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19 March 2025

Read Elsewhere

Geoff Andrew has done an in-depth review of the newly released Part 4 of Mike Westbrook’s ‘intimate epic’ solo piano odyssey “The Piano and Me” – read more

… all four volumes are on Bandcamp – here

Richard Williams wrote about Trump’s wanton destruction of Voice of America… which reminded him of the “Soviet bloc’s jamming stations doing their job”… – read more

The publication of “the first full-length biography of Ray Brown” is just six weeks away – read more

Ammar Kalia reviewed the new album from 44th Move (Alfa Mist & Richard Spaven) Anthem in the Observer – read more

Jazz historian Larry Appelbaum (RIP) is remembered in the New York Times (£-walled) – read more

manchester jazz festival has announced its “Play it Forward” piano trail – read more

The Edinburgh Reporter previews saxophonist Phil Bancroft’s St Brides concert as part of his new group, Beautiful Storm’s Scottish tour – read more

Herbie Hancock’s Swedish Polar Prize has resulted in a BBC interview in which he he talks about Miles. AI and Practising – read more

Ethan Iverson talked to the Culture File Podcast to discuss some performances in Ireland – read more

…The Irish Times reviewed one of those concerts (£-walled) – read more

Filipino-American saxophonist Jon Irabagon  – also founder of Irabbagast Records – discusses his new album, Server Farm, on The Jazz Podcast – read more

“Our music requires you to be in balance with other people” – Wynton Marsalis was interviewed by the BBC’s Katty Kay – read more

Days and Weeks Ahead

1) Live gigs

Wednesday 19 March – Benn Clatworthy is at Guildford Jazz

Wednesday 19 March – Almanaque are at the 606

Wednesday 19 March – Reuben Goldmark Trio in Session is at Alfie’s Soho as part of Duke’s Discovery Week

Wednesday 19 March – Jessica Lauren is at the Vortex

Wednesday 19 March- Henry Patterson is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Wednesday 19 March- Elio Rojas Trio is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Wednesday 19 March — Nat Steele vibes, Will Arnold Forster guitar, Neville Malcom, Bass – Mark Taylor, Drums are at the Woodman next to Highgate tube station

Thursday 20 March – Cover to Cover Present John Coltrane’s Blue Train with Jac Jones , Dolan Jones , Malcolm Earl Smith , Ross Stanley , Dave Mannington and Winston Clifford At the Mildmay Club N16 9PR

Thursday 20 March – Nathan Britton’s Duke Reworks is at Piano Bar Soho as part of Duke’s Discovery Week

Thursday 20 March – at Hidden Rooms, 7b Jesus Lane, CB5 8BA Alex Hitchcock Quartet

Thursday 20th March – Soho Jazz Jam ft. Andy Davies as part of Duke’s Discovery Week

Thursday 20 March –Echo Engine with Theo Travis are at SoundCellar in Poole

Thursday 20 March – Bonney , Dunmall and Saunders are at the Vortex

Thursday 20 March – Martin Shaw is at Googlies Jazz Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS

Thursday 20 March – Freddie Benedict sings the American Songbook is at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BP

Thursday 20 March- Vasilis Xenopoulos on sax is at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES

Thursday 20 March – Nikki Iles & Kate Williams / Robert Mitchell & Richard Fairhurst at Pizza Express Soho

Thursday 20 March – Women in Jazz Media presents: Devon Gates at Karamel 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ

Thursday 20 March – ‘Elements’ with Tim Whitehead, David Gordon and the Orchestra of the Swan at Warwick Hall

Thursday 20 March – Rachael Calladine is at the 606

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

Thursday 20 March – Dave Chamberlain will be joining Pete Kelly at Ristorante Sorrento, 34 Heath Rd Twickenham, TW1 4BZ

Friday 21 March – James Allsopp Quartet at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, Chichester

Friday 21 March – Anatole Muster , Stan Woodward , King David Ike-Elechi and Tom Ford play Allan Holdsworth at the Vortex

Friday 21 March – Greg Spero & Spirit Fingers are at Jazz Cafe

Friday 21 March – Femi Tomowo is at Ladbroke Hall, 79 Barlby Road, London, W10 6AZ

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

Friday 21 March – Katriona Taylor Quintet “Jazz And Its Romance With The Silver Screen”: over in the Jazz Room at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, SW13

Friday 21 March – James Browne Trio is at Piano Bar Soho as part of Duke’s Discovery Week

Friday 21 March – Nico Widdowson’s “Love You Madly”: a Tribute to Duke Ellington is at Alfie’s Soho as part of Duke’s Discovery Week

Saturday 22nd March – Kezia Abuoma Trio: Celebrating Duke Ellington is at Piano Bar Soho as part of Duke’s Discovery Week

Saturday 22nd March – Andy Davies Quartet is at Alfie’s Soho as part of Duke’s Discovery Week

Saturday 22nd March – Ed Jones is at the Vortex with a late from Hannes Reipler

Saturday 22nd March- Kate Garner is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Saturday 22nd March- Nicola Emmanuelle Quartet is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Saturday 22 March – Gosia Janek Quintet are at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 22 March – Frank Griffith w/Richard Wetherall- piano, Grant Russell- bass, Eryl Roberts-drums are at Heron Theatre. Stanley Street, Beetham, Milnthorpe, LA7 7AS

Saturday 22 March – the Hannah Horton Quartet will be performing with the incredible Dennis Rollins at the Haverhill Arts Centre, Swinging Cat Jazz Club

Saturday 22 March – Jason Rebello is at Highams Park Jazz Club All Saints Church Church Avenue E4 9QZ

Saturday 22 March – Listen! are putting on Strange Meeting: The Music of Bill Frisell with Chris Batchelor , Margrit Hasler , John Parricelli and Dave Whitford at Cambridge Unitarian Church, 5 Emmanuel Road, Cambridge CB1 1JW

Saturday 22nd March – Binker Golding is at the 606

Sunday 23rd March, lunchtime – Pete Neighbour / Julian Stringle Quartet at Upwell Jazz Club – Christchurch Community Centre, Wisbech, Cambs. PE14 9LL

Sunday 23 March lunchtime – Simon Spillett All Star Quartet is at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Sunday 23 March 2025 – Tom Millar/Matt Sulzmann Quartet Turk’s Head Twickenham

Monday 24 March – Ashley Bonfante Quintet is at the Bull and Gate 389 Kentish Town Rd, London NW5 2TJ

Monday 24 March – Sun Mi Hong Quintet are at the Vortex

Tuesday 25 March – Brand Nu Dolla Play Abdullah Ibrahim at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone

Tuesday 25 March – Chris Allard’s Dreamweavers are at the 606

Tuesday 25 March – Vasilis Xenopoulos and Paul Edis Quartet are at the Trafalgar Arms 148-156 Tooting High St, London SW17 0RT

Tuesday 25 March – Mornington Lockett: All Aboard – the music of John Coltrane is at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BP

Tuesday 25 March – Tim Whitehead Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG

Tuesday 25 March – Eddie Parker’s ‘Airborn’ with Rob Luft are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ

Wednesday 26 March – Rory Ingham Quartet featuring Rory Ingham, Trombone – Oliver Wilby, Tenor Sax – Liam Dunachie, Organ – Mark Taylor, Drums are at the Woodman next to Highgate tube station

Wednesday 26 March – Splash Point Jazz Club, Eastbourne have Alan Barnes (saxes) and Dave Newton (keys) Duo, at the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA

Wednesday 26 March – Roland Perrin is at the 606

Wednesday 26 March – At the Vortex Ken Hoon downstairs , upstairs Chris Batchelor, Margrit Hasler, John Parricelli & Dave Whitford play Bill Frisell

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 – Louise Messenger’s “Swing Thing” is at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street, London W1S 4BP

Thursday 27th March- The Big Easy Swing Band is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Thursday 27th March- Bruno Heinen is at the Vortex

Thursday 27th March- Antonio Forcione and Giogio Serci are at the 606

Thursday 27th March- Rios & Judson are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Thursday 27 March – TOMORROW’S WARRIORS presents Kezia Abuoma Trio at Karamel 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ

Thursday 27 March – Peter Rudeforth on trumpet with Duncan Lamont on reeds are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES

Thursday 27 March – Huw Warren Choro Choro Choro is at Guildford Jazz

Thu 27th March – Bourbon & Blues top Canadian vocalist Dom Durner and Italian guitar maestro Giulio Romano Malaisi over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George !V, W4

Thursday 27 March – Julian Stringle & Pete Neighbour are at Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS

Thursday, 27 March – John Donaldson with Steve Waterman, Simon Thorpe and Dave Ohm at

Eltham Jazz Club, Eltham Warren Golf Club, Bexley Road, SE9 2PE

Thursday 27 March – Dave Newton with The Blue Vanguard house trio at the Cygnet Theatre, Friars Gate, Exeter, EX2 4AZ

Thursday 27 March – Soho Jazz Jam: Vocal Edition is at Alfie’s Soho

Friday 28 March – Arran Kent Trio is at Piano Bar Soho

Friday 28th March – Olivia Cuttill is at Alfie’s Soho

Friday 28th March – Matt Carmichael is at the Vortex

Friday 28th March – Samara are at the 606

Friday 28th March- Melissa James is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Friday 28 March – Five-Way Split is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London, SW11 7BD

Friday 28 March – Billy Marrows’ Grande Familia are at Crookes Social Club Sheffield

Friday 28 March – Mark Kavuma & The Banger Factory is at Ladbroke Hall, 79 Barlby Road, London, W10 6AZ

Friday 28 March – Mark Kavuma and his collective, The Banger Factory are at Ladbroke Hall

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 – Bura / Cottle / Pascal are at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 29th March – Nigel Price and Jim Mullen are at the 606

Saturday 29 March 12 – 2pm – at St Mary Magdalene Church Holloway Road, N7 8LT Daylight Music: Piano Day with Angèle David-Guillou, Daniel Inzani + Vivek Santhosh

Saturday 29 March – Koko Collective is at Alfie’s Soho

Saturday 29 March – Stu Barker Trio is at Piano Bar Soho

Saturday 29 March – Georgia Mancio is at the Vortex with a late from Olly Chalk

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 lunchtime – John Donaldson Quartet is at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Sunday 30 March – Reiss Ellis Beckles is at the Pizza Express Soho

Sunday 30 March 5pm – Alex Clarke is at Highams Park Jazz Club All Saints Church Church Avenue E4 9QZ

Monday 31 March – The W with Bruno Heinen and Heidi Vogel plus Maria Chiara Argirò are at Jazz in the Round at the Cockpit Theatre London, NW8 8EH

Monday 31 March – Matt Holborn is at the Bull and Gate 389 Kentish Town Rd, London NW5 2TJ

Monday 31st March- KHAYA and Freddie are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Tuesday 1 April – The Miguel Gorodi Quintet are at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone

Tuesday 1 April – Chris Ingham Quintet -Steely Jazz is at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ

Wednesday 2nd April – Ivo Neame Trio are at the SoundCellar in Poole

Wednesday 2nd April- Tango Siempre is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Thursday 3 April – Gary Willcox Quartet are at Karamel 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ

Thursday 3 April – Catherine Lima is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS

Friday 4 April – Alex Garnett is at Ladbroke Hall

Friday 4 April. Jazz@TheAlex in Faversham, Kent, presents Derek Nash and The Picante Band. Think Sergio Mendes or Buena Vista Social Club, terrific line up, including Derek, Steve Waterman, Dominic Ashworth, Marc Cecil, John Crawford, Satin Singh and Andy Staples.

Friday 4th April- Aisha Khan All stars with Natty Bo & The Hey Las are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

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

Friday 4 April – Christian Vaughan’s Repertoire Dogs are at Jazz Café POSK, 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 5 April – Perfect Stranger are at Jazz Café POSK, 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 5th April- Gary Crosby is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Sunday 6th April- Salena Jones is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Sunday 6 April lunchtime – Basil Hodge Quartet featuring Ed Jones is at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Sunday 6th April- The Spicy L’il Devils is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

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

Tuesday 8 April – Amina Figarova Quintet is at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ

Tuesday 8 April – The Gary Willcox’ drummers/composers project is at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone featuring George Crowley and Quentin Collins

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

Thursday 10th April- Brandon Allen is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Thursday 10 April – Mark Bassey is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS

Thursday 10 April – Kaiyo 3 are with Denys Baptist at Karamel 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ

Thursday 10 April – at Hidden Rooms, 7b Jesus Lane, CB5 8BA Tom Ollendorff ‘Open House’

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

Friday 11 April – Nette Robinson Quartet: Chat Baker Project are at Jazz Café POSK, 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Friday 11 April – Micah Thomas is at Ladbroke Hall

Friday 11th April- Gwyn Jay Allen Trio is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Saturday 12th April- Elaine Delmar is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Saturday 12 April – NICOLAS MASSON + ROB LUFT + VALENTIN LIECHTI are at Jazz Café POSK, 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 12th April – Nicolas Meier & Alex Hutton duo are at The Mowlem Theatre, Swanage

Saturday 12th April – Iain Ballamy and Huw Warren are at Listen! Cambridge Unitarian Church, 5 Emmanuel Road, Cambridge CB1 1JW

Saturday 12th April- Louise Clare Marshall is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Sunday 13 April 6.30 pm Ralph Moore ON TOUR FROM THE USA, with Vasilis Demopoulos and Simon Woolf Trio at Imber Court, KT8 0BT

Sunday 13 April @ 3pm – The Urban Big Band is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS

Sunday 13 April – Misha Mullov-Abbado Sextet are at Off the Rails, Richmond TW9 2NQ

Monday 14 April – Splash Point Jazz Club, Seaford have Roger Beaujolais (vibraphone) with the Neal Richardson Trio feat. Alison Rayner (bass) and Sophie Alloway (drums) at The View at Seaford Head Golf Club BN25 4JS

Tuesday 15 April – Scott Hamilton & Nat Steele Play the Music of John Lewis & MJQ-Album launch at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ

Tuesday 15 April – The Niklas Lukassen Quartet is at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone featuring Emma Rawicz , Ivo Neame and James Maddren

Wednesday 16 April – Carshalton Jazz presents exciting young vocalist Olivia Cure and her Quartet, performing the music of Duke Ellington and new interpretations of pop and rock classics. Cryer Arts, Carshalton SM5 3BB

Wednesday 16 April – Donovan Haffner is at Pizza Express Soho

Thursday 17 April – Simon Allen is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS

Friday 18 April – Fraser Smith is at Ladbroke Hall

Friday 18 April – Little Black Book (Robert Mitchell Trio) are at the SoundCellar in Poole

Friday 18 April – Ruby Robinson is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

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

Monday 21 April, 6-8PM – Frank Griffith trio are at The Crown Pub- High Street, Nantwich part of Nantwich Jazz and Blues Festival

Tuesday 22 April – The Jon Lloyd Quartet featuring John Law is at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone

Thursday 24 April – The Jazz Mondays: West London based 13 piece ‘Little Big Band’ famous for their wall of saxes – from Dizzy Gillespie to Amy Winehouse and more over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George !V, W4

Thursday 24 April – Geoff Mason Quartet are at Karamel 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ

Thursday 24 April – Nigel Price is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS

Friday 25 April – Emma Smith is at Ladbroke Hall

Friday 25 April – Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent are at Crookes Social Club Sheffield

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

Saturday 26 April – Esther Bennett with Wendy Kirkland & Pat Sprakes at The Blue Room , The Lawn, Union Rd, Lincoln LN1 3BU, UK

Sunday 27 April – Aaron Liddard Nylon Man are at Yalm Food Court , 23–24 Royal Arcade, Castle Street, Norwich NR2 1NQ

Sunday 27th April -Jazz On The Plaza feat. George Johnson on saxophone, Terence Collie on piano & Marianne Windham on bass. Cafe Yukari, Kew.

Monday 28 April – Tobie Medland Gypsy Jazz Quartet is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Tuesday 29 April – Jasper Høiby’s 3Elements are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ

Tuesday 29 April – The Finn Genockey International Quartet is at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone

Wednesday 30 April – It Takes Two: Lulu Pierre and Marvin Muoneké revisit the great jazz duets at Soul Mama the Gantry Hotel , 40 Celebration Ave, East Village, Stratford, London, E20 1DB

2) Live Streamed Timed Events – Listed in time order.

Thursday 20 March – Echo Engine with Theo Travis are streaming from SoundCellar in Poole https://www.tickettailor.com/events/soundcellar

Friday 21 March – Theo Croker is streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/

Monday 24 March 4am GMT – Tiny Room Studios weekly jam from LA . Can be viewed subsequently https://www.youtube.com/@TinyRoom/streams

Thursday 27 March – The Perhaps Jazz Trio – Julian Costello (saxophone) Natalie Rozario (cello/vocals) Patrick Naylor (guitar) are streaming from St Mary’s Perivale https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-001.shtml

Wednesday 2nd April – Ivo Neame Trio are streaming from the SoundCellar in Poole www.soundcellar.org

Friday 18th April – Little Black Book (Robert Mitchell Trio) are streaming from the SoundCellar in Poole www.soundcellar.org

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

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)

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

July 26 -29 GMF Valencia Jazz Workshop https://www.gmfjazzsummit.com/gmf-valencia-jazz-workshop-2025-eng

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