Our weekly companion to the Wednesday Breakfast Headlines email newsletter
The inaugural SXSW London is inviting submissions for its Music Programme which will feature cutting-edge music, culture and creativity from London, Europe and beyond” – read more
The Jazz Promotion Network has announced the speaker roster for its annual conference in Bristol – read more
The Cork Echo reported on the acts – and the economic impact – of the Cork Jazz Festival – read more
Sebastian reviewed “Bach in Heaven” including John Medeski for The Arts Desk – read more
Stephen Graham looks forward to the release of Arild Andersen’s “Landloper” on ECM – read more
BBC Radio 3 has double-digit growth in listener numbers – read more
Jo Harrop was on Strictly Come Dancing (backing vocal for Lady Blackbird from 28:50) – watch
Tony Dudley-Evans previewed six concerts put on around Birmingham by TDE Promotions and Fizzle Birmingham – read more
The Europe Jazz Network monthly chart is now available as a Spotify playlist – read more
Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Paul Motian’s The Old Country is John Fordham’s ‘Jazz Album of the Month’ in the Guardian – read more
Congratulations Orphy Robinson MBE on the Jesus College Cambridge Visiting Fellowship – read more
RIP Jack Jones: the “Wives and Lovers” & ‘Love Boat’ Theme singer is remembered in the Hollywood Reporter – read more
Rob Adams previewed drummer Steve Gadd’s upcoming concerts in Glasgow and Edinburgh – read more
Bill Milkowski reminisces about the time he interviewed Dizzy Gillespie, in honour of the late trumpeter’s birthday – read more
1) Live gigs October
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 Zeffirelli’s 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 – Threeway (Steve Waterman, Steve Lodder & Ben Crosland) are at St Lucius Church, Farnley Tyas, Huddersfield
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 5pm – Cameron Pierre is at Highams Park Jazz Club at All Saints Church Church Avenue, Highams Park, London
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
Monday 4 November – ‘Big Chief’ Donald Harrison, Ronnie Scott’s
Monday 4 November – Sam Norris is at the Parakeeet on Kentish Town Rd
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 – Chris Richardson is at the 606
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 – Whispered Tales + the Dave Ferris Septet are at the Vortex
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 – Tullis Rennie downstairs Samba Azul upstairs at the Vortex
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 – Reiss Ellis Beckles is at the Vortex
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 8.30pm – Clark Tracey Quintet at Highams Park Jazz Club at All Saints Church Church Avenue, Highams Park, London
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 lunchtime – Tribute to Robin Jones at the 606
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
Sunday 10 November – Louise Balkwill is at the 606
Monday 11 November – Ananda Brandao is at the Parakeeet on Kentish Town Rd
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 – Dan Reinstein is at the 606
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 – Carlo Muscat is at the 606
Thursday 14 November – Alex Bryson Trio are at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street , London, W1S 4BP
Thursday 14 November- John Hinch on trumpet with Darren Lamont on reeds are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday 14 November – Nigel Price is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
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 – Tim Garland’s Lighthouse Trio are at Poole, Lighthouse Theatre , 21 Kingland Rd, Poole BH15 1UG
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 – Queer Jazz is at the Vortex
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 – Tim Garland’s Lighthouse Trio are at Rochester Cathedral Festival (& Britten Sinfonia)
Saturday 16 November – Django Bates is at the Vortex
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 5pm – Mark Lockheart is at Highams Park Jazz Club at All Saints Church Church Avenue, Highams Park, London
Sunday 17 November – John Escreet is at the Vortex
Sunday 17 November – Tim Garland’s Lighthouse Trio are at Leeds, Jazz at Howard Assembly Rooms
Sunday 17 November – Threeway (Steve Waterman, Steve Lodder & Ben Crosland) are at Ashburton Arts Centre, Newton Abbott
Sunday 17 November – Mark Kavuma & The Banger Factory are at the QEH, South Bank Centre (EFG London Jazz Festival.
Sunday 17 November – Thad Jones Centennial featuring Dick Oatts (alto sax), Gary Smulyan (baritone sax) and Joe Magnarelli (trumpet) + special guest Dave O’Higgins at The Music Box, London College of Contemporary Music (EFG London Jazz Festival)
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 – Threeway (Steve Waterman, Steve Lodder & Ben Crosland) are at North Devon Jazz, The Beaver Inn, 95 Irsha Street, Bideford
Monday 18 November -Teis Semey is at the Vortex
Monday 18 November – Tom Barford Quintet is at the Parakeeet on Kentish Town Rd
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 – Tim Garland’s Lighthouse Trio are at London, EFG London Jazz Festival (& Britten Sinfonia) Milton Court, 1 Milton Street EC2Y 9BH
Tuesday 19 November – Threeway (Steve Waterman, Steve Lodder & Ben Crosland) are at St Ives Jazz Club The Western Hotel, St Ives, Cornwall
Tuesday 19 November – Beware of the Bear at are Pizza Soho
Tuesday 19 November – Tim Berne is at the Vortex
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
Wenesday 20 November – Miguel Gorodi Quintet is at the Parakeeet on Kentish Town Rd
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 – Tim Garland’s Lighthouse Trio are at Cambridge Jazz Festival (& Britten Sinfonia) West Road Concert Hall, 11 West Rd, Cambridge CB3 9DP
Wednesday 20 November – Ban Bam showcase at the Vortex
Wednesday 20 November – Rachael Cohen is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Wednesday 20 November – Way Out West celebrates its 20th Anniversary at River House Barn, Walton as part of EFG London Jazz Festival
Wednesday 20 November – Tim Garland’s Lighthouse Trio & Britten Sinfonia are at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
Wednesday 20 November – Jim Mullen Quartet Jim Mullen (guitar), Liam Dunachie (piano), Shane Forbes (drums) bass tbc are at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street , London, W1S 4BP
Thursday 21 November – Allison Neale is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 21 November – 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 – Laura Jurd Trio are at the Vortex
Thursday 21 November- Lester Brown on trumpet with Alam Nathoo on tenor sax are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday 21 November – Emilia Martensson & Matt Robinson are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Thursday 21 November – Mathis Picard is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Thursday 21 November – 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 – Nikki Iles Orchestra are at the Vortex
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 – Bag of Bones are at the Vortex
Saturday 23 November – ALEXANDRA RIDOUT (trumpet) is the special guest with TOM RIDOUT (alto sax), Harry Ashworth (piano), Guy Dempsey (bass) and Lester Ridout (drums) playing “The Cannonball Adderley Quintet at The Lighthouse” in the EFG London Jazz Festival at sYp, 19 Bevis Marks, London, EC3A 7JA
Saturday 23 November – Jay Phelps Band is at the 606
Saturday 23 November – Rob Luft Quartet and Amika String Quartet are at Cambridge Junction
Saturday 23 November – David Preston: Purple/Black (EFG London Jazz Festival) is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens is at 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London, SW11 7BD
Saturday 23 November – Elaine Delmar is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Saturday 23 November – Tim Garland’s Lighthouse Trio are at Nottingham, Peggy’s Skylight , 3 George St, Nottingham NG1 3BH
Saturday 23 November – Barb Jungr is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Sunday 24 November – 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 – Pablo Held Trio are at Pizza Soho
Sunday 24 November – Tim Garland’s Lighthouse Trio are at The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, St. Mary’s Square, Gateshead Quays, NE8 2JR
Sunday 24 November – NIGEL PRICE (guitar) is the special guest with Tom Ridout (baritone sax), Harry Ashworth (piano), James Owston (bass)and Lester Ridout (drums) playing “The George Benson Cookbook” in the EFG London Jazz Festival at sYp, 19 Bevis Marks, London, EC3A 7JA
Sunday 24 November – Jazz On The Plaza feat. Renato D’Aiello with Terence Collie & Nick Lenner-Webster
Sunday 24 November 5pm – Paul Booth Quintet feat. Ross Stanley are at Jazz at the Horsebridge in Whitstable
Sunday 24 November 5pm – Brandon Allen and Gareth Williams Quartet are at St Michael’s Church in Blewbury OX11 9PY
Sunday 24 November – Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott, Acker Bilk, George Shearing with Strings, Cadogan Hall
Sunday 24 November – EFG London Jazz Festival – NTJO at Hampton Hub, Hampton
Monday 25 November – Pete Horsfall is at the Parakeeet on Kentish Town Rd
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 – Larry Bartley/Bruno Heinen/Winston Clifford will be playing at the Turk’s Head Twickenham.
Wednesday 27 November Christian Garrick and David Gordon, The Paper Jam Duo, The Clock Tower, St Pancras 8pm
Wednesday 27 November -Way Out West presents Larry Bartley/Bruno Heinen/ Winston Clifford at the Turk’s Head, Twickenham
Wednesday 27 November – 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 – Marco Natalie-Miles is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 28 November – Bezique are at The Old Church, Stoke Newington, N16 9ES
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 5pm – Adam Glasser is at Highams Park Jazz Club at All Saints Church Church Avenue, Highams Park, London
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
Thursday 5 December – Sara Oschlag is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Friday 6 December – A Jazzy Xmas with Jo Harrop , Paul Edis nd special guests at St John’s Church. Farncombe,
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 Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 10 December – Emmet Cohen Trio are at Wigmore Hall
Sunday 15 December 5pm – David Jean-Baptiste is at Highams Park Jazz Club at All Saints Church Church Avenue, Highams Park, London
Sunday 15 December – Riverside Arts Jazz Christmas Special feat. Tommaso Starace with Terence Collie, Richard Sadler & Winston Clifford
Saturday 21 December 8.30pm – Soner Erson Trio ft Amy Hollingsworth at Highams Park Jazz Club at All Saints Church Church Avenue, Highams Park, London
2) Live Streamed Timed Events – Listed in time order.
Friday 1 November – Nicholas Payton is streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/
Monday 4 November 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
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