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Jazz Mann Features

Poetry & Jazz Improvisation, Black Mountain Jazz, Melville Centre, Abergavenny, 24/03/2024.

"Evocative and thought provoking". Ian Mann reports on a night of words and sounds from poets Ric Hool, Lyndon Davies & Graham Hartill and instrumentalists Ben Thomas, Ross Hicks & Ian Williams.

BMJazz Katz - “Work, Play, Inspire!”

Ian Mann enjoys a performance by Black Mountain Jazz Club's youth ensemble BMJazz Katz and their tutors at the Melville Centre, Abergavenny, 10/03/2024.

Jazz Mann News

Warren James - May 2024 Gig Update.

Friday, May 03, 2024

Guitarist & vocalist Warren James has forwarded his March gig schedule which will see him performing with a variety of different line ups including the Jake Leg Jug Band .

Line up announced for Jazz Stroud 2024.

Friday, May 03, 2024

The line up has been announced for the Jazz Stroud festivl which will take place at Brunel Goods Shed, SVA and St Laurence Church, Stroud from 23 – 26 May 2024.

The Milt Hinton Institute for Studio Bass at NJPAC, in residence at Montclair State University,  welcomes young musicians to a summer of extraordinary learning and discovery.

Wednesday, May 01, 2024

Student bassists are invited to apply for July 2024 music and performance camp focused solely on their instrument. Details attached.

Jazz Gigs & Events

‘Beyond the Bassline’, 500 years of Black music in Britain exhibition at The British Library, London.

Friday, April 26, 2024 - Monday, August 26, 2024

Cheltenham Jazz Festival, various venues, Cheltenham, Glos.

Wednesday, May 01, 2024 - Monday, May 06, 2024

2nd Unesco / CV Jazz World Jazz Celebration at SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire.

Thursday, May 02, 2024 - Saturday, May 04, 2024

John McDonald Quartet feat. Vasilis Xenopoulos at Kidderminster Jazz Club, St. Ambrose Parish Centre, Kidderminster, Worcs.

Friday, May 03, 2024

Ballydehob Jazz Festival, Ballydehob, West Cork, Ireland.

Friday, May 03, 2024 - Monday, May 06, 2024