Colchester Jazz

The Colchester Arts Centre Jazz Club goes from strength to strength. Early next month the highly-rated pianist, singer and composer Joy Ellis brings her take on the genre to town. […]

Jazz Musings: September

Young Suffolk jazz star Harry Greene makes a return to Lowestoft’s Milestones Jazz Club this month. The 19 year old tenor saxophonist and guitarist already has an enviable local reputation […]

Jazz Musings: August

This month the highly rated Kevin Fitzsimmons make his first Fleece Jazz appearance at  the Stoke-by-Nayland Hotel on the Suffolk/Essex border. Kevin is a London born singer, bandleader, lyricist & […]

Jazz Musings: July

Let’s start this month with a look at a couple of cracking gigs at one of the region’s award winning jazz clubs – Fleece Jazz at the Stoke-by-Nayland Hotel near […]

Jazz Musings: June

THIS year’s Ipswich Jazz Festival is being held towards the end of this month and tickets are now on sale. It starts on Friday, June 23 with a South African, […]

Jazz Musings: May

Suffolk jazz star Polly Gibbons is about to release a new album. The timing couldn’t be better as the Framlingham lass has been nominated for a Jazz FM award. Polly […]

Jazz Raconteurs

Jazz is soldiering on through the bleaker months of the year with a reasonable crop of dates, given the temperature. And no more so than a duo, with house trio, […]

Classical Music Sensibilities

The standout name this month would seem to be William Butterworth, who brings a string of mid-month dates, at The Fleece (Stoke-by-Nayland), Anteros Arts (Norwich) and Jazz East (Felixstowe).  Just […]

Tribute to Nat

I’ve not yet seen saxophonist Martin Eaton live.  I had my chance last month at the Jazz@The Hub session at Sheringham’s Little Theatre up on the Norfolk coast.  But going […]