Jazz

• Music / Jazz

  Review: Tony Orrell’s Big Top Big Band, FringeJazz@Bristol Music Centre – ‘an amazing modern jazz big band’

  a great tribute to both drummer Tony and departing promoter Jon Taylor

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Andy Hague’s Big 60 Big Band, the Lantern – ‘What fun it was!’

  Hague’s skills as writer and arranger made the musical results hugely enjoyable

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• Music / British jazz

  Beyond the Fringe

  Bristol jazz promoter Jon Taylor is finally moving on

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• Music / Jazz

  Bristol’s month in jazz – December 2025

  The Bristol jazz scene shows no sign of flagging as the year draws to a close

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: Quercus, St George’s – ‘Trio music of the finest quality’

  A performance akin to a series of short but powerful films

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• Music / Reviews

  Review: The Soft Machine, Jam Jar – ‘Much more than mere nostalgia’

  The music seemed equally pleasing to grey heads and younger folk alike

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• Music / new releases

  Acclaimed ‘jazz (not jazz)’ heavyweights release long-awaited new record

  It’s the project’s first release since 2022

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• Music / jazz rock

  The Soft Machine now is the best band I’ve ever been in

  En route to the Jam Jar guitarist John Etheridge reflects on 50 years of being Soft

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