READ ELSEWHERE

Last week’s concert by Gwilym Simcock and the Royal Academy of Music Jazz Orchestra (phone snap above by Sebastian) is on YouTube – view here

NYC jazz publicist Matt Merewitz gave a lengthy interview to Matt Fripp of Jazzfuel – Read here

Our good friends jazz’halo from Torhout in West Flanders translated Nicky Schrire’s Sheila/Tracey Jordan interview from the Mothers in Jazz series into Dutch – lees hier a.u.b.

Lord (Michael) Berkely spoke in the House of Lords about removing barriers for touring musicians – read here

Gina Southgate’s art exhibition at Riverside Studios is open – see a video from the launch – details here

Ant Law has just recorded a new album – team/ band/ hug picture here

The @KJAZZ881 February interview schedule has Eberhard Weber, then Marcus Roberts, then Vince Mendoza – Read here

Nate Chinen’s (super) Grammy’s piece fantasizes on Beyonce using all her Houston jazz connections to make an album – Read here

Shabaka Hutchings (and John Escreet) will perform the live premiere of Floating Points’s “Promises” at the Hollywood Bowl, Shabaka stepping into the shoes of the late Pharoah Sanders – read here

For the moments when you feel the need to quote from the quirkier end of Philip Larkin’s music criticism.. (thank you Lance Liddle) – Read here

Dave Gelly reviewed Enrico Pieranunzi playing the music of MJQ’s John Lewis – read here

Large record companies wade in unthinkingly … and claim copyright infringement via bots – read here

All the £90 seats for Jeff Goldblum at the Royal Festival Hall have sold out – read more

Bebop Spoken Here reviewed well-connected Irish guitarist Louis Stewart’s reissued Out on His Own solo album – Read here

The Scotsman interviewed award-winning singer Georgia Cécile ahead of her tour with the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra – Read here

The Scotsman also reviewed Tim Garland & Jason Rebello’s new Whirlwind Recordings album, Life to Life (scroll down) – read here

“Music is for everyone. It comes from everywhere and we all share it.” Anil Prasad has done a major interview with Marilyn Mazur (photo by Hreinn Gudlaugsson / Creative commons)- – read here

THE DAYS AND WEEKS AHEAD

1) Live gigs

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
Wednesday 8 February – Kristian Borring Quartet are at the Vortex
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 – Liane Carroll & Roger Carey are at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 9 February – Freight Train with Cathy Jordan , Liam Noble and Paul Clarvis at Collage Arts, Karamel, 4 Coburg Rd, London N22 6UJ
Thursday 9 February – Mark Lockheart has anothe Big Idea at the Vortex
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 is with John Pearce 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
Friday 10 February – Rachael Cohen Quartet are at the Vortex
Friday 10 February – Liane Carroll & Roger Carey are at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Friday 10 February – Ruta Di Trio are at Cafe POSK
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 -Fiona Ross is at Cafe POSK
Saturday 11 February – Sanders / Musson / Brice are at the Vortex
Saturday 11 February – Ineza is at Gerry’s Club, 52 Dean Street London W1D 5BJ
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 – London Jazz Orchestra are at the Vortex in the afternoon
Sunday 12 February @ 3pm – Big Band Metheny is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club, EN2 8AS
Sunday 12 February 5pm – Aurelijus Sciuka is at the Bald Faced Stag East Finchley
Sunday 12 February Evening at the 606 a “loved up pre-Valentine’s special’ led by jazz & cabaret vocalist Barb Jungr
Sunday 12 February -NY pianist Kevin Hays and vocalist Lily Lyons are at the Vortex in the evening

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
Monday 13 February – Jim Hart is at Jazz at the Oxfords temporary venue at the Assembly House, KentishTown

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 (Rodney Bennett) at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 14 February – Jo Harrop & her quintet feat. Alex Hitchcock are at the 606
Tuesday 14 February – Heidi Vogel,James Kitchman and Bruno Heinen are at the Vortex
Wednesday 15 February – Empirical are at Ronnie Scotts with Jason Rebello
Wednesday 15 February – Natasha Seale is at Zedel Brasserie, Crazy Coqs with all-stars; Clark Tracey, Mike Gorman & Rob Rickenberg
Wednesday 15 February – Emily Francis Trio are at the 606
Wednesday 15 February – the Aidan Pope Trio are at the Vortex
Thursday 16 February – Richard Fairhurst Trio are at the Vortex
Thursday 16 February – Rebecca Nash is at Ronnie Scotts
Thursday 16 February – Leeds-based guitarist Nik Svarc, drummer Steve Hanley and keyboardist Martin Longhawn are at the SoundCellar in Poole
Thursday 16 February – Esther Bennett ft John Hogg is at the Spice of Life in Soho
Thursday 16 February – Derek Nash is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club, EN2 8AS
Thursday 16 February – James Pearson Trio are at the 606
Thursday 16 February – Beyond The Blue at The Jazz Sanctuary, Twickenham
Friday 17 February – Elsden Music Showcase feat. Juliet Wood and Alban Claret&Evan Clegg is at Cafe POSK
Friday 17 February – Anita Wardell Quartet at Chichester jazz Club – The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, PO19 1SY.
Friday 17 February – Joy Ellis Trio are at the Vortex
Friday 17 February – Noah Stoneman is at Collage Arts, Karamel, 4 Coburg Rd, London N22 6UJ
Friday 17 February – Alex Garnett’s “CoverUp” are at the 606
Friday 17 February – Xhosa Cole is at Guildford Jazz
Friday 17 February – The Art Themen Quartet play the Jazz Room over at the Bull’s Head,, Barnes, SW13
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
Saturday 18 February – Lulu Pierre is at the Bear Club in Luton with Alex Webb Trio ft Tony Kofi
Saturday 18 February – Five-Way Split ft Quentin Collins , Rob Barron and Vasilis Xenopoulos are at Clun Valley Jazz
Saturday 18 February – Jean Toussaint is at the Vortex
Saturday 18 February – Svarc Hanley Longhawn is at Cafe POSK
Saturday 18 February – Big Mama’s Door play the Jazz Room over at the Bull’s Head,, Barnes, SW13
Saturday 18 February – Derek Nash is at the 606
Sunday 19 February – Lunchtime – Brandon Allen Band are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 19 February – Lunchtime – Adam Page is at the 606
Sunday 19 February 5pm – Ozzy Duzenli is at the Bald Faced Stag East Finchley
Sunday 19 February – Evening – Tony O’Malley is at the 606
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
Monday 20 February – Saxophonist Kaidi Akinnibi (Black Midi, Blue Lab Beats) & his quintet make their 606 Club debut
Monday 20 February – Artie Zaitz is at Jazz at the Oxfords temporary venue at the Assembly House, KentishTown
Monday, 20 February – The Marc Cecil/Zac Barratt Quartet with Richard Busiakiewicz and Matt Ridley plays Bexley Jazz Club, The King’s Head, Bexley Village, DA1 1AA
Tuesday 21 February – Fergus McCreadie Trio 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
Tuesday 21 February – Pianist Andrew McCormack & his Trio play music from his latest album ‘Terra Firma’ at the 606
Wednesday 22 February – Italian guitarist Daniele Cordisco & his Organ Trio with special guest, guitarist Nigel Price are at the 606
Wednesday 22 February – Thokozile feat. Dan Somogyi (keys/ gtr), Terry Quinney (sax), Rob Palmer (gtr), Jack Shaughnessy (bass), Neil Evans (drums) are at Eastbourne – Splash Point Jazz Club, at the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA
Wednesday 22 February – Toti Freestone / Alcyona Duo + Tori Freestone Trio are at the Vortex
Wednesday 22 February – The Old Familiar Places, Sam Emony’s Debut Book Launch at Ronnie Scott’s
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 – Pianist John Crawford & his jazz/Latin quintet are at the 606
Thursday 23 February – Basil Hodge is at the Vortex
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 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 – Brigitte Beraha’s Lucid Dreamers are at Gonville Hotel, Gonville Place, Cambridge , CB1 1LY
Thursday 23 February – James Pearson Trio are at Guildford Jazz
Thursday 23 February – Paul Higgs is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 23 February – The Zoot Money Band play the Jazz Room over at the Bull’s Head,, Barnes, SW13
Friday 24 February – Jazz At The Tree with Martin Pyne. The Talking Tree, Staines-upon-Thames.
Friday 24 February – Herne Bay Jazz presents Jo Doolan & Richard Rozze Quartet, Pier Ceylon Restaurant. Herne Bay, Kent

Friday 24 February – Szymon Mika & Yumi Ito (above) are at Cafe POSK
Friday 24 February – Samara are at the 606
Saturday 25 February – Jakub Cywiński’s Street Jazz Project feat. Irene Serra are at Jazz Cafe POSK
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 – ‘BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year’ pianist Deschanel Gordon & his Quartet ft. trumpeter Quentin Collins are at the 606
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 – Lunchtime – Rachel Sutton – vocal-led jazz & swing feat. Roland Perrin-piano are at the 606
Sunday 26 February 5-7pm – Tim Richards Trio are at The Music Room , 116 New Cross Road, SE14 5BA
Sunday 26 February – Evening: a Tribute to Mike Frohlich feat. Joe Stilgoe, Liane Carroll, Rebecca Poole aka Purdy, Giacomo Smith, Iain Ballamy, Pat Clahar are at the 606
Sunday 26 February 5pm – Ben Croft is at the Bald Faced Stag East Finchley
Sunday 26 February: Jazz On The Plaza with Paul Silver and Terence Collie. Café Yukari, Kew
Sunday 26 February – Fizzle: Alex Ward Item 4 | Cath Roberts & Olie Brice at Centrala, Digbeth
Monday 20 February – Vittorio Mura (sax), Will Sach (bass), Will Cleasby (drums) are at Jazz at the Oxfords temporary venue at the Assembly House, KentishTown
Monday 27 February – Clement Regert’s “Wild Card” – guitar-led Jazz/Groove feat. Denys Baptiste-sax & Daniel Higham-trombone are at the 606
Tuesday 28 February – James Allsopp Quartet ft Steve Buckley are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 28 February – Gary Willcox’s Drummer/Composer Project-Music written by Drummers at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 28 February – British Jazz Award ‘Rising Star’ saxophonist Alex Clarke & her Quartet are at the 606
Thursday 2 March – Tristan Mailliot Quartet remember Chick Corea at Collage Arts, Karamel, 4 Coburg Rd, London N22 6UJ
Thursday 2 March – Alan Barnes is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 2 March – Mark Lockheart’s Dreamers are at the SoundCellar in Poole
Thursday 2 March – The Sarah Moule Trio celebrate “The Songs Of Johnny Mercer & Friends” over at the Boston Room over at the Boston Room at George IV, Chiswick W4
Friday 3 March – Five-Way Split ft Quentin Collins , Rob Barron and Vasilis Xenopoulos are at The Crypt Jazz Club, London
Friday 3 March – Quintet Blue with Denys Baptiste and Nigel Price are at Boulevard Theatre, 6 Walkers Court, Soho London W1F 0BT
Friday 3 March Sarah L King Quartet at Piano Smithfield, London EC1A 9PN
Saturday 4 March – Rick Simpson: Kid A Revisited at Woolwich Works

Saturday 4 March – The Katriona Taylor Quintet “Jazz & It’s Romance With The Silver Screen” over in the Jazz Room over at the Bull’s Head,, Barnes, SW13
Sunday 5 March – Lunchtime – Andrea Vicari Quartet featuring Emma Rawicz are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 5 March: Riverside Arts Jazz feat. Jo Fooks with Terence Collie, Nick Lerner-Webster and Buster Birch. Riverside Arts Centre, Sunbury.
Tuesday 7 March – Stan Sulzmann & Gwilym Simcock are at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ.
Tuesday 7 March – Magpie Trio ft Goerge Crowley are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Thursday 9 March – Dom Pipkin’s “Smokin’ Boogie, Bad Boys, Bourbon & The Big Easy” show over at the Boston Room at George IV, Chiswick W4
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
Sunday 12 March – Gill Cook & Michele Ingham Quartet “Skae That Jazz Jive” on the Sunday Lunchtime Session over in the Jazz Room over at the Bull’s Head,, Barnes, SW13
Tuesday 14 March – Only London gig for the Gaz Hughes Trio Eastside Jazz Club, Leytonstone, London
Tuesday 14 March – Elmo at 100: Raible/Gradischnig Quintet plays the music of Elmo Hope at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ.
Friday 17 March – Herne Bay Jazz presents Kai Hoffman Quartet. Pier Ceylon Restaurant. Herne Bay, Kent.
Saturday 18 March – Duke Ellington Sacred Concert is at Guildford Jazz
Sunday 19 March – Dameronia’s Legacy All-Stars will be performing at Ronnie Scott’s
Tuesday 21 March – Trichotomy are at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ.
Sunday 26 March – Kai Hoffman at Ronnie Scott’s Club, Lunchtime show. With Vasilis Xenopoulos, Liam Dunachie, Eleazar Ruiz, Steve Brown
Sunday 26 March – Jazz On The Plaza – Terence Collie’s Solo Piano Album Launch. Café Yukari, Kew
Tuesday 28 March – Xosha Cole’s Rhythm-a-ting are at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ.
Friday 31 March: Jazz At The Tree – Janet and Friends with Vocalists Janet McCunn, Zoë White and Rebecca Morse plus Terence Collie & Nick Lerner-Webster. The Talking Tree, Staines

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

Wednesday 8 February – Henri Texier is streaming from Porgy & Bess Vienna https://www.porgy.at/events/upcoming
Thursday 9 February – Mike Stern Band are streaming from Keystone Korner in Baltimore https://www.keystonekornerbaltimore.com/calendar
Friday 10 February – Peter Bernstein & Kurt Rosenwinkel are streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/
Friday 12 February – Louis Hayes Cannonball Legacy Band featuring Jeremy Pelt & Vincent Herring are streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/
Thursday 16 February – Leeds based guitarist Nik Svarc, drummer Steve Hanley and keyboardist Martin Longhawn are livestreaming from the SoundCellar in Poole – https://soundcellar.org/events/
Saturday 18 February – Simon Spillett Quartet are streaming from Peggy’s Skylight https://peggysskylight.co.uk/upcoming-events/
Sunday 26 February – Tribute to Mike Frohlich ft. Joe Stilgoe, Liane Carroll, Giacomo Smith (Kansas Smittys), Rebecca Poole aka Purdy, Iain Ballamy & Pat Clahar are streaming from the 606 – https://www.606club.co.uk/account/videos/live/
Monday 27 February – Dominic Ingham is streaming from The Yard in Manchester https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on
Thursday 2 March – Mark Lockheart’s Dreamers are livestreaming from the SoundCellar in Poole – https://soundcellar.org/events/

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 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

Roger Burgess Jazz across the Pond has an interview with Arturo Sandoval https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYfIMlqHFPE&feature=youtu.be
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 pdcasts on Morley Radio e.g. this one i 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/