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Tony Levin memorial Free Jazz Friday at the Bartons Arms, Birmingham Jan 31 2012

A special Jazz Club Friday at the Bartons Arms, in Aston, Birmingham, this week will be a memorial gig to mark the first anniversary of the death of drummer Tony Levin.Read

Jazz Diary: Heavy sounds of Husk and Meatfeast at the Hare & Hounds Dec 01 2011

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.Read

Jazz Diary: Harmonic Festival time in Birmingahm Sep 29 2011

It’s Harmonic time! Birmingham musicians Chris Mapp and Percy Pursglove mounted the first Harmonic Festival in the spring of 2010, mainly at the CBSO Centre, and it was a great success.Read

Jazz Diary: Tower of Power sounds coming to Rush Hour Blues Aug 24 2011

One of the most compulsively funky sounds of the 1970s, for those of us who can think that far back, was that of Tower Of Power.Read

Jazz Diary Aug 17 2011

In a changing world, and in a genre where change is everything, it’s still comforting to find that some things don’t change: one is that the Bryan Corbett Quartet will always lift the spirits, and the other is that while everyone else might have gone on holiday in August, Stratford Jazz just keeps on keeping on.Read

Jazz Diary Aug 10 2011

The hills are alive with the sound of music, and Julie Andrews is nowhere in sight. It’s the weekend of Brecon Jazz.Read

Jazz Diary: Escape the city and head for Titley Jazz Festival Jul 27 2011

Despite what the Lovin’ Spoonful had to say back in the day, summer in the city is really to be avoided at all costs. And it’s easy to do that this weekend while still satisfying your jazz fix.Read

Jazz Diary: Al Jarreau brings his unique sound to Birmingham Jul 20 2011

For those of us who enjoyed the overlaps between jazz, soul and R ‘n’ B in the 1970s, singer Al Jarreau has a special place.Read

Jazz Diary: Styling famous rhapsody for festival treat Jul 13 2011

Two big gigs out at Lichfield this weekend. There is the rare chance to hear Japanese pianist Makoto Ozone play with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, and the superb Gwilym Simcock Trio is in the city.Read