Our weekly companion to the Wednesday Breakfast Headlines email newsletter
Mary Halvorson’s About Ghosts is John Fordham’s ‘Jazz Album of the Month’ in the Guardian (also mentioned are Keith Jarrett, Naïssam Jalal & Silke Eberhard) – read more
Tom Bancroft’s Justgiving Brian Kellock appeal “to cover unfinished business, unpaid bills, and release an unreleased album” has reached its target – read more
Dr Gary Crosby will become an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music, “an honour limited to 300 outstanding musicians, who did not attend the Academy” – read more
BBC Radio 3’s Friday Night is Music Night featured Giacomo Smith and violinist/conductor Fiona Monbet. Grappelli’s “Valseuses” + “I Got Rhythm” starts at [1:29:20] – listen/enjoy
“Promoting jazz in a changing media landscape” – this JJA podcast featured US publicists Lydia Liebman, Ann Braithwaite and Matt Merewitz – read more
The career of “Birmingham’s Prince of Jazz” Andy Hamilton is remembered in detail by Dan Cave of Birmingham Dispatch – read more
Conde Nast Traveller had a list of London’s “14 best jazz clubs” – read more
Stephen Graham has been captivated by Keith Jarrett’s “New Vienna” (ECM) – read more
The (Evening) Standard featured Georgia Cecile – read more
“Fluid and mobile, the Snowpoet sound has a beautifully organic, textured and three-dimensional quality to it.” Philip Watson reviewed ‘Heartstrings’ for the (Irish) Journal of Music – read more
Guitarist Marc Ribot is interviewed by Stevie Chick for the Guardian – read more
Ethan Iverson pays tribute to the great drummer Al Foster (RIP) – read more
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 Fyffe 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 – Billie van der Westhuizen is at The Drawing Room at Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle St, W1
Thursday 5 June – Pete Kelly & Paul Stead from 7:00pm at Ristorante Sorrento, 34 Heath Road, Twickenham, TW1 4BZ
Thursday 5 June, Matt Holborn is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Thursday 5 June – Jim Mullen & Nigel Price are at The Jazz Sanctuary, Turks Head, Twickenham, TW1 1LF
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 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
Thursday 5 June – A Night in Havana is at Piano Bar Soho
Thursday 5 June – Soho Jazz Jam ft Andy Davies is at Alfie’s Soho
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
Friday 6 June – Vidya & Rob Luft are at Jazz Cafe Posk, Hammersmith
Friday 6 June – Nico Widdowson Trio is at Piano Bar Soho
Friday 6 June – Rikette Genesis is at Alfie’s Soho
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 -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 – Hannah Horton will perform at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zédel
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
Saturday 7 June – Marta Mathea Radwan Quartet: Polish Jazz – Tribute to Kalina Jedrusik are at Jazz Cafe Posk, Hammersmith
Saturday 7 June – Jon Bauer is at Piano Bar Soho
Saturday 7 June – Songs in the Key of Life, new arrangements by Scott Stroman at the Actor’s Church in Covent Garden
Saturday 7 June – Koko Collective is at Alfie’s Soho
Saturday 7 June – At High Clandon Estate Vineyard Soul Jazz celebrating Horace Silver
Saturday 7 June, Hannah Horton Quartet is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Sunday 8 June, The Pete Malinverni Trio is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Sunday 8 June – Nicolas Meier Quartet are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon at lunchtime
Sunday 8 June 5pm – Brigitte Beraha is at All Saints Church , Church Avenue , Highams Park, London E4 9QZ
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
Monday 9 June Tomorrow’s New Quartet is at the Samuel Worth Chapel, Sheffield, 8pm, featuring Rod Oughton (drums, vocals), Tom Smith (sax), Flo Moore (bass), Matt Carter (piano).
Monday 9 June – Bobby Quigley is at the 606
Monday 9 June – Dom Ingham (above) and Jay Verna are at the Bull and Gate in Kentish Town
Monday 9 June, The Pete Malinverni Trio is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Tuesday 10 June, Wilma Baan is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Tuesday 10 June, Lauren Bush Quartet is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Tuesday 10 June – Artie Zaitz is at the 606
Tuesday 10 June – Tomorrow’s New Quartet is at the Goodfellowship Inn, Hull, featuring Rod Oughton (drums, vocals), Tom Smith (sax), Flo Moore (bass), Matt Carter (piano)
Tuesday 10 June – ARQ Alison Rayner Quintet is at the East Side Jazz Club Leytonstone
Tuesday 10 June – Peter Long – “Let’s Do It” – Celebrating Cole Porter and Benny Goodman is at The Drawing Room at Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle St, W1
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 – Tim Whitehead and Tony Woods Quintet are at Guildford Jazz
Wednesday 11 June – Biscoe/Moore/Turner at the Vortex with the Jam String Collective downstairs
Wednesday 11 June, David Marino, Ava Nicole Frances and Scarlett Lee are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Wednesday 11 June – The Bourbon Set ft. Stuart Barker Trio is at Piano Bar Soho
Thursday 12 June – A Night in Havana is at Piano Bar Soho
Thursday 12 June – Iain Mackenzie is at The Drawing Room at Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle St, W1
Thursday 12 June – Ted Morcaldi’s Celestial Strangers are at the Vortex
Thursday 12 June – Lester Brown on trumpet with Mark Aston on reeds are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday 12 June – Brass & Bad Behaviour with Andy Davies is at Alfie’s Soho
Thursday 12 June at 9 15pm, Gustaf, Frederick and Isabel – with harp legend Park Stickney are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
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
Thursday 12 June- Art Themen, with Pete Whittaker and Dave Ohm at Hygh and Marion’s, Eltham Warren Golf Club, Bexley Road, SE9 2PE
Thursday 12 June – Winston Clifford is at the 606
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
Friday 13 June – Eleonora Claps Quartet: Women in Love are at Jazz Cafe Posk, Hammersmith
Friday 13 June – Larry Bartley / Bruno Heinen and Winston Clifford are at the Vortex
Friday 13 June – Gatsby’s Whiskey & Rouge with Kitty LaRoar is at Piano Bar Soho
Friday 13 June – The Crooner’s Club ft. Richard Hadfield is at Alfie’s Soho
Saturday 14 June – The Speakeasy Set ft. Harry Ashworth Trio is at Piano Bar Soho
Saturday 14 June – Uptown Affairs ft. Louise Messenger is at Alfie’s Soho
Saturday 14 June – Tom Smith is at the 606
Saturday 14 June – Elani Duni and Rob Luft are at the Vortex
Saturday 14 June – Testament are at All Saints Church , Church Avenue , Highams Park, London E4 9QZ
Saturday 14 June – Stefania Arcieri meets Steve Fishwick and Bruno Heinen are at Jazz Cafe Posk, Hammersmith
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 – Frances Madden is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
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
Sunday 15 June – the 606 have Fleur Stevenson at lunchtime , Claire Martin in the evening
Monday 16 June- Elijah Jeffery (vcl) with Eddie Gripper at Bexley Jazz Club, The King’s Head PH, Bexley Village, DA5 1AA
Monday 16 June- Teena Lyle is at the 606
Monday 16 June – Piaf Remembered at The Phoenix Arts Club , One Phoenix Street , WC2H 8BU
Monday 16 June – George Garford’s Ideasthesia are at the Bull and Gate in Kentish Town
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 – Dan Reinstein is at the 606
Tuesday 17 June – Artie Zaitz Quartet – Groovin’ with Grant Green at The Drawing Room at Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle St, W1
Tuesday 17 June – Nir Felder Trio are at the Vortex
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 – David Preston’s MU Quartet are at the 606
Wednesday 18 June – Alan Barnes, Andy Clyndert 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
Wednesday 18 June – Vortex have May Tomorrow Be Delayed downstairs Tomorrows Warriors upstairs
Thursday 19 June – Alina Bzhezhinska and Tony Kofi are at Hidden Rooms, 7b Jesus Lane, CB5 8BA
Thursday 19 June – Wild Card are at the 606
Thursday 19 June – Helena Debono is at The Drawing Room at Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle St, W1
Thursday 19 June – Finn Genockey Quartet are at the Vortex
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
Thursday 19 June – Soho Jazz Jam ft Andy Davies is at Alfie’s Soho is at Alfie’s Soho
Thursday 19 June – Charles Rothwell & Jacob Wilson with “The New York Project” at The Jazz Sanctuary, Turks Head, Twickenham, TW1 1LF
Friday 20 June – Arran Kent Trio is at Piano Bar Soho
Friday 20 June – Johnny Woodham Quartet is at Alfie’s Soho
Friday 20 June – Gary Willcox Quartet – Turk’s Head
Friday 20 June – Nick Costley-White album launch at the Vortex
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
Friday 20 June – IMPERIAL COLLEGE BIG BAND are at Jazz Cafe Posk, Hammersmith
Saturday 21 – Monkin’ Around Quartet are at Jazz Cafe Posk, Hammersmith
Saturday 21 June – Danny Piers Trio is at Piano Bar Soho
Saturday 21 June – Ineza Jazz Quartet is at Alfie’s Soho
Saturday 21 June – Zoe Rahman is at the Vortex
Saturday 21 June, Gary Crosby is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
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 5pm – Duncan Eagles is at All Saints Church , Church Avenue , Highams Park, London E4 9QZ
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
Monday 23 June – A Love Supreme at the Jazz Cafe
Monday 23 June – Matt Anderson Quartet are at the Bull and Gate in Kentish Town
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 – Nat Steele – “Bags Groove” Spirit of Milt Jackson at The Drawing Room at Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle St, W1
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
Wednesday 25 June, Fredie Benedict is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Thursday 26 June lunchtime – Gypsy Dreamers are at Cadogan Hall
Thursday 26 June – Georgia Cécile is at The Drawing Room at Brown’s Hotel, Albemarle St, W1
Thursday 26 June – The Katriona Taylor Quartet “A Latin Affair”: Outstanding vocalist Katriona Taylor presents hot Latin jazz grooves from Bossa Nova to Salsa, Rhumba & Latin funk along with the celebrated Latin pianist John Crawford, noted bassist Paul Michael, acclaimed saxophonist Vasilis Xenopoulos and top drummer Chris Nickolls over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV, W4
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
Thursday 26 June – A Night in Havana is at Piano Bar Soho
Thursday 26 June – Soho Jazz Jam: Vocal Edition is at Alfie’s Soho
Friday 27 June – James Browne Trio is at Piano Bar Soho
Friday 27 June – Camille Rose Quartet is at Alfie’s Soho
Friday 27 June – The Complete Mingus Ah Um – Jazz Cafe Posk, Hammersmith
Friday 27 June – Sexteto Cafe is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
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
Saturday 28 June: Kirsty King Quartet: A Summer’s Refrain are at Jazz Cafe Posk, Hammersmith
Saturday 28 June – Olly Mux Trio is at Piano Bar Soho
Saturday 28 June – Trumpet Legends ft Andy Davies is at Alfie’s Soho
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
Monday 30 June – Harben Kay Quartet are at the Bull and Gate in Kentish Town
Monday 30 June- Basil Hodge Quartet with Riley Stone Lonergan (sax) and Winston Clifford at Bexley Jazz Club, The King’s Head PH, Bexley Village, DA5 1AA
Monday 30 June – Mark Kavuma Quartet, John Edwards & Jamie Pye are at Jazz in the Round at the Cockpit Theatre
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
Wednesday 2 July – Sacha Harlan’s Contexture at The Jazz Sanctuary, Turks Head, Twickenham, TW1 1LF
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
Wednesday 9 July – Tom Ridout’s UFO (Unidentified Folk Outfit) “First Contact” Album Launch featuring Tom Ridout (recorders/electric recorder), Flo Moore (bass) and Rod Oughton (drums) at The Vortex Jazz Club, 11 Gillet Square, London N6
Thursday 10 July – AYRA – Janette Mason & Juliet Roberts @ Crazy Coqs
Thursday 10 July – “The Wonder of Stevie” at The Jazz Sanctuary, Turks Head, Twickenham, TW1 1LF
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
Friday 11 July to Sunday 13 July is the Swanage Jazz Festival. Among the bands on Saturday is Hejira with Hattie Whitehead (above)
Sunday 13 July – The Ridout Brothers Quartet (afternoon) featuring Tom Ridout (saxophones), Lester Ridout (drums), Harry Ashworth (piano) and Arnie Somogyi (bass) at Dawkes Music, Reform Rd, Maidenhead SL6 8BT
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
Sunday 20 July 6.30 pm – Art Themen Organ Trio with Pete Whittaker & George Double at Imber Court KT8 0BT
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’
Wednesday 30 July – Splash Point Jazz Club, Eastbourne have “When Peggy met Ella” feat. Shireen Francis (vox) and Sarah Moule (vox) with Simon Wallace (keys) and Paul Whitten (bass). At the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA
Thursday 31 July lunchtime – Paul Higgs presents Jeepers Creepers are at Cadogan Hall
Sunday 10 August 6.30 pm – Soul Time – Remembering Bobby Timmons with Leon Greening, Matyas Hofecker, Matt Home, Steve Fishwick at Imber Court KT8 0BT
2) Live Streamed Timed Events – Listed in time order.
Monday 9 June 4am GMT – Tiny Room Studios weekly jam from LA . Can be viewed subsequently https://youtube.com/@therecordingclubsantamonica
Thursday 12 June – Fini Bearman Quartet are streaming from SoundCellar in Poole https://soundcellar.org/events/
Friday 13 June – Emmet Cohen is streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/
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 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
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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