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28 May 2025

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Blue Note have released a single from the new Joshua Redman album – the lead single with Melissa Aldana – watch

“Reporting on jazz for the Guardian is a role that I feel privileged to have inherited from him”. John Fordham wrote an obituary of Ronald Atkins (1936-2025) – read more

……also in the Guardian, Nigel Tully contributes a letter about the jazz-opera funding gap and NYJO co-founder Bill Ashton – read more

…and there is an interview with “wildcard sideman” Marc Ribot – read more

Emily Saunders’s new album is Vinyl Album of the Month at theartsdesk – read more

Alexander Hawkins’s new solo piano album, “recorded, mixed and mastered by the Houdini of Udine” is Stephen Graham’s album of the week – read more

Trevor Bannister reviewed John Horler’s homage to Bill Evans, in Reading – read more

The Europe Jazz Network has awarded its Adventurous Programming prize, one of three annual awards to its members, to Saalfelden in Austria – read more

The Europe Jazz Network’s June chart is already available as a Spotify playlist – listen

Jacqui Dankworth is about to perform her first Stephen Sondheim role in 30 years – read more

Rob Adams reviewed Ola Onabule and Nicolas Meier’s Proof of Life for The List – read more

Ethan Iverson marks 99 years of Miles Davis and highlights a composition for brass ensemble by John Lewis on his Transitional Technology Substack- read more

Mike Hobart reviewed Trilogy 3, a posthumous release documenting Chick Corea’s final tour, in the Financial Times (£-walled) – read more

Vocalist Sandra-Mae Lux will be on this Friday’s BBC Radio 3 “In Tune” – listen

Sebastian reviewed organist Anna Lapwood’s Firedove for theartsdesk – read more

Days and Weeks Ahead

1) Live gigs

Wednesday 28 May – James Pearson is at the 606

Wednesday 28 May – The Glenn Charles Trio with Sam Leak and James Owston are at the Vortex

Wednesday 28 May – Sean Fyfe quartet featuring US saxophonist Jon Gordon – Growlers and Cans, Guildford

Wednesday 28 May – Splash Point Jazz Club, Eastbourne have Freddie Gavita (tpt) Quartet with Mark Edwards (pno), Oz Dechaine (bass) and Mez Clough (drums) at the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA Re-creating the sounds of US trumpet legend Freddie Hubbard

Thursday 29 May – Jackson’s Lane Arts Centre- Workshop and performance with Jon Gordon/Sean Fyfe 12pm-3pm

Thursday 29 May – St Mary’s Perivale, Perivale Lane, Perivale, Middlesex, UB6 8SS: : Ineza & ‘Women’s Words, Sisters’ Stories’ celebrates female-written jazz repertoire with Alex Webb (piano), Flo Moore (bass) and Katie Patterson (drums)

Thursday 29 May – Klara Devlin is at the Karamel 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ

Thursday 29 May – Caroline Krabell and Bex Burch are at the Vortex plus Julian Woods is downstairs earlier

Thursday 29 May – Acrobat are at the SoundCellar in Poole

Thursday 29 May – Nicolas Meier World Group are at Guildford Jazz

Thursday 29 May – Pete Kelly will be joined by Eddy White from 7:00 pm at Ristorante Sorrento, 34 Heath Road, Twickenham, TW1 4BZ

Thursday 29 May – Alex Garnett and The Blue Vanguard trio are at the Cygnet Theatre, Friars Gate, Exeter, EX2 4AZ

Thursday 29 May- Nigel Price on guitar is at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar. Hedsor Road. Bourne End SL8 5ES

Thursday 29 May – Vocal Nights – Louise Balkwill is at Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street, W1

Thursday 29 May – Dom Pipkin & The Ikos Trio: Piano professor Pipkin, a regular performer at the prestigious ‘Piano Night’ at the world famous Jazz & Heritage Festival brings his trio with a mix of New Orleans jazz, blues and gospel to the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV, W4

Thursday 29 May – Andrew McCormack and Noemi Nuti Duo are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Thursday 29 May- Nigel Price on guitar is at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar. Hedsor Road. Bourne End SL8 5ES

Thursday 29 May – Julieta Iglesias and Julian Rowlands are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Thursday 29 May – Katie Bradley & John Harriman are at The Middle House, Mayfield TN20 6AB nr Tunbridge Wells

Thursday 29 May – At the 606 **Album Launch** Sandra-Mae Lux – Canadian-born award-winning songwriter, vocalist and saxophonist Sandra plays songs from her new album “Seasons in Jazz”

Friday 30th May Randolph Matthews and Cleveland Watkiss are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Friday 30 May – Jim Rattigan Quintet are at the Vortex

Friday 30 May – Alex Harper is at the 606

Friday 30 May – – Regen Sound are at Poplar Union

Friday 30 May – WestSideJazz will be opening on the main stage for The Community Festival at Questors Theatre, Ealing W5 5BQ

Friday 30 May – Jazz in the Gardens: Jean Toussaint + Emile Hinton Trio (opening) is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD

Friday 30 May – Way Out West presents: The Music of Keith Jarrett at Jazz Cafe Posk, Hammersmith with a sextet of Tim Whitehead , Pete Hurt, Nick Mills, Tom Millar, Gary Wilcox, and Oli Hayhurst

Saturday 31 May – Antonio Forcione & Giorgio Serci @ Ropetackle Arts Centre

Saturday 31 May – Finn Genockey International Quartet are at Jazz Cafe Posk, Hammersmith

Saturday 31 May – Byron Wallen is at the Vortex

Saturday 31 May – Fraser Smith is at the 606

Saturday 31 May – MASSIVE CHOPS is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD

Saturday 31 May – Oliver’s, Greenwich-Sean Fyfe Quintet featuring Jon Gordon and Steve Fishwick

Saturday 31 May – Jo Harrop vocals, John Pearce piano, Matyas Hofecker bass, Matt Home drums are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club at The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend, Essex SS2 6EX2. 2pm start

Saturday 31 May 2025 at 3:00 PM, Hannah Horton will take the stage at the Highworth Jazz Festival in Wiltshire

Sunday 1 June – Elephant Inn, Finchley-Jon Gordon & Jamie O’Donnell Band

Sunday 1 June – Pete Long Quartet are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon at lunchtime

Sunday 1 June – Equinox Jazz Quartet MAP 2 PM Studio Cafe Kentish Town NW5 3DU

Sunday 1 June – 606 have Louise Balkwill in the evening , Lauren Bush lunchtime

Sunday 1 June – Suzanne Noble & George Webster’s ‘Dirty Blues’ from 1920s-40s, perform songs made popular by Ethel Waters, Alberta Hunter, Fats Waller & other less notable names. At Green Note, Parkway, Camden

Sunday 1 June – Vortex have the London Jazz Orchestra in the afternoon , jam in the evening

Tuesday 3 June lunchtime – L’Esprit du Jazz, led by accordionist Karen Street, explore French Musette, Brazilian tunes and original compositions alongside favourite jazz standards play at Cadogan Hall

Tuesday 3 June – The John Bennett Big Band (above) is at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone

Tuesday 3 June – Dave Warren Trio at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG

Tuesday 3 June – Mo Pleasure Live @Strings Bar and Venue, The Isle of Wight

Tuesday 3 June at Brown’s Hotel have an Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry tribute from Liam Dunachie and James Davison

Tuesday 3 June – 606 have the Barry Green Trio

Tuesday 3 June – Ted Beament – piano, Jerome Davies – bass, Rod Brown – drums are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ

Tuesday 3 June – Huw Warren’s Choro Choro Choro are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ

Wednesday 4 June – At the 606 Club – Sean Fyfe quintet

Wednesday 4 June – Andrea Di Biase’s Oltremare with Ivo Neame , James Allsopp and Jon Scott are at the Vortex

Wednesday 4 June – Sean Fyfe Quintet are at the 606

Thursday 5 June lunchtime – James Allsopp Quartet plays Stan Getz at Cadogan Hall

Thursday 5 June – The Ingham Brothers are at the Karamel 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ

Thursday 5 June – Neil Angilley Trio are at the 606

Thursday 5 June – Rainey’s Revue “A Night In Harlem”: A joyous showcase of the jazz and blues of the 1920’s, 30’s & 40’s set around the ‘Mother Of The Blues’, Ma Rainey featuring the powerful vocals of Chrissie Myles, drum legend Sam Kelly, saxophonist Richard Excell, pianist & MD Dom Barnett, bassist Marianne Windham and vocalist and narrator Emily Windham over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV, W4

Thursday 5 June – Alam Nathoo on sax with James Fenn on guitar are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES

Thursday 5 June – Alice Zawadzki, Fred Thomas & Misha Mullov-Abbado: Za Górami (photo above is of the ECM recording session with Manfred Eicher) is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD

Thursday 5 June – Reinel Bakole is at the Vortex

Thursday 5 June – Jazz in the Gardens: Henry Spencer’s The Defector is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD

Thursday 5 June – Jo Harrop, vocals, John Pearce piano, Andy Cleyndert bass, Matt Home – drums are at Spine’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR

Friday 6 June – Agata Kubiak  launches her new album ‘The Other’ at the University of West London in Ealing

Friday 6 June – Tara Minton Quintet at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, Chichester. PO19 1SY.

Friday 6 June – Vidya & Rob Luft are at Jazz Cafe Posk, Hammersmith

Friday 6 June -Tom Ollendorf Quartet ft Aaron Parks is at the Vortex

Saturday 7 June – Eddie Gripper & the Dorset Youth Jazz Orchestra are at the Mowlem in Swanage

Saturday 7 June – Tom Ollendorf Quartet ft Aaron Parks is at the Vortex with a late from Emile Hinton

Saturday 7 June – Tony Kofi / Denys Baptiste Canonball and Coltrane at the 606

Sunday 8 June – Nicolas Meier Quartet are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon at lunchtime

Sunday 8 June – trombonist Laura Impellomeni and her Quintet are at Off the Rails TW9 2NQ

Sunday 8 June – Julian Costello & Vertigo play the Sunday Lunchtime Session: Top saxophonist Costello showcases his new album featuring Sophie Alloway, drms, Natalie Rozario, cello, & Stefanos Tsourelis, gtr & oud combining contemporary jazz and World Music over in the Jazz Room at the Bull’s Head, Barnes SW3 13

Monday 9 June – Splash Point Jazz Club, Seaford have Jo Fooks (sax) and Buster Birch (drums), with Neal Richardson (pno/vox) and Miles Danso (bass) at The View at Seaford Head Golf Club BN25 4JS

Tuesday 10 June – ARQ Alison Rayner Quintet is at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone

Tuesday 10 June – Geoff Simkins Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG

Tuesday 10 June – Vasilis Xenopoulos – tenor sax, Nigel Price – guitar, Simon Thorpe – bass, Billy Pod – drums are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ

Wednesday 11 June – Carshalton Jazz presents the Derek Nash (sax) acoustic quartet at Cryer Arts, Carshalton High Street SM5 3BB

Wednesday 11 June – Biscoe/Moore/Turner at the Vortex

Thursday 12 June – Jo Fooks – tenor sax, John Pearce – piano, Andy Cleyndert – bass, Bobby Worth drums are at Spine’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR

Thursday 12 June – Fini Bearman Quartet are at the SoundCellar at The Grasshopper 139 – 141 Bournemouth Rd, Poole

Friday 13 June 7pm – 8.15pm – The Evacuee Story – A 1940’s Jazz Celebration with the Chris Eldred Trio at the Quaker Meeting House in Hertford

Friday 13 June – Ute Lemper is at Cadogan Hall

Saturday 14 June 8pm – The Blue Room at The Lawn, Lincoln LN1 3BU. Fini Bearman/Tom Cawley Quartet.Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Fini Bearman joins Lincoln’s own Tom Cawley. Original songs, unexpected standards and a little magic

Saturday 14 June – Asa Martinson: Debut Single Release + Album Preview is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD

Sunday 15 June – Simon Spillett All Star Quartet are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon at lunchtime

Tuesday 17 June lunchtime – Nigel Price and Ashley John Long celebrate the work of Joe Pass and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersonz at Cadogan Hall

Tuesday 17 June – East Side Jazz Club, Leytonstone ex-Servicemen’s Club, 2 Harvey Rd, London E11 3DB – The Pocket Ellington, a seven-piece celebration of the Ellington repertoire play this prestigious out-of-town jazz spot with Alan Barnes (reeds), Tony Kofi (tenor)

Tuesday 17 June – iG4 featuring Claire Martin, Nikki Iles, Karen Sharp, Ewan Hastie are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ

Tuesday 17 June – Mick Foster – tenor sax, Dominic Ashworth – guitar, Dave Manington – bass, Tristan Maillot – drums are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ

Tuesday 17 June – Charlotte Glasson Trio at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG

Wednesday 18 June – Alan Barnes (above), Andy Cleyndert and Paul Edis the Wheatsheaf Pub, Tooting Bec

Wednesday 18 June – Pizza Express, Dean Street, Soho London W1: Coltrane and Hartman on Impulse! feat. Denys Baptiste and Marvin Muoneké

Thursday 19 June – Alina Bzhezhinska and Tony Kofi are at Hidden Rooms, 7b Jesus Lane, CB5 8BA

Thursday 19 June – Jacqui Hicks & Funk Affinity: Shakatak vocalist Jacqui Hicks: Featuring some of the UK’s finest jazz musicians including Chris Eldred, keys, Dave Jones, bass, Mark Ridout, gtr, Tristan Mailliot, drms & Demi Garcia Sabat, perc over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV, W4

Friday 20 June – Gary Willcox Quartet – Turk’s Head

Friday 20 June – Jazz in the Gardens: Ant Law & Brigitte Beraha: Ensconced is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD

Friday 20 June 2:30pm – Kai Hoffman Quartet, MIMS, United Church, Mortimer St Herne Bay

Saturday 21 June – Celebrating Sammy Davis, Jr. with the 30-piece Down for the Count Swing Orchestra at Cadogan Hall

Sunday 22 June – Tough Tenors Quartet – Brandon Allen and Alex Garnett – are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon at lunchtime

Sunday 22 June 5.00 pm Surrey County Youth Jazz Orchestra, M.D. John Whelan at Imber Court KT8 0BT. £12

Sunday June 22 – Midsummer Jazz at Loseley Park , Guildford

Sunday June 22 – 59 DeVille & WestSideJazz on the Lunchtime Session: Double bill of jazz & blues from two of the best new outfits on the circuit – from Bebop to blues, from swing to Latin over in the Jazz Room at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, SW13

Sunday 22 June – Nir Felder Trio are at the SoundCellar at The Grasshopper 139 – 141 Bournemouth Rd, Poole

Tuesday 24 June lunchtime – Donovan Haffner Trio at Cadogan Hall

Tuesday 24 June – East Side Jazz Club, Leytonstone ex-Servicemen’s Club, 2 Harvey Rd, London E11 3DB – Esben Tjalve’s Red Kite led by Danish pianist Esben Tjalve and features bassist Jasper Høiby, guitarist Hannes Riepler, trumpeter Fulvio Sigurta, and drummer Marc Michel

Tuesday 24 June – James Allsopp Quartet plays Stan Getz are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ

Tuesday 24 June – Michelle John is at the Jazz Cafe in Camden

Tuesday 24 June – Jason Henson Trio at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG

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

Thursday 26 June lunchtime – Gypsy Dreamers are at Cadogan Hall

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

Friday 27 June – The Complete Mingus Ah Um – Jazz Cafe Posk, Hammersmith

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

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 – Gary Willcox is at the Turk’s Head Twickenham

Sunday 29 June – Frank Griffith, Steve Berry, Andrzej Baranek are at Lancaster Jazz. Gregson Centre, Lancaster

Tuesday 1 July – Alasdair Penington Quintet are at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone

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

Thursday 3 July lunchtime – Mark Crooks Organ Trio are at Cadogan Hall

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.

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 – Vasilis Xenopoulos Quartet are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon at lunchtime

Tuesday 8 July lunchtime – Peggy’s Got the Blues with Catherine Lima are at Cadogan Hall

Thursday 10 July – AYRA – Janette Mason & Juliet Roberts @ Crazy Coqs

Friday 11 July – Lilybud @ Smithfield Piano

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

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

Tuesday 15 July lunchtime – George Washingmachine Quartet are at Cadogan Hall

Thursday 17 July lunchtime – Michael Sutton Trio are at Cadogan Hall

Saturday 19 July – Thokozile + Bossa Definitiva Trio are at SoundCellar at Sandy Hill Arts Sandy Hill Lane, Corfe Castle, Dorset, United Kingdom

Tuesday 22 July lunchtime – Georgia Mancio Quartet are at Cadogan Hall

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

Friday 25 July – Tony KInsey Memorial Concert – The Exchange -Twickenham

Saturday 26 July – Rob Luft (guitar) and Rebecka Edlund (voice) Cambridge Unitarian Church, 5 Emmanuel Road, CB1 1JW

Sunday 27 July – Tim Whitehead is at the Turk’s Head Twickenham

Tuesday 29 July lunchtime – Monkin Around with Dave O’Higgins are at Cadogan Hall

Wednesday 30 July – Boisdale Canary Wharf, Cabot Square, Canary Wharf E14 4QT: Riketté Genesis and Alex Webb present ‘Billie Holiday at Carnegie Hall’

Thursday 31 July lunchtime – Paul Higgs presents Jeepers Creepers are at Cadogan Hall

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

Thursday 29 May – Acrobat are streaming from the SoundCellar in Poole www.soundcellar.org

Thursday 29 May The Ineza Jazz Quartet – Ineza (vocals), Alex Webb (piano), Flo Moore (bass), Katie Patterson (drums) – https://st-marys-perivale.org.uk/events-001.shtml

Friday 30 May – Ron Carter is streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/

Monday 2 June 4am GMT – Tiny Room Studios weekly jam from LA . Can be viewed subsequently https://www.youtube.com/@TinyRoom/streams

Thursday 12 June – Fini Bearman Quartet are streaming from SoundCellar in Poole https://soundcellar.org/events/

Sunday 22 June – Nir Felder Trio are streaming from SoundCellar in Poole https://soundcellar.org/events/

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/

3) Residencies

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

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

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

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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