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Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær’s new orchestral album Certainty of Tides received a 5 star review from Peter Quinn for the ArtsDesk – read more

Photographer Philip Arneill’s documentary photography project of Tokyo jazz haunts is featured in the Guardian – read more

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The Falkirk Herald previewed the New Focus Duo’s exploration in Linlithgow of the common ground shared by jazz musicians and classical composers – read more

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Dave Holland shared a pertinent quote from his recent visit to the Tate Modern on Twitter – read more

Gwen Ansell writes in tribute to Julian Sebothane Bahula — read more

Womex in October 2024 will be in Manchester – read more

THE DAYS AND WEEKS AHEAD

1) Live gigs

Wednesday 11 October – Jay Davis’s Badtrad are at the Vortex

Wednesday 11 October at the Royal Academy of Music the RAM Jazz Orchestra welcomes musical directors Tom Walsh and Reuben Fowler in specially commissioned arrangements from Herbie Hancock’s Head Hunters

Wednesday 11 October – Carshalton Jazz presents The O’Higgins & Luft Quartet (photo by Monika Jakubowska) Cryer Arts Centre, High Street Carshalton SM53BB

Wednesday 11 October – Bruce Adams (tpt/flgl) with Simon Thorpe (dbl bass), Pete Cater (drums) + Neal Richardson (pno/vox) Seaford – Splash Point Jazz Club, The View, Southdown Rd BN25 4JS

Wednesday 11 October – Contemporary & traditional Latin music led by Uruguayan guitarist Guille Hill ft. saxophonist Paul Booth at the 606

Wednesday 11 October – Randolph Matthews and Nicolas Meier are at Guildford Jazz

Thursday 12 October 12-2pm – Alan Barnes is at at Croydon Clocktower Cafe , 9, Katherine Street, Croydon, CR9 1ET

Thursday 12 October – Liane Carroll is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club, EN2 8AS

Thursday 12 October – vocalist Rebecca Poole (formerly known as Purdy) launches her new jazz album, ‘Dreamer’s Ball’ at the 606

Thursday 12 October – Vortex have Francisco Garcia de Paredes downstairs the Eddie Parker’s Airborn upstairs

Thursday 12 October -Soulfunks: jazz slanted soul, blues & Reggae nine-piece more over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV

Thursday 12 October – Suzanne Noble and George Webster are at Bread & Roses, 68 Clapham Manor Street, Clapham SW4 6DZ, London

Thursday 12 October – Mike Wills on sax with Lester Brown on trumpet at the Hedsor Jazz club at the Hedsor Bar, Bourne End SL8 5ES

Friday 13 October – Liane Carroll is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club, EN2 8AS

Friday 13 October – Anthropolgy Band are at Sheffield Crookes Social Club

Friday 13 October – Carol Grimes & friends Vortex Jazz Club

Friday 13 October – Nominee, ‘Best Blues Act’ Jazz FM Awards, singer/harmonica player Errol Linton & his band is at the 606

Friday 13th October – JT4tet & Nazarene, Temple of Art & Music, Elephant & Castle. Soul Jazz, Crossover Jazz, R&B/Soul.

Friday 13 October – Ineza & ‘Women’s Words, Sisters’ Stories’ is at Brasserie Toulouse Lautrec, 140 Newington Butts, Kennington, London SE11 4RN

Friday 13 October – Giacomo Smith & The Hot Five are at Ladbroke Hall, 77-81 Barlby Road, London W10 6AZ

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 14 October Nigel Price UK 2023 Tour, Two For The Road with Lorne Lofsky is in Ashburton

Saturday 14 October at Holy Cross Church in Cromer Street Bloomsbury, Jazz Orient led by sitarist Baluji Shrivastav OBE are in concert

Saturday 14 October – Ruta Di Trio + Gus Flind-Henry are at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, London SW11 7BD

Saturday 14 October – One of the finest Latin Jazz pianists on the scene: John Crawford & his band is at the 606

Saturday 14 October – The Alex Clarke Quartet at The Blue Room Lincoln LN1 3BU

Saturday 14 October – Lulu Pierre is with Tony Kofi and the Alex Webb Trio at the Vortex

Sunday 15 October – Dave Quincy Quartet featuring Terry Smith are at The City Wall, Rochester High Street, ME1 1JT (Lunchtime gigs from 1 PM)

Sunday 15 October lunchtime – Andrea Vicari Quartet featuring Mark Lockheart is at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Sunday 15 October lunchtime – Renowned flautist & arranger Gareth Lockrane & his 18-piece Big Band are at the 606

Sunday 15 October – Suzanne Noble and George Webster are at the Green Note in Camden

Monday 16 October – Tom Ridout hosts the weekly Jazz Jam with a fresh House Band each week at sYp, 19 Bevis Marks, London EC3A 7JA

Monday 16 October – Rod Oughton is at Jazz at the Parakeet (fka the Oxford) on Kentish Town Rd

Monday 16 October – Modern jazz guitarist David Preston leads an All-Star quintet-Ivo Neame (piano), Nat Facey (sax), Ferg Ireland (bass) & Shane Forbes (drums) are at the 606

Monday 16 October – Dave O’Higgins/ Rob Luft Quintet is at Bexley Jazz Club- The King’s Head PH, Bexley Village, DA5 1AA

Monday 16 October – Mark Kavuma is at the Fox 413 Green Lanes N13 4JD

Tuesday 17 October – Nick Costley-White Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone

Tuesday 17 October – Jo Harrop, John Pearce, Simon Thorpe, Bobby Worth are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ

Tuesday 17 October – Jazz classics from the 50’s to the 90’s led by saxophonist Dan Reinstein & his quintet

Tuesday 17 October – Pete Long Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG

Tuesday 17 October – Dave Newton Trio are at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ

Wednesday 18 October – Trumpeter Henry Spencer & his band ft. virtuoso guitarist Ant Law launch Henry’s new album ‘The Defector’ are at the 606

Wednesday 18 October – Liam Noble / Fini Bearman / George Crowley are at the Vortex

Thursday 19 October 12-2pm – Rebecca Tommasi is at at Croydon Clocktower Cafe , 9, Katherine Street, Croydon, CR9 1ET

Thursday 19 October – Sarah L King Quartet at Toulouse Lautrec Jazz Club, Kennington, London

Thursday 19 October – Ed Jones Quartet Jazz in the House, Lauderdale House N6 5HG

Thursday 19 October – The Vortex have Maddalena Ghezzi and Maria Chiara Argirò downstairs and Grifton Forbes-Amos upstairs

Thursday 19 October – Hammond organist/singer John East & his All-Star band play choice standards & melodic jazz is at the 606

Thursday 19 October – Dave O’Higgins is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS

Thursday 19 October – The Brandon Allen Groove Band feat Mike Outram are at the SoundCellar in Poole

Thursday 19 October – Josephine Davies’ Satori ft Alcyona Mick are at the Karamel Club in Wood Green N22 6UJ

Thursday 19 October – Sam Kelly’s Station House: Featuring the multi-award-winning drum legend Sam Kelly over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV

Thursday 19 October – Iain Bellamy with Danny Illett is at Hugh and Marion’s (Eltham Jazz Club), Eltham Warren Golf Club, Bexley Road, SE9 2PE

Thursday October 19 – Nick Mills on trombone with Ed Benstead on trumpet are at the Hedsor Jazz club at the Hedsor Bar, Bourne End SL8 5ES

Friday 20 October – Five Way Split Quintet at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant Chichester, PO19 1SY

Friday 20 October – Extended Family Band album launch at the Vortex

Friday 20 October – Rachael Cohen is at Sheffield Crucible Playhouse

Friday 20 October – Benet McLean Organ Quartet is at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Friday 20 October – Kiki Band are at Off the Cuff arch 645, 301-303 Railton Road, Herne Hill, London SE24 0JN

Saturday 21 October – Listen presents Trish Clowes & Louise McMonagle at Unitarian Church, 5 Emmanuel Road, Cambridge CB1 1JW

Saturday 21 October – Moment’s Notice feat Daniel Casimir, Rosie Turton & others is at SoundCellar / Jaminaround, Cranborne Earthouse, Dorset.

Saturday 21 October – Tenor saxophonist Benn Clatworthy now based in Los Angeles plays a rare London date is at the 606

Sunday 22 October lunchtime – Nicolas Meier Quartet is at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Sunday 22 October lunchtime – Cafe Society Swing at Ronnie Scotts

Sunday 22 October 12.00pm – Café Society Swing – feat. Vimala Rowe (vox), with Sue Richardson (tpt) Alex Webb’s inspiring show comes to London again, telling the story of America’s first non-segregated jazz club. London – Ronnie Scott’s, Frith St W1D 4HT

Sunday 22 October – Andrea Vicari/Emma Rawicz Quartet are at The City Wall, Rochester High Street, ME1 1JT (Lunchtime gigs from 1 PM)

Sunday 22 October 5pm – Mark Lockheart is at Highams Park County arms E4 9PB

Sunday 22 October – Renowned jazz pianist, vocalist & arranger Peter Churchill (London Vocal Project, Mark Murphy) & his quartet ft. saxophonist Julian Nicholas are at the 606

Monday 23 October – Ofer Landsberg / Paul Sikivie are at Jazz at the Parakeet (fka the Oxford) on Kentish Town Rd

Monday 23 October – Julian Siegel is at the Fox 413 Green Lanes N13 4JD

Monday 23 October – Tom Ridout hosts the weekly Jazz Jam with a fresh House Band each week at sYp, 19 Bevis Marks, London EC3A 7JA

Monday 23 October – Drummer, composer & singer Israel Varela (Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden, Yo-Yo Ma) & his quintet ft. trumpeter Quentin Collins & pianist Andrew McCormack are at the 606

Tuesday 24 October – Benn Clatworthy Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone

Tuesday 24 October – Jonny Mansfield Quintet are at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ

Tuesday 24 October – Renato D’Aiello, Harry Ashworth, Luke Fowler, Luis Brown are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ

Tuesday 24 October – trombone/flute-led modern jazz with RMQ ft. Steve Rubie, Geoff Mason & pianist Tom Cawley are at the 606

Tuesday 24 October – Art Themen Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG

Tuesday 24 October Peter Johnstone International Organ Quartet is at Ronnie Scott’s

Tuesday 24 October – Greg Abate (USA) & Alan Barnes, Marlow Jazz Club, Royal British Legion Hall SL7 1BP

Wednesday 25 October- Andy Williams / Joss Peach Quartet are at Eastbourne – Splash Point Jazz Club, at the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA

Wednesday 25 October- Deidre Cartwright’s Picnic are at Ronnie Scotts

Wednesday 25 October – Arthur Lea’s Bootleg Trio – piano/vocal-led New Orleans/Americana are at the 606

Thursday 26 October 12-2pm – Nat Steele , Colin Oxley and Lorenzo Morabito are at at Croydon Clocktower Cafe , 9, Katherine Street, Croydon, CR9 1ET

Thursday 26 October – Rob Luft is at Ronnie Scotts

Thursday 26 October – Jonathan Gee is at Pizza Express, Covent Gdn Piano/vocal lounge

Thursday 26 October – Alan Barnes is at Guildford Jazz

Thursday 26 October – Luke Bacchus is at the Karamel Club in Wood Green N22 6UJ

Thursday 26 October – Soulful, classic R&B led by singer/songwriter Kat Eaton & her band are at the 606

Thursday 26 October – Paul Higgs is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS

Thursday 26 October – Richie Milton & The Lowdown Featuring Linda Hall: New Orleans jazz & blues influenced Rhythm & Blues over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV

Friday 27 October – Louise Golbey Band are at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Friday 27 October – Tomorrows Warriors take over Jazz Cafe

Friday 27 October – Don Laka and band are playing at the South African Embassy

Friday 27 October – Latin/jazz quintet Samara feat. Carolina Lelis-vocals; Steve Rubie- sax/flute; Neil Angilley-piano are at the 606

Friday 27 October – Nigel Price Organ Trio are at Sheffield Crookes Social Club

Saturday 28 October – John-Paul Muir Quartet: “Home Now” album launch is at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 28 October – Alexandra Ridout Quintet featuring Phil Robson are at Derby Jazz, Museum of Making, Derby, DE1 3AF

Saturday 28 October – ‘Jazzish’ Featuring the Elaine Hallam Trio play the Jazz Room over at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, SW13

Saturday 28 October – Jazz saxophonist Alec Harper (Kansas Smitty’s) & his quartet ft. Will Barry-piano are at the 606

Saturday 28 October – Jonny Mansfield Quintet + Ivo Neame are at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, London SW11 7BD

Sunday 29 October lunchtime – Sam Dunn Quartet featuring Dave O’Higgins is at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Sunday 29 October – Jazz On The Plaza with Allison Neale on sax, Terence Collie on piano and Nick Lenner-Webster on bass. Café Yukari, Kew

Sunday 29 October – Way Out West Collective plays West Side Story (and other works by Bernstein) Hampton Hub Club, 3 ASHLEY ROAD, Hampton, TW12 2JA

Sunday 29 October – lunch: Vocal-led jazz & standards with singer Zoe Francis & her quartet ft. guitarist Jim Mullen are at the 606

Sunday 29 October – evening Iconic vocalist Madeline Bell (Dusty Springfield, Blue Mink) & singer/pianist Ian Shaw: Bacharach, Dusty & Me is at the 606

Monday 30 October – Barry Green / Vinnie Sperrazza are at Jazz at the Parakeet (fka the Oxford) on Kentish Town Rd

Monday 30 October – Chelsea Carmichael is at Jazz in the Round at the Cockpit Theatre

Monday 30 October – Tom Ridout hosts the weekly Jazz Jam with a fresh House Band each week at sYp, 19 Bevis Marks, London EC3A 7JA

Monday 30 October – Swiss jazz clarinet player Simon Wyrsch & his quartet with special guest, US guitarist Howard Alden is at the 606

Tuesday 31 October – Alex Bondono Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG

Tuesday 31 October – Kaiyo Quartet featuring Josephine Davies are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone

Tuesday 31 October – Steve Waterman Quartet plays the music of Miles Davis at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ

Tuesday 31 October – Soul/jazz with guitarist Bobby Quigley & his Organ Trio are at the 606

NOVEMBER

Wednesday 1 November – Saxophonist Matt Anderson & his Quartet ft. pianist John Turville play music from his latest album, ‘The Town and the City’ at the 606

Thursday 2 to Sunday F November – Berlin Jazz Festival

Thursday 2 November 12-2pm – David Black , John Horler and Paul Morgan are at Croydon Clocktower Cafe , 9, Katherine Street, Croydon, CR9 1ET

Thursday 2 November – Dominic Ashworth is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS

Thursday 2 November – The Harper Trio are at the Elgar Rooms at the Albert Hall

Thursday 2 November – Steve Watts Trio ft Iain Ballamy and Tim Giles are at the Karamel Club in Wood Green N22 6UJ

Thursday 2 November – One of the UK’s great guitarists Jim Mullen and his guest, New Orleans-born US guitar player Steve Masakowski (Bobby McFerrin, Nicholas Payton, Dianne Reeves) are at the 606

Friday 3 November – Elsden Music Showcase feat. John Crowford Quintet, Eleonora Claps and Laura Lantano is at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Friday 3 November – New Orleans inspired groove & funk with the Coalminers are at the 606

Saturday 4 November – Tomasz Bura Group feat. Rouhangeze is at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 4 November – Post hard-bop jazz with US Grammy-nominated saxophonist, composer & arranger Greg Abate at the 606

Saturday 4 November – Lulu Pierre with Alex Webb at Hampstead Jazz Club at The Duke of Hamilton, 23-25 New End, NW3 1JD

Saturday 4 November – Nette Robinson sings Songs of Russia at the Tea House Theatre, Vauxhall

Sunday 5 November – QOW Trio (Riley Stone-Lonergan, Eddie Meyer and Spike Wells) are at The City Wall, Rochester High Street, ME1 1JT (Lunchtime gigs from 1 PM)

Sunday 5 November lunchtime – Simon Spillett All star Quartet is at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Sunday 5 November – Legendary blues singer, recording artist & cultural icon Dana Gillespie & her band are at the 606

Sunday 5 November – Riverside Arts Jazz with Alex Garnett on sax, Terence Collie on piano, James Owston on bass and Clark Tracey on drums. Riverside Arts Centre, Sunbury

Sunday 5 November – Aaron Liddard’s NYLON MAN are at Milestones Jazz Club Lowestoft @ The Hatfield Hotel, The Esplanade, NR33 0GD

Monday 6 November – South African jazz pianist & composer Don Laka, part of his Golden Jubilee Tour (with special guest Adam Glasser) are at the 606

Tuesday 7 November – Tristan Banks Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone

Tuesday 7 November – Ari Hoenig Trio are at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ

Wednesday 8 November – Neoteric Ensemble will be performing at The Pheasantry

Thursday 9 November 12-2pm – Chris Biscoe and Alison Neale are at at Croydon Clocktower Cafe , 9, Katherine Street, Croydon, CR9 1ET

Thursday 9 November – Andy Davies is at Hugh and Marion’s (Eltham Jazz Club), Eltham Warren Golf Club, Bexley Road, SE9 2PE

Thursday 9 November – Lior Solomons-Wise Quintet are at the Karamel Club in Wood Green N22 6UJ

Thursday 9 November – Vasilis Xenopoulos is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS

Friday 10 November – AGA ZARYAN with Michał Tokaj – part of the EFG London Jazz Festival 2023 – is at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Friday 10 November – Alexandra Ridout is at The Vortex for the EFG London Jazz Festival. 11 Gillett Square, London, N16 8AZ

Friday 10 November – Eliane Correa’s Cuban Septet (part of EFG London Jazz Festival) are at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, London SW11 7BD

Friday 10 November – Jonathan Gee Quartet fy Ed Jones are at Poole Arts Centre

Saturday 11 November – TOMASZ STAŃKO TRIBUTE CONCERT feat. Byron Wallen, Rob Luft, Alice Zawadzki, Misha Mullov-Abbado and Jay Davis – part of the EFG London Jazz Festival 2023 – is at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 11 November – Way Out West Collective: Music for Large and Small Ensembles are at Riverhouse Walton on Thames

Saturday 11 November – Brandon Allen’s Gene Ammons Project is at Burrough Jazz Twyford village hall LE14 2HU

Saturday 11 November – Julian Joseph Trio with Harriet Mackenzie – LONDON PREMIERE (part of EFG London Jazz Festival) are at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, London SW11 7BD

Saturday 11 November – Mica Miller is at the Union Chapel

Monday 13 November – The Ridouts Re-united for the EFG London Jazz festival – featuring dad Mark Ridout (guitar) and siblings Tom Ridout (sax), Alexandra Ridout (trumpet), Lester Ridout (drums) with Lorenzo Morabito (bass) are at sYp, 19 Bevis Marks, London EC3A 7JA

Tuesday 14 November – Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent 10th Anniversary Tour at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ

Tuesday 14 November – Ava & the SoundCrew (part of EFG London Jazz Festival) are at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, London SW11 7BD

Tuesday 14 November – Mica Miller is at Belgrave Music Hall – Leeds

Tuesday 14 November – Rachel Cohen Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone

Tuesday 14 November – Ilario Ferrari trio live at Crazy coqs – EFG London Jazz festival

Wednesday 15 November – Christine Tobin; Returning Weather – UK PREMIERE – part of EFG London Jazz Festival) are at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, London SW11 7BD

Wednesday 15 / 16 November – Jonathan Gee duo are at Bread and Roses , Plymouth

Thursday 16 November – Josiah Wade & Sam C-Se (part of EFG London Jazz Festival) are at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, London SW11 7BD

Thursday 16 November 12-2pm – Art Themen is at at Croydon Clocktower Cafe , 9, Katherine Street, Croydon, CR9 1ET

Friday 17 November – Krzysztof Urbański Quartet – part of the EFG London Jazz Festival 2023 – is at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Friday 17 November – May Inoue (part of EFG London Jazz Festival) is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, London SW11 7BD

Friday 17 November – Gary Willcox’s Drummer/Composers Project is at Riverhouse Barn, Walton

Friday 17 November Nigel Price Organ Trio Nigel Price guitar Ross Stanley Hammond organ Matt Home drums at The Blue Room Lincoln LN1 3BU

Friday 17 November – Big Ben: celebrating saxophonist Ben Webster with Alex Webb & Tony Kofi Alan Barnes ( Freddie Gavita , Dave Green and Clark Tracey strings are provided by the J.A.M. Collective Pump House Theatre, 5 Local Board Rd, Watford WD17 2JP

Saturday 18 November – Elina Duni & Rob Luft: “Home Now” (ECM) – London album launch – part of the EFG London Jazz Festival 2023 – is at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 18 November -Rebecca Nash; Redefining Element 78 (part of EFG London Jazz Festival) is at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, London SW11 7BD

Friday 19 November – Ineza & ‘Women’s Words, Sisters’ Stories’ is at Brasserie Toulouse Lautrec, 140 Newington Butts, Kennington, London SE11 4RN

Tuesday 21 November – Dean Masser salutes Dexter Gordon at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone

Tuesday 21 November – Antonio Forcione is at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ

Wednesday 22 November: Nigel Price UK 2023 Tour, Pizza Express Jazz Club (Dean Street)

Sunday 26th November: Jazz On The Plaza with Maciek Pysz on guitar, Terence Collie on piano and Stuart Barker on bass. Cafe Yukari, Kew

Tuesday 28 November – Alcyona Mack / Tori Freestone Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone

Tuesday 28 November – Stan Sulzmann’s 75th Birthday Celebration featuring Neon Orchestra are at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ

Thursday 30 November – Ineza & ‘Women’s Words, Sisters’ Stories’ is at Tuff Nutt Jazz Club, Southbank Square, on the Belvedere Road side of the Royal Festival Hall

December

Saturday 2 December ‘Shades of Miles’ Paul Higgs trumpet Simon Brown piano Jose Canha bass Steve Hanley drums at The Blue Room Lincoln LN1 3BU

Monday 4 December – Jonathan Gee is with Denys Baptiste Upstairs at Ronnies

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

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

Wednesday 11 October – Emmet Cohen B3 Trio feat. George Coleman is streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/

Friday 13 October – Goldings / Bernstein / Stewart Trio is streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/

Friday 13 October – Darcy James Argue is streaming from KeyStoneKorner in Baltimore https://www.keystonekornerbaltimore.com/calendar

Monday 16 October – Matt Ridley’s The Antidote are streaming from The Yard Manchester https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on

Thursday 19 October – The Brandon Allen Groove Band feat Mike Outram are at the SoundCellar in Poole https://soundcellar.org/event/livestream-the-brandon-allen-groove-band/

Monday 30 October – Unknown to Known are streaming from The Yard Manchester https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on

Monday 6 November – Jonathan Kreisberg is 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

Every Sunday 6.30-8.30 Ollie Usiskin Quartet at The Priory Tavern 250 Belsize road north maida vale kilburn london NW6 4BT

Tuesday , Wednesday and Thursday 3pm-7pm Neal Richardson plays at Afternoon Tea Jazz in The Drawing Room Raffles Hotel at the OWO, 57 Whitehall,

Regular online

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/

5) Courses etc

Friday 13 October 6-8pm – Open Workshop in African chants and traditional songs at St John on Bethnal Green, 200 Cambridge Heath Rd, E2 9PA