http://www.thejazzmann.com Jazz news, Jazz reviews and live Jazz gigs, events and reviews from Ian Mann the Jazz Man en ian.mann@onetel.com Copyright 2026 2026-06-29T15:44:00+00:00 https://www.thejazzmann.com/news/article/an-appeal-from-alsager-jazz-club Alsager Jazz Club, near Stoke-on-Trent, has issued an appeal for support in the light of dwindling audience numbers. Please help the Club to keep going if you can. Message from Alsager Jazz Club att. 2026-06-29T15:44:00+00:00 https://www.thejazzmann.com/reviews/review/alex-hitchcock-quartet-music-spoken-here-the-marrs-bar-worcester-25-06-2026 Consistently interesting and immersive. Hitchcock’s time in New York was certainly well spent, an important step in a musical career that has been distinguished by continuous artistic development. Jazz, Live, 2026-06-29T15:24:00+00:00 https://www.thejazzmann.com/news/article/jazz-in-the-west-midlands-june-29th-july-5th-2026 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. 2026-06-29T08:59:00+00:00 https://www.thejazzmann.com/news/article/shrewsbury-jazz-network-programme-july-november-2026 Shrewsbury Jazz Network has announced its next three live jazz events. Events take place at The Hive Music & Media Centre, Shrewsbury. Performers include Josephine Davies, Tom Thorp, Trish Clowes. 2026-06-26T16:57:00+00:00 https://www.thejazzmann.com/reviews/review/aidan-thorne-and-jason-ball-poems-of-a-space Intimate, evocative and beautifully crafted, with the use of electronic effects, or ‘sound design’, carefully and skilfully stitched into these delicately woven guitar and bass conversations. Jazz, Album, Recommended, 2026-06-25T15:50:00+00:00 https://www.thejazzmann.com/news/article/smoke-jazz-club-new-york-city-programme-for-august-2026 SMOKE Jazz Club has announced its schedule for August 2026. Performers include Nicholas Payton, Mark Turner, Joe Farnsworth, Vincent Herring, Eric Alexander, and Goldings/Bernstein/Stewart 2026-06-25T11:50:00+00:00 https://www.thejazzmann.com/news/article/tomorrows-warriors-announces-landmark-season-big-summer-of-music-celebrating-35-years-of-transforming-uk-jazz Major summer live events programme across London and the UK marks 35 years of Tomorrow’s Warriors reshaping British jazz, talent pipelines & equity in music. Press release attached. 2026-06-25T11:39:00+00:00 https://www.thejazzmann.com/reviews/review/swing-from-paris-under-paris-skies An excellent album that explores a commendably wide range of material within an overall gypsy jazz instrumental format. This album & their entertaining & informative live shows are highly recommended Jazz, Album, 2026-06-24T21:55:00+00:00 https://www.thejazzmann.com/reviews/review/sylvie-noble-and-ursula-harrison-new-eve Mixing jazz and singer-songwriter sensibilities and influences in equal measure “New Eve” represents an astonishingly mature debut from these two young women. Jazz, Album, Recommended, 2026-06-23T16:39:00+00:00 https://www.thejazzmann.com/news/article/urgent-call-for-more-funding-for-birmingham-jazz-blues-festival Organisers of this year’s Birmingham Jazz & Blues Festival today made an urgent call for extra funding with the launch of two new crowd funding campaigns. Press release attached. 2026-06-23T12:44:00+00:00 https://www.thejazzmann.com/reviews/review/john-horler-trio-celebrating-bill-evans-pizza-express-jazz-club-soho-london-14-06-2026 Horler paid tribute to the enduring influence of Bill Evans, while reaffirming his own stature as a musician of international class. Jazz, Live, 2026-06-23T10:53:00+00:00 https://www.thejazzmann.com/news/article/line-up-announced-for-everywhere-at-once-festival-june-26th-28th-2026 Organised by the Music Venues Trust more than 2000 artists will be performing at over 400 grassroots music venues across the UK, creating the UK’s biggest music festival. Press release attached. 2026-06-22T21:31:00+00:00 https://www.thejazzmann.com/news/article/606-jazz-club-chelsea-london-programme-for-july-2026-including-jazz-on-the-lawn-at-fulham-palace Laura Thorne of the 606 has forwarded details of the venue's full programme for July 2026 plus a preview of some of the events coming up in August. 2026-06-22T21:03:00+00:00 https://www.thejazzmann.com/reviews/review/leverton-fox-eternal-gong-bath-of-the-sunbed-mind Finds Leverton Fox continuing to refine their distinctive practice and the results are both interesting and immersive, drawing the listener into their unique sound world. Jazz, Album, 2026-06-22T15:29:00+00:00 https://www.thejazzmann.com/news/article/music-spoken-here-the-marrs-bar-worcester-programme-for-september-2026 Music Spoken Here has announced a total of four events for September 2026. Events take place at The Marr's Bar, Worcester. Full details attached. 2026-06-21T22:37:00+00:00 https://www.thejazzmann.com/reviews/review/arild-andersen-daniel-sommer-rob-luft-st-johns-college-auditorium-oxford-13-06-2026 The trio are all mightily talented individuals but it was the multi-layered interaction between the three that was the greatest delight. Jazz, Live, 2026-06-21T20:20:00+00:00 https://www.thejazzmann.com/news/article/warren-james-gig-schedule-june-september-2026 Guitarist, banjo player and vocalist Warren James has forwarded his latest update including details of his forthcoming live appearances with a variety of different line ups. 2026-06-20T21:05:00+00:00 https://www.thejazzmann.com/news/article/professor-mykaell-riley-awarded-mbe-in-kings-honours Professor Mykaell Riley, musician, producer and academic, has been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for his outstanding services to research and education around Black British Music. 2026-06-20T20:57:00+00:00 https://www.thejazzmann.com/reviews/review/ibrahim-maalouf-and-the-trumpets-of-michel-ange-the-roundhouse-london-12-06-2026 An evening that confirmed once more that Ibrahim Maalouf is a fine composer- arranger, a wonderful trumpeter and a dynamic live performer and band leader. Jazz, Live, 2026-06-20T20:25:00+00:00 https://www.thejazzmann.com/news/article/the-green-note-camden-town-london-newsletter-18-06-2026 The Green Note has forwarded its latest newsletter with details of forthcoming musical events. 2026-06-18T22:41:00+00:00