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“A melting pot of an album full of grace and charm – what a welcome diversion from the norm,” writes Stephen Graham of the new Chris Batchelor/ Zoetic album (picture above of John Parricelli, Paul Clarvis, Chris Batchelor, Steve Watts, Margrit Hasler by Dan Redding) –read more

(It is a band which John Fordham wrote a glorious feature about for LJN in 2022 – read more )

Nutcracker Nights at the Tuff Nutt Jazz Club, a joint venture of Tomorrow’s Warriors and Underbelly, is about to get going at the South Bank centre – read more

Lance Liddle reviewed the new Tubby Hayes Big Band album – read more

Stuart Nicholson has been described in Stockholm as…”legendary” – read more

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Ammar Kalia reviewed Yussef Dayes at the Royal Albert Hall – read more

South African-born drummer Julian Bahula is remembered in the Guardian – read more

British trumpeter Henry Spencer’s new album The Defector was reviewed in the Observer – read more

Violinist Aline Homzy was interviewed on the Jazz Podcast – read more

Pianist Craig Taborn is coming to Vortex in November for a solo piano performance – read more

Bessell Scotts House of Jazz (restaurant) in Bedminster/ Bristol has closed after just 3 months in operation – read more

Ian Mann loved the new album from Tori Freestone and Alcyona Mick (above) – read more

THE DAYS AND WEEKS AHEAD

1) Live gigs

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

Wednesday 18 October – Jonathan Gee (above) is at The Royal Hotel, Southend with Tim Whitehead.

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 – Grand Union All Stars bring Bengal to Bloomsbury Festival at Conway Hall

Friday 20 October – Rachael Cohen is at Sheffield Crucible Playhouse

Friday 20 October – The Art Themen Quartet play the Jazz Room over at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, SW13

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 2pm – The JCUK Presents: The E17 Jazz Trio: Celebrating the Music of Dudley Moore from the Jazz Centre in Southend

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

Saturday 21 October – Rory Ingham’s Trombone Assembly

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 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 2pm – Daniel Silversone is at MAP Studio in Kentish Town

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 – At the Vortex Mopomoso in the afternoon , jam in the evening

Sunday 22 October – London Jazz Kitscha @Jazztrain_Shoreditch Jazz all-dayer, live bands & DJs from 2pm, Free entry

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 – Trio Grande with Will Vinson , Gilad Hekselman and Nate Wood are at the Vortex

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

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

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

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 Pic nic are at Ronnie Scotts

Wednesday 25 October- Sheldon Agwu and the Pirates are at the Vortex

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 – Alan Grahame on vibes with Duncan Lamont on reeds are at the Hedsor Jazz club at the Hedsor Bar, Bourne End SL8 5ES

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

Thursday 26 October – Tori Freestone / Alcyona Mick album launch with Brigitte Beraha and special guest at the Vortex

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 – Martin Speake’s In All Languages is at the Vortex

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 – Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band Featuring the legendary Zoot Money on Vcls & Keys over in the Jazz Room at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, SW13

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

Saturday 28 October 2pm – The Greg Abate Quartet are at the Jazz Centre in Southend

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 – The Printmakers with Nikki Iles , Mark Lockheart Norma Winstone , Mike Walker , Steve Watts and James Maddren are at the Vortex

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

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

Wednesday 1 November – Giulio Romano is at Toulouse Lautrec

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 Red Stripe Band Play the Boston Room over at Chiswick’s George IV W4

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

Thursday 2 November – James Fenn on guitar with a guest are at the Hedsor Jazz club at the Hedsor Bar, Bourne End SL8 5ES

Thursday 2 November – Steve Watts Trio ft Iain Ballamy (above/ photo by Lisa Wormsley) and Tim Giles are at the Karamel Club in Wood Green N22 6UJ

Thursday 2 November – ARQ are at Lauderdale House

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

Thursday 2-5 November – Berlin Jazz Festival

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 2pm – The JCUK Presents: Anthony Kerr: “The Art of the Vibes” with special guest Alan Skidmore from the Jazz Centre in Southend

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 – Equinox Jazz Quartet is at MAP Studio Cafe Kentish Town NW54ER

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 – Pete Rees & The Connection play the Boston Room over at Chiswick’s George IV, W4

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 – Iconic soul/R&B singer Imaani (Incognito) & Special Guest Chris Ballin is at the 606

Friday 10 November – Jazz Orient are at Rich Mix, 35-47 Bethnal Green Road E1 6LA

Friday 10 November – Dave O’Higgins / Rob Luft Quintet at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant Chichester, PO19 1SY

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

Friday 10 November – Jonathan Gee is at Poole Arts Centre playing the Beatles and 80’s sets with Ed Jones

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 – The Peter King Memorial Sax Summit feat. Mornington Lockett, Tom Smith, Trish Clowes & Nat Facey with the Will Barry trio is at the 606

Saturday 11 November – Katriona Taylor Quintet Celebrate The Music Of Burt Bacharach over in the Jazz Room at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, SW13

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

Sunday 12 November Lunchtime Special at the 606 – A concert by students from two of London’s leading music academies, World Heart Beat & the Julian Joseph Academy

Sunday 12 November evening at the 606 – Jo Harrop, Paul Edis & their band play music from their 2023 Parliamentary Jazz Award-winning Jazz Album of the Year, “When Winter Turns to Spring”.

Sunday 12 November – Momentum fusion band ’s 6-piece jazz fusion band play the Boston Room over at Chiswick’s George IV, W4

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

Monday 13 November – Emily Francis Trio: a fascinating mix of influences including 60s & 70s-era electronic jazz, psychedelia and prog rock are at the 606

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 – Saxophonist/vocalist Kaidi Akinnibi (Tom Misch, Black Midi, Blue Lab Beats) launches his new EP at the 606

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

Tuesday 14 November – Retro Chet Trio showcase the music of Chet Baker over in the Jazz room at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, SW13

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 November – Virtuoso jazz/funk bassist Shez Raja & MOBO-award-winning saxophonist ft Soweto Kinch are at the 606

Wednesday 15 November – Soul.Blues play the Jazz Room over at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, SW13

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

Thursday 16 November – Celebrating the ‘The New Orleans Clarinet’ with the Adrian Cox Quintet & special guest Giacomo Smith at the 606

Thursday 16 November – Tim Penn & The Second Line New Orleans Jazz & Blues over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV, W4

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 – Latin-Jazz band Samara with Special Guest, Afro-Brasilian percussionist/composer Adriano Adewale

Friday 17 November – Art Themen’s New Directions Quintet play the Jazz Room over at the Bull’s Head Barnes, SW13

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 -Trumpeter & composer Byron Wallen (above), who was a member of the late Andrew Hill’s band explores Hill’s music in this new programme at the 606

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

Sunday 19 November Lunchtime at the 606 three of the Club’s favourite vocalists, Rachel Sutton, Jo Harrop & Eileen Hunter perform timeless vocal jazz standards

Sunday 19 November evening: Three of the UK’s finest jazz performers Liane Carroll, Ian Shaw & Claire Martin unite in a benefit performance

Sunday 19 November – The Hannah Horton Quartet play the Sunday Lunchtime Session over at the Jazz Room at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, SW13

Sunday 19 November – Trio Manouche bring their World class Gypsy Jazz & Swing ensemble over to the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV, W4

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)

Thursday 23 November – An Evening with guitar maestro Antonio Forcione & percussionist Adriano Adawele over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV, W4

Friday 24 November – Ineza & ‘Women’s Words, Sisters’ Stories’ is at Brasserie Toulouse Lautrec, 140 Newington Butts, Kennington, London SE11 4RN

Sunday 26 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

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

Tuesday 5 / 6 December – Sofiane Pamart, a Moroccan-French enfant terrible of the jazz world is at the Union Chapel

Friday 8 December – Alan Barnes Octet present Copperfield at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant Chichester, PO19 1SY

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/
Sunday 22 October – Vijay Iyer is streaming from the Phillips Colection in Washington https://www.phillipscollection.org/event/oct22IyerParker
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
Monday 27 November – Emma Johnson’s Gravy Boatis 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,

4) 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/

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