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@jazzteabeer.bsky.social
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Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2018 Jazz Promoter of the Year - Jazz at The Lescar. Also Sheffield Jazz & Lancaster Jazz Festival. Pianist, punster, whale detective

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Jez @jazzteabeer.bsky.social · 16h
FInd out more about our Jazz at The Lescar gig next Wednesday 7th October featuring guitarist Rory Green here, thanks to @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social, ahead of his debut album on @gondwanarecords.com. We're so excited for this gig. ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/ror...
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Rory Green → Our Favourite Places – Sheffield Culture Guide
Beautiful atmospheric music full of layered sounds and infectious rhythms. Ghanaian-English guitarist, composer and producer Rory Green joins Jazz at The Lescar following appearances at Lancaster Jazz...
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hervé @nexttime-studios.bsky.social · 23h
warping time with electronic groove 80s synth combined w cut up #glitch beats #reaktor madness a hint of lecky #jazz harmony + rhodes bliss redefying #electronic music and #soundart the sounds draw you into #deeplistening while dancing to offbeat deep grooves nexttime.bandcamp.com/album/heartbts
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heartbts, by Hervé Perez
10 track album
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Our Favourite Places @ourfaveplaces.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's Black History Month. A celebration of the rich history of Black British/African heritage people in the UK and in shaping local communities. Read our guide to what's on in Sheffield from the folks at the African Heritage Culture Forum: ourfaveplaces.co.uk/our-picks/bl...
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John Garner @johnjamesgarner.bandcamp.com · 01/10/2026
A week of new records! Thanks to German label Adventurous Music for releasing this duo EP of shakuhachi/classical guitar improvisations. adventurousmusic.bandcamp.com/album/wild-b...
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Wild Breath, by John Garner & Martin Donkin
5 track album
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hervé @nexttime-studios.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
free DL codes Inclusion Principle celebrate 20 years with 5th studio album to get you up to date: the Inclusion Principle Arkiv 1 inclusionprinciple.bandcamp.com/yum if you dl our music, please fill in your details so we can add you to our mailing list. and if you like the music, please follow
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aJazzNoise @ajazznoise.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Daily Tune #3124 - "Listen To The Wise Man" by Martin Pyne discusmusic.bandcamp.com/track/listen... Martin Pyne – vibraphone Michael Bardon - double bass Johnny Hunter – drums, glockenspiel, percussion Discus Music
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Listen To The Wise Man, by Martin Pyne
from the album Trios - 218CD (2026)
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Malcolm Lomax @malcolmlomax.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The bastard offspring of Sun Ra and the Bash Street Kids … chaotic and really rather beautiful. I left believing that for two hours in Crookes this shitty world had been made a whole lot better.
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jeff @jazyjef.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Bud Powell was born in Harlem, NYC on this day in 1924
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Jez @jazzteabeer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Difficult to capture in a photo the raucous and beautiful joy in last night’s gig by Ferg’s Imaginary Big Band at Sheffield Jazz. Go and see them if you can (Cambridge on 21st November). An unforgettable gig.
Photo of Ferg’s Imaginary Big Band performing at Sheffield Jazz
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Jez @jazzteabeer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New music from Sheffield, on New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings. CLOSE IN Manon McCoy - pedal harp Emmy Lambert - live processing + electronics newjazzandimprovisedmusicrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/close-in
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Close In, by Manon McCoy and Emmy Lambert
7 track album
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Tesco are making £4bn a year in profit. About 50% of their staff are on Universal Credit. Why don't we crackdown on this unneeded benefit for billionaires?
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Moon is around 250,000 miles from Earth. It's so far that you could fit the other seven planets into the space between Earth and the Moon.
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honey i am a guy & i shrunk the kids @snowrespecter.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
vivaldi implies the existence of vivlidl
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Dave Goldberg @davegoldbergjazz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Tune of the day…Ray Bryant - Golden Earrings. I get the feeling Ray could have played on this tune all day. Non stop ideas are spilling out with perfect triplets and 16th notes. Bass and drums just happy to support him and dig the swing, perhaps what the label wanted. #jazzsky youtu.be/WDeG3toOboI
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Golden Earrings
YouTube video by Ray Bryant - Topic
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Bird Lives @birdlives1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
When in doubt... Woody Shaw 🎺 1986 this. Quartet, with Geri Allen on piano. 😙🤌 Let's go! Happy Friday everybody... such as they are. 🍷 #jazzsky, #nowplaying
CD cover Woody Shaw, "Bemsha Swing" (1986)
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jeff @jazyjef.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
RIP Cassandra Wilson (1955-2026)
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Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, has died
Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy-winning jazz singer, has died. She was 70. Her manager said she died in her native Jackson, Mississippi, surrounded by family and friends.
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Now Then magazine @nowthenmag.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"No Bounds had grown bigger than just Hope Works, which is what you naturally want it to do" This year's edition of @no-bounds.bsky.social in #Sheffield is a nomadic exploration of cutting-edge music, art and tech, putting big names on an equal footing with local talent. ✍️ @waynehoyle.bsky.social
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No Bounds - "It's about going back to its roots before we go forward": Why No Bounds is recapturing its raw, rave-led curiosity
The latest edition of the Sheffield and Rotherham-based festival puts local talent on an equal footing with international stars.
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/.... Early stroll soundtrack: brilliant music presented by @sowetokinch.bsky.social including an ace track by The Portico Quartet and part of a concerto by Miguel Zenon @bbcsounds.bsky.social
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'Round Midnight - New from Deirdre Cartwright’s ORGANIK - BBC Sounds
A track from the British guitarist Deirdre Cartwright's first new album in fifteen years.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I've added my name to the open letter calling for a public inquiry into the tragic death of Professor Jason Arday. Will you join me? goodlaw.social/625453
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/.... Early stroll soundtrack: great live jazz including a marvellous tribute performance of A Love Supreme @bbcsounds.bsky.social
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'Round Midnight - The Round Midnight Prom: Cassie Kinoshi’s seed, Denys Baptiste and the Gary Crosby Quartet, and Waldo’s Gift - BBC Sounds
Jamie Cullum presents live music from the ‘Round Midnight Prom recorded at Bristol Beacon.
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 14/08/2026
Cambridge University should have known better, Fleet Street should have known better, the people hungrily absorbing every bit of news about it, making newsrooms feel like they had to keep going with it as a story, should have known better, horrible horrible horrible
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Chris Ingalls @ingalls1969.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
If you love experimental/ambient music that’s rooted in percussion (as do I), you’ll probably love the latest album from New York-based composer and musician Lesley Mok. I reviewed “transient” for PopMatters.
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Jez @jazzteabeer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Enjoying this! New jazz, funk, and other warm percussive grooves from all over, from Sheffield-based Kitchen Radio. www.mixcloud.com/lingasound/
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Linga Sound
Linga Sound is on Mixcloud. Listen for free to their radio shows, DJ mix sets and Podcasts
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hervé @nexttime-studios.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
depth of field nexttime.bandcamp.com/album/where-...
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where light touches, by Hervé Perez
5 track album
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hervé @nexttime-studios.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
not one not two @jazzatthelescar is the place to be a pleasure to perform in such a cool space, thanks to @jazzteabeer.bsky.social and crew here is a clip from our concert more on IG hervé perez - alto and sop sax geoff bright - bass and sop sax #improvisation #jazz #experimental #saxophone
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hervé @nexttime-studios.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
jazz at the lescar is the place to be a pleasure to perform in such a cool space, thanks to @jazzteabeer.bsky.social and crew here is a clip from our concert more on IG and threads not one not two hervé perez - alto sax geoff bright - bass sax #improvisation #jazz #experimental #saxophone
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jeff @jazyjef.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Jakob Bro, Brian Blade, Craig Taborn, Chris Cheek, Zeuthen, AC, Larry Grenadier & Marcus Gilmore • 8 August 8 • Loveland Music lovelandcph.bandcamp.com/album/8
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jeff @jazyjef.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Naná Vasconcelos was born in Recife 🇧🇷 on this day in 1944. A year after Naná death, a 4.5-meter-high sculpture of him was unveiled in Recife’s Marco Zero square, where he had led the opening of the Recife Carnival for over a decade. 📸 Jeff Caltabiano, 3.4.23
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Global Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
"The unknown heroes of the street have more talent than some who occupy a privileged place" - @patcamu #globalmuseum #music #Streetmusician
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Off to Darfield Library to change my books; local libraries staffed by trained librarians are the heart of every community. Long may they thrive!
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
www.ticketsource.com/sgct/dylan-f.... This should be a great gig with the brilliant Dylan Fowler, former member of The Ian McMillan Orchestra!
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Dylan Fowler at The Samuel Worth Chapel
Tickets are now available for Dylan Fowler at The Samuel Worth Chapel, Sheffield on Sun 19 Jul 2026. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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Graham Lee @glee53.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I love that venue... I was lucky enough to see Corey Mwamba playing in a duo with Robert Mitchell there a couple of months ago. Hats off to ace organiser Mr @jazzteabeer.bsky.social 😎
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Ariaa® @ariaa.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Japanese scientists have confirmed a monumental discovery: asteroid Ryugu contains all 5 nucleobases essential for DNA and RNA. By analyzing 5.4 grams of material returned by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft, researchers identified adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, and uracil in similar proportions.
source: Oba, Y., et al. (2026). A complete set of canonical nucleobases in the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu. Nature Astronomy.
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Jez @jazzteabeer.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Coming up this Wednesday at The Lescar! A brilliant 7 piece line up led by Miles Pillinger and Fergus Quill, and a unique and energising tribute to Brazilian music legend Hermeto Pascoal. Doors 8pm, music 8.30pm, £10 or £7 for students. www.jazzatthelescar.com/index.html
Photographs of Fergus Quill and Miles Pillinger performing. They're at The Lescar on Wednesday 8th July
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jeff @jazyjef.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Dollar Brand, Don Cherry, & Carlos Ward • The Third World-Underground (1974) Sept. 11 • WEWANTSOUNDS wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/album/the-th...
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Ian McMillan @imcmillan.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
So proud of Andrew’s letter in the Barnsley Chronicle!
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Now Then magazine @nowthenmag.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
For the first gig of the summer we were spoiled for choice with a double bill of explorative, forward-thinking music provided by brand-new London-based quartet Bishop/Hafner and longstanding local duo Jez Matthews (@jazzteabeer.bsky.social) and Will Shaw. ✍️ Ebony Nembhard
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Shape-shifting jazz: Bishop/Hafner Quartet and Jez Matthews & Will Shaw at The Lescar
The Jazz at the Lescar team introduce dynamic jazz from new friends and familiar faces alike, with this exciting double bill.
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Jez @jazzteabeer.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
TONIGHT at The Lescar Ruth Goller (Skylla, Melt Yourself Down, Let Spin, Laura Jurd) on electric bass/voice + Pedro Velasco on guitar and effects. Thunderous bass sounds, delicate, unique tunings, layered vocal lines, beautiful meditative guitar playing. 8pm, doors 7.30pm £10 or £7 for students.
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Rik Neumann @remy77077.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
So happy about this! A campaign I've long supported, and a venue/community I've long supported, coming together with this for a Sheffield venue is just..! 👨‍🍳😘
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Capybara @chiguire79.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Abdullah Ibrahim, quiet giant of the jazz piano, has died at 91. www.npr.org/2026/06/15/8...
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Abdullah Ibrahim, quiet giant of the jazz piano, has died at 91
The South African musician's "Mannenberg" was often called his country's unofficial anthem during the final years of apartheid.
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Nate Chinen @natechinen.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Rest in Power, maestro Abdullah Ibrahim. Here is a fine NPR Music obit by Martin Johnson.
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Abdullah Ibrahim, quiet giant of the jazz piano, has died at 91
The South African musician's "Mannenberg" was often called his country's unofficial anthem during the final years of apartheid.
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Engineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
There's a lot of discussion in the news at the moment about the safety of children on the internet. Yet the very real physical harm done by cars to children, on a regular basis, rarely gets attention. Echoes of Wimbledon here 😕
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Boy, 2, seriously hurt as car crashes into nursery playground
A 63-year-old woman is arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
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Joserra Senperena @jrsenperena.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
So long, Abdullah Ibrahim.
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jeff @jazyjef.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
RIP Abdullah Ibrahim (1934-2026)
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Abdullah Ibrahim: South Africa jazz legend dies at 91
Ibrahim helped define a genre of South African jazz music in a career that spanned eight decades.
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Graham Lee @glee53.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
They played an absolutely brilliant gig at @listencambridge.bsky.social back in January. You're in for a magical evening!
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Jez @jazzteabeer.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Coming up at The Lescar this Wed 17th June, two brilliant & distinctive musicians, Ruth Goller (electric bass/voice) and Pedro Velasco (guitar/effects); two solo sets, plus a magical duo performance to finish. Doors 8pm, music 8.30pm, £10 or £7 students. Details here: www.jazzatthelescar.com
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SamMosh (she/her) @sammosh.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Hamba Kahle Abdullah Ibrahim. Thank you for the decades of wonderful music!
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Maraba Blue
YouTube video by Abdullah Ibrahim - Topic
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Henning Melber @he-mel.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim crafted a magnificent new culture for South Africa theconversation.com/pianist-abdu...
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Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim crafted a magnificent new culture for South Africa
He embodied a special brand of multiple identities and belief systems, and took them to the world.
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Jeff Golick @jgolick.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
RIP to Abdullah Ibrahim. Here is a fine recent career overview, from the NYRB: archive.ph/0xgN0
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