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Saturday at Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 04/05/2019.

Ian Mann on performances by Paris / Birmingham Jazz Exchange, Alfa Mist, John Surman's Brass Project, Dan Weiss & Starebaby, Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya, Vels Trio, Joshua Redman and Michael Formanek.

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Friday at Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 03/05/2019.

Ian Mann enjoys an evening of performances by Leah, the Sunlight Trio of Soweto Kinch, Andreas Schaerer & Kalle Kalima and the Nubya Garcia band.

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Surge In Spring III, Midlands Arts Centre (mac), Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, 27/04/2019.

Ian Mann enjoys the third edition of the genre defying Surge In Spring Festival, coordinated by Birmingham based musician, composer, arranger, bandleader, poet and educator Sid Peacock

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Film Review;  “Blue Note Records ; Beyond The Notes” directed by Sophie Huber.

Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the founding of Blue Note Records in 1939 this is absolutely essential viewing for anybody with even the slightest interest in jazz.

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U.K. Exclusive Premiere of Scott Gray’s ‘Someday’ Video via The Jazz Mann.

Nashville, Tennessee musician (Adult Contemporary / Jazz / Singer - Songwriter), Scott Gray is releasing his new video “Someday” via The Jazz Mann.

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“You Didn’t Look Like a Drummer” (Part 3) - An interview with John Marshall.

Pending his 2019 Cheltenham Jazz Festival gig with John Surman's Brass Project John talks more about his work with Soft Machine & with Surman, Eberhard Weber & others. He also picks his top ten CDs.

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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