Trish Clowes brings A View With A Room Tour to NQJazz
Trish Clowes will headline at Manchester’s NQJazz next week, following the recent release of her new album A View With A Room.
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Miguel Gorodi to perform at NQ Jazz at The Whiskey Jar
Trumpeteer/composer Miguel Gorodi performs at NQ Jazz at the Whiskey Jar next week following the recent release of his debut album Apophenia. The series of compositions was written for his nonet which features leading British musicians Gareth Lockrane (flutes),...
Manchester Jazz Festival 2018 – our top tips
With Manchester Jazz Festival launching in just a few days, we've come up with our top tips for the annual event. There's a whole host of acts (almost 100) performing across a range of venues in Manchester at this year's mjf and there's plenty of free performances!...
Caro Emerald announces Manchester Bridgewater Hall Date
Caro Emerald has announced a brand new UK tour for 2018, including a Manchester gig at the Bridgewater Hall. Since the release of the 2010 multi-platinum debut album Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor Caro Emerald and producers Grandmono have fashioned their...
Previewed: Catapluf’s Musical Journey – samba, jazz and more for children at Z-Arts
Manchester's Z-Arts hosts Adriano Adewale's Catapluf's Musical Journey, a musical adventure for children all the way from Brazil. Explore rhythms and sounds of the world with Catapluf, whose imagination takes you to places where music can be found in everything: pans,...
Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox announce Manchester Albert Hall gig
Live favourites Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox have announced a return to the UK with a run of dates including a Manchester gig at the Albert Hall. Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox began as the bedroom project of jazz pianist Scott Bradlee, growing rapidly into...
Sunny Ozell performs at Gullivers
New York singer-songwriter Sunny Ozell comes to Manchester’s Gullivers tonight supporting Aaron Lee Tasjan. Sunny Ozell has announced her new album Overnight Lows will be released in early 2018 and has revealed the first single from the album, the blues infused Take...
Gregory Porter announces Manchester Apollo show
Grammy-award winning jazz/soul singer Gregory Porter has announced a 12-date UK tour including a show at Manchester Apollo. The tour opens on 5 April, featuring two Birmingham Symphony Hall shows and concludes two weeks later with two special nights at London’s Royal...
Previewed: Manchester Jazz Festival 2016
With Manchester Jazz Festival 2016 about to start, we decided to take a look at some of the highlights which we can expect from one of Manchester’s leading annual events. Spread across nine venues throughout the city centre and northern quarter, MJF 2016has something...
Manchester Jazz Festival 2016 – where does it all take place?
With Manchester Jazz Festival 2016 set to launch on Friday 22 July, we take a look at where the action is to be found. As normal, whilst the main hub of Manchester Jazz Festival is being hosted at the Hobgobline Festival Pavilion and Square at Albert Square). MJF...
Previewed: Bouche at Matt & Phreds
Bouche play the deeply emotive and beguilingly timeless music of singer and double bass player Rebekah Bouche, over a seductive swagger of electric guitar and a sultry, weaving trumpet. ‘So Long Solemn’, the trio’s first album is 9 tracks long, but boldly clocks in at...
New jazz bar La Gitane opens in Manchester
The brand new Manchester jazz club, La Gitane, launched last night to an exclusive guest-list crowd for a preview of what’s to come. The first jazz club to be opened in Manchester since 1999, La Gitana on Bridge Street is a sister venue to Cafe Istanbul and saw the...
In Review: Shama Rahman Band at Manchester Jazz Festival 2015
An eager crowd awaited the Shama Rahman Band performing on the last day of Manchester Jazz Festival 2015. In fact the queue stretched around the Thwaites Festival Square to see what was set to be one of the highlights of MJF’s 2015 programme. The Shama Rahman Band,...
Gregory Porter announces Bridgewater Hall tour date
Grammy Award-winning jazz/soul singing sensation Gregory Porter - is proud to announce a 16 date 2016 tour around the UK. The tour opens on 4th April at the Royal Albert Hall, London and hits Manchester's Bridgewater Hall on 8 April 2016. Gregory Porter,...
John Ellis Awarded 2015 Irwin Mitchell mjf originals Commission
Manchester Jazz Festival has announced the Irwin Mitchell mjf originals commission for 2015 has been awarded to pianist, singer and composer, John Ellis who will create a brand new audio-visual work, Evolution: Seeds and Streams. The composition will receive its...