Our weekly companion to the Wednesday Breakfast Headlines email newsletter
The Isle of Wight County Press did a comprehensive round up of the IoW Jazz Weekend, including being moved by Liane Carroll’s tribute to Edana Minghella – read more
Stephen Graham reviewed Jo Harrop’s Northern Ireland debut with affection and a lot of detail – read more
John Fordham wrote the superb Guardian obituary for Hermeto Pascoal (RIP) – read more
The ‘5 Minutes That Will Make You Love…’ series in the New York Times continues with a spotlight on Nina Simone – read more
Bebop Spoken Here reviewed London-born, Ireland-based pianist-saxophonist Carole Nelson’s new album, Through the Storm – read more
Selwyn Harris reviewed Andy Sheppard at East Side Jazz for Jazzwise – read more
Nick Lea enjoyed the new Phil Woods-inspired album from saxophonist Alex Clarke – read more
The Southern Reporter previewed Scottish duo New Focus in Biggar with pianist Euan Stevenson’s musical link to supermodel Naomi Campbell – read more
Richard Williams of the Blue Moment enjoyed singer/songwriter Lulu’s new autobiography, If Only You Knew – read more
Christian McBride discusses his latest big band album, Without Further Ado, Vol 1, on the NPR podcast – watch
Mike Hobart reviewed Trio of Bloom (Craig Taborn, Nels Cline & Marcus Gilmore) in the Financial Times (£-walled) – read more
“Building the jazz label of the future” – with sixteen people and a dog – read more in English – and the original
THE DAYS AND WEEKS AHEAD
LIVE GIGS
Wednesday 8 October – The Crypt @ St.Martin-in-the-Fields have the Sue Richardson (tpt/vox) Quintet feat. Jo Fooks on tenor sax, Neal Richardson on piano, Andy Hamel on double bass and Buster Birch on drums.
Wednesday 8 October – Double bill; The Pocket Ellington plus Vimala Rowe Quartet are at Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
Wednesday 8 October – Arnie Somogyi and Mark Edwards are at the 606
Wednesday 8 October – Enji is at the Vortex
Thursday 9 October – Asa Martinson & The Outlet are at the Grasshopper in Poole
Thursday 9 October – Bonington Theatre, Arnold Leisure Centre, Nottingham NG5 7EE have The Pocket Ellington
Thursday 9 October – Pete Kelly & Paul Weinreb (p) are at Ristorante Sorrento from 7:00 pm. 34 Heath Road, Twickenham, TW1 4BZ
Thursday 9 October – Attila Laszlo is at the 606
Thursday 9 October – The Gab Trio feat. Bea Asurmendhi at The Jazz Sanctuary, Turks Head, Twickenham TW1 1PD
Thursday 9 October – ARQ are in Deal
Thursday 9 October – Nell Begley downstairs downstairs Out Front upstairs at the Vortex
Thursday, 9th October, Nina Pelton is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly.
Thursday 9 October – Parricelli / Mullov-Abbado / Clarvis Trio are at Karamel in Wood Green
Thursday 9th October – Steve Waterman, Leon Greening, Andy Staples, Marc Cecil are at Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 09 October – WestSideJazz – Come join us for a night of mellow jazz and good vibes from 7pm at Pizza House, Pitshanger Lane Ealing, W5 1QX
Thursday 9 October- Lester Brown on trumpet with Duncan Lamont on sax are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday, 9th October, Djangada is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly.
Friday, 10th October, Judi Jackson is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly.
Friday 10 October – J.A.M String Collective are at St. George’s, Bristol
Friday 10 October – Mark Nightingale, Robin Aspland, Matt Skelton & Joe Pettitt are at Trinity Jazz Club, Trinity School, Croydon, CR0 7LB
Friday 10 October – Karen Street’s L’ESPRIT DU JAZZ at Jazz Café POSK , 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Friday 10 October – Chris Biscoe Profiles Quartet Jazz in Reading , Progress Theatre, The Mount, Christchurch Road, Reading, RG1 5HL
Friday 10 October – Bruno Heinen is at the Vortex with a late from Tom O’Brien
Saturday 11 October – Julian Siegel Quartet at Jazz Café POSK , 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 11 October – Donovan Haffner is at the 606
Saturday 11 October – Reiss Eliis Beckles is at the Vortex
Saturday 11 October – Stephanie Goodwin & Ross Lorraine: A Celebration of Songwriters is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
Saturday 11 October – Tim Lapthorne Latin Quintet – Tim Lapthorn piano, Steve Fishwick trumpet, Paul Booth sax, Matt Skelton drums, Arnie Somogyi bass are at The Blue Room at the Lawn Lincoln
Saturday 11 October – It Takes Two, with Marvin Muoneké and Lulu Pierre are at Crazy Coqs at Brasserie Zedel, 20 Sherwood Street, London, W1F 7ED
Saturday 11 October – Kelvin: the music of Anthony Braxton with Dominic Lash (guitar), Elien De Schryver (violin), Heather Roche (bass clarinet), Huw V Williams (double bass), Andrew Lisle (drums)are at Listen! Unitarian Church, 5 Emmanuel Road, Cambridge CB1 1JW
Saturday 11 October – Henrik Jensen Trio are at SoundCellar @ Mowlem Theatre, Swanage)
Sunday 12 October – The Simon Fernsby Organisation featuring Roger Beaujolais on vibes, lunchtime at the Oval Tavern, Croydon are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon at lunchtime
Sunday 12 October – The Richmond Jazz Festival (last held in 1965)! Emily Saunders, Binker Golding Quintet, Tomorrow’s Warriors Ankora, Ethan Osahn Quintet, Rosie Hollins. Turks Head, Twickenham, TW1 1PD. Booking via The Jazz Sanctuary
Sunday 12 October 5pm – Nick Smart is at Highams Park Jazz Club , All Saints Church Church Avenue, Highams Park, E4 9QZ London
Sunday 12 October 5pm – Jack Williams Trio are at The Heathcote & Star, Leytonstone, E11 4EA
Sunday 12 October 6.30 pm Brandon Allen & Freddie Gavita with Liam Dunachie, Ewan Hastie, Sebastiaan de Krom at Imber Court KT8 0BT
Sunday 12 October – Sean Khan’s Interphase Group, featuring Tomasz Zyrmont, Henry Gilbert and Filippo Galli, are at Off the Rails, Richmond TW9 2NQ
Monday 13 October – Splash Point Jazz Club, Seaford have Winston Rollins (tbn) with Neal Richardson (pno/vox) Trio feat. Oz Dechaine (dbl bass) and Phil Crabbe (drums) at The View at Seaford Head Golf Club BN25 4JS
Monday 13 October – Tom O’Brien Quartet are at the Bull and Gate in Kentish Town
Tuesday 14 October – Nick Ramm Ensemble are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 14th October – Mark Nightingale & Callum Au are at Pizza Express
Tuesday 14th October – Steve Waterman, Leon Greening, Andy Staples, Marc Cecil are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Tuesday 14 October – Mood Indigo Alcyona Mick, 1901 Arts Club
Tuesday, 14th October, Kelly Price, Joe Thompson, and All That Jazz are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Tuesday 14 October Gwilym Simcock & Tommy Smith are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 14 October – Nigel Price Organ Trio at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Wednesday 15 October – Nick Smart Quintet at Guildford Jazz at the Guildford Pavilion, Woodbridge Road GU1 4RP
Wednesday 15 October – Carshalton Jazz presents the Nicolas Meier Quartet – Nicolas Meier (gtr), Alex Hutton (pno), Tom Mason (bass), Demi Garcia (percussion) at CryerArts, Carshalton SM5 3BB
Wednesday 15 October – Vortev have the music of Anthony Braxton downstairs , Reuben Goldmark upstairs
Thursday 16 October – Pete Kelly & Caroline Cooper (p) are at Ristorante Sorrento from 7:00 pm. 34 Heath Road, Twickenham TW1 4BZ
Thursday 16 October – Josephine Davies’ Satori are at Crookes Social Club, Sheffield
Thursday 16 October – Kaiyo 3 with Karen Sharp are at Karamel in Wood Green
Thursday 16 October – Jumaane Smith, Purcell Room Southbank Centre
Thursday 16 October – Henry Spencer Quartet are at Hidden Rooms, 7b Jesus Lane, CB5 8BA
Thursday 16 October – The Dirty Blues Show goes Vaudeville with Suzanne Noble, George Webster (piano), Bianca Wilson (banjo) at Brasserie Zedel
Thursday 16 October _ Bruce Adams on trumpet with Art Themen on sax are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday 16 October – 59 DeVille: Jazz & blues 4-piece feat Jeremy Robinson, trpt, Jamie Royan, d & electric bass. Ross Veruka, gtr & vcls & Dave Cee, drms play the Boston Room over at Chiswick’s George IV, W4
Friday 17 October – Sophie Alloway Quartet at Jazz Café POSK , 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Friday 17 October – Sabina Rakcheyeva and Gunel Mirzayeva: East Meets West is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
Friday 17 October – Ben Crosland’s Threeway with special guest Anthony Kerr at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, Chichester PO19
Friday 17 October – Jack Devonshire Sextet are at Karamel in Wood Green
Friday 17 October – Ed Jones is at the Vortex
Saturday 18 October – WŁODEK PAWLIK presents: PAWLIK & PAWLIK DUO at Jazz Café POSK , 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday, 18th October, Gary Crosby is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly.
Saturday 18 October – Vega Trails * Ambre Ciel * Paradise Cinema are at Queen Elizabeth Hall at Southbank Centre, London
Saturday 18 October – The Simon Spillett Quartet play Tubby Hayes over in the Jazz Room at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, SW13
Saturday 18 October – Tom Ollendorf , Jeff Ballard and Conor Chaplin are at the Vortex
Saturday 18 October – Living Floors: cello & double bass duo Louise McMonagle (cello) & Marianne Schofield (double bass) are at Listen! Unitarian Church, 5 Emmanuel Road, Cambridge CB1 1JW
Sunday 19 October – John Donaldson Quartet featuring Greg Heath on sax, lunchtime at the Oval Tavern, Croydon are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon at lunchtime
Sunday 19 October – YURI GOLOUBEV & SIMONE LOCARNI are at North Moreton near Henley on Thames
Sunday 19 October – The Gill Cook Michele Ingram Quintet “Hit That Jazz Jive on the Lunchtime Session with Meredith White, pno, Nick Lennister-Webster, bass, Ian Bailey, sax & Jason Reeve, drms over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV, W4
Sunday 19 October – J.A.M String Collective are at St. George’s, Bristol
Sunday 19 October – Frank Griffith w/ Richard Wetherall, Dave Lynane, Eryl Roberts are at The Moor Club. 35 Heaton Moor Road, Stockport, 8BE
Monday 20 October – Libor Smoldas/Nigel Price Quartet are at the Bull and Gate in Kentish Town
Tuesday 21 October – Huw Warren / Mark Lockheart Cowbois and Shepherds Quartet first ever UK date is at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 21st October – All Nicholls Quartet are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Tuesday 21 October Mark Crooks Quartet are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ.
Tuesday 21 October – Julian Nicholas Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Tuesday, 21st October, The Hot Club of Jupiter is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly.
Wednesday 22 October – JaRon is coming to London during his EU Tour. His concert is at Hootananny, Brixton
Wednesday 22 October – Larry Bartley / Bruno Heinen / Winston Clifford are at Ealing Jazz Club Drayton Court Hotel West Ealing
Wednesday 22 October – Ian Shaw is at Darby’s, 3 Viaduct Gardens, Nine Elms, London, SW11 7AY
Thursday 23 October – J.A.M String Collective are at The Rose Hill, Brighton
Thursday 23 October – Lior Solomons-Wise Quartet are at Karamel in Wood Green
Thursday 23 October – Anna Chai Quartet at The Jazz Sanctuary, Turks Head, Twickenham, TW1 1PD
Thursday 23 October – ARSHID AZARINE TRIO, Elgar Room Royal Albert Hall,
Thursday 23 October – Josephine Davies’ Satori are at the Grasshopper in Poole
Thursday 23 October – Dave O’Higgins and Alan Barnes with Graham Harvey, Luke Fowler, Matt Skelton are at Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 23 October – Pete Kelly & Nicolas Meier (g) are at Ristorante Sorrento from 7:00 pm. 34 Heath Road, Twickenham TW1 4BZ
Thursday 23 October – ARQ are in Torbay
Thursday 23 October – Lenore Raphael at Guildford Jazz at the University of Surrey, Stag HillGU2 7XH
Thursday 23 October – Steinway artist Lenore Raphael plays a tribute to Oscar Peterson at University of Surrey Guildford
Thursday 23 October – Cover to Cover Presents A Night with Blue Note Records at Mildmay Club Main Hall
Thursday 23 October – Arshad Azarine Trio at Elgar Room Royal Albert Hall, London
Thursday 23 October – ‘Chet Meets Sarah’: A recreation of Chet Baker & Sarah Vaughn’s favourite songs with the Retro Chet Quartet feat Caroline Cooper, pno, Geoff Varrall, tpt, Rog Thompson, d bass & Max Holm-Radford, perc together with vocalist Katrina Likhtman over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV, W4
Thursday, 23rd October, Jeremy Sassoon is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly.
Friday, 24th October, Flight Call is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly.
Friday 24 October: Mark Buckingham BIG BAND: The Kings of the Clarinet! at Jazz Café POSK , 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Friday 24 October – ARQ are at Lerryn Memorial Hall in Cornwall
Friday 24 October – Harben Kay Quartet are at Crookes Social Club, Sheffield.
Saturday 25th October 2pm – Matt Wates, Leon Greening, Julian Bury, Matt Fishwick are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club at The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend, Essex SS2 6EX2
Saturday, 25th October, Rikette Genesis is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly.
Saturday 25 October – James Allsopp Group with James Allsopp (tenor saxophone & mellotron), Chris Batchelor (trumpet), Tom Herbert (bass), Zands Duggan (percussion), Dave Storey (drums) are at Listen! Unitarian Church, 5 Emmanuel Road, Cambridge CB1 1JW
Saturday 25 October – ARQ are at Calstock Arts
Sunday 26 October – Fraser Smith Quartet, lunchtime at the Oval Tavern, Croydon, lunchtime at the Oval Tavern, Croydon are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon at lunchtime
Sunday 26 October 5pm – Nick Smart is at Highams Park Jazz Club , All Saints Church Church Avenue, Highams Park, E4 9QZ London
Monday 27 October -Libor Smoldas/Nigel Price Quartet are at the Bull and Gate in Kentish Town
Monday 27 October – J.A.M String Collective are at mu, Dalston, ALBUM LAUNCH with MC Kayes Mensah & Rosie Turton
Monday 27 October – Kezia Abuoma + Alex Ward + ?? at Jazz in the Round at the Cockpit Theatre
Tuesday 28 October – Jonny Liebeck Quintet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 28 October Nigel Price Organ Trio are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 28 October – Will Gardner Organ Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Wednesday 29 October – Splash Point Jazz Club, Eastbourne have Matt Skelton (drums) Band’s “Shelly Manne Tribute”, feat. Leon Greening (keys), Mark Crooks (clari/sax), James Davison (tpt), Conor Chaplin (bass); at the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA
Wednesday 29 October – Season of the Song: Marc Ribot: Map of a Blue City is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
30 Oct – 2 Nov – Berlin Jazz Festival
Thursday 30 October – Kate Williams Quartet are at Karamel in Wood Green
Thursday, 30th October, Claire Martin and Rob Barron are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Thursday, 30th October, Ruth Brown is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly.
Thursday 30 October – Pete Kelly & Ben Croft (p) at Ristorante Sorrento from 7:00 pm. 34 Heath Road, Twickenham, TW1 4BZ
Thursday 30 October – Season of the Song: Marc Ribot: Map of a Blue City is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3, Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
Thursday 30 October – Tim Penn & The Second Line New Orleans jazz & blues feat Penn, pno & vcls, Chris Proctor, gtr, Ayo Odia, sax, Nigel Appleton, drms & Francis Booth, bass over in the Boston Room over at Chiswick’s George IV, W4
Thursday 30 October – Pete Kelly & TBC are at Ristorante Sorrento from 7:00 pm. 34 Heath Road, Twickenham TW1 4BZ
Friday 31 October: Gary Willcox Quartet at Jazz Café POSK , 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 1 November – PIOTR WYLEŻOŁ & SZYMON MIKA PLAY MUSIC OF POLISH JAZZ LEGENDS: TOMASZ STAŃKO, KRZYSZTOF KOMEDA, ZBIGNIEW NAMYSŁOWSKI, JAROSŁAW ŚMIETANA, AND MANY MORE are at Jazz Café POSK , 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 1 November 6 and 8.30 – Laura Jurd (trumpet), Cori Smith (viola), Ruth Goller (bass), Corrie Dick (drums) are at Listen! Unitarian Church, 5 Emmanuel Road, Cambridge CB1 1JW
Sunday 2 November – NOXQQ Quartet on tour from the Netherlands and featuring Phil Scragg on bass, lunchtime at the Oval Tavern, Croydon, lunchtime at the Oval Tavern, Croydon are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon at lunchtime
Monday 3 November – VasilisXenopoulos& Paul Edis at Guildford Jazz at The Guildford Institute, Ward St, GU1 4LH
Tuesday 04 November – Andy Panayi Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Tuesday 4 November – Chris Biscoe’s Profiles Quintet ft Tony Kofi are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 4 November – Jakub Klimiuk Quintet plus Mark Lockheart are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 4 November – Mick Foster Quarter are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Wednesday 5 November – At The Crypt, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square WC2N 4JJ: It Takes Two, with Marvin Muoneké and Lulu Pierre
Thursday 6 November – Adam Glasser (piano and harmonica), Mark Ridout, Andy Cleyndert, Matt Skelton are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Friday 07 November – Jo Harrop Quintet at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, Chichester. PO19 1SY
Friday 7 November – CHRIS DEAN QUARTET: JAZZ MEETS BRAZIL are at Jazz Café POSK , 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Friday 7 November – Allexa Nava Quartet are at Crookes Social Club, Sheffield
Friday 7 November – Bill Laurance at Guildford Jazz at The University of Surrey, Stag Hill, GU2 7XH
Saturday 8 November – The Harper Trio are at Jazz Centre UK , Southend-on-Sea
Saturday 8 November – DOROTA MIŚKIEWICZ QUARTET are at Jazz Café POSK , 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 8 November – Pinner Parish Church, Church Lane, Pinner HA5 3AA has The Pocket Ellington
Saturday 8 November – The James Allsopp Quartet featuring James Allsopp (sax), Colin Oxley (guitar), Oli Hayhurst (bass) and Dave Storey (drums) are appearing for Burrough Jazz at Twyford Village Hall, LE14 2HU
Saturday 8 November – J.A.M String Collective are at Sacred Heart Church, Berkhamsted
Saturday 8 November – The Harper Trio are at Jazz Centre UK , Southend-on-Sea
Saturday 8 November – Vasilis Xenopoulos & Paul Edis Quartet are at The Blue Room at the Lawn Lincoln
Wednesday 10 November – Splash Point Jazz Club, Seaford have Mike Piggott (violin) with Neal Richardson (pno/vox) Trio feat. Marianne Windham (dbl bass) and Alex Eberhard (drums)
at The View at Seaford Head Golf Club BN25 4JS
Tuesday 11 November – Dave Mannington’s Riff Raff are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 11 November – Adam Glasser (piano and harmonica), Jim Mullen, Andy Cleyndert, , Matt Fishwick are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Tuesday 11 November – Harper Trio are at Southampton Jazz Club
Tuesday 11 November – Janette Mason Acoustic Trio are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 11 November – Art Themen Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Thursday 13 November – Mick Foster Quartet are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 13 November – Laura Jurd Quintet are at Firth Hall, Sheffield
Friday 14 November – THE BIG COLORS BIG BAND feat. Brandon Allen, Mark Armstrong, Jakub Klimiuk, Kate Williams and Special Guest vocalist, Jo Harrop! (EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL 2025) are at Jazz Café POSK , 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Friday 14 November – Hossein Alizadeh and Rembrandt Trio Cadogan Hall, London
Saturday 15 November – L’ANTIDOTE TRIO are at Kings Place
Saturday 15 November – Allison Neale Trio at Guildford Jazz at The Guildford Institute, Ward St, GU1 4LH
Saturday 15 November – Evil Evil are at Highams Park Jazz Club , All Saints Church Church Avenue, Highams Park, E4 9QZ London
Saturday 15 November – ROB LUFT QUARTET (EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL 2025) are at Jazz Café POSK , 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 15th November – Hampstead Jazz Club, 23-25 New End Rd, Hampstead NW3 1JD: Marvin Muoneké with the Alex Webb Trio
Saturday 15 November – SoundCellar 5 are at SoundCellar @ Mowlem Theatre, Swanage
Sunday 16 November – Mark Nightingale and James Davison with David Newton, Andrew Cleyndert & Sebastiaan de Krom 6.30 pm at Imber Court KT8 0BT. £20
Sunday 16 November Faarjam Saidi at Kings Place, London
Monday 17 November Arsen Patrosyan, Mehdi (and Adib) Rostami National Centre for Early Music, York
Tuesday 18 November – Greg Abate, John Pearce, Simon Thorpe, Alfonso Vitale are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
18 – 23 November – Guildhall School of Music & Drama’s Jazz Festival
Tuesday 18 November – ARQ-Alison Rayner Quintet are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 18 November – Nick Costley-White Quartet ft Julian Siegel are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 18 November – Arsen Patrosyan, Mehdi (and Adib) Rostami at Rich Mix, London
Tuesday 18 November – Tomasso Starace Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Wednesday 19 November – Alexandra Ridout New York Quartet at The Guildford Pavilion, Woodbridge, GU1 4RP
Thursday 20 November – Liane Carroll is at Darby’s, 3 Viaduct Gardens, Nine Elms, London, SW11 7AY
Thursday 20th November – Oh Voyage at Rich Mix, LondonThursday 20 and Friday 21 Nov Ayra with Janette Mason and Juliet Roberts, Pizza Express Live (Holborn)
Thursday 20 November – Donovan Haffner Quintet are at the Grasshopper in Poole
Thursday 20 November – Ayra, Janette Mason and Juliet Roberts, Pizza Express Holborn
Friday 21 November – Ayra, Janette Mason and Juliet Roberts, Pizza Express Holborn
Friday 21 November – Tommaso Starace Quintet at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, Chichester. PO19 1SY
Friday 21 November – DEELEE DUBE AND TONY KOFI CELEBRATE NANCY WILSON & CANNONBALL ADDERLEY! (EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL 2025) are at Jazz Café POSK , 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Friday 21 November – Sam Newbould Quintet at Crookes Social Club, Sheffield
Friday 21 November – Tina Carr Trio at the Puppet Barge, Blomfield Rd, London W9 2PF
Saturday 22 November – Alan Barnes is at Highams Park Jazz Club , All Saints Church Church Avenue, Highams Park, E4 9QZ London
Saturday 22 November – Harper Trio are at Brompton Community Centre Brompton
Saturday 22 November – THE DARIUS BRUBECK QUARTET! (EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL 2025) are at Jazz Café POSK , 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 22 November Behdad Babaei and Navid Afghah at Rich Mix, London
Saturday 22 November 2025 Persian Jazz Night incl Kourosh Kananu duo at Rich Mix, London
Sunday 23 November 2025 – Peyman Yazdanian at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, London
Sunday 23 November 5pm – Alex Clarke is at Highams Park Jazz Club , All Saints Church Church Avenue, Highams Park, E4 9QZ London
Sunday 23 November – Doncaster Jazz Alumni are at Crookes Social Club, Sheffield
Sunday 23 November – Karen Sharp All Stars are at BLEWBURY, ST. MICHAEL’S CHURCH
Tuesday 25 November – Josef Stout Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Tuesday 25 November – Syd Lawrence Orchestra are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 25 November – Coltrane and Hartman ft Marvin Monueke and Mark Lockhaart are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Wednesday 26 November – Splash Point Jazz Club, Eastbourne have Tommaso Starace (sax) with Terry Seabrook (keys), Nigel Thomas (bass), Joe Edwards (drums); at the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA.
Thursday 27 November – Jacqui Hicks Quartet are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 27 November – Harper Trio are at the Bear Club Luton
Thursday 27 November – Ribbons Quartet are at Crookes Social Club, Sheffield.
Friday 28 November – Alice Zawadzki, Fred Thomas, Misha Mullov-Abbado are at SoundCellar @ Lighthouse Poole
Friday 28 November – NOMADS: London Scots Jazz Collective are at Jazz Café POSK , 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 29 November 2pm – Alan Barnes, John Pearce, Andy Cleyndert, Matt Skelton are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club at The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend, Essex SS2 6EX2
Saturday 29th November (2-5pm) – Corner Corner, Maritime Street London SE16 7LL (Canada Water tube): the Tony Kofi Quartet and ‘Remembering Ben’.
Saturday 29 November – Fabienne Ambuehl Quartet are at Jazz Café POSK , 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Pete Kelly & Ben Croft (p) at Ristorante Sorrento from 7:00 pm. 34 Heath Road, Twickenham, TW1 4BZ
Sunday 7 December – Levy/Robson International Quartet are at the Grasshopper in Poole
LIVE STEAMED TIMED EVENTS IN TIME ORDER
Friday 10 October – Thelonious Monk Festival Week I: Orrin Evans, Melissa Aldana, Robert Hurst & Terri Lyne Carrington is streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/
Monday 13 October 4am GMT – Tiny Room Studios weekly jam from LA . Can be viewed subsequently https://youtube.com/@therecordingclubsantamonica
Monday 20 October – Harben Kay Quartet stream from NQ Jazz – https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on
Monday 10 November -Laura Jurd streams from NQ Jazz – https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on
Monday 17 November -Alexandra Ridout’s New York Quintet streams from NQ Jazz – https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on
RESIDENCIES
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.
First Thursday of the month – Jake Goss and friends downstairs at The Washington in England’s Lane NW3. Start 7 30 pm
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 final Tuesday of each month, 7.30pm-10pm, Hammersmith Jazz Jam at The Distillers, 64 Fulham Palace Road, London W6 9PH
Every second Sunday of each month at 1.30pm Equinox are at Map Studio in Kentish Town
Every Sunday 8 – 12 – Ollie Usiskin Quartet 4 Ferdinand street . London
Tuesday , Wednesday and Thursday 3pm-7pm Neal Richardson plays at Afternoon Tea Jazz in The Drawing Room Raffles Hotel at the OWO, 57 Whitehall,
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
RADIO
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
COURSES
15 November – The Jazz Singer’s Workshop at the 606 Club
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