, Monmouth, 15/09/2021

Andrea Vicari Band featuring Yazz Ahmed

Andrea Vicari Band featuring Yazz Ahmed, The Hive Music & Media Centre, Shrewsbury, 11/09/2021.

Alan Barnes

Alan Barnes Quintet, Kidderminster Jazz Club, Corn Exchange Room, Kidderminster Town Hall, Kidderminster, 02/09/2021.

Rachel Starritt Trio

Rachel Starritt Trio, Livestream for Brecon Jazz Festival 2021.

Regina Carter / Alvester Garnett Duo

Regina Carter / Alvester Garnett Duo, Livestream for Brecon Jazz Festival 2021.

Jazz Mann Features

“Wherever You Are”, Brecon Jazz Festival 2021, The Castle Hotel, Brecon, Sunday 22nd August 2021.

Ian Mann enjoys the music of two projects assembled specifically for the Festival, Paula Gardiner's 6.0 and Swing Strings Trio.

“Wherever You Are”, Brecon Jazz Festival 2021, Sunday 15th August 2021.

Ian Mann enjoys the second full Sunday of music at The Castle Hotel and two very different performances from the Capital City Jazz Orchestra and the Dee Byrne / Rebecca Nash Quartet

Jazz Mann News

JBGB Events - EFG London Jazz Festival shows.

Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Promoters JBGB Events will present a series of shows as part of the 2021 EFG London Jazz Festival. Events will take place at - The Crazy Coqs, Soho and Piano Smithfield, Barbican.

Peter Slavid - ‘European Modern Jazz’ on the radio playlist, first broadcast 17/10/2021.