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John Fordham picks Naïssam Jalal’s Healing Rituals as his ‘jazz album of the month’ in the Guardian (also mentioned are Gretchen Parlato and Lionel Loueke, Cadillac Records and Joe Lovano’s Trio Tapestry – read more

A jazz suite based on the Finnish Kalevala epic? – there really is one

Tony Benjamin reported on a good but under-attended Bristol Jazz Festival – read more

Richard Williams reviewed London-based jazz quartet Empirical’s 15th anniversary concert at Vortex – read more

An hour-long, 2010 BBC-TV broadcast honoring saxophonist Johnny Dankworth has been shared by JazzWax – read more

Drummer Corrie Dick is the latest guest on the Jazz Podcast – listen

Suzie Collier (mother of Jacob) interviewed Jamie Cullum – listen

And how true love was born in the queue for the bar at the Metropole Hotel at the 2011 Cork Jazz Festival – read more

THE DAYS AND WEEKS AHEAD

1) Live gigs

Wednesday 24 May – Jazz Vespers at the American International Church, 79 Tottenham Court Road W1T 4TD.features the Kate Williams trio, with Kate Williams, piano; Steve Watts, bass and David Ingamells, drums.
Wednesday 24 May- The Oxley – Meier Guitar Project are at Ronnie Scotts

Wednesday 24 May – Lulu Pierre is with Tony Kofi and Alex Webb at The Cabbage Patch, 67 London Road, Twickenham TW1 3SZ
Wednesday 24 May -The 606 have former ‘BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year’ Misha Mullov-Abbado & Friends
Wednesday 24 May – Ana Silvera & Saied Silbak are at the Vortex
Wednesday 24 May – Neal Richardson’s Maximalist Band is at St Martin’s in the Field Crypt
Thursday 25 May 12-2pm – Tony Kofi , Larry Bartley and Rod Youngs are at the Clocktower Cafe 9 Katherine St , Croydon, CR9 1ET
Thursday 25 May – Momentum – eclectic 6-piece jazz fusion ensemble over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV, W4
Thursday 25 May – Italian guitar virtuoso Antonio Forcione & his Trio are at the 606
Thursday 25 May – Al Nicholls on reeds and Lester Brown on trumpet are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Bourne End SL8 5ES.
Thursday 25 May – Tomorrow’s Warriors LDN Rising are at Karamel, 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ
Thursday 25 May – At the Vortex downstairs its Tom Remon & Alex Ho with Laura Jurd upstairs
Thursday 25 May – Adam Glasser is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 25 May – Georgia Mancio, Gareth Lochrane, Andy Cleyndert and Dave Ohm are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Friday 26 May – Unknown to Known are at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
Friday 26 May – Thane and the Villeins at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant Chichester, PO19 1SY
Friday 26 May – Ian Shaw is at the Lighthouse in Poole
Friday 26 May – Michael Feinberg is at the Vortex
Friday 26 May – Jazz Cafe (POSK) have Talinka
Friday 26 May – Latin/jazz quintet Samara feat. Carolina Lelis-vocals; Steve Rubie- sax/flute are at the 606
Friday 26 May – Bruno Heinen & James Kitchman launch of Rain Shadows at Kings Place
Friday 26 May – Jazz At The Tree Vocal Night with Janet McCunn, Diane Slater, Laraine Phillips, Terence Collie & Nick Lerner-Webster. The Talking Tree, Staines.
Saturday 27 May afternoon – Denmark St Big Band start a monthly residency at the Spice of Life in Soho
Saturday 27 May 2pm – Mark Crooks, John Pearce, Simon Thorpe and Matt Fishwick are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club at The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend, SS2 6EX2
Saturday 27 May – Jazz Cafe (POSK) have Hannah Horton: “Melodies in May”
Saturday 27 May – Multi-award-winning US contemporary jazz composer & trumpeter Dave Douglas joins saxophonist Trish Clowes & ‘My Iris’ at the 606
Saturday 27 May – Byron Wallen & Nick Ramm are at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD
Saturday 27 May – The Nigel Price Trio are at SoundCellar in Poole
Saturday 27 May – James Brandon Lewis is at the Vortex
Saturday 27 May – Elaine Hallam Trio “Jazzish” play the Jazz Room over in the Jazz Room at the Bull’s Head, Barnes SW13
Sunday 28 May – Julie Campiche Quartet, Manchester Jazz Festival, Band on the Wall
Sunday 28 May lunchtime – Art Themen All Stars Quintet are is at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 28 May lunchtime -Richard Rozze/Gary Baldwin Trio is at The City Wall, Rochester High Street
Sunday 28 May – Lunchtime Special at the 606 with Gareth Lockrane Big Band – 18-piece Big Band led by Gareth Lockrane-flute
Sunday 28 May – Kai’s Cats 6-piece with Kai Hoffman/Simon Whiteside, Ronnie Scott’s Upstairs Bar.
Sunday 28 May – The Coalminers Big Band play music from their 2022 album “With You In Mind”, a tribute to the iconic New Orleans legend Allen Toussaint at the 606
Sunday 28 May: Jazz On The Plaza feat. Judith O’Higgins with Terence Collie and Nick Lenner-Webster. Cafe Yukari, Kew
Monday 29 May lunchtime – Nigel Price Organ Trio is at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Monday 29 May – Zoe Francis / Jim Mullen / Ross Stanley are at the Oxford (now renamed the Parakeet) on Kentish Town Rd
Monday 29 May – Classic R&B vocalist/songwriter Kat Eaton & her band are at the 606
Monday29 May – Jonathan Gee and Adam Glasser are Upstairs at Ronnies
Monday 29 May – Jazz in the Round at the Cockpit Theatre
Monday 29 May – Neal Richardson Duo feat. Miles Danso (double bass) – jazz lunch al fresco Alfriston – The Star, BN26 5TA
Tuesday 30 May – Chris Biscoe Quartet, Profiles Of Mingus, Free Lunchtime Concert, All Saints Church Carshalton High St. SM5 3AG 1pm

Tuesday 30 May – Adam Glasser’s South African Sextet ft Chris Batchelor , George Crowley and Rob Luft are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 30 May – pianist Barry Green (Mark Lockheart, Bobby Wellins) & his Trio ft. Dave Green, bass & Colin Oxley, guitar are at the 606
Tuesday 30 May – Duncan Eagles Quartet is at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 30 May – Frank Griffith Nonet are at Frederiks Bar. 32 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BX
Tuesday 30 May – Imogen Ryall Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Wednesday 31 May – Alison Rayner Quintet are at Eastbourne – Splash Point Jazz Club, at the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA
Wednesday 31 May – the 606 debut of Italian jazz vocalist Francesca Mondi & her quartet ft. pianist Chris Bland
Thursday 1 June – Ilario Ferrari, Kings Place , London
Thursday 1 June – Anita Wardell Quartet are at Hugh and Marion’s (Eltham Jazz Club), Eltham Warren Golf Club, SE9 2PE
Thursday 1 June – Young Lions and Old Tigers with Derek Nash, James Alsopp, Gunther Kurmayr, Rob Rickenberg and Pete Cater are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 1 June – a rare UK performance by Australian singer Victoria Newton at the 606
Thursday 1 June – Steve Fishwick Quartet are at Karamel, 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ
Thursday 1 June -Collette Cooper is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Thursday 1 June -James Kitchman Quartet are at Royal Albert Hall (Elgar Room)
Thursday 1 June – Bruce Adams is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 1 June – Ian Smith on trumpet and Denny Ilot on guitar are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Friday 2 June – Julie Campiche Quartet, World Heart Beat, London
Friday 2 june – Bruno Heinen & James Kitchman have an album launch at Kings Place (Hall 2)
Friday 2 June- The Fraser Smith Quinted is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Friday 2 June- Sarah Tandy is at Ronnie Scotts
Saturday 3 June – 2x BBC Jazz Musician of the Year finalist, Saxophonist Tom Smith joins acclaimed up-and-coming trumpeter Tom Syson playing the music of Cannonball Adderley at the 606
Saturday 3 June- Catherina Lima is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Saturday 3 June – Renato D’Aiello Quartet: celebrating music of Cedar Walton & David Hazeltine are at Jazz Cafe POSK
Saturday 3 June- Angela Verbrugge is at the Pizza Express with the Ray Gallon Trio
Saturday 3 June- Andrew McCormack Trio are at Ronnie Scotts
Sunday 4 June lunchtime – Tony Woods Project is at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 4 June lunchtime – jazz standards with singer Zoe Francis and her quartet ft. guitarist Jim Mullen at the 606
Sunday 4 June: Riverside Arts Jazz feat. Roger Beaujolais with Terence Collie, Matias Hofecker and Alfonso Vitale. Riverside Arts Centre, Sunbury
Sunday 4 June- Angela Verbrugge is at the Pizza Express with the Ray Gallon Trio
Sunday 4 June evening -BBC & Parliamentary Jazz Award-winning vocalist Ian Shaw is at the 606
Sunday 4 June – James Kitchman Quartet are at Jazz Sanctuary
Sunday 4 June – The LP Swing Orchestra are at The Churchill Theatre, Bromley, BR1 1HA
Tuesday 6 June -Dave O’Higgins / Rob Luft Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 6 June – Matt Wates, Leon Greening, Julian Bury and Matt Skelton are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Tuesday 6 June – John Horler Trio: A tribute to Bill Evans are at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ
Monday 5 June – at the 606 Australian R&B, funk & blues keyboardist Clayton Doley (Ian Moss, Steve Cropper, Jimmy Barnes) makes a one-off London appearance with Australian jazz & soul vocalist Lily Dior ft. Brandon Allen
Wednesday 7 June-Emma Rawicz is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Wednesday 7 June – Tristan Banks at Pizza Express Holborn
Wednesday 7 June – Jonathan Gee / Gaetano Partipilo Quartet are at Jazz 825 in the Royal Hotel in Southend

Wednesday 7 June – Award-winning saxophonist Mark Lockheart (Loose Tubes, Polar Bear) & his Quartet ft. pianist Liam Noble are at the 606
Thursday 8 June – Mark Crooks, Matyas Gayer, Dave Chamberlain and Matt Home are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 8 June – In All Languages: The Music of Ornette Coleman by Martin Speake Quartet are at Karamel, 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ
Thursday 8 June – Mike Piggott is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 8 June – Percussionist Adriano Adewale & his band play music inspired by the classic Afro-Brazilian traditions of his native Brazil are at the 606
Thursday 8 June – Pete Case & Friends feat Jason Rebello & The Stacey Bros are at SoundCellar in Poole
Thursday 8 June – Jonathan Gee / Gaetano Partipilo Quartet are at the Spin Club , Oxford
Thursday 8 June – Tristan Banks, The Brook Southampton
Thursday 8 – 9 June – Perico Sambeat Quartet featuring Danny Grisset are at Pizza Express , Soho
Friday 9 June – Josephine Davies and Elliott Galvin plus Tom Cawley and Fini Bearman are at Morley College
Friday 9 June – Tristan Banks, Zeffirelli’s Ambleside
Friday 9 June – Fergus McCreadie Trio are at the Lighthouse in Poole

Friday 9 June – Norma Winstone: “The Peacocks… and other stories!” are at Jazz Cafe POSK
Saturday 10 June – An Evening with Basia Bartz & her Guests are at Jazz Cafe POSK
Saturday 10 June – Tristan are at the Verdict in Brighton
Saturday 10 June-Polly Gibbons is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Saturday 10 June – Trumpeter James Davison & trombonist Callum Au’s ‘Quintet-a-Tete’ play swinging jazz standards are at the 606
Saturday 10 June – Tristan Banks, Verdict Jazz Brighton
Saturday 10 June – Jonathan Gee / Gaetano Partipilo Duo are at Plaquemine Lock, Islington for their jazz brunch
Sunday 11 June- Lunchtime – Paul Higgs Quartet are at The City Wall in Rochester
Sunday 11 June lunchtime – ACY Trio are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 11 June – Jonathan Gee / Gaetano Partipilo Quartet are at Ye Olde Cherry Tree, Southgate
Sunday 11 June – Tristan Banks, Colchester Arts Centre Colchester
Sunday 11 June – rising trumpet star Poppy Daniels and her quintet are at Off the Rails in Twickenham
Monday 12 June – Mike Westbrook and the Uncommon Orchestra – Rossini Re-Loaded is at Ronnie Scotts
Monday 12 June – Barb Jungr is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Monday 12 June – Noga Ritter is at the Forge in Camden
Monday 12 June – Icelandic pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs is Upstairs at Ronnies with her trio
Tuesday 13 June -Basil Hodge Quartet ft Riley Stone-Lonergan are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 13 June – Young Lions and Old Tigers with Derek Nash, James Alsopp, Nick Weldon, Rob Rickenberg and Pete Cater are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Tuesday 13 June – Mike Westbrook and the Uncommon Orchestra – Rossini Re-Loaded is at Ronnie Scotts
Thursday 15 June – Noah Stoneman is at Karamel, 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ
Thursday 15 June – Dave O’Higgins/Rob Luft Quartet are at Hugh and Marion’s (Eltham Jazz Club), Eltham Warren Golf Club, SE9 2PE
Thursday 15 June- Digby Fairweather is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Thursday 15 June- Gary Crosby Quartet is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Friday 16 June – Imperial College Big Band are at Jazz Cafe POSK
Saturday 17 June – Gaetano Di Giacomo Quartet are at Jazz Cafe POSK
Sunday 18 June- Lunchtime – Nigel Price Quartet are at The City Wall in Rochester
Sunday 18 June lunchtime – Basil Hodge Quartet ft Ed Jones are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Monday 19 June – Nikki Yeoh is at Ronnie Scotts
Monday 19 June – Dave Lewis Quartet are at Bexley Jazz Club, The King’s Head, Bexley Village
Tuesday 20 June -Duncan Eagles Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 20 June – Rory Ingham’s Trombone Assembly are at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 20 June – Alan Barnes, John Pearce, Paul Morgan and Matt Home are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Wednesday 21 June- Jazz Dynamos are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Thursday 22 June – The Lily Dior Quartet are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 22 June – Henry Lowther’s Still Waters are at Karamel, 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ
Thursday 22 June – Jazz Jamaica All Stars are at the Southbank Centre on Windrush Day
Friday 23 June – Wang/Luft/Falt Trio, Closeness, Vortex, London
Friday 23 June – Jonathan Gee , Adam Glasser and Andy Hammill are at the Verdict in Brighton
Friday 23 June – Emma Rawicz Quintet are at the Lighthouse in Poole
Friday 23 June- Kathy Kosins is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Saturday 24 June 2pm – Alan Barnes and James Davison with Trevor Brown, Simon Thorpe and Bobby Worth are at The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend, Essex SS2 6EX2
Saturday 24 June- The Errol Linton Quintet is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Sunday 25 June- Lunchtime – Jacob Wilson Quintet are at The City Wall in Rochester
Sunday 25 June lunchtime – Atlanticus are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 25 June: Jazz On The Plaza feat. Art Themen with Terence Collie and Richard Sadler. Cafe Yukari, Kew
Sunday 25 June – Saxtivity (sax quartet ft Frank Griffith) have an album launch at Ullet Road Unitarian Church. 57 Ullet Road, Liverpool, L17 2AA
Tuesday 27 June -QOW Trio ft Riley Stone-Lonergan are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 27 June – Kate Williams Quartet featuring Mike Outram are at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ
Wednesday 28 June – Dave O’Higgins and Rob Luft are at Guildford Jazz
Wednesday 28 June at 6.30 in Scott Stroman’s Jazz Mass, featuring Iain Ballamy, saxes, Henry Lowther, trumpet, Liam Dunachie, piano, Steve Watts, bass, and Winston Cifford, drums are at Jazz Vespers at the American International Church, 79 Tottenham Court Road W1T 4TD
Thursday 29 June- The Ellington Effect is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Thursday 29 June – Wang / Luft / Fält Trio – Closeness are at SoundCellar in Poole
Thursday 29 June – Tomorrow’s Warriors LDN RISING: David Kayode 4tet are at Karamel, 4 Coburg Road, London N22 6UJ
Sunday 2 July lunchtime – Derek Nash Quartet are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
7 – 9 July – Swanage Jazz Festival
Sunday 9 July: Riverside Arts Jazz feat. Tim Rose with Terence Collie, Graeme Flowers, Phil Donnelly and John Humphrey. Riverside Arts Centre, Sunbury
Saturday & Sunday, August 19 & 20, 2023. Herne Bay Jazz and Swing Festival, Herne Bay, Kent.
Sunday 30 July: Jazz On The Plaza feat. Karen Sharp with Terence Collie, bass tbc. Cafe Yukari, Kew.

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

Wednesday 24 May – Nathaniel Facey Trio are streaming from NQ Jazz in Manchester https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on
Wednesday 24 May – James Brandon Lewis is streaming from Porgy & Bess Vienna https://www.porgy.at/events/upcoming
Friday 26 May – Nicholas Payton Quartet are streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/
Saturday 27 May – The Nigel Price Trio are streaming from the SoundCellar in Poole https://soundcellar.org/event/livestream-the-nigel-price-trio/
Thursday 8 June – Pete Case & Friends feat Jason Rebello & The Stacey Bros are streaming from SoundCellar in Poole https://soundcellar.org/event/livestream-pete-case-friends-featuring-jason-rebello-and-the-stacey-bros/
Thursday 29 June – Wang / Luft / Fält Trio – Closeness are streaming from SoundCellar in Poole https://soundcellar.org/event/livestream-wang-luft-falt-trio-closeness/

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.
Every second Sunday of each month at 1.30pm Equinox are at Map Studio in Kentish Town

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

Nigel Williams on JazzFM has Lois Levin on 27 April
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 zoom every Tuesday at 4.30 – https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/events/

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