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31 July 2024

Read Elsewhere

Creative Boom investigates the story of the artwork of Adrian Cox’s new EP – read more

A new episode of the ECM Podcast features Norma Winstone – hear more

Pianist and Blue Note artist Ethan Iverson reviewed a recent concert by The Rolling Stones with drummer Steve Jordon in South Philadelphia for The Nation – read more

Wesley Watkins (Jazz and Democracy) has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Reading – read more

Richard Williams remembers English blues and rock pioneer John Mayall in the Guardian – read more

LJN contributor Tony Dudley-Evans pays tribute to designer Bob Linney in an interview with Brian Homer – read more

Neil Spencer reviewed LA singer-songwriter Mark Winkler’s new album, The Rules Don’t Apply, in the Observer – read more

Guildhall School of Music & Drama has been awarded half a million pounds to transform its Electronic Music studio – read more

Bill Milkowski shares some thoughts on a new documentary about British musician-producer Brian Eno – read more

Trio HLK (Ant Law, Rich Kass & Rich Harrold) talk to The Jazz Podcast about their new album Anthropometricksread more

Derek Nash has organised a fundraiser for Breast Cancer Now in memory of his wife Beverley, who was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 and has died – in sadness

Days and Weeks Ahead

Wednesday 31 July- The Full Circle Quartet Josephine Davies (sax), Joss Peach (keys), Terry Pack (bass), Angus Bishop (drums) are at Eastbourne – Splash Point Jazz Club, at the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA

Wednesday 31 July – Italian jazz singer/pianist Anna Panzanelli is at the 606

Wednesday 31 July – Phillip Dornbusch Quartet are at the Vortex

Thursday 1 August – Matt Wates Sextet are at Guildford Jazz

Thursday 1 August – Olli Soikkeli Trio are at the Vortex

Thursday 1 August – Mark Bassey is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS

Thursday 1 August- The Fallen Heroes is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Thursday 1 August – Vasilis Xenopoulos (above), Nigel Price, John Williamson, Alfonso Vitale are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR

Thursday 1 August – Kai Hoffman, John Harriman, James Sunney, Rod Brown at The Middle House, Mayfield TN20 6AB nr Tunbridge Wells

Thursday 1 August – Hannah Horton is at the 606

Friday 2 August – jazz saxophonist Alec Harper is at the 606

Friday 2 August – Sam Leak is at the Vortex

Saturday 3 August – Jazz on the Lawn at Fulham Palace – Adrian Cox Quintet ‘The New Orleans Clarinet’ with special guest Louise Balkwill

Saturday 3 August – Renowned saxophonists Brandon Allen & Alex Garnett “Tough Tenors” are at the 606 in Chelsea

Saturday 3 August -John Etheridge is at the Vortex

Saturday 3 August – Aga Zaryan Quartet with Alicja Śmietana String Quartet: “Umiera piękno” (“Beauty is Dying”) are at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King Street , Hammersmith , W6 0RF

Sunday 4 August lunchtime – Tracey Mendham Quartet are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Sunday 4 August 2pm – Equinox Jazz Quartet are at MAP Studio Cafe 46 Grafton Rd, London NW5 3DU

Sunday 4 August – Riverside Arts Jazz Celebrating 65 Years of Kind of Blue – Miles Davies & 60 Years of Empyrean Isles – Herbie Handcock with Steve Waterman, Simon Allen, Terence Collie, Stuart Barker & Chris Nickolls

Sunday 4 August – Smooth jazz & soul with the Mo Pleasure (Earth, Wind & Fire, Bette Midler) & his Band are at the 606

Sunday 4th August- Salena Jones and her Trio is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Monday 5 August – Splash Point Jazz Club, Seaford have Deirdre Cartwright (gtr), with Neal Richardson (piano/vox), Nigel Thomas (bass), Alex Eberhard (drums)

Monday 5 August – Iconic Guitarist Jim Mullen (Morrissey-Mullen, Brian Auger) & his Organ Trio are at the 606

Tuesday 6 August – David Angol Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone

Tuesday 6 August – Contemporary jazz pianist Diarra Walcott-Ivanhoe & his quintet

Tuesday 6 August – Robbie Robson Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG.

Tuesday 6 August – Jonathan Gee Quartet featuring Denys Baptiste are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ

Tuesday 6 August – Dave Black Quartet are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ

Wednesday 7 August – Jazz & Latin with vocalist/harpist Tara Minton is at the 606

Wednesday 7 August – Elchin Shirinov Quartet are at the Vortex

Thursday 8th August- Neville Dickie is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Thursday 8 August – Andy Panayi Quartet – Jazz in a Circus Tent – overlooking the sea at Helen Gardens, Dukes Drive Eastbourne BN20 7XH

Thursday 8 August – Ruchard Pite, Pete Long, Gunther Kurmayr, bass to be confirmed are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR

Thursday 8 August – Simon Allen is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club, EN2 8AS

Thursday 8 August – PIanist Elio Rojas & his Jazz/Latin trio are at the 606

Thursday 8 August – – Johanna Burnheart is at the Vortex

Thursday 8 August – Sultan Stevenson is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD

Friday 9 August – The Tara Minton Trio, featuring Tara Minton (harp, vocals), John Williamson (bass) and David Ingamels (drums) are appearing for Burrough Jazz at St Mary’s Church, Burrough, LE14 2JQ

Friday 9 August – Oren Marshall’s Root Tones are at the Vortex

Friday 9 August – The SoFF Music Jazz Jam with Lauren Dalrymple is at the Bird Cage Stoke Newington , 58 Stamford Hill N16 6XS

Friday 9 August – David Beebee Bop Band – Jazz in a Circus Tent – overlooking the sea at Helen Gardens, Dukes Drive Eastbourne BN20 7XH

Friday 9th August- Fiona Ross is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Saturday 10 August 1 pm – Nick Tomalin and the E17 Quintet play Shades of Shearing at National Jazz Archive @ Loughton Baptist Church 92 High Road, Loughton, Essex IG10 4QU

Saturday 10 August – Jean Toussaint is at the Vortex

Saturday 10th August- Nicola Emmanuelle Quartet is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Saturday 10th August – US/UK-based Jazz saxophonist Ruben Fox (Reuben James, Jon Batiste) is at the 606

Sunday 11 August lunchtime – Brandon Allen Band are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Sunday 11 August lunchtime – Soulful jazz singer/songwriter Sarah L King & her quartet is at the 606

Sunday 11 August evening – Soul, jazz & gospel with Raphael Tate & his band at the 606

Sunday 11 August 5pm – Jim Mullen is at Highams Park Jazz Club at County Arms upstairs , 420 Hale End Road , E4 9PB

Sunday 11 August – Nina Kristofferson Sings Billie Holiday at The Pheasantry, Chelsea

Sunday 11 August – Dave Williams Quartet – Jazz in a Circus Tent – overlooking the sea at Helen Gardens, Dukes Drive Eastbourne BN20 7XH

Sunday 11 August – Simon Spillett is at Pizza Express Soho

Monday 12 August – Miles Davis – the Electric Years at Jazz Cafe

Monday 12 August – New Orleans R&B with pianist Dom Pipkin & his Trio are at the 606

Tuesday 13 August – Karim Saber Quintet are at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone

Tuesday 13 August – Mel Gaynor’s Jazz Fusion are at Pizza Express

Tuesday 13 August – Simon Spillett Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG.

Tuesday 13 August – Oddgeir Berg Trio are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ

Tuesday 13 August – Leon Greening, Alex Garnett, Conor Chaplin, Steve Brown are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ

Tuesday 13 August – Jazz saxophonist Dan Reinstein & his quartet is at the 606

Wednesday 14 August – Binker Golding is at Pizza Express Soho

Thursday 15 August – Martin Shaw is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club, EN2 8AS

Thursday 15 August – Jo Oakley opens the Herne Bay Jazz Festival

Friday 16 August – Ray Gelato , Kai Kats and many others are at the Herne Bay Jazz Festival

Friday 16 August – Sarah Evelyn is at The Piano Lounge, Covent Garden

Saturday 17 August – Maiuko Quarteto , Ronnie Scott’s All Stars , Emma Rawicz Sextet and many others are at the Herne Bay Jazz Festival

Sunday 18 August – the Herne Bay Jazz Festival has among many others Snowboy & the Latin Section / Elina Duni & Rob Luft / Leon Foster Thomas / Steve Waterman / Jo Fooks and a lot are free

Saturday 17 August – Simon Spillett is at Highams Park Jazz Club , County Arms upstairs , 420 Hale End Road , E4 9PB

Saturday 17th August- The Errol Linton Quintet is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Sunday 18 August lunchtime – Basil Hodge Quartet featuring Riley Stone-Lonergan are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Sunday 18 August, 2-5pm. Jazz on a Summer’s Day – The Macaroons, jazz and blues band, and the Jonathan Vinten Trio are at the Cryer Arts Centre Carshalton, SM5 3BB, in the Marquee, for an afternoon of classic and modern jazz. Tickets only £5!!!

Monday 19 August – Pizza Express, Dean Street, Soho London W1: Ineza & ‘Women’s Words, Sisters’ Stories’

Tuesday 20 August – 5 Way Split with Quentin Collins and Vasilis Xenopoulos are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone

Tuesday 20 August – Matt Wates Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG.

Tuesday 20 August – Sam Braysher, Will Arnold-Forster, Simon Read, Dave Ingamells are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ

Tuesday 20 August – Ian Shaw & Tony Kofi – An Adventurous Dream, the Music of Billy Strayhorn & Duke Ellington are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ

Thursday 22 August – Kate Daniels, John Harriman, James Sunney, Rod Brown at The Middle House, Mayfield TN20 6AB nr Tunbridge Wells

Thursday 22 August – Vasilis Xenopoulos is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS

Thursday 22 August – Sam Braysher, Dave Warren, Simon Read, Dave Ingamells are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR

Thursday 22 – 26 August – Rye International Jazz Festival

Friday 23 August – The SoFF Music Jazz Jam with Lauren Dalrymple is at TAPPERS WEEK Thornbury Castle Marylebone 29A Enford St London W1H 1DN

Friday 23rd August – Polly Gibbons & James Pearson are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Friday 23rd August – Blue Lou’s Revue is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Friday 23rd August – Lumarie are at The Piano Lounge, Covent Garden

Saturday 24th August- The Sugar Kings is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Sunday 25 August lunchtime – Tristan Mailliot Quartet are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Sunday 25 August 5pm – Tim Whitehead is at Highams Park Jazz Club at County Arms upstairs , 420 Hale End Road , E4 9PB

Monday 26 August lunchtime – Nigel Price Quartet featuring Sam Braysher are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Tuesday 27 August – Sam Braysher Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone

Tuesday 27 August – Like Rattenbury Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG.

Tuesday 27 August – Mike Piggott’s Hot Club Quartet are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ

Wednesday 28 August – Adam Glasser Quintet are at Splash Point Jazz Club, Fishermen’s Club Eastbourne BN22 7A

Thursday 29th August- Leopold Benedict is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Sunday 1 September lunchtime – Tony Woods Project are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Sunday 1 September – Simon Spillett Big Band are at the Pizza Express Soho

Monday 2 September – The Pocket Ellington with Alalan Barnes , Tony Kofi etc are at Pizza Express Soho

Tuesday 3 September – Adam Glasser Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone

Thursday 5 September – IBQT Iain Ballamy Quartet are at SoundCellar in Poole

Saturday 14 September – Alice Zawadzki, Fred Thomas, Misha Mullov-Abbado (joint SoundCellar / Sandy Hill Arts promotion) in Corfe Castle

Thursday 19 September – Kasper Rietkerk’s KRSIX are at SoundCellar in Poole

Thursday 19 September – Olly Hite is at Rhythm & Booze Battersea

Friday 20 September – Phoebe Katis is at Pizza Express Holborn

Wednesday 25 September – Iago Banet, a virtuoso Spanish guitarist is at Pizza Express Live, Holborn

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

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

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

Wednesday 31 July – Vinicius Cantuaria is streaming from Porgy and Bess Vienna https://www.porgy.at/events/upcoming

Friday 2 August – Eddie Henderson is streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/

Monday 5 August 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

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

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)

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