Our weekly companion to the Wednesday Breakfast Headlines email newsletter
A reward which listeners to the Guardian’s “Best Albums of 2025 So Far” playlist probably weren’t expecting: the first 18 minutes are from Yazz Ahmed – read more
Mark Davyd has written an important piece: “Agent of Change: How a Planning Clause Became a Gig-Saving Anthem – What if we stopped blaming venues for being noisy and started planning like adults?” – read more
Far Out Magazine has a feature on “Jazz is My Religion” from 1972, calling it “one of the greatest music documentaries to ever grace the silver screen.” – read more
Lance Liddle reviewed “Michael Arbenz meets Andy Sheppard – From Bach to Ellington – Live” – read more
Paul Acquaro of the Free Jazz Blog asked Ivo Perelman to consider the sixty-eight albums (sic!!) he recorded for Leo Records and which are about to be made available digitally, and pick those he sees as most significant to him – read more
Stephen Graham picked a forthcoming album, Iris, on Criss Cross from drummer Vladimir Kostadinovic (with Ben Wendel, Alex Sipiagin, Joe Locke, Geoffrey Keezer, Matt Brewer and Chris Potter) as his album of the week – read more
Ethan Iverson continues to eulogise Al Foster (RIP) on his Transitional Technology Substack, writing a fourth piece on the great drummer since his death last month – read more
The New York Times continues its ‘5 Minutes That Will Make You Love…’ series with a spotlight on Ella Fitzgerald – read more
Mike Hobart reviewed Brandee Younger’s new album, Gadabout Season, in the Financial Times – read more
Wednesday 11 June – Fraser Urquhart Scottish Connection are at the 606. This gig will inevitably be a homage to Brian Kellock, who was originally booked for this date
Wednesday 11 June – Carshalton Jazz presents the Derek Nash (sax) acoustic quartet at Cryer Arts, Carshalton High Street SM5 3BB
Wednesday 11 June – Tim Whitehead and Tony Woods Quintet are at Guildford Jazz
Wednesday 11 June – Bedford Park Festival at St Michael and All Angels, W4 Gwilym Simcock piano & Jonny Mansfield vibraphone
Wednesday 11 June – Biscoe/Moore/Turner at the Vortex with the Jam String Collective downstairs
Wednesday 11 June, David Marino, Ava Nicole Frances and Scarlett Lee are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Wednesday 11 June – The Bourbon Set ft. Stuart Barker Trio is at Piano Bar Soho
Thursday 12 June Jacqui Dankworth, Windmills Album, Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho
Thursday 12 June – A Night in Havana is at Piano Bar Soho
Thursday 12 June – Iain Mackenzie is at The Drawing Room at Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle St, W1
Thursday 12 June – Ted Morcaldi’s Celestial Strangers are at the Vortex
Thursday 12 June – Lester Brown on trumpet with Mark Aston on reeds are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday 12 June – Brass & Bad Behaviour with Andy Davies is at Alfie’s Soho
Thursday 12 June, Gustaf, Frederick and Isabel are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Thursday 12 June – Mark Kavuma – trumpet, Ruben Fox – tenor saxophone, Simon Purcell – piano, Amy Baldwin – bass, Mark Taylor – drums are at the Karamel 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ
Thursday 12 June – Jo Fooks – tenor sax, John Pearce – piano, Andy Cleyndert – bass, Bobby Worth drums are at Spine’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 12 June – Fini Bearman Quartet are at the SoundCellar at The Grasshopper 139 – 141 Bournemouth Rd, Poole
Thursday 12 June – WestSideJazz – Come join us for a night of mellow jazz and good vibes at Pizza House, Pitshanger Lane Ealing, W5 1QX
Thursday 12 June- Art Themen, with Pete Whittaker and Dave Ohm at Hygh and Marion’s, Eltham Warren Golf Club, Bexley Road, SE9 2PE
Thursday 12 June – Winston Clifford is at the 606
Friday 13 June 7pm – 8.15pm – The Evacuee Story – A 1940’s Jazz Celebration with the Chris Eldred Trio at the Quaker Meeting House in Hertford
Friday 13 June – Ute Lemper is at Cadogan Hall
Friday 13 June – Eleonora Claps Quartet: Women in Love are at Jazz Cafe Posk, Hammersmith
Friday 13 June – Larry Bartley / Bruno Heinen and Winston Clifford are at the Vortex
Friday 13 June – Gatsby’s Whiskey & Rouge with Kitty LaRoar is at Piano Bar Soho
Friday 13 June – The Crooner’s Club ft. Richard Hadfield is at Alfie’s Soho
Saturday 14 June – The Speakeasy Set ft. Harry Ashworth Trio is at Piano Bar Soho
Saturday 14 June – Uptown Affairs ft. Louise Messenger is at Alfie’s Soho
Saturday 14 June – Tom Smith is at the 606
Saturday 14 June – Elani Duni and Rob Luft are at the Vortex
Saturday 14 June – Testament are at All Saints Church , Church Avenue , Highams Park, London E4 9QZ
Saturday 14 June – Stefania Arcieri meets Steve Fishwick and Bruno Heinen are at Jazz Cafe Posk, Hammersmith
Saturday 14 June 8pm – The Blue Room at The Lawn, Lincoln LN1 3BU. Fini Bearman/Tom Cawley Quartet.Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Fini Bearman joins Lincoln’s own Tom Cawley. Original songs, unexpected standards and a little magic
Saturday 14 June – Frances Madden is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Saturday 14 June – Asa Martinson: Debut Single Release + Album Preview is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
Sunday 15 June – Simon Spillett All Star Quartet are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon at lunchtime
Sunday 15 June – the 606 have Fleur Stevenson at lunchtime , Claire Martin in the evening
Monday 16 June – Elijah Jeffery (vcl) with Eddie Gripper at Bexley Jazz Club, The King’s Head PH, Bexley Village, DA5 1AA
Monday 16 June – Teena Lyle is at the 606
Monday 16 June – Martin Pyne back is in Guildford for the Lunchtime Jazz at the Guildford Institute, with his trio, Small Blue, which also features the wonderful pianist David Beebee
Monday 16 June – Piaf Remembered at The Phoenix Arts Club , One Phoenix Street , WC2H 8BU
Monday 16 June – George Garford’s Ideasthesia are at the Bull and Gate in Kentish Town
Tuesday 17 June lunchtime – Nigel Price and Ashley John Long celebrate the work of Joe Pass and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersonz at Cadogan Hall
Tuesday 17 June – East Side Jazz Club, Leytonstone ex-Servicemen’s Club, 2 Harvey Rd, London E11 3DB – The Pocket Ellington, a seven-piece celebration of the Ellington repertoire play this prestigious out-of-town jazz spot with Alan Barnes (reeds), Tony Kofi (tenor) – (above)
Tuesday 17 June – Dan Reinstein is at the 606
Tuesday 17 June – Artie Zaitz Quartet – Groovin’ with Grant Green at The Drawing Room at Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle St, W1
Tuesday 17 June – Nir Felder Trio are at the Vortex
Tuesday 17 June – iG4 featuring Claire Martin, Nikki Iles, Karen Sharp, Ewan Hastie are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 17 June – Mick Foster – tenor sax, Dominic Ashworth – guitar, Dave Manington – bass, Tristan Maillot – drums are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Tuesday 17 June – Charlotte Glasson Trio at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Wednesday 18 June – David Preston’s MU Quartet are at the 606
Wednesday 18 June – Alan Barnes, Andy Clyndert and Paul Edis the Wheatsheaf Pub, Tooting Bec
Wednesday 18 June – Pizza Express, Dean Street, Soho London W1: Coltrane and Hartman on Impulse! feat. Denys Baptiste and Marvin Muoneké
Wednesday 18 June – Vortex have May Tomorrow Be Delayed downstairs Tomorrows Warriors upstairs
Thursday 19 June – Alina Bzhezhinska and Tony Kofi are at Hidden Rooms, 7b Jesus Lane, CB5 8BA
Thursday 19 June – Wild Card are at the 606
Thursday 19 June yonglee & the DOLTANG are at Ronnie Scott’s Club
Thursday 19 June – Pete Rudeforth on trumpet with Martin Dunston on sax are at the Hedsor Jazz Club, at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday 19 June – Helena Debono is at The Drawing Room at Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle St, W1
Thursday 19 June – Finn Genockey Quartet are at the Vortex
Thursday 19 June – Jacqui Hicks & Funk Affinity: Shakatak vocalist Jacqui Hicks: Featuring some of the UK’s finest jazz musicians including Chris Eldred, keys, Dave Jones, bass, Mark Ridout, gtr, Tristan Mailliot, drms & Demi Garcia Sabat, perc over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV, W4
Thursday 19 June – Soho Jazz Jam ft Andy Davies is at Alfie’s Soho is at Alfie’s Soho
Thursday 19 June – Andrea Rinciari / Mark Taylor Quartet are at the Karamel 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ
Thursday 19 June – Charles Rothwell & Jacob Wilson with “The New York Project” at The Jazz Sanctuary, Turks Head, Twickenham, TW1 1LF
Friday 20 June – Arran Kent Trio is at Piano Bar Soho
Friday 20 June – Johnny Woodham Quartet is at Alfie’s Soho
Friday 20 June – Gary Willcox Quartet – Turk’s Head
Friday 20 June – Nick Costley-White album launch at the Vortex
Friday 20 June – Jazz in the Gardens: Ant Law & Brigitte Beraha: Ensconced is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
Friday 20 June 2:30pm – Kai Hoffman Quartet, MIMS, United Church, Mortimer St Herne Bay
Friday 20 June – IMPERIAL COLLEGE BIG BAND are at Jazz Cafe Posk, Hammersmith
Saturday 21 – Monkin’ Around Quartet are at Jazz Cafe Posk, Hammersmith
Saturday 21 June – Danny Piers Trio is at Piano Bar Soho
Saturday 21 June – Ineza Jazz Quartet is at Alfie’s Soho
Saturday 21 June – Zoe Rahman is at the Vortex
Saturday 21 June, Gary Crosby is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Saturday 21 June – Celebrating Sammy Davis, Jr. with the 30-piece Down for the Count Swing Orchestra at Cadogan Hall
Sunday 22 June – Tough Tenors Quartet – Brandon Allen and Alex Garnett – are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon at lunchtime
Sunday 22 June Teddington Riverside Jazz Festival, headliner is Liane Carroll
Sunday 22 June 5pm – Duncan Eagles (above) is at All Saints Church , Church Avenue , Highams Park, London E4 9QZ
Sunday 22 June 5.00 pm Surrey County Youth Jazz Orchestra, M.D. John Whelan at Imber Court KT8 0BT. £12
Sunday June 22 – Midsummer Jazz at Loseley Park , Guildford
Sunday June 22 – 59 DeVille & WestSideJazz on the Lunchtime Session: Double bill of jazz & blues from two of the best new outfits on the circuit – from Bebop to blues, from swing to Latin over in the Jazz Room at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, SW13
Sunday 22 June – Nir Felder Trio are at the SoundCellar at The Grasshopper 139 – 141 Bournemouth Rd, Poole
Monday 23 June – A Love Supreme at the Jazz Cafe
Monday 23 June – Matt Anderson Quartet are at the Bull and Gate in Kentish Town
Monday 23 June – Austrian Exchange at the Vortex with violinist Cozy Friedel and pianist Martin Listabarth as well as the duo of cellist Shirley Smart and pianist Robert Mitchell.
Tuesday 24 June lunchtime – Donovan Haffner Trio at Cadogan Hall
Tuesday 24 June – East Side Jazz Club, Leytonstone ex-Servicemen’s Club, 2 Harvey Rd, London E11 3DB – Esben Tjalve’s Red Kite led by Danish pianist Esben Tjalve and features bassist Jasper Høiby, guitarist Hannes Riepler, trumpeter Fulvio Sigurta, and drummer Marc Michel
Tuesday 24 June – James Allsopp Quartet plays Stan Getz are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1N
Tuesday 24 June – Sam Braysher is at the 606
Tuesday 24 June – Michelle John is at the Jazz Cafe in Camden
Tuesday 24 June – Nat Steele – “Bags Groove” Spirit of Milt Jackson at The Drawing Room at Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle St, W1
Tuesday 24 June – Jason Henson Trio at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Wednesday 25 June – Splash Point Jazz Club, Eastbourne have drummer Clark Tracey’s Jazz Champions feat. Art Themen (sax), Simon Allen (sax), Dave Newton (keys) and Andy Cleyndert (bass) at the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA
Wednesday 25 June – Fredie Benedict is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Wednesday 25 June – Steve Nicholls Quintet are at the Vortex
Wednesday 25 June – Mike De Souza Quintet with Emma Rawicz are at the 606
Thursday 26 June lunchtime – Gypsy Dreamers are at Cadogan Hall
Thursday 26 June – Royal Academy Improvs Group are at the Vortex
Thursday 26 June – Jim Mullen is at the 606
Thursday 26 June – Georgia Cécile is at The Drawing Room at Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle St, W1
Thursday 26 June – The Katriona Taylor Quartet “A Latin Affair”: Outstanding vocalist Katriona Taylor presents hot Latin jazz grooves from Bossa Nova to Salsa, Rhumba & Latin funk along with the celebrated Latin pianist John Crawford, noted bassist Paul Michael, acclaimed saxophonist Vasilis Xenopoulos and top drummer Chris Nickolls over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV, W4
Thursday 26 June – 51st State Band and 51st State Big Band is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
Thursday 26 June – Richard Pite – drums,- Chinara – violin, Gunther Kurmayr – piano, Jerome Davies – bass are at Spine’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 26 June – Nick Costley-White Quartet feat Julian Siegel are at the SoundCellar at The Grasshopper 139 – 141 Bournemouth Rd, Poole
Thursday 26 June – A Night in Havana is at Piano Bar Soho
Thursday 26 June- Frank Walden on sax with Lester Brown on trumpet are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday 26 June – Soho Jazz Jam: Vocal Edition is at Alfie’s Soho
Friday 27 June – James Browne Trio is at Piano Bar Soho
Friday 27 June – Camille Rose Quartet is at Alfie’s Soho
Friday 27 June – Mark Lockheart / Huw V Williams / Jay Davis are at the Vortex
Friday 27 June – The Complete Mingus Ah Um – Jazz Cafe Posk, Hammersmith
Friday 27 June – Sexteto Cafe is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Friday 27 June – Jazz in the Gardens: Tammy Weis Sings Fernando Pessoa is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
Friday 27 June – Celebrating Sammy Davis, Jr. with the 30-piece Down for the Count Swing Orchestra at Cambridge – West Road Concert Hall
Friday June 27th June – Swing’s the Thing! at Cranleigh Arts Centre
Friday 27 June – Matt Wates Sextet at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, Chichester. PO19 1SY
Saturday 28 June 2pm – Al Nicholls – tenor sax, Paul Eldridge – piano, Sandy Brown – bass, Rod Brown – piano are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club at The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend, Essex SS2 6EX2
Saturday 28 June: Kirsty King (above) and her Quartet: A Summer’s Refrain are at Jazz Cafe Posk, Hammersmith
Saturday 28 June – Olly Mux Trio is at Piano Bar Soho
Saturday 28 June – Trumpet Legends ft Andy Davies is at Alfie’s Soho
Sunday 29 June – Jonathan Gee Quartet featuring Denys Baptiste are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon at lunchtime
Sunday 29 June 12:30pm – The Graeme Culham Quintet with Richard Exall at Upwell Jazz Club – Christchurch Community Centre, Cambs. PE14 9LL
Sunday 29 June John Altman, ‘The Hidden Man’, Big Band, Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho
Sunday 29 June 5pm – Georgia Mancio is at Horsebridge Arts Centre, Whitstable
Sunday 29 June – Gary Willcox is at the Turk’s Head Twickenham
Sunday 29 June – Jazz On The Plaza feat. Jay Azzolina on guitar with Terence Collie on piano. Cafe Yukari, Kew
Sunday 29 June – Frank Griffith, Steve Berry, Andrzej Baranek are at Lancaster Jazz. Gregson Centre, Lancaster
Monday 30 June – Harben Kay Quartet are at the Bull and Gate in Kentish Town
Monday 30 June- Basil Hodge Quartet with Riley Stone Lonergan (sax) and Winston Clifford at Bexley Jazz Club, The King’s Head PH, Bexley Village, DA5 1AA
Monday 30 June – Mark Kavuma Quartet, John Edwards & Jamie Pye are at Jazz in the Round at the Cockpit Theatre
Tuesday 1 July – Alasdair Penington Quintet are at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone
Tuesday 1 July – Leon Greening Trio are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 1 July – Alan Barnes saxes, John Pearce piano, Andy Cleyndert bass, Matt Fishwick drums are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Tuesday 01 July – Kaidi Akinnibi ‘Like In Dreams’ Album Launch is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
Tuesday 1 July in NYC: Tessa Souter, Shadows and Silence, The Erik Satie Project, CD release party, Joe’s Pub
Wednesday 2 July – Sacha Harlan’s Contexture at The Jazz Sanctuary, Turks Head, Twickenham, TW1 1LF
Thursday 3 July lunchtime – Mark Crooks Organ Trio are at Cadogan Hall
Thursday 3 July – The Ted Beament Trio are at Spine’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Friday 4 July – Jazz in the Gardens: Julian Joseph Trio is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
Friday 4 July – Yolanda Brown, Lincoln Jazz Festival, TheNave, Lincoln Cathedral 7.30-9.45pm
Saturday 5 July – Lincoln Cathedral Chapter House, The Heavy Beat Brass Band, Sounds Easy Big Band Liane Carroll, Edgar Macias Quintet Plays Buena Vista Social Club, Steely Jazz.
Sunday 6 July – Lincoln Cathedral Chapter House, Tommy Smith & Peter Johnstone, Matt Ratcliffe’s Unity Quintet, Electric Gumbo, Dave O’Higgins Biggish Band.
Sunday 6 July – Vasilis Xenopoulos Quartet are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon at lunchtime
Tuesday 8 July – Larry Bartley / Bruno Heinen / Winston Clifford are at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone
Tuesday 8 July lunchtime – Peggy’s Got the Blues with Catherine Lima are at Cadogan Hall
Tuesday 8 July – Greg Abate tenor sax, John Pearce piano, Andy Cleyndert bass, Alfonso Vitale drums are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Tuesday 8 July – Peter Johnstone International Organ Quartet featuring Joe Locke & Tommy Smith are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ.
Wednesday 9 July – Tom Ridout’s UFO (Unidentified Folk Outfit) “First Contact” Album Launch featuring Tom Ridout (recorders/electric recorder), Flo Moore (bass) and Rod Oughton (drums) at The Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillet Square, London N6
Thursday 10 July – AYRA – Janette Mason & Juliet Roberts @ Crazy Coqs
Thursday 10 July – Greg Abate tenor sax, John Pearce piano, Julian Bury bass, Alfonso Vitale drums are at Spine’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 10 July – “The Wonder of Stevie” at The Jazz Sanctuary, Turks Head, Twickenham, TW1 1LF
Friday 11 July – Lilybud @ Smithfield Piano
Friday 11 July – Jazz in the Gardens: Gabrielle Stravelli Quartet is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
Friday 11 July to Sunday 13 July is the Swanage Jazz Festival. Among the bands on Saturday is Hejira with Hattie Whitehead
Sunday 13 July – The Ridout Brothers Quartet (afternoon) featuring Tom Ridout (saxophones), Lester Ridout (drums), Harry Ashworth (piano) and Arnie Somogyi (bass) at Dawkes Music, Reform Rd, Maidenhead SL6 8BT
Monday 14 July – Splash Point Jazz Club, Seaford have Duncan Hemstock (clarinet) with Neal Richardson (pno/vox) Trio feat. George Trebar (dbl bass) and Mez Clough (drums)
at The View at Seaford Head Golf Club BN25 4JS
Monday 14 July – Alex Hitchcock Quartet are at Pizza Express Soho
Tuesday 15 July – Cover to Cover present Kind of Blue at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone
Tuesday 15 July lunchtime – George Washingmachine Quartet are at Cadogan Hall
Tuesday 15 July – Pete Long & Gareth Lockrane Quintet are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 15 July – Jo Fooks tenor sax, John Pearce piano, Marianne Windham bass, Buster Birch drums are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Thursday 17 July lunchtime – Michael Sutton Trio are at Cadogan Hall
Saturday 19 July – Thokozile + Bossa Definitiva Trio are at SoundCellar at Sandy Hill Arts Sandy Hill Lane, Corfe Castle, Dorset, United Kingdom
Saturday 21 July Lee Ritenour, Band on the Wall, Manchester
Sunday 20 July 6.30 pm – Art Themen Organ Trio with Pete Whittaker & George Double at Imber Court KT8 0BT
Tuesday 22 – Sunday 27 July Sligo Jazz Festival, Ireland
Tuesday 22 July lunchtime – Georgia Mancio Quartet are at Cadogan Hall
Tuesday 22 July – Alcyona Mick / Tori Freestone Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone
Tuesday 22 July – Yuri Goloubev Trio featuring Simone Locarni are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 22 July -Sarah Moule (above) and the Simon Wallace Trioare at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Wednesday 23 July – Boisdale Canary Wharf, Cabot Square, Canary Wharf E14 4QT: The Pocket Ellington with special guest Marvin Muoneké
Thursday 24 July lunchtime – Emily Masser and Alex Clarke are at Cadogan Hall
Thursday 24 July – Kurt Rosenwinkel and Gerald Clayton are at the Jazz Cafe
Thursday 24 July – Alex Garnett Quartet are at Spine’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Friday 25 July – Tony KInsey Memorial Concert – The Exchange -Twickenham
Saturday 26 July 2pm – Greg Abate tenor saxophone, John Pearce piano, Lorenzo Morabito bass, Alfonso Vitale drums are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club at The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend, Essex SS2 6EX2
Saturday 26 July – Rob Luft (guitar) and Rebecka Edlund (voice) Cambridge Unitarian Church, 5 Emmanuel Road, CB1 1JW
Sunday 27 July – Tim Whitehead is at the Turk’s Head Twickenham
Tuesday 29 July lunchtime – Monkin Around with Dave O’Higgins are at Cadogan Hall
Tuesday 29 July – Soultime with Leon Greening and Steve Fishwick are at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone
Tuesday 29 July – Clark Tracey’s Jazz Champions are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ.
Wednesday 30 July – Boisdale Canary Wharf, Cabot Square, Canary Wharf E14 4QT: Riketté Genesis and Alex Webb present ‘Billie Holiday at Carnegie Hall’
Wednesday 30 July – Splash Point Jazz Club, Eastbourne have “When Peggy met Ella” feat. Shireen Francis (vox) and Sarah Moule (vox) with Simon Wallace (keys) and Paul Whitten (bass). At the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA
Thursday 31 July lunchtime – Paul Higgs presents Jeepers Creepers are at Cadogan Hall
Sunday 10 August 6.30 pm – Soul Time – Remembering Bobby Timmons with Leon Greening, Matyas Hofecker, Matt Home, Steve Fishwick at Imber Court KT8 0BT
4 October Diana Krall, Birmingham Symphony Hall
6 October Diana Krall, Brighton Centre
2) Live Streamed Timed Events – Listed in time order.
Thursday 12 June – Fini Bearman Quartet are streaming from SoundCellar in Poole https://soundcellar.org/events/
Friday 13 June – Emmet Cohen is streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/
Monday 16 June 4am GMT – Tiny Room Studios weekly jam from LA . Can be viewed subsequently https://youtube.com/@therecordingclubsantamonica
Sunday 22 June – Nir Felder Trio are streaming from SoundCellar in Poole https://soundcellar.org/events/
Wednesday 25 June – radio.string.quartet ‘Les couleurs du feu’ are at Vienna’s Porgy & Bess https://www.porgy.at/events/2025/6/
Thursday 26 June Gareth Williams (jazz piano/vocals) Dave Green (bass) https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-001.shtml
Thursday 26 June – Nick Costley-White Quartet feat Julian Siegel are streaming from SoundCellar in Poole https://soundcellar.org/events/
Thursday 10 July Henry Tozer (jazz piano and vocals) – https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-001.shtml
Saturday 19 July – Thokozile + Bossa Definitiva Trio are streaming from SoundCellar in Corfe Castle https://soundcellar.org/events/
3) Residencies
Every third Sunday of each month at 7pm at the Queen’s Head, Denman Street, Jake Goss and friends
Every Monday at Off The Cuff , Railton Road, Herne Hill, London, at 8.30 Roger Humbles Quartet followed at 9.30 by a jam.
Every Tuesday – Silver Bullet Jazz Jam at The Night Owl in Finsbury Park with Bukky Leo
Every Tuesday – Alec Harper Quartet are at Eastcheap Records 20 Eastcheap, London, EC3M 1EB
Every Wednesday at The Plough 381 Lordship Lane SE22 8JJ starting at 8.30 p.m. a jam session. Resident piano trio. Bring your horns along and play from 8.30 p.m.
Every Thursday , Friday and Saturday Leo Green hosts shows at the Middle Eight bar WC2B 5BX
Every Thursday at The Great North Wood, 3 Knight Hill, Norwood, London, at 8.30 Roger Humbles Quartet followed at 9.30 by a jam.
Every second Sunday of each month at 1.30pm Equinox are at Map Studio in Kentish Town
Every Sunday 6.30-8.30 Ollie Usiskin Quartet at The Priory Tavern 250 Belsize road north maida vale kilburn london NW6 4BT
Tuesday , Wednesday and Thursday 3pm-7pm Neal Richardson plays at Afternoon Tea Jazz in The Drawing Room Raffles Hotel at the OWO, 57 Whitehall,
3) NOT TIMED
Emmet Cohen has still got a weekly stream going on Monday nights from his place https://www.facebook.com/heyemmet/?hc_location=ufi
Smalls in New York are streaming every night and if you sign up you get access to their archive https://www.smallslive.com/
Sands Film Studios concerts from the EFG London Jazz Festival are still available – https://sandsfilms.co.uk/music-room-past-streams-watch-now.html
The weekly jam at Tiny Room’ Studio in Los Angeles, with all kinds of local luminaries showing up, has a live stream every Monday at 8pm PST / 4am GMT . Previous sessions are on Youtube at : https://www.youtube.com/@TinyRoom/streams
4) Radio etc
Alan Musson’s ‘Jazz Kaleidoscope’ airs on Sanctuary Radio on Sunday nights 8-9pm and from 15 December will be extended to two hours 7-9pm. https://www.sanctuaryradio.co.uk
Explore the World of Jazz with Al Giddings on White Horse Radio every Tuesday evening at 9pm, with classic tracks, unexpected gems and jazz you didn’t know you liked until you heard it. www.whitehorseradio.net
On each Tuesday in November, the Cinema Club at Sands Film Studios 82 Marychurch St SE16 4HZ will screen documentaries on the theme of Jazz in Europe
Frank Griffith – “The Jazz Cavern†Thursdays at 9PM. Repeats at 6PM Sunday www.mykindamusic24.com
Liverpool Community Radio – “The Jazz Cavern†106.7 FM. www.l-c-r.co.uk Airs on weekly Fridays-2PM, Saturdays- 4PM, Tuesdays- 4PM
The European Jazz Hour with Peter Slavid – https://www.mixcloud.com/ukjazz/ or on hayesfm 91.8 FM
Wednesdays at 10pm on Radio Deal – Jazz on the Beach with Adam Sieff https://www.dealradio.co.uk/shows/jazz-on-the-beach
5) Courses etc
The Jazz Singer’s Workshop – 606 Club November 23rd 10am-4pm
LightSounds Audiovisual Art Festival and workshops 23-24.11.2024 at The Stage, Richmix, 35-37 Bethnal Green Road, E1 6LA London
26-29 July – GMF Valencia Jazz Workshop https://www.gmfjazzsummit.com/gmf-valencia-jazz-workshop-2025-eng
14-20 August – GMF Tuscany Jazz Workshop, Certaldo, Italy
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