Our weekly companion to the Wednesday Breakfast Headlines email newsletter
JazzTimes has covered the new (US) Next Jazz Legacy cohort, which includes Alexandra Ridout (photo by Melody McLaren) – read more
JazzTimes editor David Adler writes: “The best course for JazzTimes, far from standing aside, is to stand by our community, just as our community has stood by us as we work to rebuild.” – read more
UNESCO has summarised Jazz Day, which will culminate in an All-Star Global Concert at the Etihad Arena in host city Abu Dhabi – read more
Neil Spencer reviewed the Branford Marsalis Quartet’s reimagining of Keith Jarrett’s 1974 album Belonging in the Observer – read more
Stephen Graham enjoyed Mathias Eick’s quartet at Ronnie Scott’s – read more
..and a “stirring set” on the new album from Donovan Haffner – read more
Jacob Collier improvised a piece of music with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington DC – watch
Ethan Iverson’s latest Transitional Technology Substack is about “Blues for Tomorrow” and Wilbur Ware – read more
…and another about select Boogie Woogie piano recordings – read more
Rob Adams writes about Dublin-based Livia Records celebrating the current Irish jazz scene and its valuable legacy with two releases during May – read more
Callum Au (photo credit Lena Semmelroggen) is hosting a new big band composition/arrangement prize this Summer – read more
Mike Hobart reviewed pianist Sultan Stevenson’s new album El Roi in the Financial Times – read more
Brixton Buzz looks forward to events at Peckham Levels including a new monthly NYJO residency – read more
An obituary of Bill Ashton was in the Telegraph – (£-walled) – read more
Wednesday 2 April – Kurtis Li is at the Vortex
Wednesday 2 April – Ivo Neame Trio are at the SoundCellar in Poole
Wednesday 2 April – Tango Siempre is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Wednesday 2 April – US guitarist Jay Azzolina is joined by Alex Garnet (sax), Oli Hayhurst (bass) and Matt Skeaping (drums) at the 606 Club – from 8pm
Wednesday 2 April – Vimala Rowe & John Etheridge are at Guildford Jazz
Thursday 3 April – WestSideJazz at Pizza House, Pitshanger Lane Ealing, W5 1QX – Come join us for a night of mellow jazz and good vibes
Thursday 3 April – Gary Willcox Quartet are at Karamel 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ
Thursday 3 April – Reuben Goldmark Trio downstairs Paula Rae Gibson upstairs at the Vortex
Thursday 3 April – Catherine Lima is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 3 April – Pete Kelly (vocals/sax/flute) will be joined by Nicolas Meier (guitar) at Ristorante Sorrento, 34 Heath Road, Twickenham, TW1 4BZ,
Thursday 3 April – The 606 Club has the Two Tenors – Ray Gelato and Simon Spillett, from 8pm
Thursday 3 April- Stuart Henderson on trumpet with Alam Nathoo on sax are at the Hedsor Jazz Club, Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Friday, 4 April – the Hannah Horton Quartet will be performing at Chichester Jazz Club.
Friday 4 April – Alex Garnett is at Ladbroke Hall
Friday 4 April – Soft Machine are at the Vortex
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 4 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 Muoneko
Friday 4 April – The 606 Club has the Edgar Macias Band with a tribute to the Buena Vista Social Club – 9pm
Friday 4 April – Christian Vaughan’s Repertoire Dogs are at Jazz Cafe POSK, 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 5 April – Rob Luft is at the Vortex
Saturday 5 April – Perfect Stranger are at Jazz Cafe POSK, 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 5 April – Gary Crosby is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Saturday 5 April – Derek Nash is at the 606 Club from 9pm
Saturday 5 April – Tori Freestone Trio are at Highams Park Jazz Club All Saints Church Church Avenue E4 9QZ
Sunday 6 April – London Jazz Orchestra play John Taylor at the Vortex in the afternoon
Sunday 6 April – Trio Grande are at the Vortex in the evening
Sunday 6 April – Equinox Jazz Quartet MAP 2 PM Studio Cafe Kentish Town NW5 3DU
Sunday 6 April – Salena Jones is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Sunday 6 April – Greg Davis Trio with Vanessa Rose is at the 606 Club for Sunday lunchtime – 1.30pm
Sunday 6 April – Alice Leggett is joined by Alistair Payne & Chaerin Imbri at NQ Jazz, Container 121, 15 Pollard St E Manchester, M40 7QX
Sunday 6 April – Basil Hodge Quartet featuring Ed Jones is at the Oval Tavern, Croydon
Sunday 6 April – The Spicy L’l Devils is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Monday 7 April – The Jazz Cafe, 5 Parkway, Camden, London NW1 7PG: to celebrate Billie Holiday’s birthday, Rikette 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
Tuesday 8 April – Arabella Sprot Quartet are at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Wednesday 9 April – Iain Ballamy and Gareth Williams are at the Vortex
Wednesday 9 April – Ralph Moore is at the 606 Club with Deschanel Gordon (piano), Simon Woolf (bass) and drummer Shane Forbes – 8pm
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 – Alice Leggatt is at the Vortex
Thursday 10 April – Lester Brown on trumpet with Mark Aston on sax are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES.
Thursday 10 April – Benet McLean Quintet are at the 606 Club, 8pm
Thursday 10 April – Remi Harris Hot Club Trio are at Crazy Coqs
Thursday 10 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 Baptiste at Karamel, 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ
Thursday 10 April – Tom Ollendorff’s ‘Open House’ is at Hidden Rooms, 7b Jesus Lane, CB5 8BA
Thursday 10 April – Polly Gibbons with Tim Lapthorn (keys), Tim Dawes (bass) and Dave Ohm (drums) at Eltham Jazz Club, Eltham Warren Golf Club, Bexley Road, SE9 2PE
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: Chet Baker Project are at Jazz Cafe POSK, 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Friday 11 April – Micah Thomas is at Ladbroke Hall
Friday 11 April – Gwyn Jay Allen Trio is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Friday 11 April – Rod Youngs Quartet feat. Denys Baptiste are at Guildford Jazz
Saturday 12 April – Elaine Delmar is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Saturday 12 April – NICOLAS MASSON + ROB LUFT + VALENTIN LIECHTI are at Jazz Cafe POSK, 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 12 April – Nicolas Meier & Alex Hutton duo are at The Mowlem Theatre, Swanage
Saturday 12 April – Iain Ballamy and Huw Warren (photo Tim Dickeson) are at Listen! Cambridge Unitarian Church, 5 Emmanuel Road, Cambridge CB1 1JW
Saturday 12 April – Louise Clare Marshall is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Sunday 13 April – Lunchtime at the Oval Tavern, Croydon – Gary Willcox Quartet with Riley Stone-Lonergan (sax) and Tim Lapthorn (piano)
Sunday 13 April 5 – 8 pm – Tim Whitehead is at Highams Park Jazz Club All Saints Church Church Avenue E4 9QZ
Sunday 13 April – 6.30 pm – Ralph Moore on tour from the USA, with Vasilis Xenopoulos 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 – The 606 Club has Interphase (pianist Tomasz Zyrmont & saxophonist Sean Khan) – 8pm
Tuesday 15 April – Andy Urquhart Quartet are at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
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 – ‘Piaf Remembered’at Crazy Coqs, Zedel 20 Sherwood Street W1F 7ED – 9.15pm
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 – Album Launch ‘For Stuff’ by Matt Holborn Quartet at the 606 Club with Fraser Urquhart (piano), Simon Read (bass) and Joe Dessauer (drums) – 8pm
Wednesday 16 April – Carshalton Jazz presents young vocalist Olivia Cure and her Quartet performing the music of Duke Ellington and interpretations of pop and rock classics. Cryer Arts, Carshalton SM5 3BB
Wednesday 16 April – Donovan Haffner is at Pizza Express Soho
Thursday 17 April – Gareth Williams Trio with Calum Gourlay (bass) and Dave Ohm (drums) at Eltham Jazz Club, Eltham Warren Golf Club, Bexley Road, SE9 2PE
Thursday 17 April – Singer Noel McCalla’s ‘In Good Hands’ is at the 606 Club – 8pm
Thursday 17 April – Simon Allen is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 17 April- Duncan Lamont on reeds with Mike Innes on trombone are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES
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 Pasadena Roof Orchestra, The Kings Hall, Herne Bay, Kent 7pm
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 – The Oval Tavern, Croydon has the Adrian Reid Quartet with Tony Kofi, Larry Bartley & Rod Youngs – lunchtime
Sunday 20 April – Pete Hurt is at Turk’s Head Twickenham
Monday 21 April – Frank Griffith Trio are at The Crown Pub, High Street, Nantwich part of Nantwich Jazz and Blues Festival (6-8pm)
Tuesday 22 April – The Jon Lloyd Quartet featuring John Law is at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone
Tuesday 22 April – Mark Bassey Trio are at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Thursday 24 April Fiona Monbet’s Maelstrom Quartet are at the Institut Francais in Lonson SW7 — photo Yusef Bastawy / BBC Wales
Thursday 24 April – WestSideJazz & Friends: Mellow Swing Jazz, Blues & Latin from Richard Cook, vcls, Marcus James, pno & Jamie Royan, bass together with some special guests from the Jazz Mondays over at the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV, 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 – Sarah L King Quartet plus guests at Pizza Express Jazz Club Soho (1pm)
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 – Tristan Mailliot Quartet featuring Tom Ridout are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon at lunchtime
Sunday 27 April 5 – 8 pm – Tim Whitehead is at Highams Park Jazz Club All Saints Church Church Avenue E4 9QZ
Sunday 27 April – Shireen Frances Quartet, Jazz at the Horsebridge Arts Centre, Whitstable,Kent 5-7pm
Sunday 27 April – Aaron Liddard Nylon Man are at Yalm Food Court, 23-24 Royal Arcade, Castle Street, Norwich NR2 1NQ
Sunday 27 April – Jazz On The Plaza feat. George Johnson on saxophone, Terence Collie on piano & Marianne Windham on bass. Cafe Yukari, Kew.
Monday, 28 April – Manchester’s nu-jazz fusion outfit NONUNONU play NQ Jazz, Container 121, 15 Pollard St E Manchester, M40 7QX
Monday 28 April – Tobie Medland Gypsy Jazz Quartet is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Monday 28 April – Knats, George Johnson + more TBA are at Jazz in the Round at the Cockpit Theatre
Tuesday 29 April – Jasper Hoiby’s 3Elements are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 29 April – The Finn Genockey International Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone
Tuesday 29 April – Julian Nicholas Quartet are at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Wednesday 30 April – It Takes Two: Lulu Pierre and Marvin Muoneke revisit the great jazz duets at Soul Mama, the Gantry Hotel, 40 Celebration Ave, East Village, Stratford, London, E20 1DB
Friday 2 May – Jazz in The Gardens: Trish Clowes & Ross Stanley – The Music of Antonio Carlos Jobim & Wayne Shorter, Plus Special Guests is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
Sunday 4 May – Renato D’Aiello Quartet are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon at lunchtime
Sunday 4 May – Equinox Jazz Quartet MAP 2 PM Studio Cafe Kentish Town NW5 3DU
Tuesday 6 May – Jonathan Gee Quartet ft Denys Baptiste is at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone
Friday 9 May – Jazz in The Gardens: Artie Zaitz Quartet is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD.
Sunday 11 May – Nette Robinson is at Turk’s Head Twickenham
Monday 12 May – Billy Marrows is at NQ Jazz, Container 121, 15 Pollard St E Manchester, M40 7QX
Tuesday 13 May – Tim Whitehead’s Personal Standards Quartet is at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone
Friday 16 May – Jazz in The Gardens: Yolanda Charles’ Project PH Album Launch is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD.
Saturday 17 May – Jazz Triple Bill: Tom Sheen Quintet, E.T.C and Sula is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
Sunday 18 May – Deirdre Cartwright, Jazz at the Horsebridge Arts Centre, Whitstable, Kent 5-7pm
Friday 23 May – the Guildhall Jazz Orchestra celebrates the music of pianist and composer Nikki Iles, including music from her latest album ‘Face to Face’, at Milton Court Concert Hall – 7.30pm
Friday 23 May – Tango and Argentine folklore: Federico D`Attellis and Ana-Josefina Nickelé is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
Sunday 25 May – Luciana Souza and Trio Corrente – Cometa is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
Monday 26 May – Empirical play NQ Jazz, Container 121, 15 Pollard St E Manchester, M40 7QX
Friday 30 May – Jazz in the Gardens: Jean Toussaint + Emile Hinton Trio (opening) is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
Sunday 29 June – Gary Willcox is at the Turk’s Head Twickenham
Sunday 27 July – Tim Whitehead is at the Turk’s Head Twickenham
Wednesday 2nd April – Ivo Neame Trio (photo Hreinn Gudlaugsson) are streaming from the SoundCellar in Poole www.soundcellar.org
Friday 4 April – Walter Smith is streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/
Monday 7 April 4am GMT – Tiny Room Studios weekly jam from LA . Can be viewed subsequently https://www.youtube.com/@TinyRoom/streams
Friday 18 April – Little Black Book (Robert Mitchell Trio) are streaming from the SoundCellar in Poole www.soundcellar.org
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
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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