Jez
@jazzteabeer.bsky.social
Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2018 Jazz Promoter of the Year - Jazz at The Lescar. Also Sheffield Jazz & Lancaster Jazz Festival. Pianist, punster, whale detective
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
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.
PopMatters@popmatters.com · 3d agoWhile Lesley Mok has benefited from the spirit of collaboration, this "solo" album presents her unfiltered musical mind on a solitary, deeply enjoyable ride. #PMPick
Enjoying this! New jazz, funk, and other warm percussive grooves from all over, from Sheffield-based Kitchen Radio. www.mixcloud.com/lingasound/
Linga Sound
Linga Sound is on Mixcloud. Listen for free to their radio shows, DJ mix sets and Podcasts
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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
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
Jakob Bro, Brian Blade, Craig Taborn, Chris Cheek, Zeuthen, AC, Larry Grenadier & Marcus Gilmore • 8 August 8 • Loveland Music lovelandcph.bandcamp.com/album/8
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
"The unknown heroes of the street have more talent than some who occupy a privileged place" - @patcamu #globalmuseum #music #Streetmusician
Off to Darfield Library to change my books; local libraries staffed by trained librarians are the heart of every community. Long may they thrive!
www.ticketsource.com/sgct/dylan-f.... This should be a great gig with the brilliant Dylan Fowler, former member of The Ian McMillan Orchestra!
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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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 😎
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.
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
Dollar Brand, Don Cherry, & Carlos Ward • The Third World-Underground (1974) Sept. 11 • WEWANTSOUNDS wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/album/the-th...
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
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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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.
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..! 👨🍳😘
Now Then magazine@nowthenmag.bsky.social · 2mo agoA citizen investor campaign by @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social to buy the building that houses Sheffield-based queer and community arts venue Gut Level has been successful, securing their presence in the city for the long term. ✍️ @sammgreg.bsky.social #OwnOurVenues #Sheffield #GutLevel
Abdullah Ibrahim, quiet giant of the jazz piano, has died at 91. www.npr.org/2026/06/15/8...
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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Rest in Power, maestro Abdullah Ibrahim. Here is a fine NPR Music obit by Martin Johnson.
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.
npr.org
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 😕
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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They played an absolutely brilliant gig at @listencambridge.bsky.social back in January. You're in for a magical evening!
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
Hamba Kahle Abdullah Ibrahim. Thank you for the decades of wonderful music!
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YouTube video by Abdullah Ibrahim - Topic
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Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim crafted a magnificent new culture for South Africa theconversation.com/pianist-abdu...
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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RIP to Abdullah Ibrahim. Here is a fine recent career overview, from the NYRB: archive.ph/0xgN0
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Nate Chinen@natechinen.bsky.social · 2mo agoRest in Power, maestro Abdullah Ibrahim. Here is a fine NPR Music obit by Martin Johnson.
