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Liane Carroll…Anthony Strong…Pizza Express has a new Piano Lounge Downstairs venue in St Martin’s Lane. No admission charge, but tables do need to be booked – read more

Gwen Ansell writes in tribute to “the great vocal classicist” of South African music, Sylvia Mdunyelwa (1948 -2023) – read more

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John Fordham has written a Guardian obit for Tristan Honsinger – read more

In an interview with Glide Magazine, Pianist Danilo Perez reflects on his time in Wayne Shorter’s quartet – read more

A 1963 BBC interview with saxophonist Tubby Hayes has surfaced through National Jazz Archive – read more

Jazz North has announced the promoters it will be supporting with its new talent development scheme (New Northern) – read more

Zero Gravity, a new docuseries on the life and career of the late Wayne Shorter, was reviewed in the Guardian – read more

A new essay by Ted Reichman in the New York Review of Books highlights the album from Kit Downes, Hayden Chisholm and the Balkan vocal ensemble PJEV – read more

New albums Telmo’s Tune (by Argentine pianist Guillermo Klein) and Diatom Ribbons (by Canadian pianist Kris Davis) were reviewed in the Wall Street Journal – read more

The programme for Montreux Jazz Festival China is announced – read more

The Scotsman reviewed saxophonist Emma Rawicz’s debut album on Act Records, Chroma (scroll down)  – read more

Bill Milkowski reviewed Shakti’s concert as part of their 50th-anniversary tour in Port Chester, New York – read more

Sebastian’s latest column for JAZZTHETIK is about Guildhall School of Music/ Scott Stroman’s performance of Palle Mikkelborg’s “Aura” suite for Miles Davis, its first since 1980s (in German) – read more

A mural of books on the outside of a library in Nanaimo, BC features sheet music by Canadian saxophonist Christine Jensen (in picture above) – read more

THE DAYS AND WEEKS AHEAD

1) Live gigs

Wednesday 30 August – Anita Wardell Quartet are at Eastbourne – Splash Point Jazz Club, at the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA
Wednesday 30 August – Hannes Riepler Quartet are at the Vortex

Wednesday 30 August – A duo performance by two of the UK’s finest musicians, saxophonist Tim Garland & pianist Jason Rebello at the 606
Thursday 31 August 12-2pm – Eddie Myer (bass), Riley Stone-Lonergon (tenor) Spike Wells (drums) are at at Croydon Clocktower Cafe , 9, Katherine Street, Croydon, CR9 1ET
Thursday 31 August – Josh Kemp is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club, EN2 8AS
Thursday 31 August – Catherine Lima is at Pizza Express Chelsea
Thursday August 31 – Kate Daniels, John Harriman, James Sunney, Rod Brown at The Middle House, Mayfield TN20 6AB nr Tunbridge Wells
Thursday August 31 – Jonny Wickham is at the Vortex
Thursday 31 August – Al Nicholls on sax and James Fenn on guitar are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday 31 August – US-born blues & soul vocalist Bruce “Mississippi” Johnson & his band is at the 606
Friday 1 September – Tori Freestone Trio + Rick Simpson solo at the Vortex
Friday 1 September – Grand Union Orchestra are at Woolwich Works
Saturday 2 September – Jean Toussaint is at the Vortex
Saturday 2 September – Saxophonist Tom Smith & his quintet play the music of Cedar Walton. Feat. Fergus McCredie, piano are at the 606
Saturday 2 September – Esther Bennett is at Toulouse Lautrec
Sunday 3 September 12:00pm- Lunch Jazz – Jo Fooks (sax) with Neal Richardson (pno/vox) are at Crawley – The Hawth, Hawth Ave, Crawley. RH10 6YZ

Sunday 3 September from 2pm at St James’s Piccadilly – Soul Sanctuary Gospel Singers
Sunday 3 September lunchtime: Drummer Sophie Alloway’s birthday ft. Mornington Lockett, Paul Stacey, Will Barry, Laurence Cottle, Joe Thompson and a short set by the Lydian Collective Trio at the 606
Sunday 3 September lunchtime – Vasilis Xenopoulos is at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 3 September – Zena James is at the Hampton Hub Club 3 ASHLEY ROAD, Hampton, TW12 2JA
Sunday 3 September – Riverside Arts Jazz – A Night of Latin Jazz with Clement Regert on guitar, Terence Collie on piano, Paul Michael on bass, Matt Hodge on percussion and Vancho Manoilovich on drums. Riverside Arts Centre, Sunbury
Monday 4 September – Saxophonist Kaidi Akinnibi (Tom Misch, Black Midi, Blue Lab Beats) & his band are at the 606

Tuesday 5 September – Steve Fishwick’s new Nonet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone playing McCoy Tyner’s
Tuesday 5 September – Modern Jazz/Hard Bop saxophonist Dr Dan Reinstein & his Quintet are at the 606
Tuesday 5 September- The Fabulous Red Diesel are at The Pheasantry Pizza Express, Chelsea.
Tuesday 5 September – Clark Tracey, Alex Clarke, Emily Masser, Graham Harvey, James Owston are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Tuesday 5 September – Alan Barnes Quartet are at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ.
Tuesday 5 September – Chris Coull / Arabella Sprot Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Wednesday 6 September – Sam Braysher Quartet + Milena Granci Sextet are at the Vortex
Wednesday 6 September – Respair: New-Age Jazz Meets Psychedelic Soundscape at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Wednesday 6 September – South African pianist & harmonica virtuoso Adam Glasser & his Quartet ft. guitarist Ant Law are at the 606
Thursday 7 September – Drummer Tristan Banks & his Quartet ft. saxophonist Paul Booth play music from his album ‘View from Above’ are at the 606
Thursday 7 September – Fraser Smith Quartet are at Guildford Jazz
Thursday 7 September – Coco Mbassi is at the Vortex
Thursday 7 September – Corrie Dick’s Sun Swells are at the Sound Cellar in Poole
Thursday 7 September – Alan Barnes on sax with Lester Brown on trumpet and Alum Nathoo on sax are at the Hedsor Jazz Club at the Hedsor Bar, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday 7 September – Ted Beament Trio with Robert Fowler are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 7 September 12-2pm – Oliver Wilby (tenor), Colin Oxley (guitar), Simon Woolf (bass) are at at Croydon Clocktower Cafe , 9, Katherine Street, Croydon, CR9 1ET
Thursday 7 September – The Blues Engineers: Jazz tinged blues featuring slide & resonator guitarist John O’Reilly & multi-instrumentalist Nick Payn over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IVFriday 8 September – Atom String Quartet are at Toulouse Lautrec Jazz Club, 140 Newington Butts, Kennington, London SE11 4RN
Friday 8 September – Corrie Dick’s Sun Swells are at the Vortex
Friday 8 September – The Art Themen Quartet feat the award winning saxophonist, pianist John Pearce, bassist Paul Morgan & drummer Spike Wells over in the Jazz Room at the Bull’s Head, Barnes
Friday 8 September – Saxophonist Dave Lewis & his funky, jazzy groove band “1UP’ ft vocalist Lizzie Deane are at the 606
Friday 8 September – Betty Accorsi Quartet is at the Verdict in Brighton
Saturday 9 September – Mark Lockheart’s Dreamers are at the Vortex
Saturday 9 September – Modern jazz supremos saxophonist Mornington Lockett, trumpeter Henry Lowther & their band are at the 606
Saturday 9 September – Caroline Loftus & Dave Oliver at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Sunday 10 September lunchtime – Matt Skelton’s Jazz Tendency featuring Julian Siegal is at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 10 September – The LP Swing Orchestra live in concert with Ben Holder – The Warren, Hayes, Kent
Sunday 10 September – Jazz/R&B singer/songwriter Polly Gibbons and her quartet ft James Pearson, piano play music from her new album, “As It Is” are at the 606
Sunday 10 September – Shear Brass are at Ronnie Scott’s
Sunday 10 September – Ruta Di Trio at Off the Rails, Richmond TW9 2NQ
Sunday 10 September – Down for the Count are at Cadogan Hall
Monday 11 September – Drummer Shane Forbes (Empirical) is joined by fellow band members Nat Facey & Tom Farmer, along with pianist Ivo Neame & guitarist Dave Preston are at the 606
Tuesday 12 September – Richard Fairhurst Quintet inc Julian Siegel and Chris Batchelor play Wayne Shorter at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 12 September – Peter Golding’s Cafe Django at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Tuesday 12 September – Renowned jazz bassist & lately pianist Simon Woolf & his quartet ft. saxophonist Oliver Wilby (Ray Gelato, Pasadena Roof Orchestra) are at the 606
Tuesday 12 September – Zoe Rahman Octet are at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 12 September – Karen Sharpe, Colin Oxley, Simon Thorpe, Josh Morrison are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Tuesday 12 September – Nigel Price Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Wednesday 13 September – Jo Fooks (sax) & Buster Birch (drums) with Nigel Thomas (dbl bass) + Neal Richardson (pno/vox) at Seaford – Splash Point Jazz Club, The View, Southdown Rd BN25 4JS. 01323 890139
Wednesday 13 September – Joe Thompson at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Wednesday 13 September – Rob Luft & his Quartet ft George Crowley-sax preview music from his new album on Edition Records, ‘Dahab Days’ at the 606

Thursday 14 September 12-2pm – Georgia Mancio (vocals), Garath Lockrane (keyboard/flute), Andrew Cleyndert (bass), Dave Ohm (drums) are at at Croydon Clocktower Cafe , 9, Katherine Street, Croydon, CR9 1ET
Thursday 14 September – Big Mama’s Door at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Thursday 14 September – Wandering Monster are at Ronnie Scotts
Alan Barnes is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 14 September – Singer, songwriter & ‘beat poet adventurer’ (MOJO) Sarah Gillespie & music from her latest album recorded in Berlin are at the 606
Thursday 14 September – Karen Sharpe, Colin Oxley, Simon Thorpe, Josh Morrison are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 14 September – Origin ft Glenn Charles , Francis Tulip , Trevor Boxhall and Vlato Klemera are at Mildmay Jazz Club , 33-34 Newington Green , N16 9PR
Thursday 14 September – Katriona Taylor – new album launch Daring Dreams at Piano Smithfield
Thursday 14 September – Stuart Henderson on trumpet with Frank Walden on sax are at the Hedsor Jazz club at the Hedsor Bar, Bourne End SL8 5ES.
Friday 15 September – The Southbank Centre as part of the Nicholas Daley presents Woven Rhythms have Nu Civilisation Orchestra with Nubya Garcia plus other events
Friday 15 September – The Groove Warriors play the Jazz Room over at the Bull’s Head, Barnes SW13
Saturday 16 September – Emily Saunders is at The Forge, Camden
Saturday 16 September – From Detroit, USA jazz pianist & composer David Janeway (the Supremes, Art Farmer, Michael Urbaniak, Tom Harrell) is at the 606
Saturday 16 September – JJ Savarino is at Nell’s West Kensington
Sunday 17 September lunchtime – Tracey Mendham Quartet is at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 17 September – Award-winning, iconic vocalist/pianist Liane Carroll & her Trio is at the 606
Tuesday 19 September – Olli Martin Quintet with Tom Barford on sax are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 19 September – Sam Jewison at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Tuesday 19 September – Nigel Price, Alban Claret (from France), Mikele Montelli, Matt Fishwick are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ
Tuesday 19 September – Uriel Herman is at Ronnie Scotts
Tuesday 19 September – Simon Spillett Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Wednesday 20 September – The Fallen Heroes New Orleans Jazz & Blues featuring the Martyn Bros along with Kansas City boogie pianist Dean Ross over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV
Wednesday 20 September – Joshua Jaswon Octet are at Ronnie Scotts
Wednesday 20 September – Leo Richardson is at Ronnie Scotts Late Show
Thursday 21 September – Nick Malcolm’s Out Front are at the Sound Cellar in Poole
Thursday 21 September -Guitar virtuoso Nicholas Meier & his band celebrate his Birthday with special guests including Pete Oxley (guitar) & Lizzie Ball (violin) is at the 606

Thursday 21 September – Nigel Price is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS
Thursday 21 September 12-2pm – Dave Warren (guitar), Mark Crooks (tenor), Jim Mullen (guitar) are at at Croydon Clocktower Cafe , 9, Katherine Street, Croydon, CR9 1ET
Thursday 21 September – Max Brittain on guitar with Mark Ashton on sax are at the Hedsor Jazz club at the Hedsor Bar, Bourne End SL8 5ES
Thursday 21 September – Deschanel Gordon Trio at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Friday 22 September – Sam Newbould Quintet are at the Bear Club in Luton
Friday 22 September – The Keith West Band: Jazz, blues & soul mix feat legendary singer/songwriter & guitarist West play the Jazz Room over at the Bull’s Head, Barnes
Friday 22 September – Beat: Tom Ford is at Guildford Jazz
Saturday 23 September – Sam Newbould Quintet are at the Vortex
Sunday 24 September lunchtime – The Gary Baldwin Band is at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Sunday 24 September – Mike Westbrook ‘Band of Bands’ is at Pizza Express Soho
Sunday 24 September – Jazz On The Plaza featuring Stuart Henderson on trumpet, Terence Collie on piano and Richard Sadler on bass. Cafe Yukari, Kew
Tuesday 26 September – Chris Batchelor / Mark Lockheart Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone
Tuesday 26 September – Clark Tracey Quintet are at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ
Tuesday 26 September – Andy Urquhart Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG
Tuesday 26 September Steve Waterman’s Latin Quintet Marlow Jazz Club Royal British Legion Hall SL7 1NT
Wednesday 27 September – The Nighthawks George Trebar (bass), Roy Hilton (keys), Matt Wates (sax), Joe Edwards (drums) are at Eastbourne – Splash Point Jazz Club, at the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA
Thursday 28 September 12-2pm – Chris Coull (trumpet), Andi Panayi (sax), Jason Henson (guitar), Dan Shepard (bass) are at at Croydon Clocktower Cafe , 9, Katherine Street, Croydon, CR9 1ET
Thursday 28 September – Lulu Pierre and The Alex Webb Trio at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Thursday 28 September – Chris Dean with the John Pearce Trio are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR
Thursday 28 September – Bourbon & Blues swing jazz, Motown & blues mix featuring Italian guitar maestro Giulio Romano & top Canadian vocalist Dom Durner over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV
Thursday 28 September – Kirk Lightsey at the University of Surrey
Friday 29 September – Ian Shaw at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly
Saturday 30 September – Elaine Delmar ( voted vocalist of the year in the Parliamentary Jazz Wards 2023 with John Pearce, Simon Thorpe, Bobby Worth are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club at The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend, Essex SS2 6EX2
Saturday 30 September – The Katriona Taylor Quintet celebrate 60 years of Bossa Nova: From Astrud Gilberto to Eliane Elias, Tom Jobim, Ivan Lins and Sergio Mendes
Sunday 1 October lunchtime – Adrian Reid Quartet featuring Tony Kofi is at the Oval Tavern , Croydon
Tuesday 3 October – Alex Clarke Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone

Saturday 7 October – Listen presents Out Front with Nick Malcolm , Jake McMurchie , Jason Yarde, Olie Brice and Dave Smith at Unitarian Church, 5 Emmanuel Road, Cambridge CB1 1JW
Saturday 14 October – Listen presents Airborn with Eddie Parker , Rob Luft , Dave Manington and Jay Davis at Unitarian Church, 5 Emmanuel Road, Cambridge CB1 1JW
Saturday 21 October – Listen presents Trish Clowes & Louise McMonagle at Unitarian Church, 5 Emmanuel Road, Cambridge CB1 1JW

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

Friday 1 September – Peter Bernstein is streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/
Thursday 7 September – Corrie Dick’s Sun Swells are at the Sound Cellar in Poole https://soundcellar.org/event/livestream-corrie-dick-sun-swells/
Friday 8 September – Eddie Henderson Quintet are streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/
Thursday 14 September – Alex von Schlippenbach/Barry Altschul Quartet feat. RudiMahall & Joe Fonda are streaming from Porgy & Bess Vienna https://www.porgy.at/events/upcoming
Friday 15 September – Billy Childs is streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/
Monday 18 September – Byron Wallen’s Four Corners are streaming from The Yard Manchester https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on
Thursday 21 September – Nick Malcolm’s Out Front are at the Sound Cellar in Poole https://soundcellar.org/event/livestream-nick-malcolms-out-front/
Monday 2 October – John Pope Quintet are streaming from The Yard Manchester https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on

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
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.
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
Marlow FM’s longstanding Jazz Show “Swing That Music” (www.marlowfm.co.uk) 6pm Sunday now gets a worldwide audience (even Kyle Eastwood!) 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/