This year's Brecon Jazz Festival opened last night with a rousing concert from Welsh Harpist Catrin Finch and her big band CF47. Her first major step in the direction of jazz was her last CD String Theory which saw Catrin moving away from her classical roots into more "funky" territory. He...10.08.07

The HSBC Brecon Jazz Festival begins tomorrow and runs through until Sunday with US tenor great Joe Lovano as the artist in residence, Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra (plus Lulu) already sold out, Curtis Stigers, The Big Chris Barber Band, Jessica Williams, Mulgrew Miller Trio, Mart...08.08.07

Organisers of the Brecon Jazz Festival have cancelled planned street music performances for this year's event in the face of rising police costs and safety issues....12.06.06

A six figure sponsorship deal over three years has been announced by what has now become the HSBC Brecon Jazz Festival after the long running festival secured a title sponsorship deal with the multinational bank....23.03.06

It’s only a month away now until the HSBC Brecon Jazz Festival, set to take over the Welsh market town from 9-12 August. The main programme for Brecon this year has a line-up that includes Joe Lovano, the Mingus Dynasty Band, Hiromi, Jools Holland, Jessica Williams and Mulgrew Miller. But one ...04.07.07

Brecon is getting back to normal today after a weekend of jazz that saw large numbers of visitors, up to 70,000 people, flocking to the Powys market town for the annual festival....14.08.06

This year’s HSBC Brecon Jazz Festival, which runs from 7-10 August and is also sponsored by Jazzwise, celebrates its 25th year with over 90 performances, including many festival favourites returning for this special anniversary event. Esbjörn Svensson Trio will headline on the Saturday ni...05.06.08

Herbie Hancock will head this year’s London Jazz Festival, his first London dates in two years. Held in association with BBC Radio 3, the London Jazz Festival is to run from Friday 14 November to Sunday 23 November across most major London concert halls, including the Royal Festival Hall, the ...25.06.08

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There's not much jazz and even less free improvised music to hear in Cumbria for much of the year so the annual Appleby Jazz Festival is a must for fans of the music in the area. The jazz weekend begins on 27 July with Stan Tracey, Peter King and Don Weller as well as Henry Lowther and Paul Clarvis...10.07.07

Since the demise of the Caber record label and the dispersal of musicians involved with that innovative label, the Scottish jazz scene to the outsider at least has remained a closed book. The iconic figures of jazz in Scotland such as Tommy Smith and Brian Kellock are as high profile as ever but bey...26.06.07

My vain expectations of a manly explosive vocal brew left me with a
half-empty stomach last Wednesday at the Spice of Life. Tastefully
accompanied by double bassist Steve Watts and drummer David Wickins
under the dedicated eye of Paul Pace, the backstage venue’s heartbeat,
the Vocal Jazz S...16.01.08

Stacey Kent, Jazz Jamaica and Courtney Pine are all on the bill for next month’s Hull Jazz Festival which begins on 28 July and runs until 3 August. Nu Troop, also on, present a tribute to Miles Davis, with a performance of music from the classic album Kind of Blue. ...19.06.08

This year’s HSBC Brecon Jazz Festival running from 9-12 August features tenor great Joe Lovano as the artist in residence, Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra (plus Lulu), Curtis Stigers, The Big Chris Barber Band, Jessica Williams, Mulgrew Miller Trio, Martin Taylor, Mose Allison...10.05.07

...ontrast. The Liane Carroll Trio, Alan Barnes quartet, Art Themen and cult R&B singer Zoot Money are all on the programme. For more info go to www.breconjazz.co.uk11.07.06

Hard-centred, jazz-rock group The Blessing – drummer Clive Deamer, electric bassist Jim Barr, trumpeter Pete Judge and saxophonist Jake McMurchie – return next month for their second tour this year, as Barr and Deamer are released from Portishead duties, which have occupied them fully si...19.05.08

The Cinderella of the big city jazz festivals, the Birmingham Jazz Festival, is back next month from 1-10 July this time sponsored by Starbucks.21.06.05

The Cinderella of the big city jazz festivals, the Birmingham Jazz Festival, is back next month from 1-10 July this time sponsored by Starbucks.21.06.05

The Coventry Jazz Festival has just announced its programme for this year's event, set to take place in the midlands city's Cathedral Quarter from 25-29 May....22.02.06

The Gateshead International Jazz Festival returns for its third year tomorrow running throughout the weekend until Sunday. As with previous years the event features some of the cream of the UK and international scene. Based at the prestigious Sage venue on the banks of the Tyne near the new Baltic a...15.03.07