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Sunday at Lichfield Real Ale, Jazz and Blues Festival 2011.

An excellent afternoon's music froma very different "quartet of trios".

Saturday at Lichfield Real Ale, Jazz and Blues Festival 2011.

Lichfield must represent the best value for money on the entire festival circuit. Every act that I saw this year delivered.

Another Timbre

Tim Owen looks at four releases from this Sheffield based label that declares itself to be an outlet for "improvised and cutting-edge contemporary music?.

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Notes from Hay

Ian Mann reports on some of the musical events at the 2011 Hay Festival.

The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble meets The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation.

Tim Owen looks at two related releases on the Denovali record label.

Reel Recordings

Tim Owen with our first look at Reel Recordings, the Canadian label that specialises in British jazz of the 1960's and 70's. Tim examines releases by Splinters, Harry Miller's Isipingo & Bob Downes.

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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