What are the key issues facing jazz? What part do you think Jazz Yorkshire should play?
Check out the demoinaday blog for an update on the musicians who have visited Leeds Media Centre studio as part of our Demo in a Day project. Most recent bands have been Colin Byrne's UK Mingus Project and the new Rob Lavers Quartet (featured). www.demoinaday.blogspot.com

The jazz community in York now have an impressive 24 page magazine featuring everything you need to know about their lively scene. Editor Anna Lacy says
"A lot of fantastic jazz is being
created in and around York but
not a lot of
people seem to know about it.
YJS will be an outlet for the
different jazz streams to come
together, and to create a
stronger feeling of community
amongst those who are
enthusiastic about jazz".
Read the first issue online at issuu.com/yorkjazzscene or yorkjazzscene.blogspot.com/2009/03/read-yjs-online.html
Save £3 on the £12 ticket price when you purchase tickets for Jellymould Jazz record label artist Jenni Molloy's Bach Uploaded debut live album recording at the Howard Assembly Room, the new arts venue at Leeds Grand Theatre on Sunday 22nd March at 8pm. Read more.
After nine years the annual September Cleethorpes Jazz Weekend will not be taking place this year. Organisers N.E. Lincolnshire Council have handed the running of the event over to Grimsby Jazz and the North East Lincolnshire Arts Forum. At short notice the new organisers are putting together an alternative jazz weekend 10-12 July at a smaller 250 capacity venue during the month long Arts Forum Festival.
Check out the Wakefield Jazz YouTube website for video clips from recent Friday night gigs. Bands featured: award winning Yorkshire band IDST, Anita Wardell, Jim Mullen, Zoe Gilbey and drum solos from Luke Flowers and Martin Drew. www.youtube.com/wakefieldjazz
The application forms for this year's Voluntary Promoter Award are now available for download from this website. Go to promoters
75 Gigs in July See Weekly Residencies
Pilot scheme to offer professional development to jazz musicians living in Yorkshire and the Humber region.
One-day festival of Youth Jazz at Ripon Grammar School, Sunday 31 January 2010
Did you know that Yorkshire and The Humber has the strongest network of promoters outside London?
Since December 2008 our gig guide has listed 779 bands from 147 promoters To find out more visit:
If you want to find out more about jazz we'd recommend the following sites as a good starting point.
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