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EFG London Jazz Festival 2024 - Second Saturday, 23/11/2024.

Ian Mann enjoys live music performances by harper Trio, Otto Gumaelius and Mutapa Calling, the Claude Depa / Clare Hirst Quintet and the Alice Zawadzki / Fred Thomas / Misha Mullov-Abbado Trio.

EFG London Jazz Festival 2024 - Friday 22/11/2024.

Ian Mann discovers the music of the Kielan Sheard Trio at Pizza Express Jazz Club and Marilyn Mazur's Shamania at Milton Court.

EFG London Jazz Festival 2024 - Thursday 21/11/2024.

Ian Mann visits Soho's two premier jazz clubs and enjoys the music of the Shai Maestro Trio at Ronnie Scott's and Ant Law's Unified Theories quintet at Pizza Express.

EFG London Jazz Festival 2024 - Tuesday 19/11/2024

Ian Mann enjoys performances by the Nicolas Meier World Group at Cadogan Hall and Ill Considered with guest Pete Wareham at The Lower Third.

EFG London Jazz Festival 2024 - Monday 18/11/2024.

Ian Mann enjoys performances by Germana Stella La Sorsa at Cadogan Hall and the double bill of the Nikol Bokova Quartet and Lydian Collective at Crazy Coqs.

EFG London Jazz Festival 2024 - First Sunday, 17/11/2024.

Ian Mann enjoys performances by the World Heart Beat and Julian Joseph Jazz Academies, Norman and Corrie and Mark Kavuma with Banger Factory.

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Jazz Mann News

NYJO and Sam Eastmond Take John Zorn’s Masada on Tour.

Thursday, February 05, 2026

NYJO reunites with composer, arranger, and conductor Sam Eastmond to take a powerful new iteration of John Zorn’s Masada on a short UK tour in March 2026. Press release attached.

Leading Persian and Middle Eastern Artists To Perform Across The UK In 2026.

Tuesday, February 03, 2026

Artstage - the world’s premier promoter of non-mainstream Persian and Middle Eastern music – presents a series of live performances from some of the region’s most celebrated artists. Press release att

Ten Free Jazz Concerts in Newark, New Jersey, USA this Spring.

Tuesday, February 03, 2026

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) will present a series of free live jazz events at various venues around Newark during February, March, April, May and June 2026. Press release attached.

Jazz Gigs & Events

Exhibition ; The Jazz Photography of William Ellis at The Capstone Theatre Foyer, Liverpool.

Tuesday, February 03, 2026 - Wednesday, April 15, 2026

MILES at Southwark Playhouse, Borough, London.

Wednesday, February 04, 2026 - Saturday, March 07, 2026

The Inscape Jazz Quartet at Kidderminster Jazz Club, St. Ambrose Parish Centre, Kidderminster, Worcs.

Friday, February 06, 2026

The Ayoub Sisters at St. Laurence’s Church, Ludlow, Shropshire.

Friday, February 06, 2026

Alicia Gardener-Trejo Quartet at Shrewsbury Jazz Network, The Hive Music & Media Centre, Shrewsbury.

Saturday, February 07, 2026