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Photos of the late Dill Katz are so scarce… Lance Liddle conjectures whether Dill is the bass player in a photo of Nucleus from long ago….(and Rob Adams responds in the comments that he isn’t) – read more
Downbeat has the news of Puliter Prizes and Guggenheim fellows – read more
Mark Davyd writes on his Substack about a new motion tabled by Dame Caroline Dinenage MP that would help protect music venues from noise complaints by local residents – read more
Yazz Ahmed’s A Paradise in the Hold appears in the Guardian’s ‘best albums of 2025 so far’ – read more
Frank Griffith reviewed “Song for Someone”, the Kenny Wheeler biography by Nick Smart and Brian Shaw for Bebop Spoken Here – read more
Hank Shteamer interviews harpist Brandee Younger about her new album Gadabout Season in the New York Times – read more
Drummers Kenny Washington, Adam Nussbaum and Billy Drummond appear on Drummer Nation with host Michael Vosbein to celebrate the life of Al Foster (RIP) – read more
…also in memory of Al Foster, the fifth (and final) post on Ethan Iverson’s Transitional Technology Substack in dedication to the legendary drummer features memories by Doug Weiss, the bassist in Foster’s longtime quartet – read more
Mike Gates of UK Vibe enjoyed the new album from German bandleader Fabia Mantwill – read more
“Great, old songs, brand new.” Stephen Graham’s album of the week is “Elemental” from Dee Dee Bridgewater and Bill Charlap – read more
London World previewed the Peter Johnstone International Organ Quartet’s album launch (featuring Joe Locke and Tommy Smith) at the 606 Club – read more
Matty Bannond reviewed Emma Rawicz’s quartet in Eupen in the German-speaking part of Belgium for Allaboutjazz – read more
Wed 18 June – Ed Jones Quartet featuring Ed Jones, Sax – Sean Hargreaves, Piano – Steve Watts, Bass – Tim Giles, Drums are at the The Woodman, 414 Archway Road, Highgate, London N6 5UA
Wednesday 18 June – Way out West are at Drayton Court Hotel, West Ealing
Wednesday 18 June – David Preston’s MU Quartet are at the 606
Wednesday 18 June – Alan Barnes, Andy Cleyndert 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 – yonglee & the DOLTANG, Ronnie Scott’s Club
Thursday 19 June – Wild Card are at the 606
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 – Pete Kelly will be joined by Joe Bickerstaff at Ristorante Sorrento, 34 Heath Road, Twickenham, TW1 4BZ
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
Thursday 19 June 8pm Nick Costley-White Quartet – with Julian Siegel, Conor Chaplin and James Maddren are at The Nutshell Jazz Club, Winchester
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 June 1.30pm – Simon Spillett plays Tubby Hayes at Loughton Baptist Church
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 – Down to the Count are at Cadogan Hall
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
Saturday 21 Jun Nick Costley-White Quartet – with Julian Siegel, Conor Chaplin and James Maddren are at The Bear Club in Luton
Sunday, 22 June at 12:00 PM, baritone saxophonist Hannah Horton and harpist/vocalist Tara Minton will perform a duet at Harwich Festival’s Jazz & Blues Day
Sunday 22 June – Teddington Riverside Jazz Festival, headline Liane CarrollSunday 22 June – Tough Tenors Quartet – Brandon Allen and Alex Garnett – are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon at lunchtime
Sunday 22 June 5pm – Duncan Eagles is at All Saints Church , Church Avenue , Highams Park, London E4 9QZ
Sunday, 22 June at 12:00 PM, baritone saxophonist Hannah Horton and harpist/vocalist Tara Minton will perform a duet at Harwich Festival’s Jazz & Blues Day
Sunday 22 June – Way out West are at Teddington Riverside Jazz Festival
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 – Kasper Rietkerk is at Pizza Express Soho
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.
Monday 23 June at 8 pm Nick Costley-White Quartet – with Julian Siegel, Conor Chaplin and James Maddren are at Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
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 – Jazz Vespers, American International Church
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 1pm – Atlanticus US-UK quartet All Saints Church The Drive, Hove BN3 3QE
Thursday 26 June 7.30pm Atlanticus US-UK quartet Epsom Jazz, Comrades Club 1, The Parade, Epsom, KT18 5BT
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 – Joanna Eden, with the Blue Vanguard Trio are at Matthews Hall Topsham
Thursday 26 June – A Night in Havana is at Piano Bar Soho
Thursday 26 June – Cover to Cover presents Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley are at Mildmay Club Main Hall
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 – Atlanticus US-UK quartet Barnaby’s Lounge 46 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
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 3pm Atlanticus US-UK quartet Time and Tide Bell Harbour Cres, Harwich CO12 3NL
Saturday 28 June 7.30pm Atlanticus US-UK quartet St Nicholas’s Church Church Street, Harwich
Saturday 28 June: Kirsty King 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
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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 5pm – Georgia Mancio Horsebridge Arts Centre, Whitstable
Sunday 29 June – Atlanticus US-UK quartet are in Norwich
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 – John Altman, ‘The Hidden Man’, Big Band, Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho
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 – Andy Panayi Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Tuesday 1 July – Atlanticus US-UK quartet Fitz Community Hub 2 Bristol Rd, Kemptown, Brighton BN2 1AP
Tuesday 1 July -Tessa Souter, Shadows and Silence, The Erik Satie Project, CD release party, Joe’s Pub
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
Wednesday 2 July – Sacha Harlan’s Contexture at The Jazz Sanctuary, Turks Head, Twickenham, TW1 1LF
Thursday 3 July 12pm Atlanticus US-UK quartet Clock Tower 9 Katharine St, Croydon CR0 1NX
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
Thursday 3 July – Atlanticus US-UK quartet The Bohemian 10 Compton St, Eastbourne BN21 4BW
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, The Nave, 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
Saturday 5 July – YolanDa Brown, Band on the Wall, Manchester
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 – Atlanticus US-UK quartet Love Supreme Glynde place, east sussex
Sunday 6 July – Vasilis Xenopoulos Quartet are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon at lunchtime
Tuesday 8 July – 1pm Atlanticus US-UK quartet 3 Horseshoes The Pound, Main Road, Knockholt, Kent TN14 7LD
Tuesday 8 July – 8pm Atlanticus US-UK quartet Hare & Hounds 79-81 Portland Rd, Worthing BN11 1QG
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 – Atlanticus Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
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
Wednesday 9 July – Atlanticus US-UK quartet Southend Jazz Club Park Inn Hotel Southend-on-sea, SS1 2A
10 – 27 July – Buxton International Festival
Thursday 10 July – Atlanticus US-UK quartet Pelham Arms High St, Lewes BN7 1XL
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
Saturday 12 July – Atlanticus US-UK quartet Swanage Jazz Festival Marquee, Swanage
Sunday 13 July – Atlanticus US-UK quartet Chequer Meade Theatre De La Warr Rd, East Grinstead RH19 3BS
Sunday 13 July – Atlanticus US-UK quartet Southampton Modern Jazz Club Harmony House, 74 London Road, SO15 2AJ
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 – Greg Abate Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
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
Wednesday 16 July – Carshalton Jazz presents the Phil Allen Quartet – Phil Allen, d, Mark Lockheart, sax, Dave Whitford ass, Simon Purcell, pno – at Cryer Arts, High Street, Carshalton SM5 3BB
Thursday July 17 – Kate Daniels, John Harriman, James Sunney, Rod Brown are at The Middle House, Mayfield TN20 6AB nr Tunbridge Wells
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
Sunday 20 July 6.30 pm – Art Themen Organ Trio with Pete Whittaker & George Double at Imber Court KT8 0BT
Monday 21 July – Lee Ritenour, Band on the Wall, Manchester
22 – 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 – Big House at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Tuesday 22 July – Yuri Goloubev Trio featuring Simone Locarni are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 22 July -Sarah Moule 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.
Tuesday 29 July – Dave O’Higgins Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG.
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
Wednesday 6 August – Harben Kay Quartet is at Pizza Express
8-10 August – Brecon Jazz Festival
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
Monday 11 August – Splash Point Jazz Club, Seaford have Neal’s Imaginary Friends feat. with Neal Richardson (pno/vox), Rob Palmer (gtr) , Al Swainger (bass), Paul Cavaciuti (drums) at The View at Seaford Head Golf Club BN25 4JS
Wednesday 27 August – Splash Point Jazz Club, Eastbourne have Chris Coull’s Septet
“Blues & The Abstract Truth” At the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA.
Friday 20 June – Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci, Adam Cruz Trio is streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/
Sunday 22 June – Nir Felder Trio are streaming from SoundCellar in Poole https://soundcellar.org/events/
Monday 23 June 4am GMT – Tiny Room Studios weekly jam from LA . Can be viewed subsequently https://youtube.com/@therecordingclubsantamonica
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/
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
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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