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London Jazz Festival 2012, Part Two; 16th, 17th, 18th November 2012.

Ian Mann enjoys the final three days of the festival.

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London Jazz Festival 2012. Part One; 12th,13th,14th,15th November 2012.

Ian Mann enjoys the first four days of a week of excellent music at the 2012 London Jazz Festival.

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Jazz in Prague - Interview with Prague jazz expert Tony Emmerson.

Steph Sheehan asked UK jazz bloggers to contribute questions towards an interview with Tony Emmerson, the oracle of jazz in Prague.

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Jack Davies

Ian Mann admires three very different albums released simultaneously on his own label by the enterprising young trumpeter and composer Jack Davies.

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Book Review; Gilad Atzmon “The Wandering Who?”

This book is a fascinating insight into what makes Atzmon tick. Yes, it's a polemic but it's a very insightful and entertaining one.

In praise of the jam session: reflections on Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2012

Guest contributor Mark McKergow, host of the legendary Cheltenham Jazz Festival jam sessions at the Hotel du Vin, writes on the importance of the culture of the jam session.

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Jazz Mann News

Cahill//Costello - new single, new album and UK live dates.

Friday, September 13, 2024

The duo of guitarist Kevin Daniel Cahill & drummer Graham Costello will release their 2nd album on 8th November. New single "Sunbeat" is already out. A short series of dates will follow in December.

Announcing the 13th Annual TD James Moody Jazz Festival presented by the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), November 7th-24th, 2024.

Friday, September 13, 2024

The line up has been announced for the 13th Annual TD James Moody Jazz Festival which will take place at various venues in Newark, New Jersey during November 2024. Press release attached.

The Magic Lantern, new album and UK tour, October and November 2024.

Friday, September 13, 2024

Singer-songwriter and composer Jamie Doe, aka The Magic Lantern will release his fifth album "To Everything A Season" on 11th October 2024 and will be touring the UK in October & November.

Jazz Gigs & Events

‘(Dis)possessed’, sound installation by Alex Roth at POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw, Poland.

Wednesday, July 24, 2024 - Monday, November 04, 2024

Guildford Jazz and Soul Festival, various venues, Guildford, Surrey.

Wednesday, September 04, 2024 - Thursday, October 17, 2024

Yetii Trio with Jake McMurchie at Cheltenham Jazz Club, The Irving Studio, Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, Glos.

Monday, September 16, 2024

Frazer Smith with the Dave Cottle Trio at Swansea Jazz Club, Cu Mumbles, Mumbles, Swansea.

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Emily Francis Trio at Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester.

Thursday, September 19, 2024