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Pianist/ composer Clare Cope’s Kickstarter has raised more than half its target in a couple of days – read more
The Observer reports on Belize-born composer (and Byron’s sister) Errollyn Wallen’s appointment as Master of the King’s Music – read more
…also in the Observer, Neil Spencer reviewed the Mark Cherrie Quartet’s new album, Any Anxious Colour – read more
Richard Williams wrote about Pat Thomas’s album The Solar Model of Ibn al-Shatir on Cafe Oto’s label – read more
Nate Chinen did a live interview with Brad Mehldau about his autobiography and the audio is released – read more
Jacob Collier is the cover star of September 2024 Downbeat – feature/interview over six pages by Tina Edwards – read more
Michael J. West remembers guitarist Russell Malone (RIP) for WRTI – read more
The New York Times reported that he had a heart attack after performing in Ron Carter’s Trio in Tokyo – read more
Sebastian reviewed saxophonist Miguel Zenón’s new album, Golden City, for the ArtsDesk – read more
Ottawa Citizen has tributes to David Binder (also known as critic John Kelman, senior contributor to AllAboutJazz) – read more
(slightly late with this one) Snooker legend Steve Davis was in a duo on modular synths at the Brecon Jazz Festival – read more
London Korean Links released an informed guide to K-Music Festival 2024 – read more
jazzahead! 2025 is the RECONNECT edition, and registrations and showcase applications are now open – read more
Wednesday 28 August – Adam Glasser Quintet are at Splash Point Jazz Club, Fishermen’s Club Eastbourne BN22 7A
Wednesday 28 August – David Gordon is at the 606
Wednesday 28 August – Luke Bacchus upstairs , Xhosa Cole downstairs at the Vortex
Wednesday 28th August 7:30pm Worthing Pier, Jacqui Hicks (vocal) with Alex Eberhard Trio with Neal Richardson (pno/vox), Nigel Thomas (bass), Alex Eberhard (drums) Worthing Pavilion Atrium (on the Pier, Marine Parade, BN11 3PX)
Thursday 29 August- Leopold Benedict is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Thursday 29 August – Sam Norris upstairs , Xhosa Cole downstairs at the Vortex
Thursday 29 August – Georgia Mancio Quartet, The Pheasantry, 152 King’s Road, London SW3 4UT
Thursday 29 August – 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 29 August – Catherine Lima is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club, EN2 8AS
Friday 30 August – Vince Dunn & The Medicine Band are at 68 Brigstock Rd, Thornton Heath CR7 7JA
Friday 30 August – Nigel Price has an Organ Trio album launch gig at Alfie’s Soho , 49 Greek Street, two houses
Friday 30 August – Heidi Vogel Quartet are at the Vortex
Saturday 31 August – Binker Golding & Elliot Galvin are at the Vortex
Sunday 1 September lunchtime – Tony Woods Project are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 1 September lunchtime – Pisco Sour are at the 606
Sunday 1 September evening – Charlie Wood and Robin Aspland are at the 606
Sunday 1 September – Simon Spillett Big Band are at the Pizza Express Soho
Sunday 1 September: Riverside Arts Jazz – The Music of Charlie Parker feat. Glen Manby with Terence Collie, Paul Jeffries & Clark Tracey. Riverside Arts Centre, Sunbury on Thames.
Monday 2 September – Sophie Alloway’s birthday gig at the 606
Monday 2 September – The Pocket Ellington with Alan Barnes , Tony Kofi etc are at Pizza Express Soho
Tuesday 3 September – Adam Glasser Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 3 September – Jim Rattigan Quartet with the Garner String Quartet are at the Vortex
Tuesday 3 September – Crystal Palace have a new jazz club at Hopscotch Taproom 54 Westow Hill SE19 with Georgia Mancio and Nigel Price
Tuesday 3 September – Bruce Adams, Richard Busiakiewicz, Andy Cleyndert, Matt Fishwick are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Tuesday 3 September – Quentin Collins & Brandon Allen-Blue Note Quartet are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ.
Wednesday 4 September – Freddie Benedict Sextet is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly.
Wednesday 4 September – Clara Green Quartet are at the Vortex
Wednesday 4 September- Reuben Fox is at the 606
Wednesday 4 September – Emily Masser and Alex Clarke are at Guildford Jazz
Thursday 5 September – IBQT Iain Ballamy Quartet are at SoundCellar in Poole
Thursday 5 September – Phillip Dornbusch / Olly Chalk / Will Glaser are at the Vortex
Thursday 5 September-Heidi Vogel (vcl) with Bruno Heinen (keys), Menelik Claffey (bs) and Dave Ohm (d) are at Eltham Warren Golf Club, Bexley Road, SE9 2PE
Thursday 5 September – Ayala is at the 606
Thursday 5 September – Julian Stringle is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club, EN2 8AS
Thursday 5 September – Jo Harrap, John Pearce, Simon Thorpe, drums tba are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 5 September – Anthony Kerr is at Matthews Hall, Fore Street, Topsham, EX3 0HF
Friday 6 September – Alex Hitchcock Quintet are at the Vortex
Friday 6 September- Lucy Wijnands ft. Bram Wijnands is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly.
Friday 6 September- Joe Webb’s Five a Side are at the 606
Saturday 7 September – Clark Tracey’s Jazz Champions are at the 606
Saturday 7 September – Hans Koller plays Monk
Sunday 8 September lunchtime – Simon Spillett All Star Quintet are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 8 September lunchtime – Eriko Ishihara is at the 606
Sunday 8 September lunchtime
Monday 9 September 7.00pm Splash Point Jazz Club, Seaford ELO – Ella, Louis & Oscar – Neal & Sue Richardson Quartet Seaford – Splash Point Jazz Club, The View, Southdown Rd BN25 4JS
Tuesday 10 September – Ivo Neame Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 10 September – Sultan Stevenson Trio are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ.
Tuesday 10 September -RMQ are at the 606
Tuesday 10 September – Laura Klain, Donovan Haffner, Nigel Price, Lorenzo Morabito are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Wednesday 11 September – amazing multi-instrumentalist Charlotte Glasson (saxes, violin, flute, even musical saw on a good day) and virtuoso sax player Tony Woods play together for the first time (with drums and bass) at Cryer Arts, Carshalton, SM5 3BB
Wednesday 11 September – Wild Flower Quintet celebrate Wayne Shorter at the 606
Wednesday 11th September- Inês Loubet is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Thursday 12 September – Laura Klain, Donovan Haffner, Nigel Price, Lorenzo Morabito are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 12 September – Roger Beaujolais is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club, EN2 8AS
Thursday 12 September – Pablo Held is at the Birmingham Conservatoire
Thursday 12th September- Joe Thompson is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly.
Friday 13 September – Simon Spillett Quartet at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, Chichester.
Friday 13 September – Tony Kofi and the Organisation are at Guildford Jazz
Friday 13 September – Luke Brueck Seeley Quintet are at All Saints , Brudenell Rd , Tooting
Friday 13 September – Harry Greene is at the 606
Saturday 14 September 1pm – De Fuego are the breath-taking guitar duo of Tony Calvo and Edina Balczo are at Loughton Baptist Church 92 High Road, Loughton, Essex IG10 4QU
Saturday 14 September – Alice Zawadzki, Fred Thomas, Misha Mullov-Abbado (joint SoundCellar / Sandy Hill Arts promotion) in Corfe Castle
Saturday 14 September – Derek Nash is at the 606
Saturday 14 September – Joy Ellis Trio (Joy Ellis – Piano & Vocals – Henrik Jenson Bass -Adam Osmianski Drums) at The Blue Room at The Lawn Union Road Lincoln LN1 3BU. London based pianist, singer and composer promises relaxed minimalist vibe and strong melodies recalling Keith Jarrett, Brad Mehldau and Bills Evans
Saturday 14th September- Hannah Horton Quartet is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Sunday 15 September lunchtime – Tim Richards Trio are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Tuesday 17 September – Steve Fishwick / Frank Basile Quintet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 17 September – Tony Kofi with Frank Harrison’s Trio. Marlow Jazz Club, Royal British Legion Hall, SL7 1NT
Tuesday 17 September – Jacqui Hicks, John Pearce, Simon Thorpe, Marc Cecil are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Wednesday 18 September- Steve Fishwick & Robbie Ellison Quintet ft. Frank Basile is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Wednesday 18th September- Trevor Mire’s The Rools is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly.
Thursday 19 September – Kasper Rietkerk’s KRSIX are at SoundCellar in Poole
Thursday 19 September -Aidan Pope is at the Birmingham Conservatoire
Thursday 19 September – Olly Hite is at Rhythm & Booze Battersea
Thursday 19 September- Karen Sharp (sax) with Colin Oxley (gtr), dave Green (b) and Dave Ohm (d) are at Eltham Warren Golf Club, Bexley Road, SE9 2PE
Thursday 19 September – Art Themen is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club, EN2 8AS
Friday 20 September – Phoebe Katis is at Pizza Express Holborn
Friday 20th September- Mark Kavuma is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly.
Sunday 22 September lunchtime – The Exceptions with Clark Tracey, Art Themen and Andy Cleyndert are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Tuesday 24 September – Donovan Haffner Quintet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 24 September – Arbenz/Neame/Churchill/Hart/Pursglove:Conversation are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ.
Wednesday 25th September- Adrian Cox Trio is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly.
Wednesday 25 September – Iago Banet, a virtuoso Spanish guitarist is at Pizza Express Live, Holborn
Wednesday 25 September – Splash Point Jazz Club, Eastbourne Nicola Farnon Quartet Nicola Farnon (vox, bass), Mark Edwards (keys), Andy Panayi (sax/flute) and Phil Johnson (drums) – Eastbourne – Splash Point Jazz Club, at the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA
Wednesday 25 September -Tomorrows Warriors present Maddy Coombs at the Pizza Express Soho
Thursday 26 September – Antonio Forcione and Giorgio Serci are at The 606 Club
Thursday 26 September – Jason Rebello and Gwilym Simcock are at the University of Surrey
Thursday 26 September – Derek Nash, David Newton, Geoff Gascoyne, Sebastiaan de Krom are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Friday 27 September – The Nigel Price Organ Trio, featuring Nigel Price (Guitar), Ross Stanley (Hammond Organ) and Joel Barford (Drums) are appearing for Burrough Jazz at Twyford Village Hall, LE14 2HU
Friday 27 September – Nicholas Adema Quartet – UK Debut at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, Chichester.
Saturday 28 September – Ted Beament, Alec Dankworth, Winston Clifford are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club at The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend, Essex SS2 6EX2
Sunday 29 September lunchtime – Fraser Smith Quartet at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 29th September – Jazz On The Plaza feat. Sam Walker with Terence Collie & Mark Rose. Café Yukari, Kew
Tuesday 1 October – Gordon Wellard Septet play Art Blakey at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 1 October – Georgia Mancio and Gareth Lockrane are at Crystal Palace Jazz Club , Hopscotch Taproom 54 Westow Hill SE19
Tuesday 1 October – Pete Long presents the music of Benny Goodman at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ.
Tuesday 1 October – Mood Indigo Events October Piano Series featuring Terence Collie. 1901 Arts Club, 7 Exton Street, London SE1 8UE
Wednesday 2 September -Trish Clowes is at the Birmingham Conservatoire
Saturday 5 October – Tony Kofi and Tim Boniface are at All Saints , Brudenell Rd , Tooting
Sunday 6 October lunchtime – Renato D’Aiello Quartet at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 6 October – Equinox Jazz Quartet are at MAP Studio in Kentish Town
Sunday 6 October – Riverside Arts Jazz feat. Zoe Francis and Jim Mullen with Terence Collie, Nick Lenner-Webster & Tristan Mailliot. Riverside Arts Centre, Sunbury.
Tuesday 8 October – Basil Hodge Quartet ft Tony Kofi at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 8 October – Mood Indigo Events October Piano Series featuring Jason Rebello. 1901 Arts Club, 7 Exton Street, London SE1 8UE.
Wednesday 9 October – Alyn Shipton’s Gerry Mulligan Quartet are at Guildford Jazz
Tuesday 15 October – The John Horler Trio play Bill Evans at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 15 October – Iiro Rantala’s HEL Trio are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 15 October – Mood Indigo Events October Piano Series featuring Nikki Iles + bass tbc. 1901 Arts Club, 7 Exton Street, London SE1 8UE..
Tuesday 22 October – Smokin at the East Side with Nigel Price and the Leon Greening Trio at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 22 October – Equal Spirits are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ.
Thursday 27 October – Bill Laurence is at the University of Surrey
Tuesday 29 October – Bruno Heinen Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 29 October – Solo concert by Nitai Hershkovits at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ.
2) Live Streamed Timed Events – Listed in time order.
Friday 30 August – Brad Mehldau is streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/
Friday 30 August – Kandace Springs is streaming from Keystone Corner in Baltimore https://www.keystonekornerbaltimore.com/calendar
Saturday 31 August – Michael Mantler is streaming from Porgy and Bess in Vienns
Monday 2 September 4am GMT – Tiny Room Studios weekly jam from LA . Can be viewed subsequently https://www.youtube.com/@TinyRoom/streams
Thursday 5 September – IBQT Iain Ballamy Quartet are streaming from SoundCellar in Poole https://www.tickettailor.com/events/soundcellar
Friday 6 September – Dave Holland New Quartet are streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/
Saturday 14 September – Alice Zawadzki, Fred Thomas, Misha Mullov-Abbado (joint SoundCellar / Sandy Hill Arts promotion) are streaming from Corfe Castle https://www.tickettailor.com/events/soundcellar
Thursday 19 September – Kasper Rietkerk’s KRSIX are streaming from SoundCellar in Poole https://www.tickettailor.com/events/soundcellar
Friday 30 August – Brad Mehldau is streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/
Friday 30 August – Kandace Springs is streaming from Keystone Corner in Baltimore https://www.keystonekornerbaltimore.com/calendar
Saturday 31 August – Michael Mantler is streaming from Porgy and Bess in Vienns
Monday 2 September 4am GMT – Tiny Room Studios weekly jam from LA . Can be viewed subsequently https://www.youtube.com/@TinyRoom/streams
Thursday 5 September – IBQT Iain Ballamy Quartet are streaming from SoundCellar in Poole https://www.tickettailor.com/events/soundcellar
Friday 6 September – Dave Holland New Quartet are streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/
Saturday 14 September – Alice Zawadzki, Fred Thomas, Misha Mullov-Abbado (joint SoundCellar / Sandy Hill Arts promotion) are streaming from Corfe Castle https://www.tickettailor.com/events/soundcellar
Thursday 19 September – Kasper Rietkerk’s KRSIX are streaming from SoundCellar in Poole https://www.tickettailor.com/events/soundcellar
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
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