This performance by Rob Cope’s ‘Gemini’ was the second half of the opening concert of the 15th series of concerts in Sandbach. Originally setup in 2010 by local musicians Andy and Lauren Scott, the momentum for the series has really [...]
Festival Pavilion, Museum Green, Swansea. 14 June 2024. For the 2024 Swansea International Jazz Festival – which coincides with Sir Karl Jenkins’ 80th birthday year – Festival Director Dave Cottle and Sir Karl got together with Laurence Cottle and hatched [...]
St Ann’s church is an established festival venue for Manchester Jazz Festival and the concert by Trish Clowes and Ross Stanley continued this tradition as the only concert taking place there in the 29th festival. The great acoustic of the [...]
There was an almost tangible air of excitement before last night’s concert by the Nikki Iles Jazz Orchestra at the Royal Northern College of Music as part of the 29th Manchester Jazz Festival. The concert had originally been scheduled to [...]
This concert felt like a twinning of fiftieth anniversaries: Sheffield Jazz Club will be celebrating its own birthday in May (details below) so it was a friendly, community-minded gesture to invite Doncaster Jazz Alumni to Sheffield Jazz Club in the [...]
