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The new, 200th (!!!) episode from our good friends at The Jazz Podcast is in memory of Frank Kimbrough (top right in the photo above) and has interviews with Maria Schneider, Ingrid Jensen and Matt Wilson – read and listen here

Dave Gelly reviewed Cathy Jordan’s new album with Paul Clarvis and Liam Noble, ‘Freight Train’, in the Observer – read here

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In the NY Times, Richard Scheinin celebrates saxophonist Billy Harper at 80 (£) – read here

Rob Ryan previewed upcoming gigs from Zoe Rahman, Jasper Høiby and more in the Islington Tribune – read here

Richard Williams reviewed Seb Rochford & Kit Downes’s new album, ‘A Short Diary’ – read here

…Hugh Morris also reviewed the album for Pitchfork – read here

“Magistral” – Kenny Barron’s solo piano album The Source (recorded in Paris and produced by Jean-Philippe Allard) was the main feature of last Friday’s Open Jazz on France-Musique/ in French – read here

Melody McLaren shared photos from Iain Ballamy & Frank Harrison’s debut at Frank&Marks – read here

Jack DeJohnette shares some succinct thoughts on BBC Scotland’s plans to drop classical and jazz from their programming – read here

Kings Place Artistic and Executive Director Helen Wallace writes about the forthcoming year of ‘Sound Unwrapped’ for ArtsDesk – read here

Stephen Graham reviewed Tessa Souter at the Pheasantry – read here

Jazz Views have been doing musician playlists since Sep 2022 and the latest is pianist Gareth Williams – read here

A series of interviews with jazz musicians by Dan McClosky’s for KPFA Radio have surfaced, the first of which is with Lee Morgan in 1969 – read/listen here –

WJCT News looked at the scientific work measuring swing ratios at the University of Goettingen and also sought the opinion of Christian McBride – read here

Selwyn Harris interviewed Damien Chazelle about the new film Babylon for Jazzwise – read here

Southend’s Jazz Centre ‘must stay at city art gallery’ (Digby Fairweather/ picture above ) – read here

THE DAYS AND WEEKS AHEAD

1) Live gigs

Wednesday 25 January – Union Division are at the Vortex
Wednesday 25 January – Martin Nickless All Star Jazz Tentett presents ‘Music From The West Coast’ at Twickenham Jazz Club
Wednesday 25 January – Richard Fairhurst Tribute to Wayne Shorter – piano-led modern jazz quartet feat. Chris Batchelor-trumpet and George Crowley-sax at the 606
Wednesday 25 January – Harvey / O’Higgins Project are at Eastbourne – Splash Point Jazz Club, at the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA
Wednesday 25 January – Lulu Pierre with the Alex Webb Trio is at Piano Smithfield
Wednesday 25 – 28 January – Matt Ford and the Big City Swing Orchestra are at Wonderville, 57-60 Haymarket, London SW1Y 4QX

Thursday 26 January – Alan Barnes Quartet are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 26 January – John East Project – organ/vocal-led jazz septet feat. Nigel Price-gtr & Dave Lewis-sax are at the 606
Thursday 26 January – Calum Gourlay Quintet are at the Vortex
Thursday 26 January – Helena Debono & James Hudson present “The Great Duet Song Book” are at Jazz Sanctuary 28 Winchester Rd, St Margarets, Twickenham TW1 1LF
Thursday 26 January – Gary Alesbrook is at St Nicholas Methodist Church, Fore Street, Topsham, EX3 0HE
Thursday 26 January- Art Themen Organ Trio are at Gonville Hotel, Gonville Place, Cambridge, CB1 1LY
Thursday 26 January – Trombonist Geoff Mason is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club, EN2 8AS
Thursday 26 January – Allison Neale Quartet are at Hugh and Marion’s (Eltham Jazz Club), Eltham Warren Golf Club, Bexley Road, Eltham, SE9 2 PE
Friday 27 January – Xhosa Cole Quartet at Chichester jazz Club – The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, PO19 1SY
Friday 27 January – Samara – Latin/jazz quintet feat. Francesca Confortini-vocals & Steve Rubie-flute/sax are at the 606
Friday 27 January – Gaetano Di Giacomo Quartet: “Unfolding Roy Haynes” is at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Friday 27 January – Tineka Postma is at the Vortex
Friday 27 January – Julian Joseph is at Kings Place
Friday 27 January – Yolanda Charles Project pH is at Guildford Jazz
Friday 27 January – Jazz At The Tree with Tony Woods and Nette Robinson. The Talking Tree, Staines-upon-Thames
Saturday 28 January – Anita Łazińska Quartet are at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 28 January – At World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD its Tony Kofi Quartet plays Monk
Saturday 28 January – Burrough Jazz presents The Blue Town Trio with Zoe Francis, Jim Mullen and Ross Stanley at Twyford Village Hall, Main Street, Twyford, LE14 2HU
Saturday 28 January – Tom Smith Trio play Steve Swallow at the Vortex
Saturday 28 January – Julian Stringle feat. Jacqui Hicks – clarinet/vocal-led modern jazz & standards are at the 606
Saturday 28 January – Robert Fowler Quartet are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club at The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend, Essex SS2 6EX
Sunday 29 January – Lunchtime – Terry Seabrook Quartet featuring Andy Panayi are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 29 January lunchtime – Lauren Bush – vocal-led mainstream jazz quartet at the 606
Sunday 29 January Evening – Peter Churchill – piano/vocal led jazz quartet feat. Julian Nicholas-sax are at the 606
Sunday 29 January – Annette Gregory is at the Pheasantry in Chelsea
Sunday 29 January – Jam with Helena Kay at the Vortex
Sunday 29 January – Fizzle: Ocean Eddie | James Arben & Shirley Smart at Centrala, Digbeth
Monday 30 January – QOW Trio plus Sultan Stevenson are at Jazz in the Round at the Cockpit Theatre, Gateforth Street, London NW8 8EH
Monday 30 January – Phil Mulford’s Thunderthumbs – bass-led Groove band feat. Jacqui Hicks, Debby Bracknell & Simon Foster-vocals at the 606

Tuesday 31 January – Trish Clowes My Iris are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 31 January – Mighty Like the Blues – Jim Mullen, Pete Horsfall, Sam Brashyer, Mike Gorman and Shaney Forbes are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ.
Tuesday 31 January – Andy Williams Trio at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG.
Tuesday 31 January – Jonny Mansfield – vibes-led modern jazz trio is at the 606
Wednesday 1 February – Saxophonist/film composer John Altman (Life of Brian, Bond films) & his jazz quartet are at the 606
Wednesday 1 February – Mike de Souza is at the Vortex
Wednesday 1 February– The Greg Davis Swing Trio with special guest vocalist Vanessa Rose & noted bassist Sandy Burnett over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV, 185 Chiswick High Rd, W4

Wednesday 1 February 7pm – Leo Richardson Quartet with Rick Simpson, Mick Coady, Tim Giles) are at Big Penny Social, Walthamstow
Wednesday 1 February – TDE Promotions: John Dikeman / Pat Thomas / John Edwards /Steve Noble are at The Hexagon Theatre, Midlands Arts Centre
Thursday 2 February – At World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD its Plumm
Thursday 2 February – At the 606 the first public performance of guitarist Ant Law’s new project “Unified Theories” ft. Gwilym Simcock & Will Vinson
Thursday 2 February – Josh Kemp is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club, EN2 8AS
Thursday 2 February – Kaiyo 3 are at the Vortex
Thursday 2 February – Al Nichols Quartet are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 2 February – Paul Dunmall Invites:Glen Leach, Dave Kane, and Tymoteusz Jozwiak at Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
Thursday 2 February – Bag of Bones ft Alice Zawadzki are at Strange Brew, Bristol
Friday 3 February – Beats & Pieces Big Band are at Crookes Social Club, Sheffield
Friday 3 February – Bruce Adams and Akan Barnes are at the 606
Friday 3 February – Ron Magril Quartet are at the Vortex
Friday 3 February – Bag of Bones ft Alice Zawadzki are at Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff
Saturday 4 February – Bag of Bones ft Alice Zawadzki are at Southbank , London
Saturday 4 February – Jasper Hoiby’s Planet B is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
Saturday 4 February – Equinox Jazz Quartet are at Map Cafe in Kentish Town
Saturday 4 February – Tony Kofi is at the 606

Saturday 4 February – Riley Stone-Lonergan, Rick Simpson, Oli Hayhurst, Will Glaser at at the Vortex
Sunday 5 February – Lunchtime – Derek Nash Quartet are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon
Sunday 5 February – Riverside Arts Jazz feat. Alban Claret with Terence Collie, Mark Rose & Matt Skeaping. Riverside Arts Centre, Sunbury-on-Thames
Sunday 5 February – The 606 have soul & groove vocalist Joy Rose (Sting, Incognito) & her band
Monday 6 February – Bobby Quigley & his Organ Trio are at the 606
Monday 6-7 February – Beats & Pieces Big Band are at Ronnie Scotts
Tuesday 7 February – Adam Bishop Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 7 February – Emma Racwiz Trio are at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 7 February – Simon Spillett Quartet are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM144TJ
Tuesday 7 February – At the 606 modern jazz with saxophonist Dan Reinstein & his Quintet
Wednesday 8 February – Beats & Pieces Big Band are at Symphony Hall Birmingham
Wednesday 8 February – Pianist Gareth Williams & his Trio play music from his new album, ‘Short Stories’ at the 606
Wednesday 8 February – Jason Henson with the Neal Richardson Trio in Seaford – Splash Point Jazz Club, The View, Southdown Rd BN25 4JS
Wednesday 8 February – Alex Clarke is at Guildford Jazz
Thursday 9 February – Bag of Bones ft Alice Zawadzki are at Futue Yard , Birkenhead
Thursday 9 February – At World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD its James Wade-Sired

Thursday 9 February – Derek Nash Quartet are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 9 February – Dr Steve Tromans Jazz Surgery at Corks Club, Bearwood
Thursday 9 February – Elaine Delmar with the Barry Green Trio are at Hugh and Marion’s (Eltham Jazz Club), Eltham Warren Golf Club, Bexley Road, Eltham, SE9 2 PE
Thursday 9 February – Beats & Pieces Big Band are at Band on the Wall, Manchester
Friday 10 February – Bag of Bones ft Alice Zawadzki are at Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
Saturday 11 February – The Groove Warriors play the Jazz Room over at the Bull’s Head,, Barnes, SW13
Saturday 11 February – Bag of Bones ft Alice Zawadzki are at The Warehouse in Holbeck, Leeds
Saturday 11 February – At the 606 straight Ahead/Hard Bop with Five Way Split ft. trumpeter Quentin Collins & saxophonist Vasilis Xenopoulos
Sunday 12 February – Lunchtime – Vasilis Xenopoulos Quartet are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon
Sunday 12 February Lunch – at the 606 Gospel Group 20th Anniversary special feat. Charmain Elliott
Sunday 12 February Evening at the 606 a “loved up pre-Valentine’s special’ led by jazz & cabaret vocalist Barb Jungr
Sunday 12 February – Julian Siegel Jazz Orchestra Album Celebration Tour at Ronnie Scott’s
Sunday 12 February – The Imperial College Big Band play the Lunchtime Session over at the Bull’s Head,, Barnes, SW13
Sunday 12 February – Off the Rails, Richmond TW9 2NQ – Lily Dior, featuring Dave Lewis, plus Tim Lapthorn, Geoff Gascoyne, Rod Youngs
Monday 13 February – At the 606 award-winning singer Louise Balkwill performs hidden gems from The Great American Songbook
Tuesday 14 February – Freight Train Cathy Jordan, Liam Noble and Paul Clarvis are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 14 February – Sara Moule Quartet are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM144TJ
Tuesday 14 February – Claire Martin Quartet-Remembering Richard at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 14 February – Jo Harrop & her quintet feat. Alex Hitchcock are at the 606
Thursday 16 February – Rebecca Nash is at Ronnie Scotts

Thursday 16 February – the Marcin Wasilewski Trio is at Wigmore Hall
Friday 17 February – Anita Wardell Quartet at Chichester Jazz Club – The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, PO19 1SY.
Friday 17 February – Xhosa Cole is at Guildford Jazz
Friday 17 February – L T Beauchamp is at Rich Mix
Friday 17 February – Lulu Pierre and the Alex Webb Trio – Special Guest: Tony Kofi – Toulouse Lautrec
Sunday 19 February – Lunchtime – Brandon Allen Band are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 19 February – Chris Laurence Quartet are at Pizza Express Soho
Sunday 19 February – Nina Kristofferson Sings Billie Holiday. at the Pheasantry in the Kings Rd

Tuesday 21 February – Fergus McCreadie Trio (picture above) at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 21 February – Vasilis Xenopoulos Quartet are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM144TJ
Thursday 23 February – Vasilis Xenopoulus Quartet are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 23 February – Denys Baptiste Quartet are at Hugh and Marion’s (Eltham Jazz Club), Eltham Warren Golf Club, Bexley Road, Eltham, SE9 2 PE
Thursday 23 February – at The Capstone Theatre in Liverpool, Milap Indo-Jazz Club is a major celebration of IndoJazz in partnership with NYJC
Thursday 23 February – Soulfunks big band jazz & soul ensemble play the Boston Room over at the Boston Room at George IV, Chiswick W4
Thursday 23 February – James Pearson Trio are at Guildford Jazz
Friday 24 February – Jazz At The Tree with Martin Pyne. The Talking Tree, Staines-upon-Thames.
Saturday 25 February at The Capstone Theatre Liverpool Shez Raja ft. Tony Kofi
Saturday 25 February – Tommaso Starace Quartet are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club at The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend, Essex SS2 6EX2
Saturday 25 February – Nette Robinson Trio ” Flowers, Stars, and Wild Seas: An evening of Poetry as Song” at All Saints Church High Street, Carshalton SM5 3AG
Sunday 26 February – Lunchtime – Notes from the Underground – Vladimir Miller Quartet are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 26 February 5-7pm – Tim Richards Trio are at The Music Room, 116 New Cross Road, SE14 5BA
Sunday 26 February – Jazz At The Plaza with Terence Collie. Guests TBC. Café Yukari, Kew.
Sunday 26 February – Fizzle: Alex Ward Item 4 | Cath Roberts & Olie Brice at Centrala, Digbeth
Tuesday 28 February – Gary Willcox’s Drummer/Composer Project-Music written by Drummers at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ
Saturday 4 March – Rick Simpson: Kid A Revisited at Woolwich Works
Sunday 5 March – Lunchtime – Andrea Vicari Quartet featuring Emma Rawicz are at the Oval Tavern, Croydon
Friday 10 March – Minihi, the London-based percussionist/composer duo Zands Duggan and Louise Anna Duggan are at the Waiting Room Under The Three Crowns, N16
Saturday 11 March -The Fabulous Red Diesel are at the Verdict in Brighton

2) Live Streamed Timed Events – Listed in time order.

Friday 27 January – Bill Charlap Trio are streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/
Friday 27 January – Cyrus Chestnut is streaming from Keystone Korner in Baltimore https://www.keystonekornerbaltimore.com/calendar
Saturday 28 January – Rob Barron Quartet are streaming from Peggy Skylights https://peggysskylight.co.uk/upcoming-events/
Sunday 29 January – Madeleine Peyroux is streaming from Porgy & Bess Vienna https://www.porgy.at/events/upcoming
Monday 30 January – Dominic Ingham is streaming from The Yard in Manchester https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on
Friday 10 February – Peter Bernstein & Kurt Rosenwinkel are streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/

3) 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
Tuesdays – Jazz Duo pianist Aurelius Sciuka / W bass Lakis Economou & guests @ The Luna Lounge, 7 Church Lane, Leytonstone, London E11 1HG
Every other Tuesday the Jake Goss Quartet are at Haverstock Tavern
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.

3) 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/
Snake Davis has at home Livestreams 7pm (BST) every Friday, Saturday and Sunday http://www.youtube.com/user/snakedavistv plus sax clinics on Sundays at 11am then click on the live screen.
There is a Facebook group called Jazz Stream Sessions which has a number of jazz streaming events – https://www.facebook.com/groups/260015701678348/
Duke Ellington Society UK, Uptown Lockdown have podcasts , broadcasts at https://www.pscp.tv/AP64740207/1eaJbzZPrvYJX

4) Radio etc

Frank Griffith – “The Jazz Cavern” Thursdays at 9PM. Repeats at 6PM Sunday http://www.mykindamusic24.com
Liverpool Community Radio – “The Jazz Cavern” 106.7 FM. http://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
Watch The LP Swing Orchestra on Sky Arts on 20th and 27th June at 7pm.
Marlow FM’s longstanding Jazz Show “Swing That Music” (www.marlowfm.co.uk) 6pm Sunday repeated 10pm Monday) now gets a worldwide audience being transmitted 5 times weekly by New York’s Pure Jazz Radio (www.purejazzradio.com)
Tim Richards has a series of jazz piano podcast on Morley Radio e.g. this one is about Chick Corea https://morleyradio.co.uk/programmes/jazz-piano-library-ep12/

5) Courses etc

JMI Youth Big Band on Sunday 29th January @ SOAS University of London (1pm – 4pm) are offering a free taster session to young musicians (aged 11-18) who would like to try out with the band.

Guildhall Jazz Department have a course Jazz History from 1959 to 1964 led by Miguel Gorodi January – February 2023 https://www.gsmd.ac.uk/