NEWSLETTER READERS ARE SPOILT FOR CHOICE THIS WEEK. COURTESY OF THE BARBICAN WE ARE OFFERING A PAIR OF TICKETS FOR TWO EVENTS IN THE JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER BARBICAN RESIDENCY.  EITHER:

1) FRIDAY’S EUROPEAN PREMIERE OF ABYSSINIAN MASS – here’s Alison Beck’s preview

OR

2) A Midsummer Night’s Swing Dance: “An opportunity to rediscover the dance roots of jazz; to dress and impress, with live music from a hand-picked band of brilliant musicians from London and NYC, in the stunning setting of the newly refurbished Bishopsgate Institute.”With one hell of a US/UK band:

Sat 14 Jul 8.30pm, Bishopsgate Institute –
Tom Rees Roberts trumpet
Nathan Bray trumpet
Byron Wallen trumpet
Tony Dixon trumpet
Shabaka Hutchings sax
Colin Skinner music Director, sax
Ben Castle sax
Martin Williams sax
Claire MacInerney sax
Barnaby Dickinson trombone
Mark Frost bass trombone
Alistair White trombone
Winston Rollins trombone
Bunny Thompson piano
John Coverdale guitar
Tom Mark bass
Dave Tandy drums