Mingus Big Band. They will be at Ronnie Scott’s Jan 25-30. Photo credit: Fran Kaufmann

Ronnie Scott’s has revealed some of its programme heading out as far as a late June/ early July date for the new Pat Metheny Quartet including Gwilym Simcock (members’ priority booking only for the moment. 

The big event of January is the Mingus Big Band, with both bassist Boris Kozlov and baritone leged Ronnie Cuber in thre line-up. Confirmed dates for later include Kenny Garrett,  Ramsey Lewis and Taj Mahal. Here are the listings as just released:


January

Fri 1st – Mon 4th Booker T Jones
Tue 5th: The Oslo Jazz Band presented by Oslo Jazz Festival!
Wed 6th – Thur 7th: NYJO – National Youth Jazz Orchestra
Fri 8th – Sat 9th: Nicola Conte Combo
Sun 10th: Ronnie Scott’s Blues Explosion!
Sun 10th Lunch: KING CANDY & THE SUGAR PUSH – sold out
Mon 11th – Tue 12th: Arturo Farrill Quintet
Wed 13th – Sat 16th: Brubecks Play Brubeck featuring Darius, Chris and Dan Brubeck plus
Sun 17th : Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra
Sun 17th lunch: Sunday Jazz Lunch! Adrian Cox Quartet
Mon 18th – Wed 20th: Ruby Turner – sold out
Thur 21st: Brooklyn Funk Essentials – sold out
Fri 22nd – Sat 23rd: Jeff Lorber Fusion feat. Jimmy Haslip
Sun 24th: Natalie Williams Soul Family
Sun 24th: BLUE HARLEM
Mon 25th – Sat 30th: The Mingus Big Band
Sun 31st: Mary Coughlan
Sun 31st lunch: Sunday Jazz Lunch!! Frank Cognoscenti ‘Sinatra Sextet 62’

February

Mon 1st – Wed 3rd: Ruby Turner – sold out
Thu 4th – Sat 6th: Lee Ritenour Quartet
Sun 7th ‘Bill Ashton’s Graduates’ – An evening with the NYJO…
Sun 7th lunch: Jive Aces – sold out
Mon 8th SEAN KHAN feat. HEIDI VOGEL & OMAR…
Tue 9th – Wed 10th: Natacha Atlas – myriad road
Thu 11th – Sat 13th: Ramsey Lewis Trio
Sun 14th Valentines Day special with Joe Stilgoe & Natalie Williams
Sun 14th Lunch: Valentines Lunch with Natalie Williams & Joe Stilgoe
Mon 15th – Tue 16th: Vincent Herring and Eric Alexander Quintet
Wed 17th – Fri 19th: Sarah Jane Morris
Sat 20th – Kansas Smitty’s House Band
Sun 21st Ronnie Scott’s Blues Explosion!
Sun 21st Sunday Jazz Lunch! Celebrating the Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ
Mon 22nd TRINITY LABAN NIGHT
Tue 23rd – Wed 24th: Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio
Thu 25th – Fri 26th AL DI MEOLA “ELYSIUM & MORE
Sat 27th – MATT ROBERTS BigISH BAND
Sun 28th Natalie Williams Soul Family
Mon 29th Nitin Sawhney’s Backstage Pass

March

Tue 1st – Wed 2nd : Nitin Sawhney’s Backstage Pass
Thu 3rd JEREMY PELT POWER QUINTET ft. STEVE NELSON, DANNY GRISSETT, PETER…
Fri 4th – Sat 5th: Ruthie Foster
Sun 6th lunch: ELAINE DELMAR
Sun 6th Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra
7th – 8th Benny Golson with the Antonio Farao Trio
Thur 10th – Sat 12th: Arturo Sandoval
Sun 13th Main show: The Humphrey Lyttelton Septet play Ellington and Buck Clayton – compered by Andy Hamilton
Sun 13th Lunch: The Samois Sessions
Mon 14th – Wed 16th: BILL LAURANCE QUARTET
19th: Makaya McCraven Quartet
Mon 21st – Tue 22nd: Erik Truffaz Quartet
Wed 23rd: Jason Rebello Quartet feat. Ant Law, Daniel Casimir and Ben Brown
Thur 24th – Sat 26th: Pee Wee Ellis / Fred Wesley Jazz Big Band

April

Sun 3rd SUNDAY JAZZ LUNCH! Celebrating Doris Day’s life in film, TV and on…
Wed 13th – Thur 14th: Joey Defrancesco Trio feat. Jeff Parker and George Fludas
Fri 15th – Sat 16th: The Kenny Garrett Quintet
Sun 17th: Roberto Fonseca Trio
Sun 17th Sunday Jazz Lunch! TJ Johnson – The Sounds of New Orleans – Ray Charles…
18th Raul Midon (solo show)
Sunday 24th: Sunday Jazz Lunch!! Gary Williams
April 29th – 30th- blues legend TAJ MAHAL

May 

Fri 6th – Sat 7th: David Sanborn Electric Band
Sun 23th: Jive Aces

June 29-July 2nd 

Pat Metheny Quartet including Gwilym Simcock