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I’ve been in for some very exciting treats yesterday on the second day of this year’s North Sea Jazz Festival. Mostly playing tracks from his beautiful LP “An Ever Changing View”, Manchester-based trumpeter, composer, producer and label owner Matthew Halsall and his 7-piece band opened the proceedings on the Darling stage. This whole show more…
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