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61st Jazz A Juan Festival and the Summer Jammin’ Sessions, July 2022.

Guest contributor Colin May reports from France on the 61st Jazz A Juan Jazz Festival which took place in July . Performers include Charles Lloyd, Tigran Hamasyan, Herbie Hancock, Cross Currents Trio

Brecon Jazz Festival 2022, Main Weekend, Sunday 14th August 2022.

Ian Mann enjoys the last day of the main Festival weekend and performances from Bella Collins / Gareth Griffiths, Charlotte Glasson Band, Bryan Corbett , Joan Chamorro Sextet and Dionne Bennett,

Brecon Jazz Festival 2022, Main Weekend, Saturday 13th August 2022.

The second day of the Main Festival Weekend and performances from Freshly Cut Grass, The Monmouth Big Band, Black Voices, Gerard Cousins, Gareth Roberts / Dave Jones and Simon Spillett.

Brecon Jazz Festival 2022, Main Weekend, Friday 12th August 2022.

Ian Mann enjoys the first full day of the Festival and performances from James Chadwick, Chris Hodgkins, Uskulele Jazz Orchestra Debs Hancock, Baraka, Tamasin Reardon, Panoply Trio and K'Chevere.

Brecon Jazz Festival, Family Jazz & Dance Day,  Brecon County Showground, Brecon, 07/08/2022.

Ian Mann enjoys a hugely successful start to the 2022 Brecon Jazz Festival and performances by the Jane Williams Band, the Will Barnes Quartet and The Numbers Racket.

R.I.P. David Masters of Titley Jazz Festival

Ian Mann is saddened by the passing of David Masters, organiser of the much missed Titley Jazz Festival.

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Jazz Mann News

Jazz in the West Midlands - July 7th - 13th 2025.

Monday, July 07, 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.

Ludovico Einaudi Announces Solo Piano Tour for April and May 2026.

Friday, July 04, 2025

Italian pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi is unveiling Solo Piano, a special series of intimate solo evenings in his favourite concert halls.

Islay Jazz Festival announces 2025 dates and new partnership with leading distillery, Caol Ila.

Thursday, July 03, 2025

Jazz Scotland has announced that Caol Ila, which translates in Gaelic to ‘The Sound of Islay’, will be headline sponsor of the 2025 Islay Jazz Festival, one of Scotland’s biggest celebrations of jazz

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

Huw Llewellyn Quartet & Tiggy Blackwell Quintet at Brecon Jazz Club, The Muse Arts Centre, Brecon.

Tuesday, July 08, 2025

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

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