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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

Sheffield Jazz -  Autumn 2025 Season

Monday, September 08, 2025

Roy Saxby of Sheffield Jazz has forwarded details of the organisation's programme for October and November 2025. Events take place at various venues around the city. Fully detailed listings attached.

Jazz in the West Midlands, September 8th - 14th 2025.

Monday, September 08, 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 07/09/2025.

Monday, September 08, 2025

Broadcaster & journalist Peter Slavid has forwarded details of the music played on his UK & European Jazz radio show on 07/09/2025, which is available via a number of UK & international radio stations

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Jazz Gigs & Events

Richard Exall Goes Getz (featuring Clark Tracey, Denny Ilett, Mike Green) at Corner Pocket Jazz & Blues Club, Westwood Club, Westwood Heath Road, Canley, Coventry.

Tuesday, September 09, 2025

Juan Galiardo ‘España-Cymru’ (piano) Trio at Brecon Jazz Club, The Muse Arts Centre, Brecon.

Tuesday, September 09, 2025

Soho Jazz Festival, various venues, Soho, London.

Wednesday, September 10, 2025 - Sunday, September 14, 2025

Ben Shankland Trio at Swansea Jazz Club,  The Swigg, Swansea Marina, Swansea.

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Bryan Corbett’s Instrumental Groove Unit at Corn Exchange Jazz Club, The Corn Exchange, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire.

Thursday, September 11, 2025

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