New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings

15/08/2025

With great pleasure we announce the 9th year of Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music.

Launched 2017, the festival continues to respond to the city’s appetite for a contemporary grass roots jazz festival, presenting an innovative and diverse international line up, celebrating and pushing boundaries that challenge perceptions of jazz and improvised music.

Despite this year working with restricted funding, we’re grateful that with support from our key partners and investors we’re managing to keep the flame alive and still present a high quality programme of some of the finest regional, national and international improvising musicians.

12 concerts featuring 21 Performances and 4 workshops will take place as part of this years festival spread over 7 days.

Along with UK artists we are pleased to welcome Alister Spence and Tony Buck (Australia), Nina Garcia (France), Biliana Voutchkova (Bulgaria), Michael Thieke (Germany), Luigi Marino (Italy).

As ever events take place across a variety of spaces that provide both the opportunity for rich musical performances whilst also celebrating the heritage of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Venues include Jesmond Swimming Pool, Ouseburn Victoria Tunnel, The Cumberland Arms, The Globe, The Literary and Philosophical Society, Newcastle Civic Centre, Gosforth Civic Theatre.

New projects include celebrations of vital African American artists Thelonious Monk (Xhosa Cole), Albert Ayler (Richard Scott’s ‘Ayler in Sweden’), Duke Ellington (Zoë Gilby with Andy Champion) and civil rights writer and activist James Baldwin (Neil Charles ‘The Baldwin Project’)

It’s looking like another fantastic year of events that promise to deliver an exhilarating ride into the world of contemporary jazz and improvisation.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of our lead partners and investors Jazz North East, Jazz.Coop at The Globe, GemArts, James Smith and Chris Calver at The Literary and Philosophical Society, Jesmond Swimming Pool, Ouseburn Trust, Andy Hamilton and British Society of Aesthetics, Paul Bream and Jazz Alert.

- Wesley Stephenson (Artistic Director and Festival Producer)

Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music 2025

Thomas Dixon

Olivia Moore and Adam Fairhall

Archipelago
(Faye MacCalman / John Pope / Christian Alderson)

Nina Garcia

Hannah Marshall

Richard Scott - Ayler in Sweden
(Richard Scott / Faye MacCalman / Graham Hardy / John Pope / Emil Karlsen)

Paul Taylor

Jon Bradley

Xhosa Cole - Freemonk
(Xhosa Cole / Pat Thomas / Josh Vadiveloo / Tim Giles)

Neil Charles - The Baldwin Project
(Cleveland Watkiss / Neil Charles / Pat Thomas / Mark Sanders)

Raymond MacDonald

George Burt

Martin Mayes

Alister Spence and Tony Buck

Biliana Voutchkova / Michael Thieke / Luigi Marino

Faye MacCalman

Finn / Keeble Group
(Abbie Finn / Harry Keeble / Dean Stockdale / Andy Champion)

Zoë Gilby with Andy Champion - The Music of Duke Ellington

Very Special Surprise Guests

TICKETS FOR ALL EVENTS ARE AVAILABLE HERE
https://www.seetickets.com/tour/jazz-north-east

DOWNLOAD THE DIGITAL PROGRAMME AND SCHEDULE BY CLICKING HERE
https://drive.google.com/.../1WU2x96X7OF9IiuhdLJQ.../view...

INDIVIDUAL EVENTS ARE LISTED THROUGH OUR FACEBOOK EVENTS PAGES
Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music

DONATIONS CAN STILL BE RECEIVED THROUGH OUR ‘ALWAYS OPEN’ NEW JAZZ AND IMPROVISED MUSIC CROWDFUNDER BY CLICKING HERE
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/.../new-jazz-and-improvised...

Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music 2025

Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music 2025
New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings

Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music
Jazz North East

18/07/2025

Released TODAY on New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings!
Olivia Moore and Adam Fairhall - Triangles

https://newjazzandimprovisedmusicrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/triangles

Head on over to Bandcamp to pick up a copy or catch Olivia and Adam at their album launch tonight at Unitarian Chapel, Manchester.

Tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/oliviamoore/1699489

Olivia Moore and Adam Fairhall - Triangles

Moore and Fairhall’s debut duo album brings Indian classical music, American folk music and contemporary jazz together in a highly individual manner. The improvisational aspects of the source traditions are used as an opportunity to blend disparate compositional materials and soloing vocabularies in a subtle way, resulting in a distinctive duo idiom that extends the performers’ established artistic voices.

The format of accordion and violin is particularly well suited for this material; Olivia switches between violins depending on whether the material is Indian or Western in origin, and Adam switches between a tradition Stradella accordion (for highly rhythmic, folk-based playing) and a free bass accordion (for more contrapuntal playing). The repertoire is a mixture of original pieces, Appalachian folk tunes and pieces inherited by Olivia from her Indian teacher. All are approached with an overall sense of creative improvisation.

“Nourished by Indian and jazz traditions, but with an elegance that comes from her classical training, Olivia Moore’s violin has an Eastern tang that is genuinely entrancing” – Manchester Evening News
�“A hugely accomplished instrumentalist” – The Wire

“Adam Fairhall is a total star” – Independent on Sunday

This release was made possible with grateful support from Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants.

New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings

Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music
GemArts
Adam Fairhall
Olivia Moore

16/06/2025

We're absolutely delighted to let you know pre-sales are now available for the album ‘Triangles’ by Olivia Moore and Adam Fairhall. https://newjazzandimprovisedmusicrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/triangles

Olivia Moore and Adam Fairhall - Triangles

Moore and Fairhall’s debut duo album brings Indian classical music, American folk music and contemporary jazz together in a highly individual manner. The improvisational aspects of the source traditions are used as an opportunity to blend disparate compositional materials and soloing vocabularies in a subtle way, resulting in a distinctive duo idiom that extends the performers’ established artistic voices.

The format of accordion and violin is particularly well suited for this material; Olivia switches between violins depending on whether the material is Indian or Western in origin, and Adam switches between a tradition Stradella accordion (for highly rhythmic, folk-based playing) and a free bass accordion (for more contrapuntal playing). The repertoire is a mixture of original pieces, Appalachian folk tunes and pieces inherited by Olivia from her Indian teacher. All are approached with an overall sense of creative improvisation.

“Nourished by Indian and jazz traditions, but with an elegance that comes from her classical training, Olivia Moore’s violin has an Eastern tang that is genuinely entrancing” – Manchester Evening News
�“A hugely accomplished instrumentalist” – The Wire

“Adam Fairhall is a total star” – Independent on Sunday

This release was made possible with grateful support from Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants.

New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings

Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music
Adam Fairhall
Olivia Moore

02/05/2025

It’s Bandcamp Friday and we’re delighted to announce the release of Juliana Day - Capillary Cycles EP. This is the 21st release on NEWJAiM Recordings and we’d love it if you could head over to our Bandcamp page and pick up a Download or copy of the CD.

Other previous releases available which are all well worth checking out! CD’s will be shipping early next week, and loads more exciting news to come.

https://julianaday.bandcamp.com/album/capillary-cycles

https://newjazzandimprovisedmusicrecordings.bandcamp.com

Juliana Day - recorders, whistles, vocals and live electronics

Captured live through a loop pedal and effects unit, Capillary Cycles is an improvised, loosely structured work for recorders, voice, and live electronics. Drawing inspiration from the vastness and complexity of sea and desert landscapes, it delves into both the microscopic and the cosmic. The work explores the interplay between the internal and external, reflecting on the rhythms and systems within the body and their connections to the world around us.

Juliana Day’s music uses a haunting combination of the lower family of recorders, whistles, vocalisations, found sounds and field recordings, building up looped layers and ambient, improvised textures. Described as “fascinating and contemplative” (Jazzwise), her music takes influence from choral music, folk music, minimalism and artists such as Tim Hecker, Kali Malone, Steve Reich, Ichiko Aoba, William Basinski and Pauline Oliveros.

This is Juliana Day’s second release with NEWJAiM Recordings

www.julianaday.co.uk

New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings

The New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings project was established during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, offering a creative output for musicians when live performance opportunities were unavailable and encouraging artist independence.

Emphasising sustainability for artists and music studios, the ethos of sustainability also carries through the production process by employing a carbon neutral manufacturing plant and distributors, using recycled and biodegradable materials whenever possible.

The New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings project is brought to you from the director of Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music.

This release was made possible with grateful support from Jazz North New Northern alongside Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants. We also thank Jazz North East and Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music for their support.

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Jazz North


New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings

Jazz North East

Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music

08/04/2025

28/03/2025

Juliana Day - Capillary Cycles (NEWJAiM21)

Hi,

we're absolutely delighted to let you know pre-sales are now available for the ‘Capillary Cycles’ EP by Juliana Day.

Capillary Cycles: https://julianaday.bandcamp.com/album/capillary-cycles

The pre-sale has been launched in tandem with a live appearance at The Cumberland Arms in Newcastle upon Tyne where Juliana will perform in solo and duo formations alongside Manon McCoy on Harp this Friday 28th March.

Tickets: https://www.seetickets.com/event/juliana-day-and-manon-mccoy/the-cumberland-arms/3364931

Capillary Cycles comes on the back of Juliana Day’s last release ‘lull’ which was released alongside the 2024 edition of Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music, and this is the first time NEWJAiM Recordings have made consecutive releases from an artist.

lull: https://julianaday.bandcamp.com/album/lull

The Capillary Cycles EP comes with funding support from Jazz North New Northern to whom we extend our deep thanks.

Thank you as ever for you support for New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings, we hope to see you at the Cumberland Arms tomorrow or else be posting you a disc very soon.

Juliana Day and Manon McCoy
Jazz North


New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings

Jazz North East

Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music

12/03/2025

This is going to be great upstairs at The Cumberland Arms. The brilliant Juliana Day and Manon McCoy. TICKETS: https://www.seetickets.com/event/juliana-day-and-manon-mccoy/the-cumberland-arms/3364931

11/03/2025

There’s just 5 days left for The Globe crowdfunder. Please head over and drop them a few quid to help maintain one of our excellent Newcastle venues supporting music of many persuasions.

The Globe celebrated 10 years as an independent music venue in 2024. It now needs help to restore its finances & equipment for the next ten.

26/10/2024

Thanks to everyone that made it down to the Jazz North East curated From The Glasshouse at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, what a fabulous night of music! Next up we’re back at The Globe on Sunday 3rd November for the excellent Hi Res Heart with Martin Pyne (Drums / Percussion / Vibraphone), Martin Archer (Saxophones and Woodwind), Charlotte Keeffe (Trumpet and Flugelhorn), Michael Bardon (Double Bass)

It’s going to be a good one!

TICKETS: https://www.seetickets.com/event/hi-res-heart-pyne-archer-keeffe-bardon-/the-globe/2987756

22/10/2024

Maria Chiara Argirò and Riccardo Chiaberta this Thursday 24th October at Glasshouse International Centre for Music and it’s PAY AS YOU DECIDE. Been looking forward to seeing this duo live for a long long time. TICKETS: https://theglasshouseicm.org/whats-on/from-the-glasshouse-24-10-24/

Also performing the brilliant JOHN POPE QUINTET and FAYE MACCALMAN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5il1_HFKMxY

Drop of Water out now!Buy/Listen here: https://ffm.to/drop_of_water_Moonfish is:Maria Chiara Argirò - Piano/Synths/ElectronicsRiccardo Chiaberta - Drums/Bass...

20/10/2024

A huge belated thanks to everyone that made it down to this year's Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music, there’s been so much to do after the festival we’ve only just had a chance to start catching up!��

We had an amazing time with so many brilliant performers and exceptional audiences, all the volunteers, staffing and venues were fantastic and we can’t wait for next year with some fantastic artists already lined up to visit.��

There are still some copies of the festival's commissioned interludes music by Juliana Day which has been receiving some great reviews.

��Juliana Day - lull

�You can catch all the festival associated label releases on New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings Over Here: https://newjazzandimprovisedmusicrecordings.bandcamp.com�

Looking forward to the next! ��

Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music gratefully acknowledges Arts Council England and all of our associated funders, partners, venues and friends including Jazz North East, Chris Calver and James Smith at The Literary and Philosophical Society, Paul Bream and Jazz Alert, Andy Hamilton at Durham University, Mark Corcoran-Lettice at Endless Window, Jazz North, Jazz Promotion Network, Jazz Danmark, Andrew Maughan Graphic Design, Ken Drew for the photographs, John Martindale at Blank Studios, Repeater Radio, Northern Silents, Jazz.Coop at The Globe, GemArts, Colin Muirhead at 'Jazz on the Tyne', The Cumberland Arms, Gosforth Civic Theatre, Jesmond Swimming Pool, Newcastle City Council, Cullercoats Brewery, New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings… and more!

17/10/2024

from the album lull