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Kit Downes is the 2024 recipient of the Paul Acket Award from North Sea Jazz (story in Dutch) – read more

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“Radiant Resistance” will see Trish Clowes working with the NDR Big Band (in German) – read more

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Edinburgh Evening News previewed the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra’s upcoming concert with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and piano Makoto Ozone – read more

Pascal Dorban writes about jazzahead! for Jazz Journal, and is particularly approving of the return of a UK stand – read more

THE DAYS AND WEEKS AHEAD

1) Live gigs

1) Live gigs

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, with Brigitte Beraha (above) 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 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 – Laura Jurd Trio plus guest James Kitchman are at the Vortex

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 – Alice Zawadzki, Fred Thomas and Misha Mullov-Abbado are at the Vortex

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- Gareth Lockrane Quartet with Danny Waldman (gtr), Steve Watts (bs) and Tristan Maillot (dms) at Bexley Jazz Club, The King’s Head, Bexley Village, DA5 1AA

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 – Vasilis Xenopoulos / Paul Edis Quartet Feels Like Home album launch at Pizza Express Soho

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 (above with Pete Whittaker and George Double) 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 – Tom Barford Quintet are at the Vortex

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

Wednesday 1 May- Adam Glasser Quintet are at Guildford Jazz

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 Zena 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 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 – Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion are at the Pheasantry, Chelsea

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

Wednesday 8 May – Amanda Whiting album launch at the Jazz Cafe

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 – Phil Meadows ‘Beware of the Bear’ (above) are at the Sound Cellar Poole

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 – Tcha Limberger’s ‘Viper Club’ are at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD

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

Sunday 12 May lunchtime – Geoff Mason Quintet are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

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- Neil Angilley Trio are at Guildford Jazz

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 – Dave O’Higgins & Rob Luft Quartet are at The Blue Room at The Lawn, Lincoln LN1 3BU

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 lunchtime – Simon Spillett All Star Quartet are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

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 – Huw Warren: Choro Choro Choro are at the Sound Cellar Poole

Thursday 23 May- Zoe Gilby is at Guildford Jazz

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

Sunday 26 May lunchtime – Ian East Trio are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Monday 27 May lunchtime – Art Themen Quartet are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

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

Wednesday 29 May – Deirdre Cartwright with Alex Eberhard Trio are at Worthing Pavilion Atrium (on the Pier), Marine Parade, BN11 3PX

Thursday 30 May – Tim Garlandis at Kings Place

Thursday 30 May – Leeds’ finest Svarc Hanley Longhawn are at the Sound Cellar Poole

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

Saturday 1 June – Lawrence Jones Quartet are at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD

Sunday 2 June lunchtime – Sam Dunn Quartet featuring Dave O’Higgings are at the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Sunday 2 June 2pm – Equinox Quartet are at Map Studio Cafe 47 Grafton Road NW5 3DU

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

Wednesday 5 June – Superlocrian are at SpiceJazz at Crazy Coqs, Brasserie Zédel

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

Sunday 9 June – Equal Spirits are at Marylebone Theatre , Rudolf Steiner House 35 Park Rd, London NW1 6XT

Sunday 9 June – Threeway featuring featuring Steve Waterman, Steve Lodder & Ben Crosland are at Wylde Green URC, Sutton Coldfield (20th Anniversary Concert)

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

Monday 10 June – Splash Point Jazz Club “Wired” Organ Trio feat. Tony Williams (gtr), Neal Richardson (organ/pno/vox), Angus Bishop (drums) at Seaford – Splash Point Jazz Club, The View, Southdown Rd BN25 4JS

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

Saturday 15 June – Louise Dodds & Elchin Shirinov are at Magy’s Farm, Northern Ireland

Sunday 16 June – Louise Dodds & Elchin Shirinov Quartet are at Hampstead Heath

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

Wednesday 19 June – Louise Dodds & Elchin Shirinov Quartet are at The Jazz Bar, Edinburgh

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

Thursday 20 June – Threeway featuring featuring Steve Waterman, Steve Lodder & Ben Crosland are at Coventry Jazz

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

Friday 21 June – Danny Piers Trio, Ruben Ross 4tet, Wilf Diamond 4tet are at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD

Saturday 22 June – Threeway featuring featuring Steve Waterman, Steve Lodder & Ben Crosland are at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

Saturday 22 June – The Gaz Hughes Trio ‘Nuclear Bebopalypse’ are at The Blue Room at The Lawn Lincoln LN1 3BU

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

Saturday 22 June – Compound Chemistry + Caytra + Sound-Anthropology are at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens 3 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, London SW11 7BD

Sunday 23 June lunchtimes – Gareth Williams @ Iford Manor Jazz Festival

Sunday 23 June – Threeway featuring featuring Steve Waterman, Steve Lodder & Ben Crosland are at Harwich 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

Tuesday 25 June – Louise Dodds & Elchin Shirinov are at Newcastle Arts Centre

Wednesday 26 June – Shireen Francis’ Island Project are at Eastbourne – Splash Point Jazz Club, at the Fishermen’s Club BN22 7AA

Thursday 27 June – Louise Dodds & Elchin Shirinov are at Marryat Hall, Dundee

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

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

Friday 26 April – Jacky Terrasson Trio is streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/

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

Monday 29 April – Kandace Springs is streaming from Porgy and Bess Vienna https://www.porgy.at/events/upcoming

Monday 29 April 4am GMT – Tiny Room Studios weekly jam from LA . Can be viewd subsequently https://www.youtube.com/@TinyRoom/streams

Thursday 9 May – Phil Meadows ‘Beware of the Bear’ are streaming from the Sound Cellar Poole https://www.tickettailor.com/events/soundcellar

Thursday 23 May – Huw Warren: Choro Choro Choro are streaming from the Sound Cellar Poole https://www.tickettailor.com/events/soundcellar

Thursday 30 May – Leeds’ finest Svarc Hanley Longhawn are streaming from the Sound Cellar Poole https://www.tickettailor.com/events/soundcellar

Friday 26 April – Jacky Terrasson Trio is streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/

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

Monday 29 April – Kandace Springs is streaming from Porgy and Bess Vienna https://www.porgy.at/events/upcoming

Monday 29 April 4am GMT – Tiny Room Studios weekly jam from LA . Can be viewd subsequently https://www.youtube.com/@TinyRoom/streams

Thursday 9 May – Phil Meadows ‘Beware of the Bear’ are streaming from the Sound Cellar Poole https://www.tickettailor.com/events/soundcellar

Thursday 23 May – Huw Warren: Choro Choro Choro are streaming from the Sound Cellar Poole https://www.tickettailor.com/events/soundcellar

Thursday 30 May – Leeds’ finest Svarc Hanley Longhawn are streaming from the Sound Cellar 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)