Our weekly companion to the Wednesday Breakfast Headlines email newsletter
No fewer than three Guardian/ Observer writers reviewed the film Soundtrack of a Coup d’Etat (photo above Kino Lorber) with Louis Armstrong and Abbey Lincoln- read Wendy Ide / read Paul Bradshaw / read Stuart Jeffries
Richard Williams of The Blue Moment reviewed it too – read more
…and Sebastian also revewed it for The Arts Desk – read more
Ethan Iverson pays tribute to Roy Haynes (RIP) with a DotheM@th blog highlighting the drummer’s work in the piano trio format – read more
“Feel the Bounce”. Philip Clark remembered Roy Haynes for The Wire – read more
Sebastian reviewed Jon Batiste’s Beethoven Blues for the ArtsDesk – read more
Applications are open for Northern Line, Jazz North’s live touring support programme for northern artists – read more
Ronald Atkins wrote the obituary of Roy Haynes for The Guardian – read more
Adam Sweeting wrote a Guardian obituary of Shel Talmy, producer for the Kinks and the Who – read more
Scottish bassist Ali Watson was interviewed on The Jazz Podcast – read more
“I was completely mesmerised” – good to see another review (apart from ours) of a special night with Billy Childs/ Nikki Iles at Guildhall – read more
Ammar Kalia reviewed Jeff Parker & ETA IVtet’s The Way Out of Easy – read more
Mark Stryker wishes a happy 96th birthday to legendary singer Sheila Jordan – read more
Great praise for Matyas Gayer, his “uniformly excellent” new album, and for Dave Green and Steve Brown – read more
And just before the year-end lists take over, Stephen Graham rants against the very idea of them – read more
BBC West of England picked up the Cheltenham Jazz Fest’s first artists release for 2025 – read more
“Your new favourite jazz night.” Ticketmaster reviewed an evening at Soul Mama – read more
“How Gen Z fell in love with jazz and its rebellious spirit” (LJF preview from Evening Standard) – read more
Wednesday 20 November – Ayo Vincent Trio + Deelee Dubé Quintet (Double bill) (EFG London Jazz Festival) is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens is at 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London, SW11 7BD
Wednesday 20 November – Miguel Gorodi Quintet is at the Parakeeet on Kentish Town Rd
Wednesday 20 November – A tribute to the iconic BBC TV Series Jazz 625 with Robert Mitchell , Jean Toussaint , Larry Bartley and Rod Youngs is at The Cockpit Theatre , Gateforth St , London NW8 8EH
Wednesday 20 November – Sarah Moule & Simon Wallace “Songs For Scarlett Women” – ‘Jazz Cabaret’ celebrating the femme fatale over the ages in the Jazz Room over at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, SW13 (part of the EFG London Jazz Festival)
Wednesday 20 November – Alina Bzhezhinska & Tony Kofi Duo ft. Joel Prime are at the 606
Wednesday 20 November – Sarah Moule & Simon Wallace “Songs For Scarlett Women” – ‘Jazz Cabaret’ celebrating the femme fatale over the ages in the Jazz Room over at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, W13 as part of the London Jazz Festival
Wednesday 20 November – JITR @ LJF: Jazz On The Box, Robert Mitchell and band present a tribute to the iconic BBC TV Series Jazz 625, Jazz In The Round, Cockpit Theatre
Wednesday 20 November – John Etheridge & Vimala Rowe are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Wednesday 20 November – Tim Garland’s Lighthouse Trio are at Cambridge Jazz Festival (& Britten Sinfonia) West Road Concert Hall, 11 West Rd, Cambridge CB3 9DP
Wednesday 20 November – From 1pm at Milton Court Guildhall SMD have a whole day of free concerts with Helena Kay headlining
Wednesday 20 November – Ban Bam showcase at the Vortex
Wednesday 20 November – EFG London Jazz Festival. Tom Stringer Quintet and Alex Polack with Ibaia String Quartet are at the Jazz Sanctuary Turks Head, The, 28 Winchester Rd, Twickenham TW1 1LF
Wednesday, 20 November – Hannah Horton Quartet are at Piano Smithfield, 14 Long Ln, Barbican, London EC1A 9PN
Wednesday 20 November – Kate Williams Quartet featuring Mike Outram, Round About Two Thirty Series, Cadogan Hall Culford Room 2.30pm
Wednesday 20 November – Rachael Cohen is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Wednesday 20 November – Way Out West celebrates its 20th Anniversary at River House Barn, Walton as part of EFG London Jazz Festival
Wednesday 20 November – Tim Garland’s Lighthouse Trio & Britten Sinfonia are at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
Wednesday 20 November – Jim Mullen Quartet Jim Mullen (guitar), Liam Dunachie (piano), Shane Forbes (drums) bass tbc are at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street , London, W1S 4BP
Thursday 21 November – Allison Neale is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 21 November – The Katriona Taylor Quintet – “The Best of 80s Jazzed” over in the Jazz Room at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, SW13 (part of the EFG London Jazz Festival)
Thursday 21 November – South Of Broadway – Jazz Choir over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV, W4 (part of the EFG London Jazz Festival
Thursday 21 November – Adrian Cox Quintet with special guest Dan Higham: “Remembering the Great Sidemen of Louis Armstrong: Edmond Hall & Trummy Young” are at the 606
Thursday 21 November – From 1pm at Milton Court Guildhall SMD have a whole day of free concerts with Giacomo Smith & Mozes Rosenberg headlining
Thursday 21 November – JITR @ LJF: Bridge The Gap Take-over w/ Myele Manzanza & MADELEINE, Cockpit Theatre
Thursday 21 November – David Gordon Trio, Round About Two Thirty Series, Cadogan Hall Culford Room 2.30pm
Thursday 21 November – Josh Morrison Trio Gabriel Latchin (piano), Jeremy Brown (double bass), Josh Morrison (drums)are at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street , London, W1S 4BP
Thursday 21 November – Ant Law’s Unified Theories are at Pizza Express Soho
Thursday 21 November – Laura Jurd Trio are at the Vortex
Thursday 21 November – Lana Shelley Jazz Quartet, Piano Smithfield
Thursday 21 November- Lester Brown on trumpet with Alam Nathoo on tenor sax are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday 21 November – Emilia Martensson & Matt Robinson are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Thursday 21 November – Mathis Picard is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Thursday 21 November – Art Themen is at Matthews Hall, Fore Street, Topsham, EX3 0HF
Thursday 21 November – EFG London Jazz Festival. Wild Card plus Jackson Mathod & Maddy Coombs are at the Jazz Sanctuary Turks Head, The, 28 Winchester Rd, Twickenham TW1 1LF
Thursday 21 November – Synergy Mike Outram / Gareth Fowler / Chris Attwell and Andy Chapmanare SoundCellar at the Grasshopper at the Grasshopper in Poole
Thursday 21 November – Lester Brown on trumpet with Alam Nathoo on sax are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday 21 November – Zoe Rahman Trio (EFG London Jazz Festival) is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens is at 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London, SW11 7BD
Thursday 21 November – The Katriona Taylor Quintet – “The Best of 80s Jazzed” over in the Jazz Room at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, W13 as part of the London Jazz festival
Friday 22 November – Soul Time! Play the Music of Bobby Timmons, Round About Two Thirty Series, Cadogan Hall Culford Room 2.30pm
Friday 22 November – Julian Joseph’s ‘Atmospheres in Audio Theatre’ (EFG London Jazz Festival) is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens is at 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London, SW11 7BD
Friday 22 November – Art Themen’s New Directions Quintet feat Art tnr sax, Gareth Willians, pno, Steve Fishwick, trp, Arnie Somogyi, d bass & Winston Clifford, drms play the Jazz Room over at the Bull’s Head, Barnes SW13 (part of the EFG London Jazz Festival)
Friday 22 November – Nik Bärtsch piano; Tania Giannouli piano at Wigmore Hall
Friday 22 November – Shez Raja ft Guthrie Govan at 606 Club
Friday 22 November – Nikki Iles Orchestra are at the Vortex
Friday 22 November – Barnaby’s Jazz Trombones ft Jon Stokes, Michael Pilley, Andy Williams, Pete Ringrose + Richmond Stockwell at Barnaby’s Lounge in Hastings
Friday 22 November – Imogen Ryall sings the Charles Mingus/ Joni Mitchell songbook is at Storey’s Field Centre, Cambridge
Friday 22 November – Tomasz Bura is at The Cockpit Theatre , Gateforth St , London NW8 8EH
Friday 22 November – Gary Crosby Quartet is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Friday 22 November – Soothsayers Feat. Akin Soul are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Friday 22 November – Rob Luft Quartet (EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL) at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Friday 22 November – Alexandra Ridout (trumpet) Quartet with Wilfie Williams (piano), Will Sach (bass) and Marc Michel (drums) at Vortex Lates (Downstairs from 11pm at The Vortex Jazz Club,11 Gillett Square London, N16 8AZ) for The EFG London Jazz festival
Saturday 23 November 5.30 free – Junior Guildhall Big Band, Jazz Choir are at Milton Court
Saturday 23 November 8pm free – NYJO & Cleveland Watkiss Present: Sun Ra Reimagined at Milton Court
Saturday 23 November 12 – 2pm – at St John’s Leytonstone, E11 1HH EFG London Jazz Festival: Goldsmiths Improviser Collective, SlowWormHole, Fahaka + Mathew Follis
Saturday 23 November – Lulu Pierre & Tony Kofi: CELEBRATING BILLIE HOLIDAY AND BEN WEBSTER! (EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL) at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 23 November – Bag of Bones are at the Vortex plus a late at till 1am with Nick Costley-White
Saturday 23 November – Chris Dowding is at The Cockpit Theatre , Gateforth St , London NW8 8EH
Saturday 23 November – ALEXANDRA RIDOUT (trumpet) is the special guest with TOM RIDOUT (alto sax), Harry Ashworth (piano), Guy Dempsey (bass) and Lester Ridout (drums) playing “The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at The Lighthouse” in the EFG London Jazz Festival at sYp, 19 Bevis Marks, London, EC3A 7JA
Saturday 23 November – Jay Phelps Band is at the 606
Saturday 23 November – Rob Luft Quartet and Amika String Quartet are at Cambridge Junction
Saturday 23 November – David Preston: Purple/Black (EFG London Jazz Festival) is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens is at 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London, SW11 7BD
Saturday 23 November – Elaine Delmar is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Saturday 23 November – Tim Garland’s Lighthouse Trio are at Nottingham, Peggy’s Skylight , 3 George St, Nottingham NG1 3BH
Saturday 23 November – Barb Jungr is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Sunday 24 November – From 1pm at Milton Court Guildhall SMD have a whole day of free concerts with Sultan Stevenson headlining
Sunday 24 November – Rebecca Mason Trio ft John Harriman and James Sunney at Barnaby’s Lounge in Hastings
Sunday 24 November – Esther Bennett Quartet are at Colchester Arts Centre, Church Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1NF
Sunday 24 November – John Ellis is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Sunday 24 November – Deschanel Gordon is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Sunday 24 November lunchtime – Basil Hodge Quartet featuring Riley Stone Lonergan are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 24 November lunchtime – The Divas: Jo Harrop, Rachel Sutton, Eileen Hunter at the 606
Sunday 24 November – Trio Manouche “A Swinging Affair”: Gypsy Jazz & Swing with special guests vocalist Francesca Confortini & trumpeter Quentin Collins play the Boston Room over at Chiswick’s George IV, W4 as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival
Sunday 24 November – Golding / Edwards / Noble at The Cockpit Theatre , Gateforth St , London NW8 8EH
Sunday 24 November -London Jazz Orchestra in the afternoon , jam in the evening at the Vortex
Sunday 24 November – Gabriel Prokofiev’s GBRL PRKFV Ensemble ((EFG London Jazz Festival) at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens is at 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London, SW11 7BD
Sunday 24 November – Liane Carroll Trio are at the 606
Sunday 24 November – Pablo Held Trio are at Pizza Soho
Sunday 24 November – Tim Garland’s Lighthouse Trio are at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, St. Mary’s Square, Gateshead Quays, NE8 2JR
Sunday 24 November – NIGEL PRICE (guitar) is the special guest with Tom Ridout (baritone sax), Harry Ashworth (piano), James Owston (bass)and Lester Ridout (drums) playing “The George Benson Cookbook” in the EFG London Jazz Festival at sYp, 19 Bevis Marks, London, EC3A 7JA
Sunday 24 November – Guido Spannocchi Quartet are at Nextdoor Records Two 182 Stoke Newington Road N16 7UY
Sunday 24 November – Jazz On The Plaza feat. Renato D’Aiello with Terence Collie & Nick Lenner-Webster
Sunday 24 November 5pm – Paul Booth Quintet feat. Ross Stanley are at Jazz at the Horsebridge in Whitstable
Sunday 24 November 5pm – Brandon Allen and Gareth Williams Quartet are at St Michael’s Church in Blewbury OX11 9PY
Sunday 24 November – Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott, Acker Bilk, George Shearing with Strings, Cadogan Hall
Sunday 24 November – EFG London Jazz Festival – NTJO at Hampton Hub, Hampton
Monday 25 November – The Vortex have a Guildhall Showcase from 1.30 to 8.30
Monday 25 November – Pete Horsfall is at the Parakeet on Kentish Town Rd
Monday 25 November – Christos Stylianides and Big Massive at The Cockpit Theatre , Gateforth St , London NW8 8EH
Tuesday 26 November – The Vortex have a Guildhall Showcase from 1.30 to 8.30
Tuesday 26 November – Georgia Mancio Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 26 November – Alan Barnes Sextet are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 26 November – Will Gardner Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Tuesday 26 November – Francesca Degnitti is at the 606
Tuesday 26 November – World Heart Beat Jazz Club Suppers is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens is at 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London, SW11 7BD
Wednesday 27 November – World Heart Beat Jazz Club Suppers is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens is at 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London, SW11 7BD
Wednesday 27 November Christian Garrick and David Gordon, The Paper Jam Duo, The Clock Tower, St Pancras 8pm
Wednesday 27 November -Way Out West presents Larry Bartley/Bruno Heinen/ Winston Clifford at the Turk’s Head, Twickenham
Wednesday 27 November – Vortex have Nikita Korzoun downstairs and Lukas DeRungs upstairs
Wednesday 27 November – Nina Kristofferson Sings Jazz at The Pheasantry
Wednesday 27 November – Mitch Winehouse is swinging with the Denmark St Big Band at the Spice of Life in Soho
Wednesday 27 November – Pete Allen Celebrating 45 years of band leading, Pizza Express Jazz Club (Soho)
Wednesday 27 November – Splash Point Jazz Club, Eastbourne Neal’s Imaginary Friends! feat. Rob Palmer (gtr), Al Swainger (bass), Buster Birch (drums)
Wednesday 27 November – Pete Roth Band ft Bill Bruford are at the 606
Wednesday 27 November – Emily Saunders is at the Tung Auditorium in Liverpool
Thursday 28 November – Marco Natalie-Miles is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 28 November – Mike Chillingworth Quartet are at the Vortex
Thursday 28 November – Bezique (Shirley Smart with Tobie Medland and Peter Michaels) playing ‘ acoustic jazz and café music’ are at The Old Church, Stoke Newington, N16 9ES
Thursday 28 November – Lester Brown on trumpet with Martin Dunston on reeds are at the Hedsor Jazz Club, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday 28 November – Al Nicholls Quartet are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 28 November – The Jazz Mondays: 13-piece ‘Little Big Band’ play the Boston Room over at Chiswick’s George IV, W4
Thursday 28 November – Ineza & ‘Women’s Words, Sisters’ Stories’ at Epsom Jazz Club, Comrades Club, Surrey, KT18 5BT
Thursday 28 November – Matyas Gayer Trio, Matyas Gayer (piano), Stephen Keogh (drums), Jeremy Brown (double bass)are at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street , London, W1S 4BP
Friday 29 November – Pete Horsfall is at the 606
Friday 29 November – QCBA PLAYS BLUE NOTE! with Quentin Collins & Brandon Allen at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Friday 29 November – Annie Whitehead is at the Vortex
Friday 29 November – Guido Spanocchi Quartet ft Danny Keane, Andrea di Biase + Andee Lieu at Barnaby’s Lounge in Hastings
Friday 29 November – Monkin’ Around with Dave O’Higgins & Billy Pod at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, Chichester.
Saturday 30 November 2pm – Alex Garnett Quartet are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club at The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend, Essex SS2 6EX2
Saturday 30 November – Jean Toussaint Quartet plus Cleveland Watkiss are at the Vortex plus a late with Richard Foote
Saturday 30 November – The Jazz Champions ft Clark Tracey are at the 606
Saturday 30 November – ALICE ZAWADZKI TRIO: “Hanging on the Comet’s Tail” (SET1) and “Za Górami & more”… (SET2) at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 30 November Jazz Samba! (Mark Crooks Tenor Sax, Nigel Price Guitar, John Cervantes Piano, Demi Garcia Sabat Precussion, MarianneWindom Double Bass) at The Blue Room at the Lawn, Lincoln LN1 3BU
Saturday 30 November – Shabaka, Southbank Centre
Saturday 30 November – Hrjira celebrate Joni Mitchell at The Tung Auditorium in Liverpool
Sunday1 December lunchtime – Will Barry Quartet featuring Alex Harper are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday1 December lunchtime – Gareth Lockraine’s Big Band are at the 606
Sunday 1 December 5pm – Adam Glasser is at Highams Park Jazz Club at All Saints Church Church Avenue, Highams Park, London
Sunday 1 December – Chris White Trio ft Robbie Robson + Simon Thorpe at Barnaby’s Lounge in Hastings
Sunday 1 December – Equinox Jazz Quartet are at MAP Studio in Kentish Town
Tuesday 3 December – Reiss Ellis Beckles Quintet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 3 December – Laura Klain, Nigel Price, Nat Steele, Lorenzo Morabito are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Thursday 5 December – Stuart Henderson on trumpet with Frank Walden on sax are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday 5 December – Sara Oschlag is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 5 December Cover to Cover present KIND OF BLUE with Dolan Jones – Trumpet, Jamie O’Donnell – Alto Saxophone, Jac Jones – Tenor Saxophone , Alcyona Mick – Piano, Dave Manington – Double Bass . Winston Clifford – Drums at Mildmay Club Great Hall , 33-34 Newington Green , N16 9PR
Thursday 5 December – Laura Klain, Nigel Price, Nat Steele, Lorenzo Morabito are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Friday 6 December – Magdalena Supeł Quartet are at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Friday 6 December – Rob Luft and Elena Duni are at St Jude’s Church Central Square, Hampstead Garden Suburb London NW11 7AH
Friday 6 December – A Jazzy Xmas with Jo Harrop , Paul Edis nd special guests at St John’s Church. Farncombe
Saturday 7 December – John Donegan Sextet + Guests: “We Will Meet Again Sometime” – album launch at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 7 December – 12 – 2pm at St Mary Magdalene Church 15th Year Big Birthday Christmas Festive Fuzzy Feeling Fundraiser
Sunday 8 December – Lydian Collective at Off the Rails Grand Reopening, Richmond TW9 2NQ
Sunday 8 December – Laura Jurd & the Dorset Youth Jazz Orchestra are at the SoundCellar in Poole
Monday 9 December – Julian Bliss Septet is at Wigmore Hall
Monday 9 December – Mark Bassey (trombone) with the Neal Richardson Trio are at Splash Point Jazz Club, Seaford
Tuesday 10 December – Renato D’Aiello Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 10 December – Emmet Cohen Trio are at Wigmore Hall
Tuesday 10 December – Christmas Party with Alan Barnes and Al Nicholls, John Pearce, Andy Cleyndert, Matt Skelton at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Thursday 12 December – Pete Long is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 12 December – Johnny Thirkle on trumpet with Sue Greenway on reeds are at the Hedsor Jazz Club, Hedsor Bar, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday 12 December – Christmas Party with Alan Barnes, and Chris Dean, John Pearce, Andy Cleyndert, Matt Skelton at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Friday 13 December – Alan Barnes’ Christmas Fare at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, Chichester
Friday 13 December – Meier/Cywinski Electric Fusion Experience are at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 14 December 1pm – The story of the vibraphone with Orphy Robinson Septet at Loughton Baptist Church 92 High Rd Loughton IG10 4QU
Saturday 14 December – JAZZ CHRISTMAS: Jazz Christmas Around the World! at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 14 December – The Pocket Ellington, a seven-piece celebration of the Ellington repertoire featuring Alan Barnes and Tony Kofi are at the Vortex
Sunday 15 December 6pm – Jazz Carols at Methodist Central Hall Westminster
Sunday 15 December 5pm – David Jean-Baptiste is at Highams Park Jazz Club at All Saints Church Church Avenue, Highams Park, London
Sunday 15 December – The Phoenix Big Band with vocalist Robert Habermann is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Sunday 15 December – Riverside Arts Jazz Christmas Special feat. Tommaso Starace with Terence Collie, Richard Sadler & Winston Clifford
Wednesday 18 December – The Andy Panayi Big Band are at Splash Point Jazz Club, Eastbourne
Thursday 19 December – John Etheridge is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 19 December – Hannah Horton/Tony Kofi: Two Baritones are at the Jazz Sanctuary Turks Head, The, 28 Winchester Rd, Twickenham TW1 1LF
Friday 20 December – Julian Nicholas & Emil Viklicky Quartet: “Food of Love” – album launch at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Friday 20 December – ‘A Jazzy Christmas – Paul Edis, Jo Harrop and Friends’ and is at St. Gabriels’ Church, Pimlico
Saturday 21 December – Tori Freestone & Alcyona Mick Duo at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 21 December 8.30pm – Soner Erson Trio ft Amy Hollingsworth at Highams Park Jazz Club at All Saints Church Church Avenue, Highams Park, London
Sunday 22 December – Jazz at the Horsebridge, Whitstable, Kent: Trudy Kerr & Geoff Gascoyne Quartet. Two shows. 2pm Jazz for Juniors family show. 5pm-7pm Jazz Quartet .
Saturday 28 December 2pm – Derek Nash with Dominic Ashworth, Geoff Gascoyne, George Double are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club at The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend, Essex SS2 6EX2
Friday15 November – George Cables Quartet is streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/
Monday 18 November 4am GMT – Tiny Room Studios weekly jam from LA . Can be viewed subsequently https://www.youtube.com/@TinyRoom/streams
Monday 18 November – Vincent Peirani ‘Living Being’ is streaming from Porgy and Bess in Vienna https://www.porgy.at/events/upcoming
Thursday 21 November – Synergy Mike Outram / Gareth Fowler / Chris Attwell and Andy Chapmanare at SoundCellar at the Grasshopper in Poole https://soundcellar.org/events/
Monday 25 November – Lukas DeRungs Quintet are streaming from NQ Jazz in Manchester https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on
Monday 2 December – Tim Berne – Hank Roberts – Aurora Nealand ‘Oceans And’ is streaming from Porgy and Bess in Vienna https://www.porgy.at/events/upcoming
Monday 16 December – NQ Jazz Orchestra are streaming from NQ Jazz in Manchester https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on
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
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
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