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“I’m the duty manager. You can’t play.” In a week of city centre riots, Giacomo Smith and Adrian Cox were told that their seaside clarinet playing was in contravention of a byelaw – watch
Richard Williams wrote a Blue Moment piece about the recent activities of “ one of the most consistently stimulating musicians of our time”, pianist / keyboardist Kit Downes – read more
John Fordham wrote the Guardian’s obituary of Swiss pianist Irène Schweizer – read more
… also in the Guardian, his ‘Jazz Album of the Month’ is Wayne Shorter’s first posthumous release; Wayne Shorter: Celebration Volume 1 (also mentioned: Lakecia Benjamin, Pat Metheny, and John Law/Jon Lloyd) – read more
…. lastly from The Guardian this week, a review of singer-songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello’s new album on Blue Note, No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin, by Dorian Lynskey – read more
….. Kitty Empire gave the same album a 4 star review in The Observer – read more
The Jazz Mann reported on saxophonist Tommy Smith’s upcoming appearances on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe – read more
Sebastian reviewed Esperanza Spalding’s new album Milton + esperanza for The Arts Desk – read more
… Neil Spencer also reviewed it in The Observer – read more
Mike Hobart reviewed Iladi, a new album on Blue Note from South African saxophonist Linda Sikhakhane, in the Financial Times – read more
UKJN writer Mark McKergow’s Edinburgh show “A History of Jazz in Four Saxophones” has shows with only a few tickets still left (!) on 14 August (premiere) and 20 August – read more / book
Jazz North has a free-to-attend artist development day in Lancaster in September – read more
Wednesday 7 August – Jazz & Latin with vocalist/harpist Tara Minton (photo by Davie Tidd) 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 – Ollie Usiskin Quartet are at Priory tavern, 250 Belsize road, Kilburn , NW6
Sunday 11 August evening – Soul, jazz & gospel with Raphael Tate & his band at the 606
Sunday 11 August 5pm – John Etheridge is at Highams Park Jazz Club at All Saints Church Church Avenue, Highams Park, London, United Kingdom
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 – Francisco Garcia de Paredes is at the Parakeet in Kentish Town
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 – Daniel Cano Trio are at the Vortex
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
Friday 16 August – Jay Davis/Mark Lockheart/Huw V Williams are at the Vortex
Saturday 17 August – Simon Spillett is at Highams Park Jazz Club , All Saints Church Church Avenue, Highams Park, London, United Kingdom
Saturday 17 August- The Errol Linton Quintet is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
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
Sunday 18 August – Ollie Usiskin Quartet are at Priory tavern, 250 Belsize road, Kilburn , NW6
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 – Rory Mann is at the the Old Queens Head Angel
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 All Saints Church Church Avenue, Highams Park, London, United Kingdom
Sunday 25 August – Ollie Usiskin Quartet are at Priory tavern, 250 Belsize road, Kilburn , NW6
Monday 26 August lunchtime – Nigel Price Quartet featuring Sam Braysher are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Monday 26 August – Karim Saber is at the Parakeet in Kentish Town
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
Wednesday 28th August 7:30pm Worthing Pier, Jacqui Hicks (vocal) with Alex Eberhard Trio with Neal Richardson (pno/vox), Nigel Thomas (bass), Alex Eberhard (drums) Worthing Pavilion Atrium (on the Pier, Marine Parade, BN11 3PX)
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 Alan 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
Monday 9 September 7.00pm Splash Point Jazz Club, Seaford ELO – Ella, Louis & Oscar – Neal & Sue Richardson Quartet Seaford – Splash Point Jazz Club, The View, Southdown Rd BN25 4JS
Tuesday 10 September – Ivo Neame Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Friday 13 September – Simon Spillett Quartet at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, Chichester.
Saturday 14 September – Alice Zawadzki, Fred Thomas, Misha Mullov-Abbado (joint SoundCellar / Sandy Hill Arts promotion) in Corfe Castle
Tuesday 17 September – Steve Fishwick / Frank Basile Quintet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
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
Tuesday 24 September – Donovan Haffner Quintet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Wednesday 25 September – Iago Banet, a virtuoso Spanish guitarist is at Pizza Express Live, Holborn
Wednesday 25 September – Splash Point Jazz Club, Eastbourne Nicola Farnon Quartet Nicola Farnon (vox, bass), Mark Edwards (keys), Andy Panayi (sax/flute) and Phil Johnson (drums) – Eastbourne – Splash Point Jazz Club, at the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA
Friday 9 August – Johnathan Blake Quintet are streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/
Monday 12 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
Thursday 19 September – Kasper Rietkerk’s KRSIX are streaming from SoundCellar in Poole https://www.tickettailor.com/events/soundcellar
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,
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
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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