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A sad day for north east music. J.G. Windows Ltd. (1908-2024) “This is probably the saddest day of my life” – writes employee for 30 years Lance Liddle – read more
“I don’t expect that you would much like my solo playing” – Canadian saxophonist David Mott has written an open letter to the late Lee Konitz (H/T Lance Liddle)- read more
Stephen Graham likes the forthcoming album from Belgian/Japanese pianist Alex Koo with Ambrose Akinmusire as guest – read more
The Vocal Quartet of Brigitte Beraha, Fini Bearman, Lauren Kinsella and Claire Wheeler – called Facades – launched its first video – WATCH
Clara Haberkamp (above / photo by Anne de Wolff) just keeps winning prizes – read more/ in German
The latest episode of the ECM podcast is an interview with Marilyn Crispell (listen)
Melody McLaren shared photos from the Jocelyn Gould Quartet at Pizza Express feat. Matyas Gayer – read more
The Jazz Podcast interviewed Xhosa Cole about his new album On a Modern Genius – read more
Richard Williams of The Blue Moment pays tribute to Andy Paley (RIP) – read more
Mike Hobart reviewed Miles Davis in France 1963 & 1964 in the Financial Times (£) – read more
Mark Myers of JazzWax interviewed Jaden Evans (Grandson of Bill Evans) about his new album Evans on Evans – read more
SEVEN DECADES on the radio! Best wishes to Sarah Ward as she steps back from presenting a weekly show on Jazz FM – read more
Rachael Cohen playing Joe Henderson’s Recorda Me – watch
The Europe Jazz Media Chart includes Mike Chillingworth’s new album – read more
Wednesday 4 December – Mark Kavuma Quartet is at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street , London, W1S 4BP
Wednesday 4 December – Gan Gemi and Beyond the Blue are at the Vortex
Wednesday 4 December – Jo Fooks is at the 606
Thursday 5 December – Louise Messenger Quartet (above) is at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street , London, W1S 4BP
Thursday 5 December – Stuart Henderson on trumpet with Frank Walden on sax are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday 5 December – Jamie Pye Quartet downstairs , Awale Jant Band & Kawson Band upstairs at the Vortex
Thursday 5 December – Sara Oschlag is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 5 December – Cover to Cover present KIND OF BLUE with Dolan Jones – Trumpet, Jamie O’Donnell – Alto Saxophone, Jac Jones – Tenor Saxophone , Alcyona Mick – Piano, Dave Manington – Double Bass . Winston Clifford – Drums at Mildmay Club Great Hall , 33-34 Newington Green , N16 9PR
Thursday 5 December – Hungarian music exchange at the 606
Thursday 5 December – Laura Klain, Nigel Price, Nat Steele, Lorenzo Morabito are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Friday 6 December – Magdalena Supeł Quartet are at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Friday 6 December – A Laugh Supreme – cpmedy and jazz series starts at Birmingham’s intimate Eastside Jazz Club
Friday 6 December – Rob Luft and Elena Duni are at St Jude’s Church Central Square, Hampstead Garden Suburb London NW11 7AH
Friday 6 December – Bruno Heinen’s the W are at the Vortex
Friday 6 December – A Jazzy Xmas with Jo Harrop , Paul Edis nd special guests at St John’s Church. Farncombe
Saturday 7 December – John Donegan Sextet + Guests: “We Will Meet Again Sometime” – album launch at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 7 December – Blue Town 4 with Jim Mullen and Zoe Francis are at the Vortex plus a late with Billy Marrows
Saturday 7 December – Tom Smith is at the 606
Saturday 7 December – 12 – 2pm at St Mary Magdalene Church 15th Year Big Birthday Christmas Festive Fuzzy Feeling Fundraiser
Sunday 8 December lunchtime – Art Themen All Stars Quartet featuring Clark Tracey are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 8 December – Lydian Collective at Off the Rails Grand Reopening, Richmond TW9 2NQ
Sunday 8 December – Laura Jurd & the Dorset Youth Jazz Orchestra are at the SoundCellar in Poole
Monday 9 December – Huw V Williams Trio are at the Parakeet in Kentish Town Rd
Monday 9 December – Julian Bliss Septet is at Wigmore Hall
Monday 9 December – Mark Bassey (trombone) with the Neal Richardson Trio are at Splash Point Jazz Club, Seaford
Tuesday 10 December – Renato D’Aiello Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 10 December – Jo Fooks Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Tuesday 10 December – James Davison Quartet is at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street , London, W1S 4BP
Tuesday 10 December – Dan Reinstein celebrates 22 years at the 606
Tuesday 10 December – Emmet Cohen Trio are at Wigmore Hall
Tuesday 10 December – Christmas Party with Alan Barnes and Al Nicholls, John Pearce, Andy Cleyndert, Matt Skelton at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Wednesday 11 December – Robin Aspland Quartet is at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street , London, W1S 4BP
Wednesday 11 December – Carshalton Jazz presents Alan Barnes and Art Themen with Clark Tracey, Andy Cleyndert and Dave Newton at CryerArts, Carshalton. SOLD OUT
Wednesday 11 December – Tim Whitehead is at the 606
Thursday 12 December – Pete Long is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 12 December – John Butcher (saxophones), Dominic Lash (double bass), Steve Noble (drums), and Pat Thomas (piano) are at the Vortex
Thursday 12 December – Johnny Thirkle on trumpet with Sue Greenway on reeds are at the Hedsor Jazz Club, Hedsor Bar, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday 12 December – Leo Green Quartet is at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street , London, W1S 4BP
Thursday 12 December – Christmas Party with Alan Barnes, and Chris Dean, John Pearce, Andy Cleyndert, Matt Skelton at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 12 December 6:15-8pm – Neal’s Jazz Night @ Raffles – Neal Richardson with Miles Danso at Raffles Hotel at the OWO, 57 Whitehall, London
Friday 13 December – Alan Barnes’ Christmas Fare at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, Chichester
Friday 13 December – Meier/Cywinski Electric Fusion Experience are at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Friday 13 December – Ben Martin Quartet ‘Swinging around the Christmas Tree’ at Stamford Arts Centre 27 St Mary’s Street Stamford PE9 2DL
Friday 13 December – Joe Webb’s 5-a-side are at the 606
Friday 13 December – Sultan Stevenson is at the Vortex
Friday 13 December – RNCM Big Band with Madeline Bell RNCM 124 Oxford Road Manchester
Saturday 14 December 1pm – The story of the vibraphone with Orphy Robinson Septet at Loughton Baptist Church 92 High Rd Loughton IG10 4QU
Saturday 14 December – JAZZ CHRISTMAS: Jazz Christmas Around the World! at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 14 December – The Pocket Ellington, a seven-piece celebration of the Ellington repertoire featuring Alan Barnes and Tony Kofi are at the Vortex
Sunday 15 December lunchtime – Terry Seabrook Quartet are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 15 December 6pm – Jazz Carols at Methodist Central Hall Westminster
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 – The Phoenix Big Band with vocalist Robert Habermann is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Sunday 15 December – Riverside Arts Jazz Christmas Special feat. Tommaso Starace with Terence Collie, Richard Sadler & Winston Clifford
Sunday 15 December – Hamish Stuart is at the 606
Monday 16 December – Dan McConkey Trio are at the Parakeet in Kentish Town Rd
Tuesday 17 December – Emma Smith Quartet is at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street , London, W1S 4BP
Tuesday 17 December – Nat Steele Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Wednesday 18 December – Alex Clarke Quartet is at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street , London, W1S 4BP
Wednesday 18 December – Diarra Walcott-Ivanhoe Quintet downstairs , Andrew Linham Jazz Orchestra upstairs at the Vortex
Wednesday 18 December – The Andy Panayi Big Band are at Splash Point Jazz Club, Eastbourne
Thursday 19 December – Art Themen Quartet is at The Drawing Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle Street , London, W1S 4BP
Thursday 19 December 6:15-8pm – Neal’s Jazz Night @ Raffles – Neal Richardson with Miles Danso at Raffles Hotel at the OWO, 57 Whitehall, London
Thursday 19 December – Alex Ridout is at the Vortex
Thursday 19 December – John Etheridge is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 19 December- Duncan Lamont on sax with Lester Brown on trumpet and Sarah Jane Eveleigh on vocals are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday 19 December – Hannah Horton/Tony Kofi: Two Baritones are at the Jazz Sanctuary Turks Head, The, 28 Winchester Rd, Twickenham TW1 1LF
Friday 20 December – Julian Nicholas & Emil Viklicky Quartet: “Food of Love” – album launch at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Friday 20 December – Josephine Davies Enso Ensemble have an album launch at the Vortex
Friday 20 December – ‘A Jazzy Christmas – Paul Edis, Jo Harrop (both in pic above) and Friends’ and is at St. Gabriels’ Church, Pimlico
Saturday 21 December – Tori Freestone & Alcyona Mick Duo at Jazz Cafe POSK at 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Sunday 22 December lunchtime – Jonathan Gee Quartet featuring Denys Baptiste are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 22 December – Jazz at the Horsebridge, Whitstable, Kent: Trudy Kerr & Geoff Gascoyne Quartet. Two shows. 2pm Jazz for Juniors family show. 5pm-7pm Jazz Quartet
Thursday 26 December lunchtime – Tracey Mendham Quartet are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Saturday 28 December 2pm – Derek Nash with Dominic Ashworth, Geoff Gascoyne, George Double are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club at The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend, Essex SS2 6EX2
Saturday 28 December – Swing Into Christmas, Down for the Count, Cadogan Hall
Saturday 28 December – John Etheridge and Vimala Rowe are at the Vortex
Sunday 29 December lunchtime – Dave Barry’s Fourcast featuring Dave O’Higgins are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 29 December 5pm – Richie Garrison is at Highams Park Jazz Club at All Saints Church Church Avenue, Highams Park, London
Tuesday 31 December – See in the New Year with Ian Shaw at the Vortex
1) Live gigs – January
Sunday 5 January lunchtime – QOW trio are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Tuesday 7 January – Monking Around Quintet ft DaveO’Higgins are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Wednesday 8 January – Geoff Simkins Quartet featuring Tom Ollendorff, Corrie Dick and Conor Chaplin are at Pizza Express Soho
Thursday 9 January – Jakub Klimiuk Quintet with guest Mark Lockheart is at the SoundCellar in Poole
Sunday 12 January lunchtime – Ian East Quartet are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Monday 13 January – Splash Point Jazz Club, Seaford have Derek Nash (saxes) with the Neal Richardson Trio
Tuesday14 January – Vaughan Hawthorne-Nelson Quartet with Robert Mitchell , Larry Bartley and Mark Mondesir are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Friday 17 January – Daniel Casimir is at the the Lighthouse in Poole
Sunday 19 January lunchtime – The Quartet featuring Vasilis Xenopoulos are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Tuesday 21 January – Byron Wallen Quintet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Thursday 23 January – Trish Clowes/Mike Outram/Calum Gourlay/Joel Barford is at the SoundCellar in Poole
Saturday January 25th The Bryan Corbett Quintet play ‘Blue Note’ at the Blue Room at the Lawn, Union Road, Lincoln LN1 3BU (Bryan Corbett – Trumpet/Flugelhorn, Chris Bowden – Sax, Paul Deats – Piano, Tom Hill – Bass, Andrew Wood – Drums)
Sunday 26 January lunchtime – The Organisation Quartet featuring Roger Beaujolais are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Tuesday 28 January – Tom Barford Quintet ft James Copus and Ivo Neame are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Sunday 2 February lunchtime – Vladimir Miller Quartet are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
2) Live Streamed Timed Events – Listed in time order.
Saturday 7 December – Eric Bibb is streaming from Porgy and Bess in Vienna https://www.porgy.at/events/upcoming
Sunday 8 December – George Cables is streaming from Porgy and Bess in Vienna https://www.porgy.at/events/upcoming
Monday 9 December 4am GMT – Tiny Room Studios weekly jam from LA . Can be viewed subsequently https://www.youtube.com/@TinyRoom/streams
Friday 13 December – Ravi Coltrane is streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/
Monday 16 December – NQ Jazz Orchestra are streaming from NQ Jazz in Manchester https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on
Thursday 9 January – Jakub Klimiuk Quintet with guest Mark Lockheart is streaming from the SoundCellar in Poole https://www.tickettailor.com/events/soundcellar
Thursday 23 January – Trish Clowes/Mike Outram/Calum Gourlay/Joel Barford is streaming from the SoundCellar in Poole 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
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
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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