Our weekly companion to the Wednesday Breakfast Headlines email newsletter
Annie Yanbékian collected a series of tributes from friends and peers to the late French guitarist Sylvian Luc ahead of last weekend’s tribute concert in Paris (in French) – read more
Richard Williams has written the Guardian obituary of Howard Riley – read more
BBC Norfolk, with a picture of Jasmine Myra…. says “Jazz festival returns after 20-year hiatus” – read more
“After the fires”. California-born Morgan Enos interviewed Gerald Clayton for JazzTimes – read more
Joe Labarbera, Eliot Zigmund and Ed Soph (past drummers for Bill Evans) talk to Adam Nussbaum and Michael Vosbein of Drummer Nation about working with the great pianist’s trio – watch
John Fordham’s obituary of bassist Barre Phillips (RIP) was in the print edition of the Guardian (excerpt shared by Richard Williams on X) – read more
…and Xhosa Cole’s Thelonious Monk tribute, On a Modern Genius (Vol. 1), was John Fordham’s ‘Jazz Album of the Month’ in the Guardian (also mentioned are Misha Mullov-Abbado, Norwegian piano trio In the Country and Julia Hülsmann) – read more
…also in the Guardian, John Lewis reveals why Keith Jarrett shunned two new films about his Köln Concert recording – read more
Monica Getz, the late wife of Stan Getz, is remembered in the New York Times (£-walled) – read more
Ethan Iverson’s latest Substack covers Matchbooks shared by Adam Nussbaum from jazz clubs of yore and many other subjects – read more
Ammar Kalia reviewed MYT, a new album by the Berlin-based Moses Yoofee Trio, in the Observer – read more
Fife Today previewed saxophonist Helena Kay’s Edinburgh concert series at Queen’s Hall – read more
Wednesday 12 February – Glasshopper with Jonathan Chung , James Kitchman and Corrie Dick are at the Vortex
Wednesday 12 February – Jason Rebello is at the 606
Wednesday 12 February – Carshalton Jazz presents Ian Shaw and his ‘An Adventurous Dream’ project, celebrating the music of Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington. With Iain Ballamy (sax), Dave Green (bass) and Barry Green (drums). 7.30, Cryer Arts, Carshalton, SM5 3BB
Wednesday 12 February, 7.30pm – Guildhall Improvisers’ Workshop at Milton Court Concert Hall
Wednesday 12th February – Chris Davis Quartet presents music by Wes Montgomery at Ryans Bar 181 Stoke Newington Church Street , N16 0UL
Thursday 13 February – Sarah Moule & Simon Wallace “Songs For Scarlet Women” unique jazz cabaret celebrating the ‘femmes fatale’ over the centuries in the Boston Room over at George IV, Chiswick W4
Thursday 13 February – Come join us for a night of mellow jazz and good vibes with WestSideJazz at Pizza House, Pitshanger Lane Ealing, W5 1QX
Thursday 13 February- 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 13 February – Tori Freestone has a birthday gig at the Vortex
Thursday 13 February – Dave O’Higgins is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 13 February – Derek Nash, Dave Newton, Geoff Gascoyne, Sebastiaan de Krom are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 13t February – at Arts Depot, 5 Nether Street, Tally Ho Corner, North Finchley, London N12 0GA its Ineza & ‘Women’s Words, Sisters’ Stories’
Thursday 13 February – Shez Raja is with Guthrie Govan at the 606
Thursday 13 February – Jim Rattigan is at Karamel in Wood Green
Thursday 13 February – JWS Big Band are at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
Thursday 13 February – Pete Kelly and Paul Stead are at Ristorante Sorrento, 34 Heath Rd, Twickenham
Thursday 13 February – Julian Costello with Sam Leak, Andy Hamill and Dave Ohm, Eltham Jazz Club @ Eltham Warren Golf Club, Bexley Road, London SE9 2PE
Thursday 13 February – Christine Tobin with Phil Robson & Dave Whitford at Newhampton Arts Centre – NAC Dunkley Street Wolverhampton WV1 4AN
Friday 14 February – Valentine’s Night at the Vortex with Heidi Vogel , Bruno Heinen and James Kitchman
Friday 14 February – AMY LIVES! With a Valentine twist! Celebrating the Music of Amy Winehouse featuring Original Members of Amy Winehouse Band at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Friday 14 February, 7.30pm – Guildhall Jazz Orchestra & Choir: Emboldened are at Milton Court Concert Hall
Friday 14 February – Jazz@TheAlex in Faversham, Kent, presents Valentine’s Day jazz with “Threeway at 20”. Steve Waterman on trumpet, Ben Crosland on bass, and Steve Lodder on keyboards plus John Etheridge and Kim Collman
Friday 14 February – Dele Sosimi is at the Boileroom Guildford
Friday 14 February – Valentine’s Night with Louise Balkwill at the 606
Saturday 15 February – El Chamuyo Tango-Jazz Quartet feat. Kamila Bydlowska at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 15 February – Rachel Sutton is at the 606
Saturday 15 February – A Hologram Maze are at the Vortex with a late from Alcyona Mick
Saturday 15 February – Christine Tobin – A Thousand Kisses Deep at Crazy Coqs at Brasserie Zedel 20 Sherwood Street London W1F 7ED
Saturday 15 February – Sam Braysher featuring Annie Majin: Kurt Weill and the American Songbook are at The Blue Room at The Lawn, Lincoln LN1 3BU.
Sunday 16 February lunchtime – Fraser Smith Quartet featuring Jim Mullen are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 16 February, 1pm: Terence Collie ‘Elements’ Alban Launch with Terence Collie – piano, Nick Lenner-Webster – bass, Ted Carrasco – drums, The London String Group Trio & Jim Trimmer – Reader are at Pizza Express Live, Dean Street
Sunday 16 February – Kate Williams Band Featuring Special Guest Art Themen are at The Turk’s Head, Twickenham
Monday 17 February – Monking Around are at the Parakeet in Kentish Town Rd
Monday 17 February – Simon Woolf’s New Master’s Quintet are at the 606
Tuesday 18 February – Eddie Gripper / Alex Clarke Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 18 February – Dan Reinstein is at the 606
Tuesday 18 February – Jo Harrop with the John Pearce Trio are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Tuesday 18 February – Dan Cartwright Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Tuesday 18 February – Art Themen Quintet is at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Wednesday 19 February – Tom Niblock Big Band are at the Vortex
Wednesday 19 February – Emily Masser is at the 606
Wednesday 19-20 February – Tommy Smith and Gwilym Simcock Duo are at Pizza Express Soho
Thursday 20 February 6:15-8pm – Neal’s Jazz Night @ Raffles Neal Richardson with Miles Danso at Raffles Hotel at the OWO, 57 Whitehall, London SW1A 2HB
Thursday 20 February – Richie Milton & The Lowdown feat top vocalist linda Hall: New Orleans influenced jazz, blues & soul over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV, W4
Thursday 20 February – Jonathan Gee Trio are at Cambridge Modern Jazz at Hidden Rooms, 7b Jesus Lane, CB5 8BA
Thursday 20 February- Frank Walden on sax with James Fenn on guitar are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday 20 February- Maddy Coombs downstairs , Dreamscapes upstairs at the Vortex
Steve Waterman
Thursday 20 February – Pete Kelly and Dave Chamberlain are at Ristorante Sorrento, 34 Heath Rd, Twickenham
Thursday 20 February – Steve Waterman is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 20 February – Rosie Frater-Taylor is at SoundCellar in Poole
Thursday 20 February – Jossef Balacs is with Mornington Lockett at the 606
Thursday 20 February – Sarah Oschlag and the Pete Long Quintet are at the Pavilion Guildford
Friday 21 February – Yetii + Jake at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, Chichester
Friday 21 February – Chris Dean Quartet: Sliding through Jazz at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Friday 21 February – Dave Lewis is at the 606
Friday 21 February – Dunajska Kapelye are at the Vortex
Friday 21 February – Hampstead Jazz Club at The Duke of Hamilton, 23-25 New End, NW3 1JD: Ineza & ‘Women’s Words, Sisters’ Stories
Saturday 22 February 2pm – Mick Foster with Rob Barron, Colin Gourlay are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club at The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend, Essex SS2 6EX2
Saturday 22 February – Adam Dyer Quartet: Where the River Meets the Sea… at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 22 February – Clark Tracey’s Jazz Champions are at the 606
Saturday 22 February – Gary Crosby’s Mingus Moves are at the Vortex
Saturday 22 February – Georgia Mancio and Kate Williams, Hampstead Jazz Club, The Duke of Hamilton, 23-25 New End, London NW3 1JD
Saturday 22 February – Misha Mullov-Abbado ‘Effra’ Album Launch at Kings Place
Saturday 22 February – Nick Costley-White: Poncha Album Release are at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
Saturday 22 February – Asha Parkinson, Pizza Express Dean Street
Sunday 23 February lunchtime – NOXQQ Quartet with Phil Scragg are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 23 February 1.30 Trinity Laban Ellington Big Band are at the 606
Sunday 23 February – Mojo Big Band play Metheny in the afternoon , jam in the evening at the Vortex
Sunday 23 February 5-7pm – Jazz at the Horsebridge, Whitstable, feat. Julian Marc Stringle Quartet
Sunday 23 February – Louise Clare Marshall is at the 606
Sunday 23 February – Simon Spillet Quartet have album launch at Pizza Express Soho
Sunday 23 February – jazz On The Plaza featuring Piers Green on sax, Terence Collie on piano & Esther Ng on bass. Café Yukari, Kew
Monday 27 February – James Allsopp Quintet are at the Parakeet in Kentish Town Rd
Tuesday 25 February – Mauro Sigura Electric Quartet : Dunia is at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 25 February – Jonny Liebeck is at 606 Chelsea
Tuesday 25 February – Grooveyard with Simon Savage & Roy Hilton at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Tuesday 25 February – Elliot Galvin The Ruin album launch is at the Vortex
Wednesday 26 February – Splash Point Jazz Club, Eastbourne have Roy Hilton Quintet, at the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA
Wednesday 26 February – Dave Cottle Trio and arah Meek are at the 606
Wednesday 26 February -the Vortex have Aspyrian downstairs and Alasdair Pennington Quintet upstairs
Thursday 27 February – Ivo Neame Trio @ Peggy’s Skylight, Nottingham, UK
Thursday 27 February – Elchin Shirinov Trio are at Firth Hall Sheffield
Thursday 27 February-Al Nicholls on tenor sax is at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday 27 February – KAIYO 3 with Allison Neale are at Karamel in Wood Green
Thursday 27 February- Jemima Whyte downstairs , Red Kite upstairs at the Vortex
Thursday 27 February – Cover to Cover Present Wayne Shorter’s Speak No Evil with Jac Jones , Dolan Jones , Alcyona Mic , Dave Mannington , Jay Davis are The Mildmay Club , N16 9PR
Thursday 27 February – Neil Yates Lyro are at the 606
Thursday 27 February – Vasilis Xenopoulos is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 27 February – Dave Jones’ Funk Affinity: Jazz Funk 6-piece feat bassist Dave Jones, pianist Chris Eldred, guitarist Dave Outram, drummer Tristan Maillot, vocalist & saxophonist Sandra-Mae Lux & Spanish percussionist Demi Garcia Sabat over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV, W4
Thursday 27 February – Sarah Moule with The Simon Wallace Trio are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Friday 28 February – Georgia Mancio with Alex Hutton, Julie Walkington and Dave Ohm, 1215 Club, 12a High Street, Wraysbury, Staines-upon-Thames, TW19 5DB
Friday 28 February 7pm – Kings Hall, Herne Bay, Elaine Delmar Quartet, benefit for Herne Bay Jazz Festival
Friday 28 February – WAY OUT WEST Presents: West Side Story at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Friday 28 February – Samara are at the 606
Friday 28 February – Rachael Cohen is at the Vortex
Saturday 1 March – Basil Hodge Quartet are at Pizza Express Soho
Saturday 1 March – Tomasz Zyrmont Quartet are at at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Sunday 2 March lunchtime – Tom Ridout Quartet are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 2 March 2pm – Equinox are at MAP Studio in Kentish Town
Sunday 2 March 5pm – John Etheridge is at Highams Park Jazz Club All Saints Church Church Avenue E4 9QZ
Sunday 2 March – ‘Some Kinda Mean’ the Music of David ‘Fathead’ Newman is at Pizza Express Soho
Sunday 2 March – Hot Jazz Vagabonds: “Paris In A Jazz Age” swing from the 20’s, 30’s & 40’s over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV, W4
Monday 3 March – The Emily Masser Quintet are at Pizza Express Soho
Tuesday 4 March – QOW Trio are at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone
Tuesday 4 March – Sullivan Fortune Trio are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 4 March – Ruben Fox is at the Pizza Express Soho
Tuesday 4 March – Jonathan Gee is at The Spin Jazz Club, Oxford
Tuesday 4 March – Alan Barnes with the John Pearce Trio are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Wednesday 5 March Jonathan Gee is at the 606 Club, Fulham, London
Thursday 6 March 6:15-8pm – Neal’s Jazz Night @ Raffles Neal Richardson with Miles Danso at Raffles Hotel at the OWO, 57 Whitehall, London SW1A 2HB
Thursday 6 March – John Law’s Congregation are at SoundCellar in Poole
Thursday 6 March – HEXAGONAL – The Music of Bheki Mseleku and McCoy Tyner are at Guildford Jazz
Thursday 6- 9 March – Afro Futures Festival is at Rich Mix, London
Thursday 6 March – Sean Khan and The Modern Jazz and Folk Ensemble, Rich Mix (par of the Afro Futures Festival)
Thursday 6 March – Anthony Kerr is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 6 March – James Allsopp, Colin Oxley, Oli Hayhurst, Matt Skelton are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 6 March – ‘Funk My Life’: Stage Star Philippa Healey & Special Guests: Including Jamiroquai’s Paul Turner & Derrick McKenzie, Wales Millenium Centre Cabaret Club
Friday 7 March – Espen Eriksen Trio with Andy Sheppard at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, Chichester
Friday 7 March – Jonathan Gee is at Derby Jazz
Friday 7 March – Elvira Rey Trio are at at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturady 8 March 1.30 – Jemima Whyte , Myra Brownbridge and Maddy Salter are at National Jazz Archives at Loughton Baptist Church IG10 4QU
Saturday 8 March – CLAIRE COPE’S ENSEMBLE C: “Every Journey” – album launch is at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 8 March – SoundCellar are putting on Iain Ballamy & Gareth Williams at The Mowlem Theatre, Swanage
Sunday 9 March lunchtime – Jonathan Gee is at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 9 March @ 3pm – The Herts Big Band is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Sunday 9 March – Alison Rayner Quintet are at Pizza Express Soho
Sunday 9 March, 7.30pm – Guildhall Big Band: Portraits in Jazz – UK PREMIERE at Milton Court Concert Hall
Monday 10 March – Splash Point Jazz Club, Seaford have Ben Holder (violin/vox) with the Neal Richardson Trio, at The View at Seaford Head Golf Club BN25 4JS
Tuesday 11 March – The Emily Masser Quintet are at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone
Tuesday 11 March – Craig Taborn / Peter Evans are at the Vortex
Tuesday 11 March – Zhenya Strigaley Quartet are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 11 March – Pete Neighbour, John Pearce, Andy Cleyndert, Matt Fishwick are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Wednesday 12 March – Piano in The Elms: Alberto L. Ferro – Piano Introspections is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London, SW11 7BD
Wednesday 12 March – ‘Funk My Life’: Stage Star Philippa Healey & Special Guests: Including Jamiroquai’s Paul Turner & Derrick McKenzie, Crazy Coqs, London
Wednesday 12 March – Carshalton Jazz presents Steve Waterman’s Latin Jazz Quartet (Steven Waterman, tpt and flugel, John Donaldson, pno, Rob Statham, b, Marc Cecil, d) at Cryer Arts, Carshalton SM5 3BB
Thursday 13 March – Pete Neighbour, John Pearce, Andy Cleyndert, Bobby Worth are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 13 March – Josh Kemp is at Googlies Jazz Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 13 March, 7.30pm, – Guildhall Jazz Orchestra: Dankworth Seven are at Milton Court Theatre
Friday 14 March – Marcina Arnold: EVOLUTION – album launch is at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Friday 14 March – Piano in The Elms: Julian Joseph is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London, SW11 7BD
Saturday 15 March – Tony Kofi and The Organisation celebrate Lou Donaldson at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday March 15th 8pm – Sarah L King with Jim Watson and Laurence Cottle at Hampstead Jazz Club
Saturday 15 March – The Blue Room at The Lawn, Lincoln host the Alison Rayner Quintet (ARQ) Led by bassist and Ivor Novello-winning composer Alison Rayner. Line-up is Alison Rayner, bass’ Buster Birch, drums, Deirdre Cartwright guitar. Diane McLoughlin, saxophone
Sunday 16 March 5pm – Jim Mullen is at Highams Park Jazz Club All Saints Church Church Avenue E4 9QZ
Monday 17 March – Olivia Murphy Jazz Orchestra are at Pizza Express Soho
Monday 17 – 19 March – Avishai Cohen Trio present Brightlight at Ronnie Scott’s
Tuesday 18 March – Benn Clatworthy is at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone
Tuesday 18 March – Al Nicholls Quartet are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Tuesday 18 March – Andy Panayi Quintet plays Cannonball at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Wednesday 19 March – Benn Clatworthy is at Guildford Jazz
Thursday 20 March –Echo Engine with Theo Travis are at SoundCellar in Poole
Thursday 20 March – Martin Shaw is at Googlies Jazz Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 20 March – Nikki Iles & Kate Williams / Robert Mitchell & Richard Fairhurst at Pizza Express Soho
Thursday 20 March 6:15-8pm – Neal’s Jazz Night @ Raffles Neal Richardson with Miles Danso at Raffles Hotel at the OWO, 57 Whitehall, London SW1A 2HB
Friday 21 March – James Allsopp Quartet at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, Chichester
Friday 21 March – Greg Spero & Spirit Fingers are at Jazz Cafe
Friday 21 March – Elsden Music Showcase with Julian Costello & Vertigo, Juliet Wood, and Natalie Rozario and Friends… at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 22nd March – Gosia Janek Quintet are at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 22 March – Jason Rebello is at Highams Park Jazz Club All Saints Church Church Avenue E4 9QZ
Sunday 23 March 2025 – Tom Millar/Matt Sulzmann Quartet Turk’s Head Twickenham
Tuesday 25 March – Brand Nu Dolla Play Abdullah Ibrahim at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 25 March – Eddie Parker’s ‘Airborn’ with Rob Luft are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Wednesday 26 March – Splash Point Jazz Club, Eastbourne have Alan Barnes (saxes) and Dave Newton (keys) Duo, at the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA
Thursday 27 March – Mick Foster, Rob Barron, Dave Mannington, Tristan Mailliot are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 27 March – Huw Warren Choro Choro Choro is at Guildford Jazz
Thursday 27 March – Julian Stringle & Pete Neighbour are at Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Friday 28 March – Five-Way Split is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London, SW11 7BD
Friday 28 March 2025 – WOW presents Ellington/Strayhorn at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 29 March 2pm – Dave and Alice Black, John Pearce, Andy Cleyndert, Dave Pack are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club at The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend, Essex SS2 6EX2
Saturday 29th March – Becky Alice Quintet are at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 29 March 2025 – ‘The Brandon Allen Quartet’, featuring Brandon Allen (saxophone), Tim Lapthorn (piano), Jeremy Brown (bass) and Chris Higginbottom (drums), are appearing for Burrough Jazz at Twyford Village Hall, LE14 2HU
Sunday 30 March 5pm – Alex Clarke is at Highams Park Jazz Club All Saints Church Church Avenue E4 9QZ
Friday 4 April – Jazzlive at The Crypt, St. Giles Church, Camberwell Church Street, London SE5: Coltrane and Hartman on Impulse! feat. Denys Baptiste and Marvin Muoneké
Monday 7 April – The Jazz Café, 5 Parkway, Camden, London NW1 7PG: to celebrate Billie Holiday’s birthday, Riketté Genesis and Alex Webb present ‘Billie Holiday at Carnegie Hall
Wednesday 9 April – The Concorde Club, Stoneham Lane, Eastleigh S)50 9HQ: The Pocket Ellington, a seven-piece celebration of the Ellington repertoire play this prestigious out-of-town jazz spot with Alan Barnes and Tony Kofi
Thursday 10 April – Remi Harris Hot Club Trio are at Crazy Coqs
Friday 11 April – Daniel John Martin (violin), Mick Shoulder (guitar) and Dan Lowndes-Smith (guitar) are performing Gypsy jazz for Burrough Jazz at St Mary’s church, Burrough, LE14 2JQ
Saturday 12th April – Iain Ballamy and Huw Warren are at Listen! Cambridge Unitarian Church, 5 Emmanuel Road, Cambridge CB1 1JW
Wednesday 16 April – Donovan Haffner is at Pizza Express Soho
Saturday 19 April – The Blue Room at The Lawn, Lincoln LN1 3BU. host Clark Tracey’s Champions of Jazz (Clark Tracey, Drums, Art Themen & Simon Allen, saxes. Dave Newton, piano, Andy Cleyndert, bass) in a tribute to Roy Haynes
Sunday 20 April 2025 – Pete Hurt is at Turk’s Head Twickenham
Friday 25 April – Hans Koller: Rejoicing Ensemble feat. John O’Gallagher are at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London, SW11 7BD.
Saturday 26 April 1pm – Sarah L King Quartet plus guests at Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho
Friday 14 February – Mary Stallings is streaming from Smoke in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/
Monday 17 February 4am GMT – Tiny Room Studios weekly jam from LA . Can be viewed subsequently https://www.youtube.com/@TinyRoom/streams
Monday 10 February – Bobo Stenson Trio are streaming from Porgy and Bess in Vienna https://www.porgy.at/events/upcoming
Monday 17 February – Billy Harper is streaming from Porgy and Bess in Vienna https://www.porgy.at/events/upcoming
Thursday 20 February – Rosie Frater-Taylor is at SoundCellar in Poole https://www.tickettailor.com/events/soundcellar
Friday 21 February – Elliott Galvin The Ruin is streaming from Porgy and Bess in Vienna https://www.porgy.at/events/upcoming
Friday 21 February 7.30 pm – Mim Grey (vocals) Elliott Rooney (piano) Steve Vintner (percussion) stream from Perivale – https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-001.shtml
Thursday 6 March – John Law’s Congregation are streaming from SoundCellar in Poole https://www.tickettailor.com/events/soundcellar
Thursday 20 March –Echo Engine with Theo Travis are streaming from SoundCellar in Poole https://www.tickettailor.com/events/soundcellar
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,
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
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
Marlow FM’s longstanding Jazz Show “Swing That Music” (www.marlowfm.co.uk) 6pm Sunday now gets a worldwide audience (even Kyle Eastwood!) being transmitted 5 times weekly by New York’s Pure Jazz Radio (www.purejazzradio.com)
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
July 26 -29 GMF Valencia Jazz Workshop https://www.gmfjazzsummit.com/gmf-valencia-jazz-workshop-2025-eng
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