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The festival season may be upon us but the musical streets of Bristol are still paved with jazz (in all its many guises).

After a two year wait a series of excellent Bath Jazz Weekend performances launched the new year with some hopeful sunshine.

After last year's Covid break the all-star line-up for January's Bath Jazz Weekend aims to kickstart the New Year with a serious swing.

Plenty of keyboard action, bags of brass'n'beats nights and a strong sideline in Afro-influenced music alongside a thriving jam session scene

Plenty of classy jazz names on the menu this month, plus a global buffet of world music influences and a fine hotchpotch of improvisation.