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Matt & Phred's Jazz Club, Tib Street, Manchester

Located in the bohemian northern quarter of the city Matt & Phred’s is a club that is thriving and bursting with energy reflecting Manchester’s renewed sense of cultural identity. With free entry Monday to Thursday and paid for entry on Friday and Saturday the venue boasts a proper stage and PA; this is all a far cry from some dank corner of a smoky northern pub. Wooden floors, red walls, a high ceiling, plentiful tables and seats, not to mention the big, funky looking bar all help create a...

606 Jazz Club, Lots Road, London SW10

The 606 Jazz Club originated as a tiny 30-seater basement club at ‘606 Kings Road’, but it found its current location in Chelsea in 1987 moving to the salubrious basement locale of 90 Lots Road. With a warm, friendly atmosphere and informal but funky interior it boasts an intimate live room – that can hold up to 160 people – that also doubles as a dining area. The venue’s distinguished role in the capitol’s jazz scene is as a champion of the cream of UK jazz talent, with nightly performances by...

Vortex Jazz Club, Gillett Street, London N16

The Vortex Jazz Club – a year after successfully relocating from Stoke Newington to Dalston - has gone from strength to strength, becoming part of the cultural hub in central Hackney. While the atmosphere and attitude of London’s famous “listening jazz venue” have been maintained with a smart and stylish interior, the consistency and quality of the music remains extremely high, with monthly appearances by the UK’s most acclaimed and cutting edge artists such as Evan Parker, Django Bates, Dame...

Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, London W1

Pizza Express Jazz Club may well be smaller than some of the capitol’s other live rooms but its classy interior and close audience to stage proximity ensures that each gig brings the best out of both. As a restaurant chain founded in the 1940 by Peter Boizot MBE, whose trip to Florence inspired him to create a pizza chain that prided itself on serving fresh, handmade pizzas, Pizza Express has long supported jazz in some of its larger restaurants around the UK.

Ronnie Scott's, Frith Street, London W1

Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club remains one of the world’s premier jazz venues attracting internationally renown artists for over four decades. Located in the heart of London’s Soho, saxophonist and owner Ronnie Scott first established the club on Gerrard Street in 1959, then moving to its current location on Frith Street in 1965. He wanted to create a place where he could not only host UK jazz musicians but provide a stage for big international names – that he first encountered while playing on cruise...

JAZZWISE AUGUST 2006

1 The Heritage Orchestra The Heritage Orchestra Brownswood2 John Coltrane Quartet The Complete Africa/Brass Sessions (2 CDs) Impulse!3 Various artists The House That Trane Built Impulse!4 The Miles Davis Quintet The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions Prestige5 Jason Rigby Translucent Space Fresh Sound New Talent

JAZZWISE SEPTEMBER 2006

1 Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau Metheny Mehldau Nonesuch2 Tomasz Stanko Lontano ECM3 Zoë Rahman Melting Pot Manushi4 Bheki Mseleku The Best of Bheki Mseleku Sheer Sound5 Captain Beefheart And The Magic Band Ice Cream For Crow EMI

JAZZWISE JULY 2006

1 Patricia Barber Mythologies Blue Note2 Brad Mehldau House On Hill Nonesuch 3 Derek Trucks Band Songlines Columbia4 Sam Coombes/Rob Chapman Quartet Static Shock Elabeth5 Benet McLean Clichés (For Another Day) McLean

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