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Fifth Annual Bath Jazz Weekend, Widcombe Social Club, Bath, Friday 3rd January 2025.

Ian Mann enjoys the first night of the 5th Bath Jazz Weekend and live performances by quartets led by pianist Ky Osborne & trumpeter Laura Jurd plus a screening of the 1959 film "Odds Against Tomorrow

Guildhall Jazz Festival, Milton Court Concert Hall, London, 20-24 November 2024.

Ian Mann enjoys this 'Festival within a Festival' and a wide ranging series of musical performances from jazz students and alumni of The Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

EFG London Jazz Festival 2024, Second Sunday, 24/11/2024.

On the final day of the Festival Ian Mann enjoys an Australian Jazz Showcase, the improvised music event Moment's Notice and the sounds of the Deschanel Gordon Trio.

EFG London Jazz Festival 2024 - Second Saturday, 23/11/2024.

Ian Mann enjoys live music performances by harper Trio, Otto Gumaelius and Mutapa Calling, the Claude Depa / Clare Hirst Quintet and the Alice Zawadzki / Fred Thomas / Misha Mullov-Abbado Trio.

EFG London Jazz Festival 2024 - Friday 22/11/2024.

Ian Mann discovers the music of the Kielan Sheard Trio at Pizza Express Jazz Club and Marilyn Mazur's Shamania at Milton Court.

EFG London Jazz Festival 2024 - Thursday 21/11/2024.

Ian Mann visits Soho's two premier jazz clubs and enjoys the music of the Shai Maestro Trio at Ronnie Scott's and Ant Law's Unified Theories quintet at Pizza Express.

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Jazz Mann News

Chris Ingham Quintet - ‘Steely Jazz’, forthcoming album and UK tour dates.

Monday, June 30, 2025

Pianist / vocalist Chris Ingham and his quintet are due to release "Walter / Donald", a series of jazz arrangements of Steely Dan songs. They will be touring estensively from July to November

Jazz in the West Midlands - June 30th - July 6th 2025.

Monday, June 30, 2025

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

Peter Slavid - ‘European Modern Jazz’ on the radio playlist,  first broadcast 29/06/2025.

Monday, June 30, 2025

Broadcaster & journalist Peter Slavid has forwarded details of the music played on his UK & European Jazz radio show on 29/06/2025, which is available via a number of UK & international radio stations

Jazz Gigs & Events

Jazz Connections: Everyday Lives - Exhibition featuring the work of jazz scholar Dr Pedro Cravinho & photographer Brian Homer at Library of Birmingham Foyer, Centenary Square, Birmingham.

Friday, June 06, 2025 - Thursday, August 28, 2025

Serious Summer Jazz Series at The Barbican Centre and Cadogan Hall, London.

Monday, June 16, 2025 - Saturday, July 26, 2025

Vancouver International Jazz Festival, various venues, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Friday, June 20, 2025 - Tuesday, July 01, 2025

B.D. Lenz Trio at Swansea Jazz Club, Cu Mumbles, Mumbles, Swansea.

Wednesday, July 02, 2025

Gast Waltzing Conducts The Czech National Symphony Orchestra on the Kinnekswiss, Luxembourg.

Friday, July 04, 2025