Sebastian writes: With a month to go earlier than jazzahead! 2024, the world’s largest jazz commerce truthful, 11-13 April in Bremen, it’s positively time to be trying ahead.

LJN has been requested to run the UK umbrella stand (*) in celebration of our fifteenth anniversary – and sure, there can be tea and cake at 15.15 on the Friday on the stand. The LJN workforce working the stand can be Nick Brown, Tara Minton and myself. It’s an unbelievable honour to be doing this…

There was a superb response from UK individuals attending – so way over SEVENTY registered – and extra are positively welcome. Simply enroll as a co-exhibitor on stand 6A46, and if you happen to need assistance with the method, please get in contact. The present charges for participation can be found till 27 March.

THE UK IN THE SHOWCASE PROGRAMME

This 12 months there can be three UK acts within the showcase programme

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Whereas final 12 months there was no UK presence within the showcases, this 12 months there are three, all on the Schlachthof venue:

11 April at 6 45 pm Sultan Stevenson Trio (Tomorrow’s Warriors)

12 April at 9 45 pm Matt Carmichael (Inventive Scotland)

13 April 9 30 pm Mama Terra (Inventive Scotland)

THE UK AND CLUBNIGHT

And wherea final 12 months the Clubnight programme had only one act, Duncan Eagles’s Partikel, because the jazzahead press launch outlining the Clubnight states

“The UK could be very a lot again within the fray this 12 months.”

At Tor 40, very near the convention web site, there’s a programme of UK bands co-ordinated by Peter Conway Administration:

8 30 pm Betty Accorsi

9 15 pm Tori Freestone and Alcyona Mick

10pm Ilario Ferrari Trio

10 45 pm Mamma Terra

11 45 Jam Session led by Aaron Liddard

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At 8 15 at Cafe Sand, the positioning of Bremen’s solely sandy seashore, Emma Smith can be making her own-name German debut with Jamie Safir’s trio

Different artists with UK connections:

7pm Miriam Ast at Courtyard by Marriott

8pm INEZA (Kerschkamp) at Neusi’s

LINKS: Sebastian’s report on jazzahead! 2023
Jazzahead web site