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Make Show! - Monday at Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 05/05/2025.

Ian Mann enjoys five very different performances from acts featuring a passion for showmanship - Buena Vista Al Stars, Neil Cowley Trio, Macy Gray, Kim Cypher and Roger Daltrey.

“Trumpets, Tenors and Voices” - Sunday at Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 04/05/2025.

Ian Mann enjoys the music of trumpeters Poppy Daniels, Keyon Harrold & Byron Wallen and tenor saxophonists James Brandon Lewis & Nubya Garcia, plus the vocal led sounds of the Olivia Murphy Orchestra.

Saturday at Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 03/05/2025.

Ian Mann enjoys a day of consistently high quality jazz and performances by Billy Cobham. Marco Mezquida, Brown Penny and Daniel Casimir, plus the annual Jazz Exchange event.

Friday at Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 02/05/2025.

Ian Mann enjoys performances from two of the leading lights of the contemporary London jazz scene, Mark Kavuma and the Banger Factory and Kokoroko.

Thursday at Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 01/05/2025.

Ian Mann enjoys performances from powerhouse blues vocalists Alice Armstrong and Elles Bailey plus the jazz of the Eddie Gripper Trio with local sax hero Dom Franks.

Brick Lane Jazz Festival, an alternative view, 27/04/2025.

Colin May takes his own look at Sunday's events with shows from Mark Kavuma, Miriam Adefris, Orii Orchestra, Brown Penny, Flock, and the trio of Alina Bzhezhinska, Tony Kofi & Joel Prime.

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Jazz Mann News

Chris Ingham Quintet - ‘Steely Jazz’, forthcoming album and UK tour dates.

Monday, June 30, 2025

Pianist / vocalist Chris Ingham and his quintet are due to release "Walter / Donald", a series of jazz arrangements of Steely Dan songs. They will be touring estensively from July to November

Jazz in the West Midlands - June 30th - July 6th 2025.

Monday, June 30, 2025

A roundup of jazz, funk & soul gigs to check out this week in the West Midlands area. Listings supplied by Dave Fuller of Music Spoken Here, Worcester.

Peter Slavid - ‘European Modern Jazz’ on the radio playlist,  first broadcast 29/06/2025.

Monday, June 30, 2025

Broadcaster & journalist Peter Slavid has forwarded details of the music played on his UK & European Jazz radio show on 29/06/2025, which is available via a number of UK & international radio stations

Jazz Gigs & Events

Jazz Connections: Everyday Lives - Exhibition featuring the work of jazz scholar Dr Pedro Cravinho & photographer Brian Homer at Library of Birmingham Foyer, Centenary Square, Birmingham.

Friday, June 06, 2025 - Thursday, August 28, 2025

Serious Summer Jazz Series at The Barbican Centre and Cadogan Hall, London.

Monday, June 16, 2025 - Saturday, July 26, 2025

Vancouver International Jazz Festival, various venues, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Friday, June 20, 2025 - Tuesday, July 01, 2025

B.D. Lenz Trio at Swansea Jazz Club, Cu Mumbles, Mumbles, Swansea.

Wednesday, July 02, 2025

Gast Waltzing Conducts The Czech National Symphony Orchestra on the Kinnekswiss, Luxembourg.

Friday, July 04, 2025