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Saturday at Wall2Wall Jazz Festival, Abergavenny, 30/08/2014.

Ian Mann enjoys a rich variety of music on the first day of the second Wall2Wall Jazz Festival including performances from Zoe Gilby, Will Butterworth ,Ceri Williams and Willie Garnett.

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Book Review ; ?Free Jazz And Improvisation On Vinyl 1965-1985? by Johannes R?d .

A welcome addition to a relatively small written and visual canon.

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Sunday at Brecon Jazz, 10/08/2014.

Ian Mann on the final day of the festival with performaces by Huw Warren / Gabriele Mirabassi, Debs Hancock, Ollie Howell, John Taylor, Township Comets, and Christine Tobin.

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Saturday at Brecon Jazz, 09/08/2014.

Ian Mann enjoys music with a strong Welsh flavour on the second day of Brecon Jazz with performances from Burum, Huw Warren, Dennis Rollins and Marius Neset.

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Friday at Brecon Jazz, 08/08/2014.

Can it get any better than this? Ian Mann enjoys performances by the Michael Wollny Trio and Loose Tubes on the first evening of Brecon Jazz Festival.

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Sunday at Titley Jazz, 27/07/2014.

Ian Mann enjoys the final day of the festival with performances by Jim Mullen and Mick Hutton, Andrew Cleyndert, NYJO, Enrico Tomasso, and the Titley Jazz Sextet.

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Jazz Mann News

Big Bear Music wins Arts & Culture Award at 2026 Birmingham Awards.

Monday, November 09, 2026

The music company run by Black Sabbath’s original manager Jim Simpson has won the Arts & Culture Award at the Birmingham Awards 2026. Press release attached.

The Spitz: much-loved East London music venue to be commemorated with blue plaque marking 30 years of music and community.

Monday, November 09, 2026

Spitz musicians to perform live at Old Spitalfields Market on Tuesday November 17th 2026 as the venue’s legacy is celebrated during the London Jazz Festival

Jazz in the West Midlands,  November 9th - 15th 2026.

Monday, November 09, 2026

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

Jazz Gigs & Events

‘TonRaum’ - An Exhibition & Collaborative Project between Composer/Sound Designer Barry Edwards & Ceramicist Claudia Lis at Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin, Denbighshire.

Saturday, September 26, 2026 - Sunday, January 10, 2027

NUEJAZZ Festival,various venues, Nuremberg, Germany.

Friday, October 23, 2026 - Wednesday, November 11, 2026

TD James Moody Jazz Festival 2026 at New Jersey Performing Arts Centre (NJPAC), Newark, New Jersey, USA.

Friday, November 06, 2026 - Sunday, November 22, 2026

ONe_Orchestra New at The Vortex Jazz Club, Dalston, London.

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Or Bareket New York Quartet at Swansea Jazz Club, Arts Wing, Grand Theatre, Swansea.

Wednesday, November 11, 2026