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EFG London Jazz Festival, Day Seven, 20/11/2014.

Ian Mann on the international sounds of Plaistow and L'Hijaz'Car and the homegrown talents of Entropi and Quadraceratops.

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EFG London Jazz Festival, Day Six, 19/11/2014.

Ian Mann on the work of promising new bands Stoop Quintet and Native Dancer and the all round entertainment provided by Neal Richardson and Ibrahim Maalouf.

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EFG London Jazz Festival, Day Five, 18/11/2014.

Ian Mann enjoys the rock flavoured jazz of the Andre Canniere Quintet and the different global styles of Paul Booth's Patchwork Project and Arifa.

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EFG London Jazz Festival, Day Four, 17/11/2014.

Ian Mann on The Bad Plus supported by Bitch ' n' Monk at The Village Underground.

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EFG London Jazz Festival, Day Three, 16/11/2014.

Ian Mann on new music featuring Shakespeare Songs (Andy Sheppard, Guillaume de Chassy and Chrisophe Marguet ), Locus and the Sam Leak Big Band.

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EFG London Jazz Festival, Day Two, 15/11/2014.

Ian Mann on jazz as an international language and the sound of surprise with performances by Dedication Orchestra, Dee Dee Bridgewater, The Blue Notes, Jef Neve and Rusconi.

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Jazz Mann News

Taupe - new album and UK & European tour March and April 2026.

Friday, January 30, 2026

Glasgow based trio Taupe will release their third album "waxing / waning" on 6th March 2026 followed by a series of UK & European live dates during March and April. Press release attached.

Sheffield Jazz - Spring 2026 season of gigs.

Friday, January 30, 2026

Sheffield Jazz has announced its gig schedule from February to May 2026. Events take place at Crooke's Social Club, The Crucible Playhouse & Theatre and Firth Hall. Fully detailed schedule attached.

Jazz FM, One Jazz and Tomorrow’s Warriors announce second series of ‘I AM WARRIOR’.

Thursday, January 29, 2026

Over six episodes, I AM WARRIOR introduces three artists; pianist & composer Emily Tran, singer-songwriter Kianja and trombonist-composer Christ-Stéphane Boizi. The series begins on 31st January 2026.

Jazz Gigs & Events

Ian Shaw’s Piano Bar with Vanessa Haynes, Polly Gibbons, Esther Bennett, Andy Williamson at Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho, London.

Friday, January 30, 2026

Alex Bonney / Will Glaser / Cath Roberts / Tom Challenger at Hundred Years Gallery, London E2.

Friday, January 30, 2026

Dennis Rollins Velocity Trio at Guildford Jazz, The Stoke Hotel, Guildford, Surrey.

Friday, January 30, 2026

Julian Argüelles & RWCMD Jazz Orchestra at Dora Stoutzker Hall RWCMD, Cardiff.

Friday, January 30, 2026

Naissance at The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, Shropshire.

Friday, January 30, 2026