Sometimes I’ve left a gap which needs filling. Where should one go tonight?

The great octogenarian composer/saxophonist/anecdoter Benny Golson is on at Ronnie’s. First set 7 30.

And Thelonius Monk sax competition winner Jon Irabagon is at the Vortex with a mainly Scottish top pro band, which is coming to the end of a tour put togehter by enterprising Birmingham promoter Stoney Lane