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Bandleader, dentist, politician: RIP Tony (Lord) Colwyn 1942-2024 on 4 August, a strong parliamentary advocate for jazz – read more
… there has been a Telegraph obituary (paywalled) – read more
RIP Dave Binder / John Kelman a prolific writer and good friend – watch / read more
Haftor Medboe has dug a bit deeper into the Kamala Harris and jazz theme in The Conversation – read more
…revealing that that there is a DIY “Kamala Holding Vinyls” site – read more
Alan Barnes and Dave Newton have a new duo album “Ask me Now” – read more
“Why Are So Many Jazz Musicians So Bad At Selling Themselves?” Ian Patterson has some thoughts on the subject for AllAboutJazz – read more
Ammar Kalia gave Milton Nascimento & Esperanza Spalding’s Milton + Esperanza a five star review in the Guardian, naming it his ‘Global Album of the Month’ – read more
The sheet music for Stan Tracey’s Under Milk Wood and Genesis is on sale at R-Steamed Records – read more
Bill Milkowski salutes the late fusion guitar pioneer Allan Holdsworth on what would have been his 78th birthday – read more
Pat Metheny was 70 on Monday 12 August -SWR marked it with a radio show – read more
Parts of Theon Cross’s BBC Prom in Gateshead were broadcast in Soweto Kinch’s Round Midnight programme hosted by Kevin Le Gendre – listen
The TDE Promotions autumn programme includes Pablo Held, Kit Downes, Paul Dunmall and Lucid Dreamers – read more
Richard Williams of the Blue Moment wrote a piece about a new edition of ‘The Black Chord’, David Corio’s 1999 collection of photographs of black musicians, with text by Vivien Goldman – read more
Vocalist Elaine Delmar’s new album Speak Low received a five star review from Roger Thomas in BBC Music Magazine – read more
Adam Sieff’s Blues Beach Goes Country show from 8 August has been at the top of a few Mixcloud charts – see playlist or listen
Wednesday 14 August – Binker Golding is at Pizza Express Soho
Wednesday 14 August – Tom Ridout Quintet are at the Vortex
Thursday 15 August – Martin Shaw is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club, EN2 8AS
Thursday 15 August – Daniel Cano Trio are at the Vortex
Thursday 15 August – Jo Oakley opens the Herne Bay Jazz Festival
Thursday 15 August- Dave Barry (d) with Alex Hutton (keys), Tom Ridout (sax), and Luke Fowler (b) are at Eltham Warren Golf Club, Bexley Road, SE9 2PE
Thursday 15 August – Alan Barnes on reeds is at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES.
Friday 16 August – Ray Gelato , Kai Kats and many others are at the Herne Bay Jazz Festival
Friday 16 August – Sarah Evelyn is at The Piano Lounge, Covent Garden
Friday 16 August – Jay Davis/Mark Lockheart/Huw V Williams are at the Vortex
Saturday 17 August – Simon Spillett is at Highams Park Jazz Club , All Saints Church Church Avenue, Highams Park, London, United Kingdom
Saturday 17 August – The Hologram Maze are at the Vortex
Saturday 17 August- The Errol Linton Quintet is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Saturday 17 August – Maiuko Quarteto , Ronnie Scott’s All Stars , Emma Rawicz Sextet and many others are at the Herne Bay Jazz Festival
Sunday 18 August – the Herne Bay Jazz Festival has among many others Snowboy & the Latin Section / Elina Duni & Rob Luft / Leon Foster Thomas / Steve Waterman / Jo Fooks and a lot are free
Sunday 18 August – Vortex have Mopomoso in the afternoon , jam in the evening
Sunday 18 August – Ollie Usiskin Quartet are at Priory tavern, 250 Belsize road, Kilburn , NW6
Sunday 18 August lunchtime – Basil Hodge Quartet featuring Riley Stone-Lonergan are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 18 August, 2-5pm. Jazz on a Summer’s Day – The Macaroons, jazz and blues band, and the Jonathan Vinten Trio are at the Cryer Arts Centre Carshalton, SM5 3BB, in the Marquee, for an afternoon of classic and modern jazz. Tickets only £5!!!
Monday 19 August – Rory Mann is at the the Old Queens Head Angel
Monday 19 August – Pizza Express, Dean Street, Soho London W1: Ineza & ‘Women’s Words, Sisters’ Stories’
Tuesday 20 August – 5 Way Split with Quentin Collins and Vasilis Xenopoulos are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 20 August – Matt Wates Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG.
Tuesday 20 August – Sam Braysher, Will Arnold-Forster, Simon Read, Dave Ingamells are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Tuesday 20 August – Ian Shaw & Tony Kofi – An Adventurous Dream, the Music of Billy Strayhorn & Duke Ellington are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 20 August – The Near Jazz Experience return to The Haggerston pub in Dalston
Wednesday 21 August – Leon Foster Thomas is at the Vortex
Thursday 22 August – Matt Cook downstairs at the Vortex , Grifton Forbes-Amos upstairs
Thursday 22 August – Kate Daniels, John Harriman, James Sunney, Rod Brown at The Middle House, Mayfield TN20 6AB nr Tunbridge Wells
Thursday 22 August – Vasilis Xenopoulos is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 22 August – Sam Braysher, Dave Warren, Simon Read, Dave Ingamells are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 22 – 26 August – Rye International Jazz Festival
Friday 23 August – The SoFF Music Jazz Jam with Lauren Dalrymple is at TAPPERS WEEK Thornbury Castle Marylebone 29A Enford St London W1H 1DN
Friday 23rd August – Polly Gibbons & James Pearson are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Friday 23rd August – Blue Lou’s Revue is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Friday 23rd August – Lumarie are at The Piano Lounge, Covent Garden
Friday 23rd August – Nick Costley-White Trio with Steve Fishwick at the Vortex
Saturday 24th August- The Sugar Kings is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Saturday 24th August- Annie Whitehead is at the Vortex
Sunday 25 August lunchtime – Tristan Mailliot Quartet are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 25 August 5pm – Tim Whitehead is at Highams Park Jazz Club at All Saints Church Church Avenue, Highams Park, London, United Kingdom
Sunday 25 August – Ollie Usiskin Quartet are at Priory tavern, 250 Belsize road, Kilburn , NW6
Sunday 25th August: Jazz On The Plaza feat. Freddie Gavita with Terence Collie & Dominic Howles. Café Yukari, Kew.
Monday 26 August lunchtime – Nigel Price Quartet featuring Sam Braysher are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Monday 26 August – Karim Saber is at the Parakeet in Kentish Town
Tuesday 27 August – Sam Braysher Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 27 August – Like Rattenbury Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG.
Tuesday 27 August – Mike Piggott’s Hot Club Quartet are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Wednesday 28 August – Adam Glasser Quintet are at Splash Point Jazz Club, Fishermen’s Club Eastbourne BN22 7A
Wednesday 28th August 7:30pm Worthing Pier, Jacqui Hicks (vocal) with Alex Eberhard Trio with Neal Richardson (pno/vox), Nigel Thomas (bass), Alex Eberhard (drums) Worthing Pavilion Atrium (on the Pier, Marine Parade, BN11 3PX)
Thursday 29th August- Leopold Benedict is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Thursday 29 August – Catherine Lima is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club, EN2 8AS
Sunday 1 September lunchtime – Tony Woods Project are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 1 September – Simon Spillett Big Band are at the Pizza Express Soho
Sunday 1 September: Riverside Arts Jazz – The Music of Charlie Parker feat. Glen Manby with Terence Collie, Paul Jeffries & Clark Tracey. Riverside Arts Centre, Sunbury on Thames.
Monday 2 September – The Pocket Ellington with Alan Barnes , Tony Kofi etc are at Pizza Express Soho
Tuesday 3 September – Adam Glasser Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 3 September a new venue opens : Nigel Price and Simon Read will join Georgia Mancio and Dave Ohm for the first gig at Crystal Palace Jazz Club at Hopscotch Taprooms, 54 Westow Hill, London SE19
Tuesday 3 September – Bruce Adams, Richard Busiakiewicz, Andy Cleyndert, Matt Fishwick are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Tuesday 3 September – Quentin Collins & Brandon Allen-Blue Note Quartet are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ.
Thursday 5 September – IBQT Iain Ballamy Quartet are at SoundCellar in Poole
Thursday 5 September-Heidi Vogel (vcl) with Bruno Heinen (keys), Menelik Claffey (bs) and Dave Ohm (d) are at Eltham Warren Golf Club, Bexley Road, SE9 2PE
Thursday 5 September – Julian Stringle is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club, EN2 8AS
Thursday 5 September – Jo Harrap, John Pearce, Simon Thorpe, drums tba are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Monday 9 September 7.00pm Splash Point Jazz Club, Seaford ELO – Ella, Louis & Oscar – Neal & Sue Richardson Quartet Seaford – Splash Point Jazz Club, The View, Southdown Rd BN25 4JS
Tuesday 10 September – Ivo Neame Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 10 September – Sultan Stevenson Trio are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ.
Tuesday 10 September – Laura Klain, Donovan Haffner, Nigel Price, Lorenzo Morabito are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Thursday 12 September – Laura Klain, Donovan Haffner, Nigel Price, Lorenzo Morabito are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 12 September – Roger Beaujolais is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club, EN2 8AS
Friday 13 September – Simon Spillett Quartet at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, Chichester.
Saturday 14 September – Alice Zawadzki, Fred Thomas, Misha Mullov-Abbado (joint SoundCellar / Sandy Hill Arts promotion) in Corfe Castle
Saturday 14 September – Joy Ellis Trio (Joy Ellis – Piano & Vocals – Henrik Jenson Bass -Adam Osmianski Drums) at The Blue Room at The Lawn Union Road Lincoln LN1 3BU. London based pianist, singer and composer promises relaxed minimalist vibe and strong melodies recalling Keith Jarrett, Brad Mehldau and Bills Evans
Tuesday 17 September – Steve Fishwick / Frank Basile Quintet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 17 September – Tony Kofi with Frank Harrison’s Trio. Marlow Jazz Club, Royal British Legion Hall, SL7 1NT
Tuesday 17 September – Jacqui Hicks, John Pearce, Simon Thorpe, Marc Cecil are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Thursday 19 September – Kasper Rietkerk’s KRSIX are at SoundCellar in Poole
Thursday 19 September – Olly Hite is at Rhythm & Booze Battersea
Thursday 19 September- Karen Sharp (sax) with Colin Oxley (gtr), dave Green (b) and Dave Ohm (d) are at Eltham Warren Golf Club, Bexley Road, SE9 2PE
Thursday 19 September – Sam Mayne is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club, EN2 8AS
Friday 20 September – Phoebe Katis is at Pizza Express Holborn
Tuesday 24 September – Donovan Haffner Quintet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 24 September – Arbenz/Neame/Churchill/Hart/Pursglove:Conversation are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ.
Wednesday 25 September – Iago Banet, a virtuoso Spanish guitarist is at Pizza Express Live, Holborn
Wednesday 25 September – Splash Point Jazz Club, Eastbourne Nicola Farnon Quartet Nicola Farnon (vox, bass), Mark Edwards (keys), Andy Panayi (sax/flute) and Phil Johnson (drums) – Eastbourne – Splash Point Jazz Club, at the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA
Wednesday 25 September -Tomorrows Warriors present Maddy Coombs at the Pizza Express Soho
Thursday 26 September – Antonio Forcione and Giorgio Serci are at The 606 Club
Thursday 26 September – Derek Nash, David Newton, Geoff Gascoyne, Sebastiaan de Krom are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Friday 27 September – The Nigel Price Organ Trio, featuring Nigel Price (Guitar), Ross Stanley (Hammond Organ) and Joel Barford (Drums) are appearing for Burrough Jazz at Twyford Village Hall, LE14 2HU
Friday 27 September – Nicholas Adema Quartet – UK Debut at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, Chichester.
Saturday 28 September – Ted Beament, Alec Dankworth, Winston Clifford are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club at The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend, Essex SS2 6EX2
Sunday 29th September – Jazz On The Plaza feat. Sam Walker with Terence Collie & Mark Rose. Café Yukari, Kew
Friday 16 August – Joe Farnsworth Quintet are streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/
Monday 19 August 4am GMT – Tiny Room Studios weekly jam from LA . Can be viewed subsequently https://www.youtube.com/@TinyRoom/streams
Thursday 5 September – IBQT Iain Ballamy Quartet are streaming from SoundCellar in Poole https://www.tickettailor.com/events/soundcellar
Saturday 14 September – Alice Zawadzki, Fred Thomas, Misha Mullov-Abbado (joint SoundCellar / Sandy Hill Arts promotion) are streaming from Corfe Castle https://www.tickettailor.com/events/soundcellar
Thursday 19 September – Kasper Rietkerk’s KRSIX 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 first Tuesday of the month Crystal Palace Jazz Club at Hopscotch Taprooms, 54 Westow Hill, London SE19
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
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)
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