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Summer starts early…
7 May 2026
The heading doesn’t imply quite the good news you might assume. I mean the Summer break. I reckon quite a few of you are regulars at the Wednesday Bristol Music Club sessions and/or the BeBop Club. Both are gigs where the organisers take a well-deserved breath over the Summer. At BMC, recently revived under new […]
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Mark Lockheart, anyone?
5 Mar 2026
All gigs are equal as far as the calendar goes, but I’ll draw attention to reasons others give to anticipate the odd one or two that stand out… Case in point: there’s a terrific feature interview with ex Loose Tubes and Polar Bear sax player Mark Lockheart on UKJazzNews this week. It’s about his new […]
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Farewell Fringe Jazz?*
1 Dec 2025
That’s Fringe Jazz at Bristol Music Club in Clifton, in its current incarnation… And yes, it may be farewell. Jon Taylor, who runs the gig, has let it be known he is not carrying on after Christmas. (Understandably – Tony Benjamin in Bristol 247 reckons he’s been putting on gigs, on and off, for almost […]
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PPianissimo – new series at Bristol Music Club
12 Aug 2025
Bristol Music Club, tucked away in Clifton, is already home to the Fringe Jazz series most of the year. Now, it will also host a new monthly series, PPianissimo, curated by pianist John Law and his frequent musical partner saxophonist Jon Lloyd. First one is Sep 5th (note early evening time slot). Here’s the flyer… […]
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