Winner of the Parliamentary Jazz Award for Best Media, 2019

Features

EFG London Jazz Festival 2019 - Day Three, Sunday 17th November 2019.

ECM Sunday. Ian Mann celebrates the 50th anniversary of the ECM record label at performances by the Julia Hulsmann Quartet, Crosscurrents Trio and the Jan Garbarek Group.

A Jazz and Film Tribute to Blue Note Records, Progress Theatre, Reading, Berkshire, 22/11/2019.

Guest contributor Trevor Bannister enjoys a performance of live music from the Stuart Henderson Quintet & a screening of the film ‘Blue Note: A Modern Jazz Story’ written & directed by Julian Benedikt

EFG London Jazz Festival 2019 - Day Two, Saturday 16th November 2019.

Ian Mann enjoys the performances of four different acts at Daylight Music at Union Chapel, Islington and two high energy, hard grooving sets from Wild Card and guests at the Spice of Life, Soho.

EFG London Jazz Festival 2019 - Day One, Friday 15th November 2019.

Ian Mann enjoys the contrasting musical approaches of Animal Society, Fred Thomas and the Marcin Wasilewski Trio.

image

Book Review; Sammy Stein “Women in Jazz” (8th House Publishing).

A book that offers a fascinating insight into the lives of contemporary jazz women and one that will be read with great interest by jazz enthusiasts of any gender. Intelligent and insightful.

image

Steve Tromans - Directions in Music: the Complete Harmonic Festival Marathon Solo Performance.

The music from Steve Tromans' remarkable eleven hour solo 'Piano Marathon' from 2011 has finally been released into the public domain. Here Steve and Pam & Ian Mann remember this unique performance.

Page 18 of 55 pages

Jazz Mann News

Fundraiser campaign started to help Anita Wardell.

Thursday, April 25, 2024

Daniela Clynes has set up a fundraising appeal for vocalist Anita Wardell, who is recovering from a major stroke. Details attached.

Dhafer Youssef - Street of Minarets Tour continues, May to August 2024.

Thursday, April 25, 2024

Oud player and vocalist Dhafer Youssef and his band will continue their 'Street of Minarets' tour of Europe during the summer of 2024, including a UK appearance at the Love Supreme Festival.

606 Jazz Club, Chelsea, London -  Live Music Programme 1st May - 15th May 2024.

Thursday, April 25, 2024

Laura Thorne of the 606 Club has forwarded details of forthcoming live jazz events for the first half of May 2024,

Jazz Gigs & Events

‘Beyond the Bassline’, 500 years of Black music in Britain exhibition at The British Library, London.

Friday, April 26, 2024 - Monday, August 26, 2024

Alex Garnett Trio at Jazz on the Plaza Café Yukari, Kew, London.

Sunday, April 28, 2024

Creative Improvisers Orchestra, afternoon event Handbell Studio, The Shirt Factory, Kingston, NY, USA.

Sunday, April 28, 2024

Zoe Gilby Quartet at Black Mountain Jazz, Melville Centre, Abergavenny.

Sunday, April 28, 2024

The Brass Monkeys, album launch event at Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho, London.

Sunday, April 28, 2024