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THE DAYS AND WEEKS AHEAD

1) Live gigs
OCTOBER

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- Sheldon Agwu and the Pirates are at the Vortex

Wednesday 25 October- Jazz Vespers have the Gabriel Garrick Quartet at the American International Church

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 – Ruth Hammond is at St Nicholas Methodist Church, Fore Street, Topsham, EX3 0HQ

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 27th October at 7pm, Femi Koleoso of Ezra Collective is bringing “conversation and eclectic sounds to the SOUND Cafe at The Cumberland Hotel, Great Cumberland Pl,

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 -Nigel Price and Lorne Lofsky are at Peggy’s Skylight, Nottingham

Saturday 28 October – Alex Clarke is at the SoundCellar in Poole

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 – Adam Glasser is at the Fox 413 Green Lanes N13 4JD

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

Monday 30 October – Matt Ridley album launch at the Vortex

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

Wednesday 1 November – Sean Fyfe Quartet, The Growlers and Cans, Guildford

Wednesday 1 November – Giulio Romano is at Toulouse Lautrec

Wednesday 1 November – Awen downstairs , Olie Brice Trio at the Vortex

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 – ONMO are at the Vortex

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 – Hejira: Celebrating Joni Mitchell is at at Bournemouth Old Fire Station

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 – 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

Friday 3 November – Calum Gourlay’s marvellous Big Band are at the Vortex

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 – Nigel Price and Lorne Lofsky Tour, The Verdict, Brighton

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

Saturday 4 November – Alina Bzhezhinska and Tony Kofi are at the Vortex

Saturday 4 November – Pulse Of Africa is at St John on Bethnal Green E2 0PA

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 – Mojo Big Band in the afternnon , jam in the evening at the Vortex

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

Monday 6 November – Rachael Cohen is at the Fox 413 Green Lanes N13 4JD

Monday 6 November – Nell Greco is at Jazz at the Parakeet (fka the Oxford) on Kentish Town Rd

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

Tuesday 7 November – Singer/keyboardist Tony O’Malley (Kokomo) & his quartet are at the 606

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

Wednesday 8 November – Shez Raja at Chalkwell Park Rooms, Southend

Wednesday 8 November – At the 606 from Italy-NeaCo’ septet, a mix of Neapolitan song with global influences

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 – Italian jazz & neo-soul vocalist Francesca Confortini & her band is at the 606

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

Thursday 9 November – Nick Costley-White Trio are at the SoundCellar in Poole

Thursday 9 November – Mike Innes on trombone and Duncan Lamont on reeds are at the Hedsor Jazz club at the Hedsor Bar, Bourne End SL8 5ES

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 ft 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 lunchtime – Gary Wilcox Quartet featuring Josephine Davies and Chris Batchelor are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

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 – Tori Freestone Trio is at Jazz at the Parakeet (fka the Oxford) on Kentish Town Rd

Monday 13 November – John Parricelli (photo above by Antonio Porcar Cano) is at the Fox 413 Green Lanes N13 4JD

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 – Joe Webb Trio are at Jazz at the Parakeet (fka the Oxford) on Kentish Town Rd

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 – At the Pump House Theatre Big Ben: celebrating saxophonist Ben Webster with Alex Webb and Tony Kofi

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, 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 lunchtime – The Equators are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Sunday 19 November evening: Three of the UK’s finest jazz performers Liane Carroll, Ian Shaw & Claire Martin unite in a benefit performance at the 606 Club, in aid of baby Robin who has cancer.

Sunday 19 November at St John’s Smith Square, Will Todd’s “Mass in Blue”

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

Sunday 19 November – Vocalist Esther Bennett is with Terence Collie on piano at Toulouse Lautrec

Monday 20 November – Henry Lowther is at the Fox 413 Green Lanes N13 4JD

Monday 20 November – QOW Trio is at Jazz at the Parakeet (fka the Oxford) on Kentish Town Rd

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)

Wednesday 22 November – Nigel Price and Lorne Lofsky Tour, PizzaExpress Dean St

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

Thursday 23 November – Sean Fyfe Quartet The Bear Club, Luton

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

Friday 24 November – Kate Williams Quartet is at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 25 November – Mark Buckingham Big Band: “The Herd is Back! Musing with Woody Herman” is at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Sunday 26 November lunchtime – QOW Trio ft Riley Stone-Lonergan are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

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

Monday 27 November – Tony Kofi is at the Fox 413 Green Lanes N13 4JD

Monday 27 November – Aidan Pope Trio is at Jazz at the Parakeet (fka the Oxford) on Kentish Town Rd

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

Wednesday 29 November – South Of Broadway 8-piece Jazz Harmony group with pianist John Crawford over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV, W4

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

Thursday 30 November – The Mim Grey Trio play the Boston Room over at Chiswick’s George IV, W4

DECEMBER

Friday 1 December – Dom Pipkin’s “Smokin’ Boogie, Bad Boys, Bourbon & The Big Easy” show showcases the jazz & blues of New Orleans over in the Jazz Room at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, SW13

Friday 1 December – John Donegan Sextet: “Light Streams” – album launch is at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 2 December – Mike Westbrook Band of Bands! is at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

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

Sunday 3 December – Sunday Lunchtime Double Bill with Melbury Music jazz ensemble feat vocalist Sarah Jane Eveleigh & Latin Jazz outfit Poco Loco over in the Jazz Room at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, SW13

Sunday 3 December lunchtime – Will Barry Quartet are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

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

Monday 4 December – Special Jazz Party at the Fox 413 Green Lanes N13 4JD with Alan Barnes

Tuesday 5 December – David Preston’s Purple an Black Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone

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

Friday 8 December – Tori Freestone Quartet is at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 9 December – Jazz Christmas with Alle Choir London and friends is at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 9 December – Dave Jones’ classic nine-piece Nonet play the Jazz Room over at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, SW13

Tuesday 12 December – Ed Jones is at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone

Friday 15 December – Imperial College Big Band are at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 16 December – Tamara Barschak Quartet is at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

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

Wednesday 25 October – Kevin Hays Trio are streaming from Smoke in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/

Friday 27 October – Steve Davis All-Star sextet are streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/

Saturday 28 October – Alex Clarke is streaming from the SoundCellar in Poole https://soundcellar.org/event/livestream-alex-clarke/

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

Friday 3 November – Charles McPherson Quintet are streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/

Monday 6 November – Jonathan Kreisberg is streaming from The Yard Manchester https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on

Thursday 9 November – Nick Costley-White Trio are streaming from the SoundCellar in Poole https://soundcellar.org/event/livestream-the-nick-costley-white-trio/

Saturday 11 November – Tribute to Pharoah Saunders ft Gary Bartz is streaming from KeyStoneKorner in Baltimore https://www.keystonekornerbaltimore.com/calendar

Monday 27 November – Emma Johnson’s Gravy Boat 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,

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.

4) Radio etc…..

Duke Ellington Society UK, Uptown Lockdown have podcasts , broadcasts at https://www.pscp.tv/AP64740207/1eaJbzZPrvYJX

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 podcasts on Morley Radio e.g. this one is 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/