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Features

Jazz Goes To College - A Musical Detective Story.

Guest contributor Trevor Bannister tracks down the details of the 'Jazz Goes To College' broadcast featuring the Max Roach Quintet with guest Sonny Rollins at Reading University in November 1966.

Rhythms at The Yurt.

Guest contributor Trevor Bannister enthuses about The Yurt at Haddon Acre, the unique and intimate South Oxfordshire music venue run by former recording engineer Chris Hollebone and his wife Sue.

Art Themen : An Appreciation.

Guest contributor Trevor Bannister pays homage to the extraordinary saxophonist Art Themen, who combines a successful career as an orthopaedic surgeon with the life of a prominent jazz musician.

“In Praise of the Livestream”. Fergus McCreadie Trio, Livestream, Stephen Henderson’s Kitchen, Dalrymple, Scotland, 21/03/2020.

In these days of isolation Ian Mann, together with an online audience of music fans, enjoys a concert length Livestream broadcast performance by the Fergus McCreadie Trio.

New Look Jazzmann Website.

Jazzmann website designer Phil Dunsford shares his thoughts about the recent upgrading of the Jazzmann website.

Remembering Lyle Mays and Jon Christensen.

"Rest in Peace". Ian Mann shares his memories of two recently departed musicians closely associated with the ECM record label, American keyboard player Lyle Mays and Norwegian drummer Jon Christensen.

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Jazz Mann News

Brad Mehldau Trio - UK live dates, June 2025.

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Pianist Brad Mehldau will lead his trio featuring bassist Felix Moseholm and drummer Jorge Rossy on three UK live dates in Bristol, Saffron Walden and London.

Phil Bancroft to release solo saxophone album.

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Scottish saxophonist Phil Bancroft will release Testimony, an improvised suite for solo saxophone, as the 6th release on his Myriad Streams platform on Friday 25th April 2025. Press release attached.

Peter Slavid - ‘European Modern Jazz’ on the radio playlist,  first broadcast 13/04/2025.

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Peter Slavid has forwarded details of the music played on his UK & European Jazz radio show on 13/04/2025, a special edition featuring artists scheduled to appear at the 2025 Cheltenham Jazz Festival.

Jazz Gigs & Events

Swing From Paris at Swansea Jazz Club, Cu Mumbles, Mumbles, Swansea.

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Charlotte Keeffe Right Here, Right Now Quartet at The Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall, London.

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Transatlantic Hot Club at Guildford Jazz, Guildford Pavilion, Guildford, Surrey.

Thursday, April 24, 2025

Chris Bowden ‘The Hypnos Files’ ft. Neil Bullock & Louise Warren at Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester.

Thursday, April 24, 2025

The Remi Harris Hot Club Trio at Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, Shropshire.

Friday, April 25, 2025