Jakob Bro, Brian Blade, Craig Taborn, Chris Cheek, Zeuthen, AC, Larry Grenadier & Marcus Gilmore • 8 August 8 • Loveland Music lovelandcph.bandcamp.com/album/8
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
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.
RIP Abdullah Ibrahim (sigh) Think we’ll be listening to this tonight youtu.be/1RDbvShzznc?...
Abdullah Ibrahim With Carlos Ward - Live At Sweet Basil Vol. 1. (Full Album)
YouTube video by Germán Betti
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Not to poet-post, but one of the problems of the internet is that it's fuelled a culture in which people "love poetry" but never actually pay for it - consuming fragments posted online instead of immersing themselves in full collections - then being surprised when poets ask to be paid for their work
Abdullah Ibrahim’s “playing rarely relies on force; instead it creates soundscapes of reflection….Now and then he interjects a surprising burst of swing or rumbling bass when the mood strikes him, but for the most part his playing is understated. The overall effect is one of intimacy and reverence.”
Songs of Liberation | Sean Jacobs
In 1960 the writer Bessie Head—yet to publish the novels that would make her a leading figure in South African and Batswana literature—interviewed a young
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Sam Gendel & Sam Wilkes :: Unrelated aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/06/02/s... On their fourth LP together, the West Coast duo trades saxophone and bass for synthesized textures, artificial tones, and strange tropical pulse. A wobbly set that ventures deeper into the Uncanny Valley.
There is no limit to the amount of drilling and sawing that people have to do on quiet Sunday mornings. They must all have limitless books and things to put on the shelves they are putting up.