Beats & Pieces review – a thrilling display of Manchester's jazz verve

Kings Place, LondonLet Spin and Johnny Hunter’s quartet rounded out an Efpi showcase that confirmed the energy of the city’s jazz and improv sceneAs the London jazz festival’s hundreds of gigs ram home every year, the capital remains the UK’s biggest jazz town. That said, Manchester, with its upsurge of young players reinventing everything from Aphex Twin to bebop and big bands, is hot on its heels. Mancunian dance-jazzers GoGo Penguin are signed to the famous US labe...

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