Please note: Due to COVID-19 restrictions, many clubs have cancelled their gigs. Please check with individual club websites, regardless of the listings currently posted on NJP. Also check to discover online events.
Click here for Jazz Events In The North Today
Arts Council promoter funding – with the recent announcement of Government Funding for the Arts due to Covid19 there are several jazz funding streams promoters could apply for – see this handy guide from JazzNorth.
Invite to Northern Jazz Bands and Musicians
Follow this link: Helping Our Bands And Musicians
Fans of jazz are asked to help our bands and musicians, by buying their CDs and/or single tracks.
If jazz clubs want their gigs or news on the blog, send 350 words and a picture to the editor, Steve Crocker
A Northern Jazz Live summary of what’s happening and what is not! (click the link below)
What’s on and what’s off in the lockdown (and beyond)
Northern Jazz Promoters – the new name for NorVol Jazz
We are now using our new name of Northern Jazz Promoters (NJP) Read more here
Next Northern Jazz Promoter meet up at the Gateshead International Jazz Festival at the Sage is now cancelled, Saturday 21 March 2020. (NJP News)
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Jazz Awards
“I was really pleased to present the award of jazz vocalist of the year to a real favourite in our area, Newcastle’s Zoe Gilby, who is not only a fantastic singer but also does so much to support jazz promoters in the region.” – Steve Crocker (2019 Parliamentary Jazz Awards)
More information on the 2019 awards here
Click here for Jazz Events In The North Today
Education Partnership for jazz promoters
Network members are asked if you would be interested in taking part in the new Education Partnership for jazz promoters and their Music Education Hubs. If so please let Gill Wilde know on
Our Latest News and Developments
The network has approved new objectives to allow membership by all promoters of jazz whether voluntary, pop up, musician led, commercial or public funded. They also approved the new “gold” logo (seen on this front page). The current set of minutes from our Manchester Jazz Festival Meeting on Sat 25 May are attached. Northern Jazz Promoters. The next meet-up (and our AGM) will be at Scarborough Jazz Festival @Scarborough Spa Sat 21 Sept 10 for 10.30am. All welcome.
See our current management group, here.
Emerging Artist Programme
Leeds College of Music, together with NJP (formerly NorVol Jazz) network, organised six jazz groups in an emerging artist programme that took place during April and May 2019. We have agreed to run another programme with the College in April and May 2020. If you would like to book one of these bands – say as a support band, or to fill a gap in your programme in the near future, do get in touch.
See our members here | See our Venues/A-Z of clubs in North | Check Jazz days here
All the latest Northern Jazz Promoters Minutes – click here – See the photo and NorVol banner here
Remember too, that Jazz Festivals run throughout the year! Check our Festivals page.
Changes to our website
We have updated and changed some aspects of the NJP website. Click here for details of the changes.
Current Events:
Jonny Mansfield’s Florilegium – Wakefield Jazz
For our first gig in this new world, we are excited to present a new trio project led by Jonny Mansfield, the multi-award winning vibes player and composer, originally from just down the road in Shelley (Huddersfield).
“A musical vision beyond his years.” – Evan Parker
Jonny Mansfield – vibes/keyboards
Will Barry – piano/keyboards
Boz Martin-Jones – drums
Doors open at 7:00 pm; music starts at 8:30 pm
Tickets: £15 (online from website only)
NISHLA SMITH QUINTET – Jazz Northeast
Due to any Covid-19 announcements, please check event website before attending.
£10 / £8 Concessions
Doors 7:30 pm and music 8 pm
Andrew McCormack: Solo & Trio – Sheffield Jazz
Jason Rebello: piano; Yuri Goloubev: bass; Asaf Sirkis: drums
Jason Rebello is one of the most inventive pianists to emerge from the UK since he burst onto the scene in the early 90’s. Jason has worked mainly with electronic keyboards in his own groups (as well as with Sting and Jeff Beck), but in 2016 he decided it was time to return to the instrument he loves and released his debut solo piano album “Held” which was rated best album in the 2016 British Jazz Awards. His trio gig at the Crucible Studio was one of the highlights of our 2017 programme and we couldn’t wait to bring him back with this brilliant international trio.
Full £15, Over 60s, disabled and unemployed £13, Student with NUS card £8, 15 – 17 year olds £3, Under 15s Free. Because of Covid-19 precautions ENTRY IS BY ADVANCE TICKETS ONLY FROM HERE
Yuri Goloubev Quartet ft. Tim Garland – Sheffield Jazz
Yuri Goloubev’s “Two Chevrons Apart” Quartet
Yuri Goloubev: bass; Tim Garland: sax; John Turville: piano; Asaf Sirkis: drums
Born in Moscow, bassist and composer Yuri Goloubev has made the transition between an acclaimed classical music career and successful jazz performance with unusual fluidity and authority. He has featured on over 100 recordings and is in high demand as a musician internationally. ‘Two Chevrons Apart’ features acclaimed saxophonist Tim Garland and percussionist Asaf Sirkis and a more recent working relationship with pianist John Turville. Goloubev has described the band as a unit of musicians with whom he feels completely comfortable and that, together, they are able to play in a more ‘exploratory’ way. Goloubev’s work draws both from his experience as an improvising jazz musician and from his classical background. The music features strong melodic content and also Goloubev’s mischievous sense of humour, love of wordplay and fondness for comic imagery.
Full £15, Over 60s, disabled and unemployed £13, Student with NUS card £8, 15 – 17 year olds £3, Under 15s Free. Because of Covid-19 precautions ENTRY IS BY ADVANCE TICKETS ONLY FROM HERE
The Harmony Hounds – Jazz in Hornby
Please check before attending
Doors and Bar 7:30 – Music 8 pm
Phone: 015242 22227
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Some clubs use more than one venue. Please check our venues page for details.
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Marius Neset
Jazz North is the development agency for jazz in the North of England funded by Arts Council England.
Their mission is to increase the profile of contemporary jazz in the North by developing opportunities for artists and building audiences through collective partnership working.
