READ ELSEWHERE

RIP Wally Fawkes, cartoonist and clarinettist – news story in the Standard – read more

…. and obit in the Times (read more – £-wall)

Richard Williams’s Guardian obit for Wayne Shorter is a great read… – read more

…he also looks back at the Marquee Club – read more

Ted Gioia looks back on the life of Wayne Shorter and his open letter, penned with Herbie Hancock in 2016, to future generations of artists – read more

…Tony Dudley-Evans also penned a tribute to Shorter – read more

The Scotsman reviewed saxophonist Helena Kay’s Golden Sands album – read more

Nicky Schrire shares some advice for independent jazz artists ‘who feel like booking gigs is shrouded in mystery’ – read more

New York-based drummer Thomas Fujiwara is the latest guest on The Jazz Podcast – listen

FarOut Magazine retells the story of how Steely Dan got Wayne Shorter to play on their album Aja – read more

Jazzwise published the North Sea Jazz Festival line-up – read more

…(basic admission tickets from the festival itself are sold out for the first two days but are on sale at over 4x face value on Viagogo)

JazzViews reviewed the reissue of Irish guitarist Louis Stewart’s album Out on His Own – read more

The Guardian reviewed The Comet is Coming in Birmingham – read more

Terence Blanchard at Ronnie Scott’s was reviewed in the Financial Times (£) – read more

World Heart Beat and PPL have announced a new partnership to help six young musicians record for the first time, free of charge – read more

And the sad news that the BBC Singers (b.1924 as the Wireless Chorus) will be closed without celebrating their centenary – read more

THE DAYS AND WEEKS AHEAD

1) Live gigs

Wednesday 8 March – Rafe’s Dilemma are the Vortex
Wednesday 8 March – Shez Raja ft Vasilis Xenopoulos at The Jazz Mix, Chalkwell Park Rooms, Southend-on-Sea

Wednesday 8 March – Iain Ballamy Quartet are at the 606
Wednesday 8 March – Mick Foster Quintet is at Guildford Jazz
Thursday 9 March – James Davison & Duncan Hemstock play the music of Harry ‘Sweets’ Edison & Ben Webster at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 9 March – Lianne Carroll is at Hugh and Marion’s (Eltham Jazz Club), Eltham Warren Golf Club, Bexley Road, Eltham, SE9 2 PE
Thursday 9 March – Tara Cunningham is at the Vortex
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
Thursday 9 March – Miguel Gorodi Quartet are at Karamel 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ
Thursday 9 March – Mike Wills on reeds and Lester Brown on trumpet. are at Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday 9 March – Paul Booth is at the 606 with his jazz/funk/fusion project “Hoop”
Thursday 9 March – Louise Cookman, is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Friday 10 March – At the Vortex Fini Bearman , Brigitte Beraha and Sara Colman celebrate International Women’s Day with a late night from Marble Sun
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
Friday 10 March – PIanist Joe Webb (Kansas Smitty’s) & his quartet ft. Alec Harper, sax are at the 606
Friday 10 March – Eddie Gripper has an album launch at Kings Road Yard in Cardiff
Friday 10 March – Imperial College Big Band are at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Friday 10 March – Betty Accorsi Quartet are at the Crypt in Camberwell
Saturday 11 March – Lunchtime show at St John’s in Leytonstone with Jenny Moore, Tori Freestone & Alcyona Mick Duo + Maya-Leigh RosenwasserJenny Moore, Tori Freestone & Alcyona Mick Duo + Maya-Leigh Rosenwasser
Saturday 11 March – International Women’s Day Special feat. Krzysztof Urbanski/Turville/Cywiński/Barford Quartet present compositions written by women at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 11 March -The Fabulous Red Diesel are at the Verdict in Brighton
Saturday 11 March – Dunajska Kapelye are at the Vortex
Saturday 11 March – Burrough Jazz have the Rob Barrron Trio at St Mary’s Burrough on the Hill LE14 2JQ
Saturday 11 March – Mornington Lockett and Henry Lowther are at the 606
Saturday 11 March – Alex Bonney, Olie Brice , George Crowley and Will Glaser are at the Finch Cafe 12 Sidworth St E8 3SD
Sunday 12 March – lunchtime – Mike Westbrook is doing a solo show at Dean St Pizza Express
Sunday 12 March – lunchtime – Geoff Mason Quintet are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 12 March – Lunchtime – Vasilis Xenopoulos Quartet are at The City Wall in Rochester High St
Sunday 12 March – Gill Cook & Michele Ingham Quartet “Shake That Jazz Jive” on the Sunday Lunchtime Session over in the Jazz Room over at the Bull’s Head,, Barnes, SW13
Sunday 12 March @ 3pm – Herts Big Band is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Sunday 12 March – The vortex have the London Jazz Orchestra in the afternoon and the Vortex Jam in the evening
Sunday 12 March – Rob Luft Quartet, featuring Joe Wright, Tom McCredie, Jay Davis are Off the Rails, Richmond TW9 2NQ
Sunday 12 March – Mary Pearce is at the 606
Sunday 12 March – Filthy jazz & blues songs and rude jokes from the 1920s-40s sung by Suzanne Noble with George Webster and Lana-May at Phoenix Arts Club, One Phoenix Street, London, WC2H 8BU
Monday 13 March – Raible/Gardischnig Quintet play Elmo Hope at Jazz at the Oxfords temporary venue at the Assembly House, KentishTown
Monday 13 March – Todd Sharpville is at the 606
Monday 13 March – JT4tet + Nazarene are at the Pheasantry in Chelsea
Monday 13 March – Midivent are putting on a gig in celebration of International Women’s Day at the Canal Bar in Camden ft Lois Levin and Natasha Boon

Tuesday 14 March – Only London gig for the Gaz Hughes Trio East Side Jazz Club, Leytonstone, London
Tuesday 14 March – Ted Beament Trio are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club, Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Tuesday 14 March – Elmo at 100: Raible/Gradischnig Quintet plays the music of Elmo Hope at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ.
Tuesday 14 March – Dan Reinstein’s Quintet is at the 606
Wednesday 15 March – Ruben Fox is at the 606
Wednesday 15 March – At the Vortex WIll Cleasby Trio with Will Barry and Will Sach
Thursday 16 March – Vasilis Xenopoulos on reeds and Stuart Henderson on trumpet are at Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday 16 March – Noah Stoneman Trio are at Karamel 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ
Thursday 16 March – Cuban-born Jazz/Latin singer Elsa Valle & her band is at the 606
Thursday 16 March – George Crowley , Ruth Goller and Will Glaser are at the Vortex
Thursday 16 March – Art Themen is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 16 March – Gaz Hughes Trio are at Peggy Skylight’s in Nottingham
Friday 17 March – James Kitchman Quartet are at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Friday 17 March – ARQ – the Alison Rayner Quintet are at Piano Smithfield
Friday 17 March – The Banger Factory are at Guildford Jazz
Friday 17 March – David Ijaduola steel pan Lucumi Project is at the Vortex
Friday 17 March – Marko Punzi Quartet are at Karamel 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ
Friday 17 March – Horace Silver Project at Chichester Jazz Club – The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, PO19 1SY.
Friday 17 March – The Art Themen Quartet are at the Jazz Room over at the Bull’s Head,, Barnes,
Friday 17 March – Lonnie Holley is at Royal Academy of Arts
Friday 17 March – Herne Bay Jazz presents Kai Hoffman Quartet. Pier Ceylon Restaurant. Herne Bay, Kent.
Friday 17 March – Blues, jazz & Americana by way of New Orleans band The Coalminers are at the 606
Saturday 18 March – lunchtime Elchin Shirinov and Ivo Neame are at Pizza Express Dean St
Saturday 18 March – Colin Webster , Dirk Serries and Andrew Lisle are at the Finch Cafe 12 Sidworth St E8 3SD
Saturday 18 March – Janette Mason’s New Acoustic Trio is at the Vortex
Saturday 18 March – Rachel Sutton and Roland Perrin Trio are at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 18 March – Duke Ellington Sacred Concert is at Guildford Jazz
Saturday 18 March – Alex Hitchcock Quartet is at the 606
Sunday 19 March – lunchtime – Simon Spillett All Star Quartet are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Sunday 19 March – Lunchtime – Nigel Price Quartet are at The City Wall in Rochester High St
Sunday 19 March – The Decibelles with special guests Afternoon Delight play the Lunchtime Session in the Jazz Room over at the Bull’s Head,, Barnes, SW13
Sunday 19 March – Dameronia’s Legacy All-Stars will be performing at Ronnie Scott’s
Sunday 19 March – Jam session at the Vortex
Monday 20 March – Alex Garnett Quartet with Alex Bryson, Adam King and Matt Home are at Bexley Jazz Club, The King’s Head PH, Bexley Village
Monday 20 March – Heidi Vogel , Ivo Neame , Larry Bartley and Jason Brown are at Jazz at the Oxfords temporary venue at the Assembly House, KentishTown
Monday 20 March – bassist Phil Mulford’s ‘Thunderthumbs’-vocal-led funk/jazz & groove are at the 606
Tuesday 21 March – San Franciscan band Charged Particles with Tod Dickow play Michael Brecker at their only London gig at East Side Jazz Club, Leytonstone, London
Tuesday 21 March – Marlow Jazz Club, Royal British Legion Hall SL7 1NT Simon Spillett and Bruce Adams
Tuesday 21 March – Trichotomy are at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ.
Tuesday 21 March – Renato d’Aiello Quartet are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club, Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Tuesday 21 March – Pianist David Gordon & his Trio play music from his latest album “Pachyderm” at the 606
Wednesday 22 March – Saxophonist Tim Garland & pianist Jason Rebello play music from their new album ‘Life to Life’ at the 606
Wednesday 22 March – Shirley Smart Sextet are at the Vortex
Thursday 23 March – Renato d’Aiello Quartet are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 23 March – Stan Sulzmann Quartet with Kate Williams, Steve Watts and Dave Ohm are at Hugh and Marion’s (Eltham Jazz Club), Eltham Warren Golf Club, Bexley Road, Eltham, SE9 2 PE
Thursday 23 March – German Jazz Prize-winner Magro at Woolwich Works
Thursday 23 March – Dave Smith , Robin Ficker and Simon Jermyn are at the Vortex
Thursday 23 March – Trio Manouche are over at the Boston Room at George IV, Chiswick W4
Thursday 23 March – Steve Waterman is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 23 March – Jazz FM award winner, drummer Jas Kayser & her Trio are at the 606
Thursday 23 March – Jakub Klimiuk Quintet are at Karamel 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ
Thursday 23 March – Louise Balkwill is at Guildford Jazz
Thursday 23 March – Sue Greenway and Mike Wills both on reeds are at Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday 23 March – Deirdre Cartwright / John Etheridge Two for the Road Upstairs at Ronnie Scotts
Friday 24 March – Nigel Price & Alban Claret – album launch at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Friday 24 March – Marcus Joseph is at the Vortex
Friday 24 March – Sarah Jane Morris and the Solis String Quartet perform Songs of the Beatles at St Matthias Church, Stoke Newington
Friday 24 March – Groove/R&B with saxophonist Dave Lewis 1 UP ft. vocalist Lizzie Deane are at the 606
Friday 24 March – Tom Sochas, Thodoris Ziarkas and Filippo Galli at Woolwich Works
Saturday 25 March – Norwegian band WAKO are at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 25 March – Listen! are putting on Dee Byrne’s Outlines at Unitarian Hall, Victoria Street, Cambridge CB1 1JW
Saturday 25 March – Leon Greening Trio are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club at The Jazz Centre UK, Beectoft Art Gallery, Bictoria. Avenue, Southend, Essex SS2 6EX2

Saturday 25 March – Georgia Mancio Quartet are at the Vortex
Saturday 25 March – Swinging jazz featuring trumpeter James Davison with special guest Mark Nightingale, trombone at the 606
Sunday 26 March – lunchtime – Renato D’Aiello Quartet are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 26 March – Lunchtime – Dave Barry Quartet ft Art Themen are at The City Wall in Rochester High St
Sunday 26 March – Kai Hoffman at Ronnie Scott’s Club, Lunchtime show. With Vasilis Xenopoulos, Liam Dunachie, Eleazar Ruiz, Steve Brown
Sunday 26 March – Singer Noel McCalla & saxophonist Derek Nash present ‘The Wonder of Stevie’ at the 606
Sunday 26 March – Jazz On The Plaza – Terence Collie’s Solo Piano Album Launch. Café Yukari, Kew
Monday 27 March – Alex Western-King is at Jazz at the Oxfords temporary venue at the Assembly House, KentishTown
Tuesday 28 March – Alan Barnes / David Newton Duo are at East Side Jazz Club, Leytonstone, London
Tuesday 28 March – RMQ feat. flautist Steve Rubie (Samara) & trombonist Geoff Mason (Ronnie Scott’s Big Band) are at the 606
Tuesday 28 March – Xosha Cole’s Rhythm-a-ting are at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ.
Wednesday 29 March – Jazz & Latin music with pianist Neil Angilley (Down to the Bone) & his Trio at the 606
Wednesday 29 March – Elaine Delmar is in Eastbourne – Splash Point Jazz Club, at the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA
Thursday 30 March – The Fallen Heroes – swinging jazz, boogie and N Orleans R&B over at the Boston Room at George IV, Chiswick W4
Thursday 30 March – Nigel Price is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 30 March – Tomorrow’s Warriors presents Mali Sheard Quintet at Karamel 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ
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
Friday 31 March – Migdalia Van Der Hoven is at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Friday 31 March – Latin jazz quintet Samara ft vocalist Carolina Lelis are at the 606
Saturday 1 April – Lunchtime show at St John’s in Leytonstone with Matthew Bourne
Saturday 1 April – Gianluca De Martini Quartet are at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF
Saturday 1 April – Neal Richardson is in Seaford – The Old Plough, 20 Church St, BN25 1HG
Saturday 1 April – Joanna Eden celebrate Ella Fitzgerald at Saffron Hall , Saffron Walden
Sunday 2 April – lunchtime – Nicolas Meier Quartet are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 2 April – Lunchtime – Simon Spillett Quartet are at The City Wall in Rochester High St
Sunday 2 April – Lunchtime show at The Hot Tin in Faversham with Matthew Bourne
Tuesday 4 April – Alina Bzhezhinska Quartet is with Tony Kofi at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Wednesday 5 April – Frank Griffith Nonet are at Frederiks Bar. 32 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BX
Thursday 6 April – Byron Wallen Quartet with Dan Kempshall (gtr), Menelick Claffey and Dave Ohm. are at Hugh and Marion’s (Eltham Jazz Club), Eltham Warren Golf Club, Bexley Road, Eltham, SE9 2 PE
Thursday 6 April – Pete Whiiaker Quartet are at Karamel 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ
Thursday 6 April – Bourbon & Blues – Easter Special featuring Canadian vocalist Dom Turner & Italian guitarist Giulio Romano’s atmospheric mix of swing jazz & blues with a touch of Motown over in the Boston Room at George IV, Chiswick W4
Saturday 8 April – The Groove Warriors are over in the Jazz Room at the Bull’s Head,, Barnes, SW13
Sunday 9 April – Deschanel Gordon Trio are at Off the Rails at One Kew Road, Richmond TW9 2NQ
Sunday 9 April – The Nantwich Jazz Festival has Frank Griffith Trio
Tuesday 11 April – Matt Ridley’s Antidote is at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Thursday 13 April – Shireen Francis & The Small Island Project integrate traditional jazz harmonies with the rhythms of the Caribbean over in the Boston Room at George IV, Chiswick W4
Thursday 13 April – Simon Purcell Quartet are at Karamel 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ
Friday 14 April – The Chris Ingham Quartet celebrate Dudley Moore at Cranleigh Arts Centre
Friday 14 April – Roger Beaujolais Quartet at Chichester Jazz Club – The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, PO19 1SY.
Sunday 16 April – The Julian Costello Quartet play the Lunchtime Session over in the Jazz Room at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, SW13
Thursday 20 April – Noah Stoneman 6tet are at Karamel 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ
Thursday 20 April – Alan Barnes Quartet with John Horler, Andy Cleyndert and Dave Ohm are at Hugh and Marion’s (Eltham Jazz Club), Eltham Warren Golf Club, Bexley Road, Eltham, SE9 2 PE
Thursday 20 April – “Piaf Remembered” with Oriana Curls over in the Boston Room at George IV, Chiswick W4
Saturday 22 April 12 – 2pm at St Catherine’s, Pepys Road, SE14 5SG The Cautionary Tales – London Accordion Orchestra with Guildhall Saxophone Ensemble
Friday 21 April – Dave Jones’ 9- piece Nonet play the Jazz Room over at the Bull’s Head, Barnes SW13
Friday 21 April – Moncado Trio are at Karamel 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ
Thursday 27 April – Tomorrow’s Warriors presents Frontline at Karamel 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ
Thursday 27 April – Hetty and the Jazzato Band are at the Pheasantry in Chelsea

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

Thursday 9 March – Dave Holland Trio w/ Kevin Eubanks & Eric Harland (USA) are streaming from Porgy & Bess Vienna https://www.porgy.at/events/upcoming
Friday 10 March – Eric Reed Quartet are streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/
Sunday 12 March – Chris Potter Quartet are streaming from Porgy & Bess Vienna https://www.porgy.at/events/upcoming
Sunday 12 March – Renee Rosnes is streaming from Keystone Korner in Baltimore https://www.keystonekornerbaltimore.com/calendar
Saturday 18 March – Mary Halvorson Amaryllis Sextet are streaming from Porgy & Bess Vienna https://www.porgy.at/events/upcoming

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/
Join Oliver Weindling of the Vortex for a topical discussion on zoomevery Tuesday at 4.30 – https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/events/