On Tuesday 27 May at 6pm, two rarely seen early 1970s jazz and blues documentaries by British filmmaker John Jeremy will screen at the Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds - BLUES LIKE SHOWERS OF RAIN and JAZZ IS OUR RELIGION. Advance tickets hpph.co.uk/films/blues-...

Sharon Gal - Sue Lynch - Yoni Silver trio at The Horse Improvised Music Club, South London, 16 May 2025

A rare chance to see two classic short documentaries on on the big screen - John Jeremy's BLUES LIKE SHOWERS OF RAIN and JAZZ IS OUR RELIGION at Leeds Hyde Park Picture House, 27 May, 6pm - hpph.co.uk/films/blues-...

Tom Mills + Kirke Gross duo, AD LIB improvised music series, Ealing, west London, 5th April 2025

John Butcher - Sound Bureau improvised music series, Streatham Hill, south London, 10 April 2025

Looking forward to screening ALL MY LIFE'S BURIED HERE at Oxford's Ultimate Picture Palace, Sunday 13th April at 3pm + live Q&A with Michael Heaney, who transferred the 1912 Kinora Reels of Butterworth, Cecil Sharp and the Karpeles sisters onto 16mm film. uppcinema.com/show/all-my-...

The documentary 'A BRIGHT NOWHERE - Journeying into Improvisation', reviewed by Paul Gaita in this month's New York City Jazz Record. Full article is at tinyurl.com/ycyvcy5k Stream or download the film via vimeo.com/ondemand/abr...

Jamie Coleman (t) - Martin Pyne (d) - Hannah Marshall (c) AD LIB, Ealing, west London, 1st March 2025

Adam Bohman / Aine O'Dwyer duo, Royal Albert, Deptford, south-east London, 6 February 2025

Noah Ojumu, Gabriele Meirano, Buster Woodruff-Bryant trio performing at AD LIB, Ealing, west London, 1st March 2025

A BRIGHT NOWHERE - the feature length concert documentary on improvised music with great live performances including the last ever show by AMM, plus interviews with Eddie Prévost, John Butcher, Sue Lynch, Ute Kanngießer, Alan Wilkinson and more. Stream or download at: vimeo.com/ondemand/abr...

Adam Bohman, Adrian Northover, Phil Minton and John Edwards, HORSE improvised music club, Blackfriars, south London, 20 February 2025

Julia Brüssel and Colin Webster duo, BRAK, south-east London, 22 February 2025

Third instalment in a series of 60 minute mixes exploring (broadly) what happened to jazz when it left America - compiled 10+ years ago for broadcast on 'The Return of Gagarin', Radio Studio B, Belgrade, Serbia c/o its generous host Zeljko Kerleta (aka 'Mr Cosmic') www.mixcloud.com/SMHajdukiewi...

Eddie Prévost and Signe Emmeluth duo, Cafe OTO, London 17 February 2025

Second in a short series of 60 minute mixes exploring (broadly) what happened to jazz when it left America - compiled 10+ years ago for broadcast on 'The Return of Gagarin', Radio Studio B, Belgrade, Serbia c/o its generous host Zeljko Kerleta aka Mr Cosmic - www.mixcloud.com/SMHajdukiewi...

First in a short series of 1 hour mixes exploring (quite subjectively) what happened to jazz when it left America - compiled 10+ years ago for broadcast on 'The Return of Gagarin', Studio B, Belgrade, Serbia c/o its generous host Zeljko Kerleta of Cosmic Sounds - www.mixcloud.com/SMHajdukiewi...

Daniel Thompson (g), Douglas Benford (w), Neil Metcalfe (fl), Tilly Coulton (fl), Ross Lambert (g) and Caroline Kraabel (s) at AD LIB, Ealing, west London, 1st February 2025

Happy 10th anniversary year to SLOTH RACKET - here's to the next ten. Look out for forthcoming live dates at a venue near you - slothracket.co.uk (photos from Hundred Years Gallery, London, April 2024)

Eddie Prévost - John Edwards - Tom Chant trio set at The Vortex, NE London, 9 January 2025

A BRIGHT NOWHERE, the feature length documentary built around four remarkable concerts of improvised music marking Eddie Prévost's 80th birthday, will have its Scottish premiere at The Old Hairdressers in Glasgow this Saturday 1st February, at 5.30pm. tinyurl.com/49p7fhfx

Glasgow Premiere of 'A BRIGHT NOWHERE - Journeying into Improvisation' at The Old Hairdressers on Saturday 1st February (5.30pm start) before a concert by the Eddie Prévost/Silvan Schmid/Tom Wheatley trio. Free entry to film with concert ticket, or £5/pwyc tinyurl.com/39etbe8y

'A BRIGHT NOWHERE - Journeying into Improvisation' is a feature length documentary based around four concerts with over 30 musicians. Filmed at London's @cafeotodalston.bsky.social on Eddie Prévost's 80th birthday, the film includes AMM's remarkable final live performance: vimeo.com/842160099?sh...

Still available in full for free online, ENORMOUS YES: VIBRACATHEDRAL ORCHESTRA LIVE IN LONDON, filmed 2014 / edited and released 2024. Terrific show by a band who are still playing & still sounding great - incl. 8mm and 16mm film works by Joanna Byrne and Christopher Hall vimeo.com/950519536?sh...

Two 35mm prints from UK filmmaker John Jeremy's personal archive are to be accessioned into the Library of Congress Film Collection. They are the classic short form documentaries BLUES LIKE SHOWERS OF RAIN (1970) + JAZZ IS OUR RELIGION (1971) - johnjeremy.co.uk