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The National Youth Jazz Collective’s Composition Summer School from 7 to 12 Aug for 14 t0 18 year olds – read more
The next round of City Music Foundation artists (30 June closing date) – read more
Did everyone else already know of the story of trumper/ bandleader Evan Thomas who was knifed to death on a bandstand in 1931, despite the attempts of clarinettist George Lewis to prevent it – read more ….. and more
Looking at reviews, Mark Kidel gave the full 5 stars to the Brad Mehldau Trio in Bristol – read more
Stephen Graham views Joshua Redman as being the sixth American saxophonist to have released a strong album in 2025 – read more
Ian Mann describes Lukas Derungs (b.1990 in Freiburg) as being a “supremely accomplished pianist” and “visionary force” – read more
Ethan Iverson celebrates the life of Alfred Brendel (RIP) on his Transitional Technology Substack – read more
…he also marks what would have been music critic and historian Nat Hentoff’s 100th birthday – read more
Rob Adams previewed a third upcoming Teenage Fanclub tribute compilation release – read more
Alyn Shipton remembers Scottish pianist Brian Kellock (RIP) on Jazz Record Requests – listen
Mike Hobart reviewed MacArthur ‘genius grant’ recipient Mary Halvorson’s new album About Ghosts in the Financial Times – read more (£-walled)
Le jazz et la salsa published their list of ‘Tropical Tracks for the Summer’ (in French) – read more
Trans-Atlantic duo Daniel Vildosola & John Waugh are the latest guests on The Jazz Podcast – listen
1) Live gigs
Wednesday 25 June – Jazz Vespers at the American International Church in Tottenham Court Road will feature Duke Ellington’s Second Sacred Concert
Wednesday 25 June – Splash Point Jazz Club, Eastbourne have drummer Clark Tracey’s Jazz Champions feat. Art Themen (sax), Simon Allen (sax), Dave Newton (keys) and Andy Cleyndert (bass) at the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA
Wednesday 25 June – Freddie Benedict is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Wednesday 25 June – Steve Nicholls Quintet are at the Vortex
Wednesday 25 June – Mike De Souza Quintet with Emma Rawicz are at the 606
Thursday 26 June lunchtime – Gypsy Dreamers are at Cadogan Hall
Thursday 26 June – Royal Academy Improvs Group are at the Vortex
Thursday 26 June – Jim Mullen is at the 606
Thursday 26 June – Pete Kelly will be joined by Mark Ridout at Ristorante Sorrento, 34 Heath Road, Twickenham, TW1 4BZ
Thursday 26 June 1pm – Atlanticus US-UK quartet All Saints Church The Drive, Hove BN3 3QE
Thursday 26 June 7.30pm Atlanticus US-UK quartet Epsom Jazz, Comrades Club 1, The Parade, Epsom, KT18 5BT
Thursday 26 June – Georgia Cécile is at The Drawing Room at Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle St, W1
Thursday 26 June – The Katriona Taylor Quartet “A Latin Affair”: Outstanding vocalist Katriona Taylor presents hot Latin jazz grooves from Bossa Nova to Salsa, Rhumba & Latin funk along with the celebrated Latin pianist John Crawford, noted bassist Paul Michael, acclaimed saxophonist Vasilis Xenopoulos and top drummer Chris Nickolls over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV, W4
Thursday 26 June – 51st State Band and 51st State Big Band is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
Thursday 26 June – Richard Pite – drums,- Chinara – violin, Gunther Kurmayr – piano, Jerome Davies – bass are at Spine’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 26 June – Nick Costley-White Quartet feat Julian Siegel are at the SoundCellar at The Grasshopper 139 – 141 Bournemouth Rd, Poole
Thursday 26 June – Joanna Eden, with the Blue Vanguard Trio are at Matthews Hall Topsham
Thursday 26 June – A Night in Havana is at Piano Bar Soho
Thursday 26 June – Cover to Cover presents Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley are at Mildmay Club Main Hall
Thursday 26 June- Frank Walden on sax with Lester Brown on trumpet are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday 26 June – Soho Jazz Jam: Vocal Edition is at Alfie’s Soho
Friday 27 June – James Browne Trio is at Piano Bar Soho
Friday 27 June – Camille Rose Quartet is at Alfie’s Soho
Friday 27 June – Mark Lockheart / Huw V Williams / Jay Davis are at the Vortex
Friday 27 June – The Complete Mingus Ah Um – Jazz Cafe Posk, Hammersmith
Friday 27 June – Sexteto Cafe is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Friday 27 June – Atlanticus US-UK quartet Barnaby’s Lounge 46 Robertson Street, Hastings, TN34 1HL
Friday 27 June – Jazz in the Gardens: Tammy Weis Sings Fernando Pessoa is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
Friday 27 June – Celebrating Sammy Davis, Jr. with the 30-piece Down for the Count Swing Orchestra at Cambridge – West Road Concert Hall
Friday June 27th June – Swing’s the Thing! at Cranleigh Arts Centre
Friday 27 June – Matt Wates Sextet at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, Chichester. PO19 1SY
Saturday 28 June 2pm – Al Nicholls – tenor sax, Paul Eldridge – piano, Sandy Brown – bass, Rod Brown – piano are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club at The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend, Essex SS2 6EX2
Saturday 28 June 3pm Atlanticus US-UK quartet Time and Tide Bell Harbour Cres, Harwich CO12 3NL
Saturday 28 June 7.30pm Atlanticus US-UK quartet St Nicholas’s Church Church Street, Harwich
Saturday 28 June: Kirsty King Quartet: A Summer’s Refrain are at Jazz Cafe Posk, Hammersmith
Saturday 28 June – Olly Mux Trio is at Piano Bar Soho
Saturday 28 June – Suna Alan is at the Vortex
Saturday 28 June – Trumpet Legends ft Andy Davies is at Alfie’s Soho
Sunday 29 June – Jonathan Gee Quartet featuring Denys Baptiste are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon at lunchtime
Sunday 29 June 12:30pm – The Graeme Culham Quintet with Richard Exall at Upwell Jazz Club – Christchurch Community Centre, Cambs. PE14 9LL
Sunday 29 June 5pm – Georgia Mancio Horsebridge Arts Centre, Whitstable
Sunday 29 June – Atlanticus US-UK quartet are in Norwich
Sunday 29 June – Gary Willcox is at the Turk’s Head Twickenham
Sunday 29 June – Jazz On The Plaza feat. Jay Azzolina on guitar with Terence Collie on piano. Cafe Yukari, Kew
Sunday – 29 June – John Altman, ‘The Hidden Man’, Big Band, Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho
Sunday 29 June – Frank Griffith, Steve Berry, Andrzej Baranek are at Lancaster Jazz. Gregson Centre, Lancaster
Monday 30 June – Harben Kay Quartet are at the Bull and Gate in Kentish Town
Monday 30 June- Basil Hodge Quartet with Riley Stone Lonergan (sax) and Winston Clifford at Bexley Jazz Club, The King’s Head PH, Bexley Village, DA5 1AA
Monday 30 June – Mark Kavuma Quartet, John Edwards & Jamie Pye are at Jazz in the Round at the Cockpit Theatre
Tuesday 1 July – Alasdair Pennington Quintet are at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone
Tuesday 1 July – Leon Greening Trio are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 1 July – Andy Panayi Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Tuesday 1 July – Atlanticus US-UK quartet Fitz Community Hub 2 Bristol Rd, Kemptown, Brighton BN2 1AP
Tuesday 1 July -Tessa Souter, Shadows and Silence, The Erik Satie Project, CD release party, Joe’s Pub
Tuesday 1 July – Alan Barnes saxes, John Pearce piano, Andy Cleyndert bass, Matt Fishwick drums are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Tuesday 1 July – Dan Reinstein is at the 606
Tuesday 01 July – Kaidi Akinnibi ‘Like In Dreams’ Album Launch is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
Wednesday 2 July – Sacha Harlan’s Contexture at The Jazz Sanctuary, Turks Head, Twickenham, TW1 1LF
Wednesday 2 July – Simon Lasky is at the 606
Wednesday 2nd July – Claire Martin and Rob Barron are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Thursday 3 July 12pm Atlanticus US-UK quartet Clock Tower 9 Katharine St, Croydon CR0 1NX
Thursday 3 July lunchtime – Mark Crooks Organ Trio are at Cadogan Hall
Thursday 3 July – Trish Clowes is at the 606
Thursday 3 July- Alam Nathoo on sax with guest on trombone are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday 3 July – The Ted Beament Trio are at Spine’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 3 July – Atlanticus US-UK quartet The Bohemian 10 Compton St, Eastbourne BN21 4BW
Thursday 3 July – No Levy , Paul Edis and Alan Barnes are at Guildford Jazz
Friday 4 July – Quentin Collins is at the 606
Friday 4 July – Stella Goodey is at Fisher Theatre Bungay
Friday 4 July – Jazz in the Gardens: Julian Joseph Trio is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
Friday 4 July – Yolanda Brown, Lincoln Jazz Festival, The Nave, Lincoln Cathedral 7.30-9.45pm
Saturday 5 July – Lincoln Cathedral Chapter House, The Heavy Beat Brass Band, Sounds Easy Big Band Liane Carroll, Edgar Macias Quintet Plays Buena Vista Social Club, Steely Jazz
Saturday, 5th July, Henry Patterson is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Saturday 5 July – YolanDa Brown, Band on the Wall, Manchester
Sunday 6 July – 5pm – Nat Steele plus a jam session are at Highams Park Jazz Club , All Saints Church Church Avenue, Highams Park, E4 9QZ London
Saturday 5 July – Ed Jones is at the 606
Sunday 6 July – Vasilis Xenopoulos Quartet are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon at lunchtime
Sunday 6 July – Lincoln Cathedral Chapter House, Tommy Smith & Peter Johnstone, Matt Ratcliffe’s Unity Quintet, Electric Gumbo, Dave O’Higgins Biggish Band
Sunday 6 July – Atlanticus US-UK quartet Love Supreme Glynde place, east sussex
Sunday 6 July – Vasilis Xenopoulos Quartet are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon at lunchtime
Tuesday 8 July – 1pm Atlanticus US-UK quartet 3 Horseshoes The Pound, Main Road, Knockholt, Kent TN14 7LD
Tuesday 8 July – 8pm Atlanticus US-UK quartet Hare & Hounds 79-81 Portland Rd, Worthing BN11 1QG
Tuesday 8 July – Larry Bartley / Bruno Heinen / Winston Clifford are at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone
Tuesday 8 July, Joe Thompson is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Tuesday 8 July lunchtime – Peggy’s Got the Blues with Catherine Lima are at Cadogan Hall
Tuesday 8 July – Greg Abate tenor sax, John Pearce piano, Andy Cleyndert bass, Alfonso Vitale drums are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Tuesday 8 July – Jim Watson, album launch, 606 Club
Tuesday 8 July – Atlanticus Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Tuesday 8 July – Peter Johnstone International Organ Quartet featuring Joe Locke & Tommy Smith are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ.
Wednesday 9 July – Tom Ridout’s UFO (Unidentified Folk Outfit) “First Contact” Album Launch featuring Tom Ridout (recorders/electric recorder), Flo Moore (bass) and Rod Oughton (drums) at The Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillet Square, London N6
Wednesday 9 July – Atlanticus US-UK quartet Southend Jazz Club Park Inn Hotel Southend-on-sea, SS1 2A
Wednesday 9 July – Jonny Ford Jazz Orchestra at the Pizza Express Jazz Club
Wednesday 9 July – Peter Johnstone International Organ Quartet featuring Joe Locke & Will Vinson are at the 606
10 – 27 July – Buxton International Festival
Thursday 10 July – Atlanticus US-UK quartet Pelham Arms High St, Lewes BN7 1XL
Thursday 10th July, Janette Mason and Juliet Roberts are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Thursday 10 July – Dave O’Higgins Quartet ‘Monkin Around’ are at Hidden Rooms, 7b Jesus Lane, CB5 8BA
Thursday 10 July – Andrea Rincari Quartet ft Alex Garnett are at the 606
Thursday 10 July, Ruby Robinson is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Thursday 10 July – AYRA – Janette Mason & Juliet Roberts @ Crazy Coqs
Thursday 10 July – Greg Abate tenor sax, John Pearce piano, Julian Bury bass, Alfonso Vitale drums are at Spine’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 10 July – “The Wonder of Stevie” at The Jazz Sanctuary, Turks Head, Twickenham, TW1 1LF
Friday 11 July – Lilybud @ Smithfield Piano
Friday 11 July – Hans Koller 4tet with Tony Kofi play Monk at the 606
Friday 11th July, La Bouche Manouche is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Friday 11 July – Jazz in the Gardens: Gabrielle Stravelli Quartet is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
Friday 11 July to Sunday 13 July is the Swanage Jazz Festival. Among the bands on Saturday is Hejira with Hattie Whitehead
Saturday 12 July – Atlanticus US-UK quartet Swanage Jazz Festival Marquee, Swanage
Saturday 12 July – Karen Sharp is at the 606
Saturday 12 July – Little Black Book with Robert Mitchell are at Highams Park Jazz Club , All Saints Church Church Avenue, Highams Park, E4 9QZ London
Sunday 13 July – Atlanticus US-UK quartet Chequer Meade Theatre De La Warr Rd, East Grinstead RH19 3BS
Sunday 13 July – Atlanticus US-UK quartet Southampton Modern Jazz Club Harmony House, 74 London Road, SO15 2AJ
Sunday 13 July – Josephine Davies (sax) Quartet featuring Calum Gourlay (bass) are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon at lunchtime
Sunday 13 July – The Ridout Brothers Quartet (afternoon) featuring Tom Ridout (saxophones), Lester Ridout (drums), Harry Ashworth (piano) and Arnie Somogyi (bass) at Dawkes Music, Reform Rd, Maidenhead SL6 8BT
Monday 14 July – Splash Point Jazz Club, Seaford have Duncan Hemstock (clarinet) with Neal Richardson (pno/vox) Trio feat. George Trebar (dbl bass) and Mez Clough (drums)
at The View at Seaford Head Golf Club BN25 4JS
Monday 14 July – Alex Hitchcock Quartet are at Pizza Express Soho
Tuesday 15 July – Cover to Cover present Kind of Blue at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone
Tuesday 15 July – Will Cleasby’s Four Card Molly at the 606
Tuesday 15 July – Greg Abate Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Tuesday 15 July lunchtime – George Washingmachine Quartet are at Cadogan Hall
Tuesday 15 July – Pete Long & Gareth Lockrane Quintet are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 15 July – Jo Fooks tenor sax, John Pearce piano, Marianne Windham bass, Buster Birch drums are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Wednesday 16 July – Carshalton Jazz presents the Phil Allen Quartet – Phil Allen, d, Mark Lockheart, sax, Dave Whitford ass, Simon Purcell, pno – at Cryer Arts, High Street, Carshalton SM5 3BB
Wednesday 16th July, Leopold Benedict is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Thursday July 17 – Kate Daniels, John Harriman, James Sunney, Rod Brown are at The Middle House, Mayfield TN20 6AB nr Tunbridge Wells
Thursday 17 July lunchtime – Michael Sutton Trio are at Cadogan Hall
Thursday 17th July, Anaïs Reno is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Thursday 17th July, Blue Lou’s Revue is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Friday 18th July, Madeline Bell and Ian Shaw are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Saturday 19 July – Thokozile + Bossa Definitiva Trio are at SoundCellar at Sandy Hill Arts Sandy Hill Lane, Corfe Castle, Dorset, United Kingdom
Saturday, 19th July, Madeline Bell and Ian Shaw are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Sunday 20 July – Terry Seabrook Organ Band featuring Simon Spillett (sax) are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon at lunchtime
Sunday 20 July – 5pm – Dani Teal plus a jam session are at Highams Park Jazz Club , All Saints Church Church Avenue, Highams Park, E4 9QZ London
Sunday 20 July 6.30 pm – Art Themen Organ Trio with Pete Whittaker & George Double at Imber Court KT8 0BT
Monday 21 July – Lee Ritenour, Band on the Wall, Manchester
22 – 27 July Sligo Jazz Festival, Ireland
Tuesday 22 July lunchtime – Georgia Mancio Quartet are at Cadogan Hall
Tuesday 22 July – Alcyona Mick / Tori Freestone Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone
Tuesday 22 July – Big House at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Tuesday 22 July – Yuri Goloubev Trio featuring Simone Locarni are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 22 July -Sarah Moule and the Simon Wallace Trioare at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Wednesday 23 July – Boisdale Canary Wharf, Cabot Square, Canary Wharf E14 4QT: The Pocket Ellington with special guest Marvin Muoneké
Thursday 24 July lunchtime – Emily Masser and Alex Clarke are at Cadogan Hall
Thursday 24 July – Kurt Rosenwinkel and Gerald Clayton are at the Jazz Cafe
Thursday 24 July – Alex Garnett Quartet are at Spine’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 24th July, Paul Hazel Quartet is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Thursday 24th July, KHAYA and Freddie Lennox are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Friday 25 July – Tony KInsey Memorial Concert – The Exchange -Twickenham
Friday 25 July – Zena James’ Jazz Groove Quartet: Soulful jazz singer Zena James along with Dominic Ashworth, guitar, Andy Hamill, bass and Mike Bradley, drums over in the Jazz Room at the Bull’s Head, Barnes SW13
Saturday 26 July 2pm – Greg Abate tenor saxophone, John Pearce piano, Lorenzo Morabito bass, Alfonso Vitale drums are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club at The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend, Essex SS2 6EX2
Saturday 26 July – Celebrate Tap dancing at Highams Park Jazz Club , All Saints Church Church Avenue, Highams Park, E4 9QZ London
Saturday 26 July – Rob Luft (guitar) and Rebecka Edlund (voice) Cambridge Unitarian Church, 5 Emmanuel Road, CB1 1JW
Sunday 27 July – QOW Trio featuring Riley Stone-Lonergan are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon at lunchtime
Sunday 27 July – Tim Whitehead is at the Turk’s Head Twickenham
Sunday, 27th July Cameron Bernard Jones & The Luke Bacchus Trio are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Monday 28th July, Cameron Bernard Jones & The Luke Bacchus Trio are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Tuesday 29 July lunchtime – Monkin Around with Dave O’Higgins are at Cadogan Hall
Tuesday 29 July – Soultime with Leon Greening and Steve Fishwick are at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone
Tuesday 29 July – Clark Tracey’s Jazz Champions are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ.
Tuesday 29 July – Dave O’Higgins Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG.
Wednesday 30 July – Boisdale Canary Wharf, Cabot Square, Canary Wharf E14 4QT: Riketté Genesis and Alex Webb present ‘Billie Holiday at Carnegie Hall’
Wednesday 30 July – Splash Point Jazz Club, Eastbourne have “When Peggy met Ella” feat. Shireen Francis (vox) and Sarah Moule (vox) with Simon Wallace (keys) and Paul Whitten (bass). At the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA
Thursday 31 July lunchtime – Paul Higgs presents Jeepers Creepers are at Cadogan Hall
Thursday 31 July – Shireen Francis’ Caribbean Jazz Trio: Jazz swing meets the rhythms of the Caribbean with the much acclaimed vocalist Shireen, the celebrated guitarist Dominic Grant & steel pan maestro Mark Cherrie over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV. W4
Sunday 3 August – Geoff Mason (Trombone) Quintet are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon at lunchtime
Wednesday 6 August – Harben Kay Quartet is at Pizza Express
8-10 August – Brecon Jazz Festival
Sunday 10 August 6.30 pm – Soul Time – Remembering Bobby Timmons with Leon Greening, Matyas Hofecker, Matt Home, Steve Fishwick at Imber Court KT8 0BT
Monday 11 August – Splash Point Jazz Club, Seaford have Neal’s Imaginary Friends feat. with Neal Richardson (pno/vox), Rob Palmer (gtr) , Al Swainger (bass), Paul Cavaciuti (drums) at The View at Seaford Head Golf Club BN25 4JS
Wednesday 27 August – Splash Point Jazz Club, Eastbourne have Chris Coull’s Septet “Blues & The Abstract Truth” At the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA.
Friday 20 June – Danilo Pérez, John Patitucci, Adam Cruz Trio is streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/
Sunday 22 June – Nir Felder Trio are streaming from SoundCellar in Poole https://soundcellar.org/events/
Monday 23 June 4am GMT – Tiny Room Studios weekly jam from LA . Can be viewed subsequently https://youtube.com/@therecordingclubsantamonica
Wednesday 25 June – radio.string.quartet ‘Les couleurs du feu’ are at Vienna’s Porgy & Bess https://www.porgy.at/events/2025/6/
Thursday 26 June Gareth Williams (jazz piano/vocals) Dave Green (bass) https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-001.shtml
Thursday 26 June – Nick Costley-White Quartet feat Julian Siegel are streaming from SoundCellar in Poole https://soundcellar.org/events/
Thursday 10 July Henry Tozer (jazz piano and vocals) – https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-001.shtml
Saturday 19 July – Thokozile + Bossa Definitiva Trio are streaming from SoundCellar in Corfe Castle https://soundcellar.org/events/
Every Monday at Off The Cuff , Railton Road, Herne Hill, London, at 8.30 Roger Humbles Quartet followed at 9.30 by a jam.
Every Tuesday – Silver Bullet Jazz Jam at The Night Owl in Finsbury Park with Bukky Leo
Every Tuesday – Alec Harper Quartet are at Eastcheap Records 20 Eastcheap, London, EC3M 1EB
Every Wednesday at The Plough 381 Lordship Lane SE22 8JJ starting at 8.30 p.m. a jam session. Resident piano trio. Bring your horns along and play from 8.30 p.m.
Every Thursday , Friday and Saturday Leo Green hosts shows at the Middle Eight bar WC2B 5BX
Every Thursday at The Great North Wood, 3 Knight Hill, Norwood, London, at 8.30 Roger Humbles Quartet followed at 9.30 by a jam.
Every second Sunday of each month at 1.30pm Equinox are at Map Studio in Kentish Town
Every Sunday 6.30-8.30 Ollie Usiskin Quartet at The Priory Tavern 250 Belsize road north maida vale kilburn london NW6 4BT
Tuesday , Wednesday and Thursday 3pm-7pm Neal Richardson plays at Afternoon Tea Jazz in The Drawing Room Raffles Hotel at the OWO, 57 Whitehall,
Emmet Cohen has still got a weekly stream going on Monday nights from his place https://www.facebook.com/heyemmet/?hc_location=ufi
Smalls in New York are streaming every night and if you sign up you get access to their archive https://www.smallslive.com/
Sands Film Studios concerts from the EFG London Jazz Festival are still available – https://sandsfilms.co.uk/music-room-past-streams-watch-now.html
The weekly jam at Tiny Room’ Studio in Los Angeles, with all kinds of local luminaries showing up, has a live stream every Monday at 8pm PST / 4am GMT . Previous sessions are on Youtube at : https://www.youtube.com/@TinyRoom/streams
Alan Musson’s ‘Jazz Kaleidoscope’ airs on Sanctuary Radio on Sunday nights 8-9pm and from 15 December will be extended to two hours 7-9pm. https://www.sanctuaryradio.co.uk
Explore the World of Jazz with Al Giddings on White Horse Radio every Tuesday evening at 9pm, with classic tracks, unexpected gems and jazz you didn’t know you liked until you heard it. www.whitehorseradio.net
On each Tuesday in November, the Cinema Club at Sands Film Studios 82 Marychurch St SE16 4HZ will screen documentaries on the theme of Jazz in Europe
Frank Griffith – “The Jazz Cavern†Thursdays at 9PM. Repeats at 6PM Sunday www.mykindamusic24.com
Liverpool Community Radio – “The Jazz Cavern†106.7 FM. www.l-c-r.co.uk Airs on weekly Fridays-2PM, Saturdays- 4PM, Tuesdays- 4PM
The European Jazz Hour with Peter Slavid – https://www.mixcloud.com/ukjazz/ or on hayesfm 91.8 FM
Wednesdays at 10pm on Radio Deal – Jazz on the Beach with Adam Sieff https://www.dealradio.co.uk/shows/jazz-on-the-beach
The Jazz Singer’s Workshop – 606 Club November 23rd 10am-4pm
LightSounds Audiovisual Art Festival and workshops 23-24.11.2024 at The Stage, Richmix, 35-37 Bethnal Green Road, E1 6LA London
26-29 July – GMF Valencia Jazz Workshop https://www.gmfjazzsummit.com/gmf-valencia-jazz-workshop-2025-eng
14-20 August – GMF Tuscany Jazz Workshop, Certaldo, Italy
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