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Jazz Album Reviews

Mali Sheard

Hayfever

An exceptionally mature debut, and with the prospect of more top quality music to come.

Nicolas Meier World Group

Elysian Drift

Sean Gibbs feat. Frida Touray

Set Me Free

James Chadwick Project

Walrws - 60s Pop Classics with a Jazz Twist

Kjetil Mulelid

Piano, Unfolding

Ben Crosland Quintet

North York Skies

Joshua Cavanagh-Brierley

The Mild Mannered and the Mortal

Jazz Mann Recommended Listening

Kevin Figes

Wallpaper Music III

The Wallpaper Music series sounds like nothing else around at the moment and Figes has created a contemporary jazz / prog rock sound-world that is very much his own.

Luke Bainbridge

Petstep

Bainbridge’s writing within his self imposed framework is consistently intelligent and interesting and the often tensile music is well served by the unconventional instrumental line-up.

Trish Clowes’ My Iris

Try Me

Clowes continues to hone and develop the My Iris sound and the album compares well with former glories. A particularly well balanced quartet with a remarkable rapport developed over many years.

Zoe Rahman Trio

Hull Suite Live

The decision to document the music via a live recording is fully justified by the skill and vitality of the performances. “Hull Suite Live” is an excellent addition to the Rahman canon.

Live Jazz Reviews

Five-Way Split

Five-Way Split, Jazz at Progress, Progress Theatre, Reading, Berkshire, 18/09/2026.

Frederico Heliodoro Quartet

Frederico Heliodoro Quartet, Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester, 17/09/2026.

Zoe Gilby with the Dave Jones Trio

Zoe Gilby with the Dave Jones Trio, Brecon Jazz Club, The Muse Arts Centre, Brecon, 15/09/2026.

Crash Collective Big Band

Crash Collective Big Band, Corn Exchange Jazz Club, The Corn Exchange, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, 11/09/2026.

Boomslang

Boomslang, Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester, 10/09/2026.

Bryan Corbett

Bryan Corbett’s Instrumental Groove Unit, Kidderminster Jazz Club, St. Ambroses’s Parish Centre, Kidderminster, Worcs., 04/09/2026.

Jazz Mann Features

Miles Davis Centenary, BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, 20th August 2026.

Colin May enjoys the 'Miles Davis Prom', performed by the Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet with the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Miho Hazama.

Sunday at Brecon Jazz Festival, 09/08/2026.

Ian Mann enjoys the final day of the Festival and performances by Hot Club Gallois, Jon Crespo, Ferg's Imaginary Big Band, Jack Pearce Quintet, Dave Jones' Trunk of Funk, Jacqui Dankworth Quartet.

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