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Two Jazz Poems by Tony Walton.

Guest contributor Tony Walton has sent us poems honouring two jazz greats from different eras and different continents, Polish pianist Marcin Wasilewski and the legendary Miles Davis.

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Sunday at wall2wall Jazz Festival, The Swan Hotel, Abergavenny, 01/09/2013.

An excellent first festival from Black Mountain Jazz. The feedback from both audience members and performers has been almost universally positive.

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Saturday at wall2wall Jazz Festival, The Swan Hotel, Abergavenny, 31/08/2013.

A diverse programme that didn't contain a single dud despite the disparity of the styles on offer. Every act delivered in its own way and offered evidence that jazz is indeed a very broad church.

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Sunday at Brecon Jazz, 11/08/2013.

Ian Mann enjoys four superb performances featuring some real heavyweights of the music.

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Saturday at Brecon Jazz, 10/08/2013.

Ian Mann sees Phronesis turn a minor disaster into a major triumph and also enjoys the music of Julian Siegel, Laurence Cottle and the students of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

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Friday at Brecon Jazz, 09/08/2013.

Ian Mann on the contrasting approaches of the introspective Nils Petter Molvaer and the exuberant Courtney Pine.

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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