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Jazz Album Reviews

Alyn Shipton’s New Orleans Friends

The Oxford Concert

It’s rare to hear trad jazz played as brilliantly as this and I genuinely enjoyed listening to this album.

Five-Way Split

Modus Operandi

Shai Maestro

The Guesthouse

Taupe

waxing / waning

Jazz Sabbath

Jazz Sabbath Live

Aleph Aguiar

Sugar on my Blackbeans

Billy Marrows Band

Dancing On Bentwood Chairs

Jazz Mann Recommended Listening

Julie Campiche

Unspoken

Her most personal, but also most political, recording to date “Unspoken” represents a powerful and thought provoking statement from Campiche.

Harry Christelis

Preserving Fictions

Another impressive statement from Christelis, the composer and principal architect of this intriguing, intelligent, immersive and often beautiful music.

Søren Bebe Trio

Gratitude

Perhaps the ultimate expression of the Bebe Trio’s sound. They have distilled the essence of their music and have ‘polished the diamond’ to sparkling perfection.

Asaf Harris Quartet

I Thought I Was Ready

Harris is a superb saxophone soloist & an intelligent and consistently interesting writer. His efforts are enhanced by the playing of a top notch quartet with whom he has established a strong rapport.

Live Jazz Reviews

Small Blue

Small Blue, Jazz at Progress, Progress Theatre, Reading, Berkshire, 27/03/2026.

Brass Band Bychan

Brass Band Bychan,  Black Mountain Jazz, Melville Centre for the Arts, Abergavenny, 29/03/2026.

Peiriant / Awen Ensemble

Awen Ensemble / Peiriant, Sy; Gigs, St. Alkmund’s Church, Shrewsbury, 28/03/2026.

Yessaï Karapetian Quintet

Yessaï Karapetian Quintet, Princess Grace Theatre, Monaco, 22/03/2026

Romarna Campbell Trio

Romarna Campbell Trio, Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester, 26/03/2026.

Mark Hummel Trio / Mike Bird & Friends

Mark Hummel Trio / Mike Bird & Friends, Mid Wales Rhythm & Blues Club, The Muse, Brecon, 22/03/2026.

Jazz Mann Features

Music Spoken Here celebrates fourth birthday.

Instigated by Dave Fuller in 2022 Music Spoken Here presents contemporary jazz, fusion, funk and soul on a fortnightly basis at The Marr's Bar, Worcester.

Jazz a Juan 2026 - A Preview.

Colin May looks ahead to the 65th edition of the French jazz festival Jazz a Juan, which will take place in July 2026, and interviews two of its organisers, Reno di Matteo and Maryline Bailly.

Jazz Mann News

Music Spoken Here, Worcester - Programme for April and May 2026.

Tuesday, April 07, 2026

Music Spoken Here has announced its programme for April and May 2026. Events take place fortnightly at The Marr's Bar, Worcester.

The Green Note, Camden Town, London - Newsletter 07/04/2026.

Tuesday, April 07, 2026

The Green Note has forwarded its latest newsletter with details of forthcoming musical events.

Jazz in the West Midlands - April 6th - 12th 2026.

Monday, April 06, 2026

A roundup of gigs to check out this week in the West Midlands area. Listings provided by Dave Fuller of Music Spoken Here, Worcester.

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Jazz Gigs & Events

Exhibition ; The Jazz Photography of William Ellis at The Capstone Theatre Foyer, Liverpool.

Tuesday, February 03, 2026 - Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Nigel Price & Alessio Menconi at Swansea Jazz Club, The Swigg, Swansea Marina, Swansea.

Wednesday, April 08, 2026

Stratford Girls’ Jazz Band & Alex Clarke Quartet, Stratford Jazz, Rother St Arts House,  Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire.

Wednesday, April 08, 2026

Chuck Israels Quartet at Guildford Jazz, The Guildford Pavilion, Guildford, Surrey.

Wednesday, April 08, 2026

Tina Carr Quartet at Karamel, London N22.

Thursday, April 09, 2026

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