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Sunday at Brecon Jazz Festival - 9th August 2009

More great music as Brecon comes back from the brink (Photo: Tim Dickeson)

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Saturday at Brecon Jazz Festival - 8th August 2009

A day of music that educated and entertained in equal measure, crowned by a flawless performance from Alec Dankworth's ?Spanish Accents? quintet (Picture of Dennis Rollins courtesy of Tim Dickeson)

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Happy Birthday Blue Note

Ian Mann celebrates the seventieth anniversary of the foundation of the iconic label with a look at three recent re-issues

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Sunday at Lichfield Real Ale, Jazz and Blues Festival 2009

Sunday at the 2009 Lichfield Real Ale Jazz and Blues Festival followed on from where the Saturday had left off. Once again there was fine music in a variety of jazz styles

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Saturday at Lichfield Real Ale, Jazz and Blues Festival 2009

The Lichfield RAJB organised by Lichfield Arts just goes from strength to strength. The music on offer this year was of a consistently high standard

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Ian Mann looks at two similarly themed albums by Swedish pianist Jan Lundgren

Lundgren (born 1966) came to jazz at the age of twenty having previously studied as a classical musician. Indeed at one time he seemed destined to be a professional classical performer

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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