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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

Juni Habel Duo / Nick Jonah Davis

Juni Habel Duo / Nick Jonah Davis, Sy; Gigs, The Darwin Room, Shrewsbury Library, Shrewsbury, 04/10/2026.

Terence Collie

Terence Collie Quartet, Kidderminster Jazz Club, St. Ambrose’s Parish Centre, Kidderminster, Worcs., 02/10/2026.

Roger Beaujolais Spin Quartet

Roger Beaujolais Spin Quartet, Melville Centre, Abergavenny, 25/09/2026 (Part of Wall2Wall Jazz Festival).

Neil Angilley Trio

Neil Angilley Trio, Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester, 24/09/2026.

Living In Shadows

Living In Shadows, Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester, 20/09/2026.

Five-Way Split

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

Jazz Mann Features

Sunday at Wall2Wall  Jazz Festival, various venues, Abergavenny, 27/09/2026.

Ian Mann enjoys a series of performances on the free Community Sunday Afternoon Jazz Trail plus a concert by the duo of vocalist Jo Harrop and guitarist Jamie McCredie.

Saturday at Wall2Wall Jazz Festival, Melville Centre, Abergavenny, 26/09/2026.

Performances by the BMJ Collective with guests 'The Welsh New Wave' of pianist Ross Hicks and saxophonist Dan Newberry and by the Olivia Cuttill Quartet paying homage to Clark Terry & Oscar Peterson.

Jazz Mann News

17th European Young Artists’ Award Burghausen 2027 - Invitation for the submission of entries.

Monday, October 05, 2026

On the occasion of the Burghausen International Jazz Festival from March 3rd to 7th, 2027, the town‘s jazz association invites the sub­mission of entries to the 17th European Young Artists Jazz Award

Christian McBride, Ben Folds and Yuja Wang announced as headliners for 2027 Gilmore International Piano Festival, April 27-May 9, 2027.

Monday, October 05, 2026

The Irving S. Gilmore International Piano Festival in Kalamazoo, Michigan, North America’s largest piano festival, has announced its headlining line-up for the upcoming 2027 Festival.

Jazz in the West Midlands, October 5th - 11th 2026.

Monday, October 05, 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.

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Jazz Gigs & Events

Jo Harrop and Band, album launch at Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho, London.

Wednesday, October 07, 2026 - Thursday, October 08, 2026

Gwilym Simcock Trio plays Jaco Pastorius at Swansea Jazz Club, Arts Wing, Grand Theatre, Swansea.

Wednesday, October 07, 2026

Klara Devlin Quartet at Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester.

Thursday, October 08, 2026

Birmingham Jazz 50th Anniversary Celebration feat. Birmingham Jazz Orchestra, Zeb Murphy Quartet a.o. at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham.

Thursday, October 08, 2026

Five-Way Split at Guildford Jazz, The Guildford Pavilion, Guildford, Surrey.

Thursday, October 08, 2026

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