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Sunday at Titley Jazz, 31/07/2011.

A second highly successful festival. Titley Jazz looks like becoming a fixture on the UK jazz calendar.

Saturday at Titley Jazz, 30/07/2011.

The second day of the festival offered a feast of top quaity British jazz with musical highlights coming from the Guy Barker/Bruce Adams Trumpet Summit and the Liane Carroll Trio.

Friday at Titley Jazz, 29/07/2011.

Titley Jazz returned in 2011 with an expanded line up, a greater degree of musical variety and a new location.

Sunday at The Mostly Jazz Festival 2011. Moseley Park, Birmingham, 03/07/2011

This was very much ?The People's Sunday? and a tribute to the enduring appeal of the funk and soul genres.

Saturday at The Mostly Jazz Festival 2011, Moseley Park, Birmingham, 02/07/ 2011.

A lovely festival that rapidly appears to be establishing itself as a vital part of Birmingham's cultural calendar.

Reel Recordings II

Tim Owen with a second look at the Reel Recordings catalogue. This time he looks at valuable recorded documents featuring the music of both Soft Machine and Kevin Ayers.

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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