READ ELSEWHERE

John Fordham’s album of the month in the Guardian is Grégoire Maret & Romain Collin’s Ennio (ACT) – read more

…also mentioned in his selection are Rachel Z (Dot Time), Lucien Johnson’s Ancient Relics (Deluge Records), and Black Lives’ People of Earth (Jammin’colorS)

…also in the Guardian, Richard Williams remembers New Orleans singer & pianist Clarence ‘Frogman’ Henry – read more

Mike Hobart reviewed a recent appearance at the Vortex by vibraphonist Joel Ross in the Financial Times – read more

Ubuntu Music founder Martin Hummel is the latest guest on the Jazz Podcast – listen

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Fred Hersch was interviewed about his upcoming album on ECM, Silent, Listening – watch

Kitty Empire reviewed Shabaka Hutchings’ latest album, Perceive Its Beauty, Acknowledge Its Grace, in the Observer – read more

Bill Milkowski reflects on his recent interview with banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck for Downbeat, including thoughts on George Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ and memories of Chick Corea – read more

Marc Meyers of JazzWax reviewed Sonny Rollins – Freedom Weaver: The 1959 European Tour Recordings, a 3-LP set being released later this month – read more

THE DAYS AND WEEKS AHEAD

1) Live gigs

Wednesday 17 April – Bruno Heinen Quartet downstairs , Shirley Smart Sextet upstairs at the Vortex

Wednesday 17 April – Pianist/arranger Kate Williams & her jazz quartet ft. guitarist Mike Outram are at the 606

Wednesday 17 April – Carshalton Jazz present: Ewan Bleach Quintet with Joplin Parnell Piano, Lewis Taylor Trumpet, John Kelly Guitar, Harry Evans Bass are at Cryer Arts Centre

High Street Carshalton. SM53BB

18 April – 26 May – The Manchester Jazz Festival piano trail

Thursday 18 April – Ronan Guilfoyle downstairs , Di-Cysgodion upstairs at the Vortex

Thursday 18 April – Denny Ilett & Chris Ingham Trio are at Guildford Jazz

Thursday 18 April – Art Themen (above) with Pete Whittaker and Dave Ohm are at Hugh and Marion’s (Eltham Jazz Club, Eltham Warren Golf Club, Bexley Road, SE9 2PE

Thursday 18 April – Louise Cookman is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS

Thursday 18 April – Momentum: Exciting six-piece contemporary Jazz Fusion & World ensemble over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV, W4

Thursday 18 April – The Remi Harris Hot Club Trio are at Crazy Coqs (Brasserie Zedel)

Thursday 18 April – Lester Brown on trumpet with Frank Walden on tenor sax are at the Hedsor Jazz club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES

Thursday 18 April – Kaiyo 3 with Helena Kay are at Collage Arts @ Karamel 4 Coburg Road N22 6XJ

Thursday 18 April – Momentum: Exciting six-piece contemporary Jazz Fusion & World ensemble over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV, W4

Thursday 18 April – Pianist John Crawford & his Quintet plus special guests launch their new album, “Room for Dancing” is at the 606

Friday 19 April – Julian Costello Quartet with Georgia Mancio are at Jazz Cefe POSK W6 0R

Friday 19 April – Gareth Lockrane is at the Vortex

Friday 19 April – Sarah L King is at Piano Smithfield

Friday 19 April – Alina Bzhezhinska & Tony Kofi ‘Altera Vita’ Album Launch is at Kings Place

Friday 19 April – Pianist Joe Webb (Kansas Smitty’s) & his quintet ft Alec Harper-sax & Dave Archer-guitar is at the 606

Friday 19 April – Gavin / Fairhall / Lever are at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD

Friday 19 April -Louise Messenger and her trio are at Crazy Coqs (Brasserie Zedel)

Friday 19 April – Shez Raja at Oliver’s Jazz Bar

Friday 19 April – The Art Themen Quartet feat Art on tenor sax, Robin Aspland, pno, Tim Wells, d bass & Spike Wells, drms play the Jazz Room at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, W4

Saturday 20 April – Herne Bay Jazz Festival CIC Benefit Concert featuring John Etheridge Trio (opening guests including Kai Hoffman, Geoff Mason, Frances Knight and more). The King’s Hall, Herne Bay, Kent £20. 7:30pm

Saturday 20 April – Modern jazz led by saxophonist Mornington Lockett (New Jazz Couriers) & his band ft. Will Barry, piano at the 606

Saturday 20 April – Lulu Pierre is at the Vortex

Saturday 20 April – Krzysztof Urbański Quartet are at Jazz Cefe POSK W6 0R

Sunday 21 April lunchtime – NOXQQ Quartet (on tour from the Netherlands) are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Sunday 21 April – Ollie Usiskin Quartet The Priory Tavern , 250 Belsize road , Kilburn , NW6

Sunday 21 April – Jam sssion with Zhenya Strigalev at Highams Park Jazz Club , County Arms E4 9PB

Sunday 21 April – Lunch: Jazz singer/pianist Eriko Ishihara & her quartet ft. Colin Oxley-guitar at the 606

Sunday 21 April – evening: “The Wonder of Stevie” ft. Noel McCalla/Derek Nash Celebrating Stevie Wonder at the 606

Sunday 21 April – Nette Robinson’s Little Big Band is at the Turk’s Head, Twickenham

Monday 22 April – Graham Hughes and his Sunshine Kings. A delightful mélange of swing and vintage jazz put together by this fine trombonis are at the Spice of Life , Soho

Monday 22 April – Mark Lockheart Trio are at the Parakeet (FNA – The Oxford) on Kentish Town Rd

Monday 22 April – Blues singer/pianist Dino Baptiste (Dana Gillespie) & Night Train ft. Cameron Rossi-sax are at the 606

Tuesday 23 April – Sean Gibbs Quintet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone

Tuesday 23 April – Julian Nicholas Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG

Tuesday 23 April – Jo Fooks, Dominic Ashworth, Andy Cleyndert, Buster Birch are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ

Tuesday 23 April – Bassist Phil Mulford’s Thunderthumbs 10-piece jazz/funk band ft. vocalists Jacqui Hicks, Hazel Fernandes, Simon Foster are at the 606

Wednesday 24 April – Julian Marc Stringle / Dominic Ashworth Quartet is at Eastbourne – Splash Point Jazz Club, at the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA

Wednesday 24 April – Tony Kofi and Ian Shaw at Pizza Express Soho

Wednesday 24 April – Swing You Sinners (Andrew Woodhead, George Crowley, Sam Wooster, Nick Jurd & Jeff Williams) upstairs and Jesse Doniach downstairs at the Vortex

Wednesday 24 April – Scottish Saxophonist Jo Fooks & her mainstream jazz quintet ft. Terence Collie-piano are at the 606

Wednesday 24 April – Jazz Vespers Brigitte Beraha conducted by Scott Stroman at American International Church

Thursday 25 April – The Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AP: Ineza & ‘Women’s Words, Sisters’ Stories’

Thursday 25 April – Lauren Kinsella / Liam Noble / Julian Siegel upstairs In The Name of RA dwnstairs at the Vortex

Thursday 25 April -The Syd Lawrence Orchestra play the music of Duke Ellington at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR

Thursday 25 April – Laura Impallomeni Trio are at Collage Arts @ Karamel 4 Coburg Road N22 6XJ

Thursday 25 April – Allison Neale is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS

Thursday 25 April – Vasilis Xenopoulos on sax is at the Hedsor Jazz club at the Hedsor Bar, Hedsor Road, Bourne End SL8 5ES

Thursday 25 April – Tim Penn & The Second Line: Singer/ pianist Tim Penn & his band celebrate the swinging jazz & blues of New Orleans & more over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV, W4

Thursday 25 April – Jonathan Gee / Tommy Remon duo are at Hampstead Jazz Club

Thursday 25 April – guitarist Paul Stacey, bassist Laurie Cottle, keyboardist Jim Watson and Jamie “Drumcat” Murray (all above) are at the 606

Friday 26 April – Brazilian/jazz quintet Samara ft. Carolina Lelis-vocals; Steve Rubie- sax/flute; Neil Angilley-piano are at the 606

Friday 26 April – Marta Carillon Quintet: Jazz Divas Reimagined are at Jazz Cefe POSK W6 0RF

Friday 26 April – Denny Ilett & Rory Ingham with Joe Pettitt, Robin Aspland & Sebastiaan De Krom at Trinity School Jazz Club, Croydon

Saturday 27 April 10.30 am – LABYRINTH: British Jazz on Record 1960-75 Book Launch at The Jazz Hub , Loughton Library , Traps Hill , Loughton IG10 1HD

Saturday 27 April 2.30 – Nick Smart & the Royal Academy of Music Jazz Conservatoire present indojazz fusions: revisited at Loughton Methodist Church, Loughton High Rd IG10 1RB

Saturday 27 April – Marcina Arnold Quartet: Celebrating the Jazz Voice are at Jazz Cefe POSK W6 0RF

Saturday 27 April – Pianist John Law’s new ensemble FUJAZZ are at the SoundCellar in Poole

Saturday 27 April – Mainstream jazz with Trumpet/Cornet player Bruce Adams & Special Guest, saxophonist Alan Barnes are at the 606

Saturday 27 April – The Casimir Connection album launch at St Matthias Church, Stoke Newington London

Saturday 27 April – The Katriona Taylor Quintet “ Jazz & Its Romance With The Silver Screen” over at the Jazz Room at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, SW13

Saturday 27 April – Pete Neighbour, Gunther Kurmayr, Andy Cleyndert, Matt Skelton are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club at The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend, Essex SS2 6EX2

Sunday 28 April lunchtime – Terry Seabrook Quartet featuring Josephine Davies are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Sunday 28 April lunchtime – Brazilian jazz with singer/guitarist Kaw Regis & his quartet ft. pianist John Crawford are at the 606

Sunday 28 April lunchtime – John Laws Re-Creations at Pizza Express Soho

Sunday 28 April 2PM – Simon Sheppard’s ‘Jazzbeanz’ with vocalist Suzy. Marlow Jazz Club, The Royal British Legion Hall SL7 1NT​

Sunday 28 April evening – Brass Monkeys at Pizza Express Soho

Sunday 28 April – Ollie Usiskin Quartet The Priory Tavern , 250 Belsize road , Kilburn , NW6

Sunday 28 April -Jazz on the Plaza feat. Alex Garnett with Terence Collie and Stuart Barker. Cafe Yukari, Kew

Monday 29 April – As featured in the Paddington films, Calypso/Afro-Caribbean sextet Tobago and d’Lime at the 606

Monday 29 April – Pete Neighbour and Julian Stringle’s Clarinet Summit featuring the Nick Dawson Trio are at the Spice of Life , Soho

Monday 29 April – David Preston Trio are at the Parakeet (FNA – The Oxford) on Kentish Town Rd

Monday 29 April – Byron Wallen + Wonky Logic + Donnovan Haffner are at Jazz in the Round at the Cockpit Theatre

Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 April – Antonio Forcione Quartet are at Ronnie Scott’s

Tuesday 30 April – Art Themen Trio are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone

Tuesday 30 April – Fraser Smith Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Road, Worthing, BN11 1QG

Tuesday 30 April – Shirley Smart Trio are at the Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf, Dorking RH4 1NZ

Tueday 30 April, Wed/Thu 1st & 2nd May: The Stacey Brothers “Royal Scammers”: Tribute to Steely Dan at the 606

Wednesday 1 May – Jakub Klimiuk Quintet album launch, The Vortex

Wednesday 1 May – Shez Raja ft John Etheridge and Guthrie Govan at Ronnie Scott’s

Wednesday 1 May- Yetii Ft. Jake McMurchie is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Thursday 2 May – The Cosimo Matassa Project: Jazz flavoured Rhythm and Blues of the late 1940’s & early 1950’s from Dai Price’s highly atmospheric 4-piece play the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV W4

Thursday 2 May – Zena James’ Jazz Groove Quartet with Zens, vcls, Dominic Ashworth, gtr, Andy Hammill, bass & Mike Bradley, drms play the Jazz Room over at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, SW13

Thursday 2 May – Geoff Mason is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS

Thursday 2 May – Adrian Cox with Dave Archer, Simon Reed and Dave Ohm are at Hugh and Marion’s (Eltham Jazz Club, Eltham Warren Golf Club, Bexley Road, SE9 2PE

Thursday 2 May – Pete Neighbour, John Pearce, Simon Thorpe, Matt Skelton are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR

Friday 3 May – Jazz Samba with Mark Crooks & Nigel Price at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, Chichester

Friday 3 May – Heidi Vogel Quartet are at Jazz Cefe POSK W6 0RF

Friday 3 May – Zara McFarlane Presents the Music of Sarah Vaughan at Ronnie Scott

Friday 3 May – New Orleans R&B with the Coalminers at the 606

Saturday 4 May – ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON feat. Tony Kofi (above) and Marco Marzola Quartet are at Jazz Cefe POSK W6 0RF

Saturday 4 May 1pm – Terence Collie Quartet with Terence Collie, Roberto Manzin, Nick Lerner-Websster and Ted Carrasco. Pizza Express Live, Dean Street

Saturday 4 May – Melissa James is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Saturday 4 May – Equal Spirits – Wise and Waiting Album Launch, Rich Mix, London

Saturday 4 May – Clarinettist/saxophonist Julian Stringle ft vocalist Jacqui Hicks are at the 606

Monday 6 May – The Five Nickels. Keeping the memory of the great Keith Nichols alive with Thomas “Spats” Langham, Enrico Tomasso and Richard Pite are at the Spice of Life , Soho

Sunday 5 May lunchtime – Dave Barry Quartet featuring Tim Whitehead are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Sunday 5 May – Jam sssion with Jim Mullen at Highams Park Jazz Club , County Arms E4 9PB

Sunday 5 May – Australian Jazz singer/songwriter Frances Madden is at the 606

Monday 6 May- Seonaid Aitken’s ‘Rose Room’ is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Tuesday 7 May – Mark Lockheart / John Parricelli Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone

Tuesday 7 May – Marco Marzola Trio from Italy – Nico Menci, Marco Marzola, Alfonso Vitale are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ

Tuesday 7 May – Chube are at Pizza Express Soho

Tuesday 7 May – Ben Creighton-Griffiths’ Chube is at Pizza Express Jazz Club

Tuesday 7 May – Bassist Simon Woolf’s Tribute to bassist Red Mitchell ft. Imogen Ryall-vocals are at the 606

Tuesday 7 May- Richard Shelton is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

7 – 12 May – Stacey Kent is at Ronnie Scott’s

Wednesday 8 May- Chris Rand’s The Gathering is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Wednesday 8 May – The Filthy Six at Crypt Lates St Martin in the Fields Trafalgar Square WC2N 4JJ

Wednesday 8 May – Jazz Pianist David Gordon & his Trio are at the 606

Thursday 9 May – Nigel Price is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Club EN2 8AS

Thursday 9 May – Marco Marzola Trio from Italy. Nico Menci, Marco Marzola, Alfonso Vitale are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR

Thursday 9 May- JT4tet & Nazarene are at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Thursday 9 May- Barb Jungr is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Thursday 9 May – Jazz/Latin pianist Neil Angilley & his Trio are at the 606

Friday 10 May- Barb Jungr is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Friday 10 May – The Royal College of Music Jazz Orchestra are at Jazz Cefe POSK W6 0RF

Friday 10 May – Mainstream jazz singer/trumpeter Pete Horsfall (Kansas Smitty’s) is at the 606

Saturday 11 May – The Darius Brubeck Quartet plays Brubeck Music and South African jazz! are at Jazz Cefe POSK W6 0RF

Saturday 11 May- Barb Jungr is at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Saturday 11 May – Tim Lapthorne Trio are at Highams Park Jazz Club , County Arms E4 9PB

Saturday 11 May – Dave Jones’ 9-piece Nonet play the Jazz Room over at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, SW13

Saturday 11 May – US jazz pianist David Janeway and his band ft. Alex Garnett, sax are at the 606

Saturday 11 May – Rebecka Edlund’s Virgin Forest with Laura Jurd and Elliot Galvin are at Listen .. Cambridge Unitarian Church, 5 Emmanuel Road, Cambridge CB1 1JW

Sunday 12 May – Jonathan Gee is at the Cherry Tree in Southgate

Sun 12 May lunchtime – Guitarist/saxophonist Harry Greene at the 606

Monday 13 May – Jonathan Gee / Gaetano Partipilo Quartet are at Cheltenham Jazz

Monday 13 May – Splash Point Jazz Club have Byron Wallen (tpt/flgl) “The Twilight Jaguar” at Seaford – Splash Point Jazz Club, The View, Southdown Rd BN25 4JS

Monday 13 May – Battle of the Saxes: Featuring Robert Fowler and Jo Fookes with the Ted Beament Trio at the Spice of Life , Soho

Tuesday 14 May – Dave Manington Sextet recreate Mingus Ah Um 65 years since it was recorded at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone

Tuesday 14 May – Ben Webster is being celebrated at Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf Club, Reigate Road, Dorking RH4 1NZ with Alex Webb ,Tony Kofi, Alan Barnes, Ben Cummings , David Lalljee , Dave Green , Clark Tracey and the J.A.M. String Collective

Tuesday 14 May – Jonathan Gee Quintet feat Denys Baptiste and Gaetano Partipilo are at 606

Tuesday 14 May – Pete Neighbour, John Pearce, Andy Cleyndert, Matt Fishwick are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ

Wednesday 15 May – Jonathan Gee is at Jazz 825 in Southend

Wednesday 15 May – Bill Frisell Trio are at Islington Assembly Halls

Thursday 16 May – Katriona Taylor’s Latin Connection play the Boston Room over at Chiswick’s George IV W4

Thursday 16 May – Dave O’Higgins is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay EN2 8AS

Thursday 16 May – Lily Dior with Gareth Williams and Geoff Gascoyne are at Hugh and Marion’s (Eltham Jazz Club, Eltham Warren Golf Club, Bexley Road, SE9 2PE

17 – 26 May – Manchester Jazz Festival

Friday 17 May – Julian Joseph’s Atmospheres In Audio Theatre are at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD

Friday 17 May – Strictly Smokin’ Big Band, Fire Station, Sunderland

Friday 17 May – Julian Siegel Quartet, Ronnie Scott’s

Friday 17 May – Tomasz Bura Group with Rouhangeze and special guests plus JAM SESSION are at Jazz Cefe POSK W6 0RF

Saturday 18 May – EXPERIENCE BECK: A Tribute to Jeff Beck are at Jazz Cefe POSK W6 0RF

Saturday 18 May – Brasserie Toulouse Lautrec, 140 Newington Butts, Kennington, London SE11 4RN host : Ineza & ‘Women’s Words, Sisters’ Stories’ with the Alex Webb Quintet

Saturday 18 May – Nette Robinson and Tony Woods: Home Thoughts Soirée: The Water is Wide are at Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 7BD

Sunday 19 May – Jam session with Duncan Eagles at Highams Park Jazz Club , County Arms E4 9PB

Sunday 19 May – Riverside Arts Jazz feat. Dave O’Higgins with Terence Collie, Matyas Honecker and Alfonso Vitale. Riverside Arts Centre, Sunbury.

Sunday 19 May – Tony Woods Project are at the Turk’s Head, Twickenham

Monday 20 May – The T.J. Johnson Quintet. The ever-popular singer/pianist returns with his mix of jazz, blues and a potpourri of country, gospel and more at the Spice of Life , Soho

Tuesday 21 May – Hannes Riepler Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone

Tuesday 21 May – The Lily Dior Trio are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Bardswell Social Club, Weald Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ

Tuesday 21 May – Daniel Erdmann’s Thérapie de Couple are at the Carlton Club in Manchester

Thursday 23 May – Jacqui Hicks and the John Pearce Trio.are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club – Club Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR

Thursday 23 May – Grazina Pukaite Quartet ‘My Favorite Things’ @ The Bulls Head Barnes

Thursday 23 May – Shireen Francis’ Caribbean Island Jazz Trio feat Shireen, vcls, Dominis Grant, gtr & Mark Cherry, steel pan over in the Boston Room at Chiswick’s George IV W4

Thursday 23 May – Lulu Pierre is at Cambridge Modern Jazz Club, Hidden Rooms, 7b Jesus Lane CB5 8BA with Tony Kofi and the Alex Webb Trio

Friday 24 May – Clark Tracey & Alex Clarke Quintet at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, Chichester

Friday 24 May – Chris Dean Quartet: “San Francisco” – Songs of Tony Bennett are at Jazz Cefe POSK W6 0RF

Saturday 25 May – Agata Kubiak Quintet: History of Jazz Violin are at Jazz Cefe POSK W6 0RF

Saturday 25 May – Zoot Meney’s Big Roll Band play the Jazz Room over at the Bull’s Head, Barnes, SW13

Saturday 25 May 2pm – Sam Braysher, Sam Watts, Dave Green, Steve Brown are at Spike’s Place Jazz Club at The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Art Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend, Essex SS2 6EX2

Monday 27 May – Paula Jackman’s Jazz Masters. A six-piece New Orleans and Dixie line-up featuring Paula on clarinet, Mike “Magic” Henry on trumpet and stride piano virtuoso Hugh Crozier at the Spice of Life , Soho

Tuesday 28 May – Julian Costello Quartet are at the East Side Jazz Club in Leytonstone

Wednesday 29 May – Terry Quinney’s Sound of Blue Note is at Eastbourne – Splash Point Jazz Club, at the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA

Thursday 30 May – Tim Garland, Kings Place

Friday 31 May – Tristan Banks Quartet are at Jazz Cefe POSK W6 0RF

Friday 31 May – Rebekah Reid are at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD

Saturday 1 June – Ineza & ‘Women’s Words, Sisters’ Stories’ is at Jazz Cafe POSK, 238-246 King Street London W6 0RF

Sunday 2 June – Tim Whitehead’s Personal Standards Quartet are at the Turk’s Head, Twickenham

Monday 3 June – The Music of Horace Silver. The soulful jazz of this musical legend is recreated by a stellar band led by saxophonist Pete Long with Mark Armstrong on trumpet and Robin Aspland on piano at the Spice of Life , Soho

Friday 7 June – Alison Rayner Quintet at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, Chichester.

Saturday 8 June – James Kitchman & Bruno Heinen are at Listen .. Cambridge Unitarian Church, 5 Emmanuel Road, Cambridge CB1 1JW

Monday 10 June – The Dean Masser Quintet. The Wigan Wonder returns with special guest Nigel Price on guitar at the Spice of Life , Soho

Friday 14 June – Anthropometricks by Trio HLK featuring Dame Evelyn Glennie, Natalie Clein & Varijashree Venugopal launch concert at Kings Place

Saturday 15 June 17.30- 22.30 And evening of Jazz & Gin with “East of Meon” Jazz band , Wylds Farm Warren Rd, Liss hampshire GU33 7PF

Monday 17 June – The Hot Club of Jupiter. The fantastic young band led by violinist Kit Massey returns at last at the Spice of Life , Soho

Thursday 20 June – An evening with Elaine Delmar featuring Barry Green @ Ilford Manor Jazz Festival

Friday 21 June – Scandi Jazz on a Summer’s Night with The Martin Sjöstedt Trio featuring Ian Shaw @ Ilford Manor Jazz Festival

Saturday 22nd June – A Blue Note Special with Quentin Collins and Brandon Allen @ Ilford Manor Jazz Festival plus Karen Sharp at lunchtime

Sunday 23 lunchtimes – Gareth Williams @ Ilford Manor Jazz Festival

Monday 24 June – Jack Honeyborne’s 96th Birthday Spectacular with a host of guests and chocolate cake for everyone! Fire extinguishers at the ready – there’s a heck of a lot of candles at the Spice of Life , Soho

Friday 28 June – CJC All-Stars with Hannah Horton & Tommaso Starace at Chichester Jazz Club, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, Chichester

2) Streamed…

Friday 19 April – Ode to Joe Henderson is streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/

Monday 22 April 4am GMT – Tiny Room Studios weekly jam from LA . Can be viewd subsequently https://www.youtube.com/@TinyRoom/streams

Tuesday 23 April – James Blood Ulmer is streaming from Porgy and Bess Vienna https://www.porgy.at/events/upcoming

Saturday 27 April – Pianist John Law’s new ensemble FUJAZZ are at the SoundCellar in Poole https://www.tickettailor.com/events/soundcellar

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 Tuesday – Alec Harper Quartet are at Eastcheap Records 20 Eastcheap, London, EC3M 1EB
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/
Sands Film Studios concerts from the EFG London Jazz Festival are still available – https://sandsfilms.co.uk/music-room-past-streams-watch-now.html
The weekly jam at Tiny Room’ Studio in Los Angeles, with all kinds of local luminaries showing up, has a live stream every Monday at 8pm PST / 4am GMT . Previous sessions are on Youtube at : https://www.youtube.com/@TinyRoom/streams

4) Radio etc

On each Tuesday in November, the Cinema Club at Sands Film Studios 82 Marychurch St SE16 4HZ will screen documentaries on the theme of Jazz in Europe
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)