1) Live gigs October

Wednesday 23 October – The Jonny Ford Jazz Orchestra at The Vortex Jazz Club

Wednesday 23 October – Jazz Vespers, American International Church on Tottenham Court Road

Wednesday 23 October – Tomorrow’s New Quartet (featuring Deschanel Gordon, Flo Moore, George Crowley and Rod Oughton) are at The Tung Auditorium, Liverpool

Wednesday 23 October – The Zealots album launch is at the 606

Wednesday 23 October – Matyas Gayer Trio Matyas Gayer (piano), Dave Green (double bass), Steve Brown (drums) are at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street , London, W1S 4BP

Thursday 24 October – Deschanel Gordon Quartet Deschanel Gordon (piano) Donovan Haffner (alto sax), Will Sach (double bass), Will Cleasby (drums) are at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street , London, W1S 4BP

Thursday 24 October – Dave Black, Alice Black, John Pearce, Andy Cleyndert, Dave Tandy are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR

Thursday 24 October- Lester Brown on trumpet with Frank Walden on sax are at the Hedsor Jazz Club, Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES

Thursday 24 October – Derek Nash is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS

Thursday 24 October – Farida Amadou and Caius Williams upstairs at the Vortex , an new Whirlpool series starts downstairs

Thursday 24 October – Zena James’ Jazz Groove Quartet play the Jazz Room over at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, SW13

Thursday 24 October – Emily Masser is at Matthews Hall, Fore Street, Topsham, EX3 0HF

Thursday 24 – 26 October – John Butcher celebrates his 70th birthday with 3 nights at Cafe Oto with Sophie Agnel , Rhodri Davies , Gino Robair , Angharad Davies, Sophie Agnel , Mark Sanders , Isabelle Duthois, Pat Thomas & Ståle Liavik Solberg

Thursday 24 October – At Crazy Coqs, Sherwood St London W1 an album launch for Ineza & ‘Women’s Words, Sisters’ Stories’ with Alex Webb (piano), Charlie Pyne (bass), Katie Patterson (drums) and Laura Impallomeni (trombone).

Friday 25 October – Electric harpist fronted The Harper Trio are at SoundCellar in Poole

Friday 25 October – Amber Leafe Jazz Trio ft John Donaldson and Andy Williams at Barnaby’s Lounge in Hastings

Friday 25 October – Tom Ridout’s ‘A Handel on Jazz Trio’ (Tom Ridout, Billy Marrows and Flo Moore). 6pm at the Jimi Sessions, Handel Hendrix House, 25 Brook Street, London W1K 4HB

Friday 25 October -Samara are at the 606

Friday 25 October – Marta Carillon Quintet: Broadway Jazz Night – A Tribute to The Greats! are at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Friday 25 October – Vince Dunn & The Medicine Band are at Tropic 68 , 68 Brigstock Rd, Thornton Heath CR7 7JA

Friday 25 October – Ilario Ferrari Trio – Above The Clouds is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD.

Friday 25 October – Perfect Stranger are at Progress Theatre , The Mount, Christchurch Road, Reading, RG1 5HL

Friday 25 October – Leo Richardson upstairs at the Vortex plus a late with Rebecka Edlund and Immy Churchill

Saturday 26 October 2.30 – Art Themen is at Loughton Methodist Church 260 High Road, Loughton, Essex IG10 1RB

Saturday 26 October – Joe Webb’s 5 a side are at the 606

Saturday 26 October – Denys Baptiste is with singer Marvin Muoneke at the Vortex plus a late with Rick Simpson

Saturday 26 October 2pm – Vasilis Xenopoulos, Paul Edis, Simon Thorpe, Billy Pod are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club at The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend, Essex SS2 6EX2

Saturday 26 October – Vasilis Xenopoulos/Paul Edis: Feels Like Home are at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 26 October – Hannah Horton Quartet are at The Gather, Cleator Moor

Saturday 26 October – Tim Garland’s Lighthouse Trio are at RWCMD , Castle Grounds, Cathays Park, Cardiff

Sunday 27 October lunchtime – Vasilis Xenopoulos Quintet at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Sunday 27 October, 5-7pm – Jazz at the Horsebridge, Whitstable have Louise Cookman Quartet

Sunday 27 October – Jazz On The Plaza feat. Dave O’Higgins with Terence Collie & Esther Ng. Café Yukari, Kew

Sunday 27 October – Ollie Usiskin Quartet are at The Priory Tavern 250 Belsize road , Kilburn NW6

Sunday 27 October The Wonder of Stevie with Derek Nash and Noel McCalla are at the 606

Sunday 27 October – Elaine Delmar, Sevenoaks, Ship Theatre

Monday 28 October – Rik van der Made Group is at the Parakeet on Kentish Town Rd

Monday 28 October – 137 | Iain Ballamy | Mali Sheard’s Homestead are at Jazz in the Round at the Cockpit Theatre

Monday 28 October – Alan Barnes / Brigitte Beraha / Barry Green are at the 606

Tuesday 29 October – Bruno Heinen Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone

Tuesday 29 October – Andy Urquhart Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG

Tuesday 29 October – Giuli Romano Trio are at the 606

Tuesday 29 October – Elaine Delmar is launching an album at Pizza Express Soho

Tuesday 29 October – Joe Locke, Ronnie Scott’s

Tuesday 29 October – Andy Urquhart Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG

Tuesday 29 October – Solo concert by Nitai Hershkovits at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ

Tuesday 29 October – Steve Fishwick Quartet Steve Fishwick (trumpet), Matyas Gayer (piano), Eleazar Ruiz (double bass), Robbie Ellison (drums) are at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street , London, W1S 4BP

Wednesday 30 October – Arnie Somogyi is with Gideon Tazelaar at the 606

Wednesday 30 October – Tony Kofi Quartet Tony Kofi (alto sax), Liam Dunachie (piano) Dave Ohm (drums), Larry Bartley (double bass) are at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street , London, W1S 4BP

Wednesday 30 October – Jack Banjo’s Snackwall are at the Vortex

Wednesday 30 October – Splash Point Jazz Club, Eastbourne have Hoagy! – The Chris Ingham Quartet

Wednesday 30 October – Joe Locke is at Zeffirellies in Ambleside

31 October – 3 November – Jazz Fest Berlin

Thursday 31 October – Louise Cookman is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS

Thursday 31 October – The Vortex have the Trinity Laban Jazz Orchestra conducted by Otto Kampa with American bassist and composer Michael Formanek plus a late show with Tom Challenger

Thursday 31 October – Rob Barron Trio Rob Barron (piano), Mark Taylor (drums), Jeremy Brown (bass) are at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street , London, W1S 4BP

Thursday 31 October – Kat Eaton is at the 606

Thursday 31 October – Threeway (Steve Waterman, Steve Lodder & Ben Crosland) are at Davenham Jazz, Davenham Theatre, 59 Church Street, Northwich , Cheshire

Thursday 31 October- Mark Aston on reeds with Alex Corlett on guitar are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES

Thursday 31 October to Sunday 3 November – JazzFest Berlin

Live gigs November

Friday 1 November – Chris Batchelor Quintet: REMEMBERING TOMASZ STAŃKO at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Friday 1 November – Brandon Allen/Alex Garnett are at the 606

Friday 1 November – Devin Gray is at the Vortex

Friday 1 November – Perfect Stranger album launch at Karamel N22

Friday 1 November – Nat Steele and Mark Crooks play Stan Getz and Cal Tjader at Cranleigh Arts Centre 1 High Street Cranleigh , GU6 8AS

Saturday 2 November – Irene Serra & Luca Boscagin Quartet: THE GREAT BRITISH SONGBOOK at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 2 November – Threeway Steve Waterman , Steve Lodder and Ben Crosland are at St Gabriel’s Church Aldersbrook, London, E12 5HH

Saturday 2 November – WOW Presents Neil Hamilton Jazz Day RHACC, Richmond

Saturday 2 November – Hannes Riepler is at the Vortex plus a late with George Crowley

Saturday 2 November – Greg Abate is at the 606

Saturday 2 November Hugh Pascall Quintet at The Blue Room at the Lawn, Lincoln LN1 3BU 8pm (Hugh Pascall Trumpet & Flugelhorn, John Turville Piano, Dave Whitford Bass, Jay Davis Drums, James Allsop Tenor Sax)

Sunday 3 November lunchtime – Adrian Reid Quartet featuring Tony Kofi at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Sunday 3 November – London Jazz Orchestra at the Vortex in the afternoon , jam in the evening

Sunday 3 November – Equinox Jazz Quartet are at MAP Studio in Kentish Town

Sunday 3 November – Riverside Arts Jazz – Celebrating Roy Hargrove with Simon Allen, Paul Jordanous, Terence Collie, Paul Michael and Joel Prime. Riverside Arts Centre, Sunbury

Sunday 3 November – Dana Gillespie is at the 606

Tuesday 5 November – Trish Clowes is at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone

Tuesday 5 November – Derek Nash Quartet are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ

Tuesday 5 November – Mingus Sings! Celebrating Charles Mingus with Sara Oschlag & Arnie Somogyi are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ

Tuesday 5 November – Matyas Gayer Trio Matyas Gayer (piano), Lorenzo Morabito (double bass), Matt Home (drums) are at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street , London, W1S 4BP

Tuesday 5 November – Dave O’Higgins Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG

Wednesday 6 November – Sean Fyfe Quartet Sean Fyfe (piano) Dave O’Higgins (tenor sax), Luke Fowler (double bass), Matt Fishwick (drums) are at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street , London, W1S 4BP

Wednesday 6 November – Sam Braysher with special guest Michael Kanan (New York) is at the 606

Wednesday 6 November – SOULTIME! Steve Fishwick ana Leon Greening delve into Bobby Timmons at The Pavilion Guildford

Thursday 7 November – Hugh Pascall Quartet Hugh Pascall (trumpet), Liam Dunachie (piano), Oli Hayhurst (double bass), Jay Davis (drums) are at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street , London, W1S 4BP

Thursday 7 November – Matt Skelton Quintet play the music of Shelly Manne are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR

Thursday 7 November – Nicolas Meier World Group are at SoundCellar at the Grasshopper in Poole

Thursday 7 November – Barb Jungr’s ‘Hallelulah’ show celebrates the songs of Bob Dylan & Leonard Cohen in a jazz idiom over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV, W4

Thursday 7 November – Karen Sharp is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS

Thursday 7 November- Peter Rudeforth on trumpet with Mark Aston on reeds are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES

Friday 8 November – Mátyás Gayer Trio at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, Chichester.

Friday 8 November – The Nat Steele Trio, featuring Nat Steele (Vibraphone), Sean Fyfe (Piano) and Simon Read (Double Bass), are appearing for Burrough Jazz at Twyford Village Hall, LE14 2HU

Friday 8 November – Emily Saunders: Moon Shifts Oceans is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD

Friday 8 November – Judith Nijland Quartet: A Jazz Tribute to ABBA at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 9 November – Saturday 9th November – The Big Colors Big Band feat. Brandon Allen, Mark Armstrong & Jakub Klimiuk: PLAY THE MID-CENTURY COOL MUSIC OF MILES DAVIS, CHARLES MINGUS, JOHN COLTRANE AND MORE.. at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 9 November – Sarah L King is at Hampstead Jazz Club, Duke of Hamilton NW3

Saturday 9 November – John Butcher (saxophones), Mark Sanders (percussion) & Philipp Wachsmann (violin & electronics) are at Listen! Unitarian Hall, Victoria Street, Cambridge CB1 1JW

Saturday 9 November – Dave O’Higgins ‘Monkin’ Around’ are at the 606

Sunday 10 November lunchtime – The Equators are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Sunday 10 November 5pm adm free – Tim Richards TRIO (Tim Richards – piano, Alex Keen – bass, Daniel Howard – drums) are at MUSIC ROOM LONDON, 116 New Cross Road SE14 5BA

Sunday 10 November at 3 pm – The Urban Big Band is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS

Monday 11 November – Splash Point Jazz Club, Seaford have Jane Tuff (sax) with the Neal Richardson Trio

Monday 11 November – Kim Cypher album launch, Pizza Express Soho

Tuesday 12 November – Pete Roth Trio featuring Bill Bruford are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ

Tuesday 12 November – Mick Foster Quartet + Students are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ

Tuesday 12 November – Geoff Simkins Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG

Tuesday 12 November – Robert Mitchell’s Epiphany3 are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone

Tuesday 12 November – Josephine Davies Quartet Josephine Davies (tenor sax), Liam Dunachie (piano), Steve Watts (double bass), Dave Storey (drums)are at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street , London, W1S 4BP

Wednesday 13 November – Nat Steele Quartet Nat Steele (vibraphone), Matyas Gayer (piano), Simon Read (double bass) drums tbc are at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street , London, W1S 4BP

Wednesday 13 November – The Gordon Wellard Septet play Art Blakey at the The Electric Theatre , Onslow St , Guildford

Thursday 14 November – Alex Bryson Trio are at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street , London, W1S 4BP

Thursday 14 November – Album Launch: Carlo Muscat (Malta/Ukraine) at the 606

Thursday 14 November – Greg Abate Quartet are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR

Thursday 14 November- John Hinch on trumpet with Duncan Lamont on reeds are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES

Friday 15 November – Secret Night Gang is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD

Friday 15 November – Stefan Redtenbacher’s Funkestra are at the Boileroom in Guildford

Friday 15 November – Elliot Galvin is at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge

Friday 15 November – Spice Jazz Soho: Denys Baptiste Quartet is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Friday 15 November – Spice Jazz Soho: Bea Asurmendi is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Friday 15 November – Tina Carr and Band are at HOXTON HALL, London, N1 6SH

Friday 15 November – Imaani & Special Guest Raphael Tate are at the 606

Friday 15 November – Jakub Klimiuk Quintet (EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL) at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 16 November – Florian Arbenz is at Hidden Rooms, Cambridge (2.00pm)

Saturday 16 November – Spice Jazz Soho: Royal Academy of Music Jazz Orchestra and Ensemble is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Saturday 16 November – Spice Jazz Soho Presents: Equal Spirits is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Saturday 16 November – The Peter King Memorial Sax Summit ft. Mornington Lockett with Binker Golding, Allison Neale, Alec Harper & the Robin Aspland Trio at the 606

Saturday 16 November – Georgia Mancio Quartet (EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL) at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 16 November – NYJO comes to Carshalton! Carshalton Jazz is proud to bring the brilliant National Youth Jazz Orchestra to All Saints Church, Carshalton SM5 3AG, with their tribute to Blue Note records. Note start time – doors, 6pm, music 6.30

Saturday 16 November – DESCHANEL GORDON (piano) is the special guest with Tom Ridout (tenor sax), Luca Stine (trumpet), Guy Dempsey (bass) and Lester Ridout (drums) playing Herbie Hancock’s “Takin’ Off” in the EFG London Jazz festival at sYp, 19 Bevis Marks, London, EC3A 7JA

Saturday 16 November – Orlando Le Fleming & Romantic Funk + Asa Martinson (opening) (EFG London Jazz Festival) is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens is at 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London, SW11 7BD

Sunday 17 November lunchtime – Sam Dunn Quartet featuring Dave O’Higgins are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Sunday 17 November lunchtime – World Heart Beat & the Julian Joseph Academy Present “Together We Go Forward” at the 606

Sunday 17 November evening – Susanna Aleksandra: Tribute to Sarah Vaughan with Special Guest Quentin Collins are at the 606

Sunday 17 November – ALEX GARNETT (tenor sax) is the special guest with Tom Ridout’s House band (Milena Granci – piano, Guy Dempsey -bass, Lester Ridout – drums) playing Dexter Gordon’s “Go” in the EFG London Jazz Festival at sYp, 19 Bevis Marks, London, EC3A 7JA

Sunday 17 November – Spice Jazz Soho: Blues and Roots Ensemble ft. Tara Minton is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Sunday 17 November – Spice Jazz Soho: Tara Minton Quintet is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Sunday 17 November – Below the Bassline: Celebrating the music of Ernest Ranglin (EFG London Jazz Festival) is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens is at 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London, SW11 7BD

Sunday 17 November – Caroline Cooper’s Pulse Quartet play the Boston Room over at Chiswick’s George IV, W4 as part of the London Jazz Festival

Sunday 17 November – Zara McFarlane Celebrates Sarah Vaughan at the Jazz Cafe

Sunday 17 November – Dennis Rollins & Cambridge University Jazz Orchestra are at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge

Monday 18 November – Cameron Scott Jazz Orchestra (EFG London Jazz Festival) is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens is at 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London, SW11 7BD

Monday 18 November – James Pearson/ Tim Boniface Quartet are at Girton College, Cambridge

Monday 18 November – Spice Jazz Soho: Nikol Bokova Quartet is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Monday 18 November – Spice Jazz Soho: The Lydian Collective is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Monday 18 November – Trish Clowes is at the 606

Tuesday 19 November – Olie Brice , George Crowley , Alex Bonny and Will Glaser are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone

Tuesday 19 November – Matt Skelton’s Blackhawk Quintet-a celebration of Shelly Manne and his music at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ

Tuesday 19 November – Chris Coull Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG

Tuesday 19 November – Greg Abate Quartet are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ

Tuesday 19 November – A Night of Brazilian Delights with “Samara” at the 606

Tuesday 19 November – Elaine Delmar is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Tuesday 19 November – Robert Mitchell is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Tuesday 19 November – Charles Tolliver presents Max Roach @ 100, Brighton Dome Corn Exchange

Tuesday 19 November – Rosie Frater-Taylor (EFG London Jazz Festival) is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens is at 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London, SW11 7BD

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 – 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 – John Etheridge & Vimala Rowe are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Nik Bärtsch piano; Tania Giannouli piano at Wigmore Hall

Friday 22 November – Shez Raja ft Guthrie Govan at 606 Club

Friday 22 November – Imogen Ryall sings the Charles Mingus/ Joni Mitchell songbook is at Storey’s Field Centre, Cambridge

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

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 – 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 – Barb Jungr (photo above by Bob Barkany) is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

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 – Liane Carroll Trio are at the 606

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 – 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 – Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott, Acker Bilk, George Shearing with Strings, Cadogan Hall

Sunday 24 November – EFG London Jazz Festival – NTJO at Hampton Hub, Hampton

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 – 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 -Way Out West presents Larry Bartley/Bruno Heinen/ Winston Clifford at the Turk’s Head, Twickenham

Wednesday 27 November – Nina Kristofferson Sings Jazz at The Pheasantry

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

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 – Matyas Gayer Quartet Jocelyn Gould (guitar), 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 – QCBA PLAYS BLUE NOTE! with Quentin Collins & Brandon Allen at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

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 – 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

Live gigs December

Sunday1 December lunchtime – Will Barry Quartet featuring Alex Harper are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

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

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

Tuesday 10 December – Renato D’Aiello Quintet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone

Tuesday 10 December – Emmet Cohen Trio are at Wigmore Hall

Sunday 15 December – Riverside Arts Jazz Christmas Special feat. Tommaso Starace with Terence Collie, Richard Sadler & Winston Clifford

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

Friday 25 October – Tribute to Monk featuring Joe Lovano, Kevin Hays, Doug Weiss & Al Foster streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/

Sunday 27 October – Keyon Harrold is streaming from Keystone Korner Baltimore https://www.keystonekornerbaltimore.com/calendar

Monday 28 October 4am GMT – Tiny Room Studios weekly jam from LA . Can be viewed subsequently https://www.youtube.com/@TinyRoom/streams

Thursday 7 November – Nicolas Meier World Group are at SoundCellar at the Grasshopper in Poole https://soundcellar.org/events/

Thursday 21 November – Synergy Mike Outram / Gareth Fowler / Chris Attwell and Andy Chapmanare at SoundCellar at the Grasshopper in Poole https://soundcellar.org/events/

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

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