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 just over an hour, and as the title suggests the…
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 launch night feature singer Lucy Hope…
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, comprising of Shama Rahman herself, on sitar and vocals, accompanied…
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, continues to perform to sell out audiences across the world and has achieved international…
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 world premiere in the Great Hall in Manchester’s Town Hall during the Manchester Jazz Festival in…
Amsterdam Conservatory jazz-trained vocalist Caro Emerald has announced a run of concerts which will see the multi-platinum selling artist perform at Manchester’s Opera House on 26 November 2015. Since the release of her 2010 multi-platinum debut album ‘Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor’ Caro Emerald has fashioned her own niche. Gorgeous and stylish, Caro…
1920’s inspired hideaway, The Fitzgerald, has launched it’s own Jazz and Soul Club Night, taking place on Thursdays. Entering the building through a side door off Stevenson Square, the venue is situated above a restaurant – perfect for a bite to eat followed by some wonderful cocktails and jazz upstairs at The Fitzgerald. The venue…
As Manchester Jazz Festival 2014 entered into its final weekend, it seems almost fitting that it did so with an explosive night of big band jazz, courtesy of the impressive Beats & Pieces Big Band. Beats & Pieces Big Band are rapidly becoming the stand out jazz group, having scooped Best UK Newcomer at the…
Mancunian favourite Arun Ghosh made a triumphant return home to perform at the Thwaites Festival Pavilion at Manchester Jazz Festival on Saturday 19th July. In a performance split over two sets, he showcased his recent South Asian Suite in the first set, before following up with some of his older material. From the opening of…
Well it didn’t take long. Just two songs into the opening of Manchester Jazz Festival 2014, Bugalu Foundation had brought the crowd to their feet and people were dancing in the aisles. And for good reason as Bugalu Foundation got the festival off to a blistering start. Bugalu Foundation performed the opening with a free…
