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Brecon Jazz Festival, Family & Jazz Day, Gardens and Marquee, Castle Hotel, Brecon, 04/08/2024.

An enjoyable and entertaining day of music making featuring three very different bands, all operating underneath the broad stylistic umbrella that we call jazz.

63RD JAZZ À JUAN,  Juan-les-Pins, France, 8th -18th July 2024.

Guest contributor Colin May enjoys performances by Brad Mehldau, Joshua Redman, Belmondo Dead Jazz, Erik Truffaz, Saki Ozawa, Li Xiaochuan, Poetic Ways and more.

‘Jazz Friends’ at Brecon Jazz Club, The Muse Arts Centre, Brecon, 09/07/2024.

Ian Mann enjoys an informal evening of jazz featuring a host of 'Jazz Friends', with the emphasis very much on friendship, community and the joy of playing jazz.

BOOK REVIEW:  “The Summer We Crossed Europe In The Rain”  Lyrics for Stacey Kent by Kazuo Ishigoro, illustrated by Bianca Bagnarelli.

Charming collection of song lyrics written by the distinguished author Kazuo Ishiguro for the jazz singer Stacey Kent. The book also features the distinctive artwork of illustrator Bianca Bagnarelli.

Twenty five years of jazz at The Spin Jazz Club, Oxford.

As Oxford's premier jazz venue The Spin celebrates its 25th anniversary co -founder Pete Oxley talks to Colin May (via email) about the ups and downs of the clubs history.

Brick Lane Jazz Festival, London, 26-28 April 2024.

Guest contributor Colin May dips into three days of live music performances at London's Brick Lane Jazz Festival.

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Jazz Mann News

Buxton International Festival announces its 2025 jazz programme.

Friday, November 01, 2024

The festival’s Jazz Weekender tickets go on sale on 1st Nov 2024, granting access to all BIF jazz events during the festival’s opening weekend, 10-13 July inclusive, for a discounted price of £175.

SMOKE Jazz Club, New York City, Programme for December 2024.

Friday, November 01, 2024

SMOKE Jazz Club has announced its schedule for December 2024. Incorporating the annual Coltrane Festival the list of performers includes Ravi Coltrane, Vincent Herring, George Cables, Louis Hayes.

EFG London Jazz Festival share their Free and Family programme.

Friday, November 01, 2024

EFG London Jazz Festival 2024 is thrilled to present an expanded line-up of free and family-focused events. Press release attached.

Jazz Gigs & Events

‘(Dis)possessed’, sound installation by Alex Roth at POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw, Poland.

Wednesday, July 24, 2024 - Monday, November 04, 2024

Simon Allen / Paul Jordanous Quintet, Celebrating Roy Hargrove at Mood Indigo Events, Riverside Arts Centre, Sunbury on Thames.

Sunday, November 03, 2024

Greg Abate Quartet at Kenilworth Jazz Club, Kenilworth Rugby Club, Kenilworth, Warwickshire.

Monday, November 04, 2024

Judith Nijland Band ‘From Ella to Abba’ at Swansea Jazz Club, Cu Mumbles, Mumbles, Swansea.

Wednesday, November 06, 2024

SoulTime! feat. Steve Fishwick & Leon Greening, ‘The Music of Bobby Timmons’,  at Guildford Jazz, Guildford Pavilion, Guildford, Surrey.

Wednesday, November 06, 2024