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Jazz Diary: Great music for hard times

Birmingham Post — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT

No year is a particularly secure one for jazz, but if 2012 is being predicted as a particularly precarious year economically, does this necessarily mean that jazz will suffer?

Jazz Diary: Heavy sounds of Husk and Meatfeast at the Hare & Hounds

Birmingham Post — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:50:00 GMT

Look in the record collections of the young whizz kids emerging from the jazz schools these days and you are just as likely to find albums by Cannibal Corpse or Napalm Death as ones by John Coltrane and Miles Davis.

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Birmingham Post — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT

There’s a jam-packed three days from Birmingham Jazz, starting this evening, and there should be something for everyone.

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Birmingham Post — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT

The big gig this week features a man who has been at the heart of American jazz for over 50 years, and one who really does deserve that horribly overused word: unique.

Jazz Diary: Add Asian spice to the mix

Birmingham Post — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

One of the most creative and distinctive new strands in British jazz over the last few years has been the consolidation of a strong crossover between jazz and Asian music.

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Birmingham Post — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

After what seems like an awfully long time, Birmingham Jazz finally gets fully into gear this week with a prestige double bill on Saturday, the first of the new Jazz Club season on Wednesday and collaboration with the Supersonic Festival on Sunday.

Jazz Diary: Celebrating life and music of a true artist

Birmingham Post — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Drummer Tony Levin died in February and the ripples of warm memories of the man and his music continue to the follow the waves of sadness that spread out from Shropshire, where Tony lived, over the whole jazz planet.

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Birmingham Post — Thu, 26 May 2011 07:00:00 GMT

The jazz scene in Birmingham has changed dramatically over the last couple of decades.

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Birmingham Post — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:00:00 GMT

One of the highlights of Birmingham jazz in 2010 was the new Mostly Jazz Festival, an offshoot of the Moseley Folk Festival and using the same lovely little park as its pastoral setting.

Jazz Diary: Stirring start with exciting collaboration

Birmingham Post — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Talk about a jam-packed week. There’s something for everyone here, starting with a really exciting big band project at the mac tonight (Thursday).