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Ray Warleigh (1938-2015).

Ian Mann remembers the alto saxophonist and flautist Ray Warleigh who died on 21st September 2015.

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Sunday at wall2wall Jazz Festival, Abergavenny, 06/09/2015.

Ian Mann on the final day of a hugely enjoyable festival which included performances from Remi Harris Trio, Jamie Brownfield Quartet, Sarah Gillespie Trio and Zoe Schwarz's Blue Commotion.

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Friday and Saturday at wall2wall Jazz Festival, Abergavenny, 4th and 5th September 2015.

Ian Mann on the first two days of the best wall2wall Festival thus far. Performers include The Ben Cipolla Band, Radio Banska, Emily Saunders Band, Ben Treacher Quartet and Moscow Drug Club.

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Music and ... the Theremin, The Left Bank, Hereford, 30/07/2015 (part of the Three Choirs Festival).

Ian Mann is informed, educated and entertained by this talk / musical performance presented by sound artists and instrument builders MortonUnderwood together with theremin virtuoso Lydia Kavina.

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R.I.P.  John Taylor (1942-2015)

Ian Mann's reflections on the sudden and tragic passing of the great British jazz pianist, composer and educator John Taylor.

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Sunday at Swansea International Jazz Festival, 14/06/2015.

Ian Mann on the final day of the Festival and performances by Lee Gibson & The Capital City Jazz Orchestra, Dave Jones Quartet, The Session, Steve Waterman Quartet and Hamish Stuart Octet.

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Jazz Mann News

Serious - 2026 Winter & Spring Programme.

Thursday, January 15, 2026

Live music producers Serious have announced their Winter & Spring series of events which will take place at various London venues and further afield. Press release including a schedule of events att.

UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra gets a new artistic leadership in autumn 2026.

Thursday, January 15, 2026

The new artistic leadership team will comprise of the chief conductor Ville Vannemaa, the artist-in-residence Michael Mayo and the composer-in-residence Bianca Rantala. Press release attached.

Milap, Liverpool announce Spring 2026 Programme showcasing some of the finest UK Indo-Jazz.

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Milap’s Spring programme spotlights some of the UK’s leading Indo-Jazz pioneers, including Zoe Rahman, Arun Ghosh, Sorathy Korwar. Press release attached

Jazz Gigs & Events

Shirley Smart Sextet at The Vortex Jazz Club, Dalston, London.

Thursday, January 15, 2026

Art Themen Organ Trio at Guildford Jazz, The Guildford Pavilion, Guildford, Surrey.

Thursday, January 15, 2026

Leela James at Cadogan Hall, London.

Friday, January 16, 2026

Charlotte Keeffe’s Right Here, Right Now Quartet at Derby Jazz, Chapel Street Arts, Derby.

Friday, January 16, 2026

Weirdshire Drone at De Koffie Pot, Hereford.

Saturday, January 17, 2026