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Fifth Stourbridge Festival of Improvised Music, Claptrap The Venue, Stourbridge, West Midlands, 02/11/2025.

Highly enjoyable. The format of the Festival with its focus on multiple small ensembles ensures that there is plenty of variety with no single line-up or improvisation allowed to outstay its welcome.

Tatar Jazz: Rimma Shaikhelova And Her Journey Of Music And Linguistics Intertwined.

Guest contributor Taliya Hafiz talks to Tatar jazz vocalist Rimma Shaikhelova about the Tatar Jazz Project, which translates jazz standards into the Tatar language.

Sunday at Wall2Wall Jazz Festival, various venues, Abergavenny, 28/09/2025.

Some of the events on the free Community Sunday Afternoon programme, plus a brilliant sold out concert performance by pianist / vocalist Ian Shaw that explored the music of Joni Mitchell & David Bowie

Friday at Wall2Wall Jazz Festival, Melville Centre, Abergavenny, 26/09/2025.

Ian Mann enjoys musical performances by the Misha Mullov-Abbado Sextet and the Debs Hancock / Newman Tai Duo plus the striking visual imagery of the "Her Frame, Her Sound" photographic exhibition.

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.

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Jazz Mann News

Music Spoken Here, Worcester - Programme for April and May 2026.

Tuesday, April 07, 2026

Music Spoken Here has announced its programme for April and May 2026. Events take place fortnightly at The Marr's Bar, Worcester.

The Green Note, Camden Town, London - Newsletter 07/04/2026.

Tuesday, April 07, 2026

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

Jazz in the West Midlands - April 6th - 12th 2026.

Monday, April 06, 2026

A roundup of gigs to check out this week in the West Midlands area. Listings provided by Dave Fuller of Music Spoken Here, Worcester.

Jazz Gigs & Events

Exhibition ; The Jazz Photography of William Ellis at The Capstone Theatre Foyer, Liverpool.

Tuesday, February 03, 2026 - Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Tina Carr Quartet at Karamel, London N22.

Thursday, April 09, 2026

Philip Clouts Quartet at Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester.

Thursday, April 09, 2026

Dom Franks’ Strayhorn Quartet at Corn Exchange Jazz Club, The Corn Exchange, Ross-on Wye, Herefordshire.

Thursday, April 09, 2026

Gregory Hutchinson’s Kind of Now at Jazzcultural, New York City, USA.

Thursday, April 09, 2026 - Sunday, April 12, 2026