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Twenty five years of jazz at The Spin Jazz Club, Oxford.

As Oxford's premier jazz venue The Spin celebrates its 25th anniversary co -founder Pete Oxley talks to Colin May (via email) about the ups and downs of the clubs history.

Brick Lane Jazz Festival, London, 26-28 April 2024.

Guest contributor Colin May dips into three days of live music performances at London's Brick Lane Jazz Festival.

Monday at Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 06/05/2024.

Ian Mann enjoys the final day of the 2024 Cheltenham Jazz Festival and performances by Ladysmith Black Mambazo, The Clare Teal Seven, UB40, corto.alto and Gregory Porter.

Sunday at Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 05/05/2024.

Ian Mamm enjoys performances by Dreamscapes, Sam Eastmond and John Zorn's Bagatelles, The Royal Scammers, un.procedure plus, Theo Croker and Huey Morgan

Saturday at Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 04/05/2024.

Ian Mann enjoys shows by the Birmingham / Siena / Hamburg Jazz Exchange, Brad Mehldau, David Ola's Lucumi Project, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Lakecia Benjamin, but is left disappointed by Nadine Shah.

Friday at Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 03/05/2024.

Ian Mann enjoys two very different performances by pianist / composers at the Parabola Art Centre from the Sultan Stevenson Trio and Nikki Yeoh with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO).

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Jazz Mann News

SMOKE Jazz Club, New York City Announces June 2025 Line-Up.

Wednesday, May 07, 2025

SMOKE Jazz Club announces June line-up: A piano-packed month featuring Emmet Cohen, Danilo Perez, and Eric Scott Reed, plus trumpeter Nicholas Payton.

Marc Ribot - New album and European and North American live dates.

Wednesday, May 07, 2025

Marc Ribot will release Map of a Blue City on May 23, 2025 via New West Records. He will be touring extensively in the UK, Europe and North America during May, June and July. Press release attached.

Peter Slavid - ‘European Modern Jazz’ on the radio playlist,  first broadcast 04/05/2025.

Wednesday, May 07, 2025

Broadcaster & journalist Peter Slavid has forwarded details of the music played on his UK & European Jazz radio show on 04/05/2025, which is available via a number of UK & international radio stations

Jazz Gigs & Events

Isaiah Collier at The Blue Note, New York City, USA.

Thursday, May 08, 2025

The Burt Bacharach Jazz Experience: Featuring Alex Steele & Catherine Sykes Quartet at Corn Exchange Jazz Club, The Corn Exchange, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire.

Thursday, May 08, 2025

Empirical at Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester.

Thursday, May 08, 2025

Mark Latimer and Friends at The Regal, Tenbury Wells, Worcs.

Friday, May 09, 2025

The Boom Yeh at Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho, London.

Friday, May 09, 2025