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Book Review - “Feel So Fine: Big Joe Turner – The Boss of the Blues” by Derek Coller.

Guest contributor Trevor Bannister enjoys Derek Coller's biography / discography of the Kansas City born blues / jazz vocalist and rock 'n' roll pioneer 'Big' Joe Turner.

Sunday at Wall2Wall Jazz Festival, Melville Centre, Abergavenny, 01/10/2023.

Ian Mann enjoys a full day of words & music with performances by Abergavenny Sax Quartet, Loz Bridges / Glyn Lewis Duo, BMJazzKatz, Sarah Brown / Colin Good Duo & a Poetry & Jazz Improvisation event..

Saturday at Wall2Wall Jazz Festival, Melville Centre, Abergavenny, 30/09/2023.

Ian Mann enjoys a "Jazz Chat" with broadcaster John Hellings and an exceptional musical performance from trumpeter and composer Laura Jurd and her Sextet.

R.I.P. John Marshall (1941 – 2023).

Ian Mann and Trevor Bannister pay tribute to the late, great John Marshall (1941-2023), drummer with three seminal bands, Ian Carr’s Nucleus, Soft Machine and Eberhard Weber’s Colours.

Ezra Collective win 2023 Mercury Music Prize.

Ian Mann with a personal reflection on Ezra Collective's historic victory at the 2023 Mercury Music Prize ceremony, making them the first ever jazz act to win an award first instigated in 1992.

Brecon Jazz Festival 2023, ‘Jazz & Film Weekend’ - The Films - Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th August 2023.

Ian Mann enjoys "Jazz on a Summer's Day", the film about he 1958 Newport Jazz Festival and "Indigo - Revelations in Small Steps", a film about trumpeter Byron Wallen's Indigo quartet by Tom Parsons.

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Jazz Mann News

Derby Jazz - Jam Sessions and Workshops, Autumn 2025.

Monday, September 01, 2025

Derby Jazz is offering three different sets of playing and learning opportunities this season. Details attached.

Jazz in the West Midlands - September 1st - 7th 2025.

Monday, September 01, 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.

Alex Clarke - new album and UK live dates.

Sunday, August 31, 2025

Saxophonist and composer Alex Clarke will release her new album "Out of the Woods" on 1st October 2025. She also has a number of live shows scheduled for August and September. Details attached.

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Jazz Gigs & Events

100 years of Oscar Peterson with the Dean Stockdale Quartet at Kenilworth Jazz Club, Kenilworth Rugby Club, Kenilworth, Warwickshire.

Monday, September 01, 2025

The Plague Doctors Cure All at The Speakeasy, Left Bank Village, Hereford.

Wednesday, September 03, 2025

Jazz Jam Ft. Alex Merritt at FarGo Village, Far Gosford Street, Coventry

Thursday, September 04, 2025

Swansea International Jazz Festival at Cu Mumbles and National Waterfront Museum, Swansea.

Thursday, September 04, 2025 - Sunday, September 07, 2025

The Fabulous Red Diesel at The Old Dairy Taproom, Tenterden, Kent.

Friday, September 05, 2025

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