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Two Jazz Poems by Tony Walton.

Guest contributor Tony Walton has sent us poems honouring two jazz greats from different eras and different continents, Polish pianist Marcin Wasilewski and the legendary Miles Davis.

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Sunday at wall2wall Jazz Festival, The Swan Hotel, Abergavenny, 01/09/2013.

An excellent first festival from Black Mountain Jazz. The feedback from both audience members and performers has been almost universally positive.

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Saturday at wall2wall Jazz Festival, The Swan Hotel, Abergavenny, 31/08/2013.

A diverse programme that didn't contain a single dud despite the disparity of the styles on offer. Every act delivered in its own way and offered evidence that jazz is indeed a very broad church.

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Sunday at Brecon Jazz, 11/08/2013.

Ian Mann enjoys four superb performances featuring some real heavyweights of the music.

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Saturday at Brecon Jazz, 10/08/2013.

Ian Mann sees Phronesis turn a minor disaster into a major triumph and also enjoys the music of Julian Siegel, Laurence Cottle and the students of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

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Friday at Brecon Jazz, 09/08/2013.

Ian Mann on the contrasting approaches of the introspective Nils Petter Molvaer and the exuberant Courtney Pine.

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Jazz Mann News

Laura Jurd - new album and UK & European tour dates.

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Trumpeter & composer Laura Jurd will release her new album "Rites & Revelations" on October 19th 2025. She will be touring in the UK & Europe during November.

Olivia Cuttill - new album and UK and European tour dates, July to October 2025.

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Trumpeter & composer Olivia Cuttill will release her new album ...And Writing And Singing And Tunes To Be Swingin' on August 29th 2025 and will be touring in the UK & Europe. Press release attached.

Peter Slavid - ‘European Modern Jazz’ on the radio playlist,  first broadcast 13/07/2025.

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Broadcaster & journalist Peter Slavid has forwarded details of the music played on his UK & European Jazz radio show on 13/07/2025, 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

Cheltenham Music Festival 2025, various venues, Cheltenham, Glos.

Friday, July 04, 2025 - Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Jazz A Juan, various venues,  Juan-les-Pins, France.

Thursday, July 10, 2025 - Sunday, July 20, 2025

Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival 2025, various venues, Edinburgh.

Friday, July 11, 2025 - Sunday, July 20, 2025