Wigan festival’s tribute to the history-makers

9:26am Monday 22nd June 2009

THE juxtaposition of music and politics has become pretty much widely accepted, but in 1938 it would have been a daring departure for any band, no matter how established.

What's on and where

11:30am Thursday 1st January 2009

Jazz: What's on and where around Bolton

Fitting 85th birthday concert for drummer

11:00am Thursday 1st January 2009

IT is encouraging to have something very special to look forward to in 2009, when most everything else connected with the world of entertainment is linked to gloomy predictions of cutbacks, cancellations and closures because of the economic downturn.

Jazz bar’s opening gift

10:30am Friday 21st November 2008

A NEW jazz bar, Lounge 10, opens tonight in Nelson Square, Bolton, and all tonight’s profits will be donated to the Five Star Appeal to buy an MRI scanner for the new Greater Manchester children’s hospital.

New CD by a master technician

3:35pm Thursday 20th November 2008

MENTION the piano accordion to many people, particularly jazz musicians, and you can expect to be met by faces wreathed in expressions of disapproval.

Brasserie and jazz clubs opens

10:02am Thursday 20th November 2008

A BRASSERIE with a difference will open in Bolton town centre tomorrow.

What's On in the Jazz World

4:12pm Monday 29th September 2008

Where to go in the Bolton area.

Get in rhythm for a long-awaited return

4:14pm Monday 29th September 2008

THE Rhythm Station at Rawtenstall, which attracts a number of jazz devotees from our area to its Tuesday night concerts, continues to stage excellent performances featuring local and national musicians and singers.

Bheki Mseleku: He'll never be forgotten

4:16pm Monday 29th September 2008

If the average fan was to compile a list of pianists who have made an impact on the world of jazz, I doubt that the name of Bheki Mseleku would figure very prominently, unlike that, say, of Rosanno Sportiello.

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