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Festivals Cheltenham Jazz Festival Continues through the May weekend, and finishes on 5th May – check our listings for details. 21st North Wales International Jazz Guitar Weekend runs from 9th to 11th May this year Southport Jazz Festival 9th – 11th May Southport Jazz Festival takes place across Southport and the majority of gigs are free or free to diners. Check Gigs for full listings and see the festival’s website for up-to-the minute info: http://www.visitsouthport.com/ whats-on/southport-jazz-festivalp259291 Lincoln BIG’s Jazz Week 9th – 17th May The Jazz Week is part of the Lincoln Live 2014 series of individual festivals covering Literature, Art, Dance & Comedy taking place over the period May-Oct 2014, organised through the Lincoln Business Improvement Group (Lincoln BIG) with funding from the Arts Council and local businesses. Jazzpac Lincolnshire, who are part of the EMJAZZ group of East Midland jazz promoters, manage the Jazz Week on behalf of Lincoln BIG. Highlights include Gascoyne/O’Higgins Quartet, Dennis Rollins’ Velocity Trio and Jazz Vehicle with Zoe Rahman. Check our listings for all festival gigs. Norfolk & Norwich Festival 9th – 25th May Check our listings for jazz programme of the festival. The
highlights include Phronesis, Snarky Puppy, Hugh Masekela, Riot Jazz Brass Band and Mike Westbrook’s Blake project, which is a rare chance to see Westbrook’s legendary jazz settings of William Blake’s powerful poetry, originally commissioned in 1971 for the National Theatre. www.nnfestival.org.uk Trish Clowes’ Emulsion III minifestival 28th – 29th May Emulsion III is a cross-genre event fusing contemporary composition, performance and improvisation, with musicians from both the jazz and classical worlds. The bands to perform include Trish Clowes’ Tangent, Ian Ballamy & Thomas Strønen’s Food and Dan Nicholls’ Strobes. More info on the project: trishclowes.com/projects/emulsion/ Amser Jazz Time Festival 16th – 18th May At the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff The festival brings together exciting performances by established musicians and a series of free student performances. The guest musicians will be Gilad Atzmon’s Orient House Ensemble, Soweto Kinch Trio, Gareth Lockrane’s Grooveyard – Unplugged, McCormack & Yarde Duo featuring the Elysian Quartet, Martin Speake Trio with Mike Outram and Jeff Williams and Liane Carroll Trio with Roger Carey and Mark Fletcher. Free gigs will start at 5.30pm on Friday and 12 noon on Saturday/Sunday and there is a rolling programme of music by the RWCMD students throughout the weekend including JazzTime sessions in the foyer plus
free performances in the Richard Burton Theatre and Dora Stoutzker Hall with the groove continuing until 10.15pm nightly. www.rwcmd.ac.uk/jazzfestival Bell & Bucket New Orleans Jazz Festival 26th – 27th May Two days of New Orleans style jazz at the Bell & Bucket in North Shields, Tyne & Wear – check our listings for details.
Look Out for the Young & Talented! Two nights celebrating new jazz from Leeds College of Music At Seven Artspace, Chapel Allerton, Leeds. Part 1 with Ozzieology, Ashley Henry Group and Bloom Collective on Sunday afternoon 11th May, part 2 with Stretch Trio and Sam Quintana’s Zeitgeist on the afternoon of 18th May. The BBC Young Musician Jazz Award Final to be broadcast on BBC Four BBC Young Musician, the UK’s leading contest for young musicians, held the first ever Jazz Award this year. Following an extensive audition process, the final took place in March at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. The five finalists were Jake Labazzi - trumpet (16 years old), Sean Payne - saxophone (13), Tom Smith - saxophone (18), Freddie Jensen - double bass (14) and Alexander Bone - Saxophone
(17). They performed alongside the Gwilym Simcock Trio and were judged by Django Bates, Trish Clowes, Julian Joseph and Jason Yarde. After an apparently long debate, the judges named Alexander Bone the winner. They praised his passion, beautiful sound, good control, ability to guide the band, stage-craft, choice of programme and the way in which he touched the judges in a way that goes beyond the mere technical aspects of music. The judges were Julian Joseph, Django Bates, Jason Yarde and Trish Clowes. Born in Darlington into a musical family, Alexander started playing saxophone at the age of six, taught by his father, but began playing jazz piano at an even earlier age. He plays in several groups including big bands and jazz quartets. As well as his jazz studies, Alexander is passionate about music production. He is currently in his first year of A levels. The event, presented by Soweto Kinch and Josie D’Arby, will be broadcast on BBC Four on Friday 23rd May.
Events Brian O’Connor’s Images of Jazz – exhibition At the The Bishop’s Palace in Wells, Somerset, until 30th May Photographer Brian O’Connor has been capturing the live spirit of jazz music on camera for many years now, and last year he gifted Jazz Services with his very extensive archive, covering visiting international stars as well as our own home-grown jazz heroes. Currently a selection of his photographs is being exhibited and they are accompanied by a series of writings by drummer JJ Wheeler on ‘Spirituality In Jazz: The Coltrane Effect’. www.imagesofjazz.com Dales Jam with West Riding silent short films At Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton, Leeds on 25th May: Come along to see Yorkshire archive film shorts
with live original scores by Richard Ormrod, 1.00pm – 4.00pm £7/ £5 (concessions). National Jazz Achive fundrising events The National Jazz Archive is holding a series of seven concerts over four weekends running from May to October to raise funds to support its work, and in particular the Heritage Lottery Fund project ‘The Story of British Jazz’. An eclectic range of leading British jazz and blues musicians, singers and groups, many of them Patrons of the Archive, will be performing close to the Archive’s home at Loughton in Essex. The series of concerts kicks off in May with The Gresty-White Ragtimers, with a not-to-be missed evening of classic jazz on 30th May and continues the next day with Kenny Ball’s Jazzmen gig, led by Keith Ball. In July Paul Jones and Friends will take the stage and in September the organisers invite you to an evening with Liane Carroll and John Altman’s AllStar Jazz Party. The series comes to a close with two gigs in October: The Great British Jazz Band (Digby Fairweather and trombonist Pete Strange’s best-selling Great British Jazz Band reunite after more than 10 years) and ‘Jazz Goes to the Movies’ which is a celebration of movie music and jazz from the 1930s to the Noughties with swing singer Val Wiseman and Digby Fairweather’s Half Dozen. Check our listings for gigs info and for full details visit www.nationaljazzarchive.org.uk/events or call 020 8502 4701.
Workshops Trombone workshop with Dennis Rollins, saxophone workshop with Snake Davis, Drumming for Beginners with Paul J Rigby and Multi-Instrument Improvisation Workshop with Trish Ferrarin These all take place during the Ribble Valley Jazz Festival 1st – 5th May More info on the festival’s website: www.rvjazzandblues.co.uk
Workshop led by Dave O’Higgins As part of Lincoln Jazz Week, 10th May, 2.00pm – 5.00pm at Lincoln Drill Hall, www.lincolndrillhall.com Jazz Guitar 1 course run by Branco Stoysin Introduction to the essentials of playing in the jazz guitar style. 8 weeks on Sundays from 11th of May starting at 2.30pm, two hour sessions, at City Lit Keeley Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B 4BA. To sign up please call 020 7831 7831, for more info ring 020 7492 2630. Advanced chord work and scales are explored within the context of jazz and blues standards. Topics to be explored: scales/modes, chords and chord shapes, improvisation, melody playing, harmonisation and substitutions, playing in various time feels, solo chord playing, creating a bassline etc. The follow up course Jazz Guitar 2 is in September, also Sundays. Nottingham Jazz Workshops Continue every month at The Lion Inn, 44 Mosley St, New Basford, Nottingham NG7 7FQ, 0115 970 3506, contact Barb on 0115 875 8491 or nottinghamjazzworkshops@gmail. com. The next dates are: 7th May & 4th June (Singers) and 14th May & 11th June (Instrumental), 7.00pm – 9.00pm, cost: £5. Jazz & Saxophone Workshops directed by John Seeley MA BA Music At St Michael and All Angels Church, Ground Floor, 62 Leigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea SS9 1LF For more info check the website and contact John on johnseeley1@ yahoo.co.uk, www.johnseeleyjazz. co.uk Jazz workshop The aim of this workshop is to provide a creative and relaxed atmosphere for musicians of all levels, to learn theory aspects of music, and gain practical knowledge of performing. The music that will be used will range from hard bop, modern to contemporary jazz, and will be arranged to a high level. The teach-
ing of this workshop focuses on the 4 P’s Principle: Posture, Pulse, Phonology and Personality within music. The method of teaching will follow a style called simultaneous learning. The ingredients of pieces are extracted and worked through by connecting areas of learning as aural, visual, rhythm and improvisation. The next dates are: 1st, 15th, 29th May & 12th, 26th June, 7.30pm – 9.30pm, cost: £7. All ability levels and instruments welcome. Saxophone workshop The saxophone workshop is a workshop that aims to develop saxophone technique and performance in a friendly creative environment. The workshop is open to all levels of ability, and every type of saxophone. It is devised for the individual to feel like they are having a private lesson at a fraction of the price. Each class explores saxophone and musicianship skills that will enhance the individual and group performer. This includes looking at music theory,
methods of practise, sight reading, improvisation, aural work, and specific concepts to increase your knowledge on the saxophone. The next dates are: 8th, 22nd & 5th, 19th June, 7.30pm – 9.30pm, cost: £7.
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On the Gigs cover: Kate Williams Kate Williams, known for her compositions as well as a varied palette of sounds, is touring with her band this month. She’s got a great line-up, different on each date, ranging from a quartet to a septet and featuring Kate Williams – piano, Gareth Lockrane – flutes, Oli Hayhurst - double bass, Tristan Mailliot - drums Steve Fishwick – trumpet, Julian Siegel – tenor sax/bass clarinet, Alex Garnett - tenor sax, Ben Somers – tenor sax and Trevor Mires - trombone, so check which fabulous musicians she’s bringing to your area.
Dave O’Higgins Quartet, Vasilis Xenopoulos and the Wind Machine, Phil Robson’s Organ Trio, Michelson Morley, Gabrielle Ducomble Band, Maciek Pysz Trio, Kate Williams Band, Kristian Borring Quartet, Rob Terry Trio, Becki Biggins and Her Dream Team, Julian Siegel Quartet, Nick Malcolm Quartet, Roger Beaujolais Quartet, Dave Mannington’s Riff Raff and Charlotte Glasson Band.
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East Midlands Derbyshire Cube Cafe Bar Chapel Street, Derby DE1 3GU 01332 370911 May 2 Michelson Morley
Leicestershire Embrace Arts at the Richard Attenborough Centre University of Leicester, PO Box 138, Leicester LE1 7HA 0116 252 2455 May 16 Reuben James Trio 8.00pm Y Theatre East Street, Leicester LE1 6EY 01162 2557066 May 7 Dave O’Higgins Quartet 8.00pm
Lincolnshire Bar 67 at Lincoln Hotel Eastgate, Lincoln LN2 1PN Lincoln BIG’s Jazz Week: May 10 Midnight Masquerade plus Go-Jive 6.00pm - 9.00pm 11 Ben Martin Band 8.00pm 15 Thom Whitworth’s Funky Organ 8.00pm
Cafe Portico The Terrace, Grantham Street, Lincoln LN2 1BD 07956 653156 May 10 Andrew Wood Trio f Dave O’Higgins 8.30pm (LBJW) Doubletree By Hilton Brayford Wharf North, Lincoln LN1 1YW 01522 565180 May 12 Pat McCarthy band f Shannon Reilly 7.30pm (LBJW) Drill Hall Free School Lane, Lincoln LN2 5AE 01522 873894 All gigs at 8.00pm Lincoln BIG’s Jazz Week: May 9 Dave O’Higgins Quartet 14 Dennis Rollins’ Velocity Trio Horse & Groom Carholme Road, Lincoln LN1 1RH 01522 548866 May 11 Double Take lunchtime (LBJW) Lincoln Performing Arts Centre University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, Lincoln LN6 7TS 01522 837600 Lincoln BIG’s Jazz Week: May 9 Steve Smith Trio
f Robin Porter 5.00pm 7.00pm 16 Jazz Heritage Quintet 5.00pm - 7.00pm 17 Jazz in the Bar 6.00pm / Big Chris Barber Band 7.30pm Terry O’Toole Theatre North Kesteven Centre, Moor Lane, North Hykeham LN6 9AX 01522 883311 May 16 Jazz Vehicle with Zoe Rahman 7.30pm (LBJW) The Collection Danes Terrace, Lincoln LN2 1LP 01522 782040 All gigs at 8.00pm Lincoln BIG’s Jazz Week: May 13 Nicola Farnon Trio 16 Colin Dudman Trio f Tim Whitehead
NE Lincolnshire Old Clee Club Clee Crescent, Grimsby DN32 8LS 01472 873730 (jazz info) May 14 Roger Beaujolais Quartet 8.30pm
Nottinghamshire Bonington Theatre Arnold Leisure Centre, High Street, Nottingham NG5 7EE 0115 9670114
All gigs at 8.00pm May 8 Geoff Gascoyne/ Dave O’Higgins Quartet 22 Kate Williams Septet Lakeside - Djanogly Theatre University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD 0115 846 7777 May 21 Elevation 8.00pm West Bridgford Library Bridgford Road,West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 6BG 0115 9816506 May 1 Red Hot Band 7.30pm
Eastern Bedfordshire Ent Shed Castle Road, Bedford MK40 3QY 01234 409297 May 1 Julian Siegel Quartet 8.30pm Heath Inn 76 Woburn Road, Heath and Reach, Leighton Buzzard LU7 0AR 01525 237390 May 1 Art Themen: New Directions 8.00pm
Cambridgeshire Hidden Rooms
The Basement, 7A Jesus Lane, Cambridge CB5 8BA 01223 514 777 or 07912 62 77 62; online@http://www.cambridgejazz.org May 4 Charlotte Glasson Band 7.30pm 8 Chris Ingham Quartet Cambridge ConneXions 8.00pm 22 Charlie Wood Trio 8.00pm
Essex Chichester Old London Road, Rawreth SS11 8UE 07850 607075 (jazz info) May 7 Helen Keating & Simon Spillett Quintet 14 Ray Gelato Giants 21 Giacomo Smith Kansas Smitty’s House Band w Reuben James 28 Java Jam Manhattan Transfer Style Colchester Arts Centre Church Street, Colchester CO1 1NF 01206 500900 May 4 Gabrielle Ducomble Band 8.30pm Electric Palace King’s Quay Street, Harwich CO12 3ER 01255 553333 May 15 Spike Heatley Trio featuring Art Themen 8.00pm Harlow Cricket Club Chippingfield, Old Harlow CM17 0DJ 01279 414174 (jazz info) May 30 Kate Williams Band 8.00pm Hornchurch Conservative Club 25 North Street, Hornchurch RM11 1RS 01708 442213 All gigs at 8.30pm May 4 Phoenix Jazz Band 11 George Tidiman All Stars 18 The Zoltans 25 Rocking Chair Jazz Band Loughton Methodist Church 260 High Road, Loughton IG10 1RB 020 8502 0181 (National Jazz Archive) May 30 Alan Gresty-Brian White Ragtimers National Jazz Archive fundrising event 31 Kenny Ball & his Jazz Men led by Keith Ball National Jazz Archive fundrising event North Weald Village Hall High Road, North Weald CM16 6BU 01992 522621 (jazz info) May 2 Vasilis Xenopoulos and the Wind Machine 8.30pm Ye Olde Smack 7 High Street, Leigh-on-Sea SS9 2EN 01702 476765 May 6 Gabrielle Ducomble
Band 8.30pm
Hertfordshire Broxbourne Rowing Club Old Nazeing Road, Broxbourne EN10 6QU 01992 442263 May 1 Henry Armburg Jennings Quartet 8.30pm Campus West - Hawthorne Studio The Campus,Welwyn Garden City AL8 6BX 01707 357117 All gigs at 7.30pm May 4 Steve Melling Trio 11 Don Weller Quartet 18 Clark Tracey Quintet 25 Simon Spillett Quartet Civic Centre High Street, Berkhamsted HP4 3HD 01442 228925 All gigs at 8.00pm May 10 John Petters New Orleans Allstars 31 Mark Nightingale & Alastair White present ‘Tribute to Jay and Kai’ w John Horler, Alec Dankworth & Clark Tracey Pump House Theatre & Arts Centre Local Board Road, Lower Watford High Street,Watford WD17 2JP 01923 467269(jazz info) All gigs at 8.15pm May 1 Chicagoans 8 David Jones Band 15 Pedigree Jazz Band 22 New Orleans Heat 29 John Shillito’s Select Six Winforton Community Hall Kington HR3 6EA 01544 328425 May 16 Juliet Kelly Celebrating the Divas of Jazz
Norfolk Adnams Spiegeltent Chapelfield Gardens , Norwich NR2 1TN 01603 766400 (Norfolk & Norwich Festival) All gigs at 10.00pm Norfolk & Norwich Festival: May 18 Orkestra del Sol 20 Riot Jazz Brass Band Cottage Public House 148 Thunder Lane,Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich NR7 0JD May 20 Kate Williams Band 8.30pm Diss Corn Hall St Nicholas Street, Diss IP22 4LB 01603 766400 (Norfolk & Norwich Festival) May 20 Phronesis (N&NF) Open Bank Plain, Norwich NR2 4SF
01603 766400 (Norfolk & Norwich Festival) May 9 Snarky Puppy plus The Comet is Coming 8.00pm (N&NF) St Peter Mancroft Church The Chantry, Norwich NR2 1QZ 01603 766400 (Norfolk & Norwich Festival) May 10 Glad Day: Mike Westbrook’s settings of William Blake’s poetry 9.00pm (N&NF) Theatre Royal Theatre Street, Norwich NR2 1RL 01603 630000 All gigs at 8.00pm N&NF: May 20 Madeleine Peyroux 21 Hugh Masekela Tithe Barn Mill Lane, Needham IP20 9LD May 2 Polly Gibbons & James Pearson w Special Guests 7.15pm (doors)
Suffolk Apex 1 Charter Square, Bury St Edmunds IP33 3FD 01284 758103 May 17 Mbawula 7.00pm 19 Alan Barnes 1.00pm 21 Anita Wardell 1.00pm 21 Penguin Cafe Orchestra 7.30pm 23 Dixie Strollers 1.00pm 24 Son Yambu 8.00pm Cock Inn 3 Callis Street, Clare CO10 8PX 01787 237653 All gigs at 8.00pm May 11 Tim Whitehead 25 Harry Greene Hotel Hatfield The Esplanade, Lowestoft NR33 0QP 01502 568684 (Milestones Jazz Club) May 4 Chris Ingham Quartet A Celebration of Hoagy Carmichael 8.00pm
London
606 Club 90 Lots Road, London SW10 0QD 020 7352 5953 May 1 John Crawford Quintet 8.30pm 2 Louise Clare Marshall 9.30pm 3 Peter King Quintet f Mornington Lockett 9.30pm 4 Rachel Sutton Quartet 1.30pm / Theo Jackson 8.30pm 7 Luiz Morais Sextet 8.30pm 8 Latin Underground 8.30pm 9 Stefan Redtenbacher’s RB Funkestra 9.30pm 10 Clark Tracey Quintet CD
Launch 9.30pm 11 606 Gospel Group 1.30pm 14 Howard Alden Quartet 8.30pm 15 Sarah Gillespie Band 8.30pm 16 Tony O’Malley Quintet 9.30pm 17 Bobby Wellins Quartet f Liam Noble 9.30pm 18 Trio Manouche 1.30pm / Georgia Mancio Quartet 8.30pm 19 Jim Mullen Organ Trio w Mike Gorman & Matt Skelton 8.30pm 20 Dan Reinstein Quintet 8.00pm / Dill Katz Quartet 9.45pm 21 Dave O’Higgins Quintet w special guest Phil Dwyer 8.30pm 22 Antonio Forcione & Adriano Adewale 8.30pm 23 1 UP f Dave Lewis 9.30pm 25 Irene Serra 1.30pm 26 Hayley Sanderson’s Stylophones Band 8.30pm 27 Royal Academy of Music Night 8.30pm 28 Kit Downes Sextet 8.30pm 29 Juli Fabian Quintet 8.30pm 30 Samara 9.30pm Amersham Arms 388 New Cross Road, London SE14 5BY 020 7732 8493 All gigs at 8.30pm May 13 Phil Robson’s Organ Trio 20 Nick Malcolm Quartet Artigiano 12 Belsize Terrace, London NW3 4AX 0207 794 4288 All gigs at 7.30pm May 2 Tina May Trio 9 Louise Jones & The London Lounge 16 Limehouse Gypsy Trio 23 Gill Cook 30 Georgia Mancio Trio Barbican Centre Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS 020 7638 8891 May 31 Sun Ra Arkestra under the direction of Marshall Allen 7.30pm Bulls Head 373 Lonsdale Road, Barnes, London SW13 9PY 020 8876 5241 May 16 Katriona Taylor Band 8.30pm 31 Zeeteah Cadogan Hall 5 Sloane Terrace, Chelsea, London SW1X 9DQ 020 7730 4500 May 1 Gwilym Simcock Instrumation Cafe In The Crypt
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St Martins In The Field,Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 4JJ 020 7766 1158 All gigs at 9.30pm May 7 Randolph Matthews & Rob Hughes 14 The Fabulations 21 John Donegan Quartet 28 TJ Johnson’s Bourbon Kick
Front Room at the Queen Elizabeth Hall South Bank Centre, Upper Ground, London SE1 8XX 020 7960 4242 All gigs at 5.30pm May 2 Matt Ridley Quartet f Jason Yarde 9 Moonlight Saving Time
Cafe OTO 18-22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London E8 3DL 020 7923 1231 May 10 Mikolaj Trzaska Trio f Olie Brice & Mark Saunders “Trzaska Moving Movies” as part of Kinoteka Polish Film Festival 8.00pm (doors)
Green Note 106 Parkway, London NW1 7AN 020 7845 9899 May 11 Melissa James 7.30pm
Charlie Wright’s International Bar 45 Pitfield Street, London N1 6DA 08444 771000 All gigs at 8.30pm May 1 Rebecca Kinder EP Launch 5 Middlesex University Jazz Jam 6 Charlie’s Jazz Jam hosted by Shane Forbes Wave Projec 7 Wendy Lindsey Band 8 Carly Bryant 12 Middlesex University Jazz Jam 13 Charlie’s Jazz Jam hosted by Shane Forbes Wave Projec 14 Rich Muscat Quartet 15 Soner Ersen’s Jazz Session & jam session 19 Middlesex University Jazz Jam 20 Charlie’s Jazz Jam hosted by Shane Forbes Wave Project 21 Adam Green Continuum & special guests 22 George Montague 26 Middlesex University Jazz Jam 27 Charlie’s Jazz Jam hosted by Shane Forbes Wave Projec 28 Charlie’s Jazz Jam hosted by Rob Luft Quartet 29 Rha Stranges Jazz Session & special guests Crazy Coqs 20 Sherwood Street, London W1F 7ED 020 7734 4888 All gigs at 10.30pm May 2 Jonty Fisher’s Flyright Trio 10 Ian Shaw 16 Howard Alden Trio w Simon Wollf & Alex Garnett 17 Jon Webber Joplin to Jarrett 23 LondonJazz TransLATES Pinise Saul & Adam Glasser 30 Natalie Williams & James Pearson 31 Natalie Williams & Guest Dascalzo Bar & Restaurant 2a Elizabeth Street, London SW1W 9RB 020 7730 5498 May 31 Wild Card f Clement Regert, Andy Noble & Nick Smalley 9.30pm
Gunnersbury Tavern 590 Chiswick High Road, London W4 5RP 0208 742 7466 All gigs at 12.30pm - 3.00pm May 4 Gabriel Garrick Big Band 11 Cliff Longhurst Jazz Knights 18 Gray Matter Big Band 25 Fat Sax Hackney Empire 291 Mare Street, London E8 1EJ 020 8985 2424 May 11 Conya Doss & Sandra St Victor 7.30pm Hideaway 2 Empire Mews, Streatham, London SW16 2ED 020 8835 7070 May 2-3 Soothsayers 4 Hot Waffle Big Band f Georgina Jackson & Tony Dixon 2.00pm 11 Kit Packham’s One Jump Ahead 2.00pm 15 J-Sonics 8.30pm 18 National Youth Jazz Orchestra 2.00pm 22 Wild Card 8.30pm 23-24 Omar featuring the Quentin Collins/Brandon Allen Quartet 9.00pm 25 Jive Aces 2.00pm 30-31 London Community Gospel Choir 9.00pm Islington Assembly Hall Upper Street, London N1 2UD 020 7527 8900 May 10 Marcos Valle Jazz Cafe 5 Parkway, Camden Town, London NW1 7PG 020 7916 6060 May 13 Tigran 7.00pm John Baird 122 Fortis Green Road, London N10 3HN 20 8444 8830 May 25 Julian Marc Stringle w house band Just East plus guests 8.00pm Kings Place 90 York Way, London N1 9AG 020 7520 1490 May 3 Julian Siegel Quartet 8.00pm 10 Emily Saunders ESB support from Partikel 8.00pm 17 Kate Williams Band 8.00pm
24 Bad Ass Brass 8.00pm 30 Lighthouse Album Launch 8.00pm 31 Tanya Cristina charity gig in aid of the Macmillan Cancer Support 7.30pm Lauderdale House Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill, London N6 5HG 020 8348 8716 May 1 Modern Jazz Quartet Celebration: Jim Hart/Matt Ridley/Steve Brown/Barry Green 8.30pm Long White Cloud 151 Hackney Road, London E2 8JL 0207 033 4642 All gigs at 8.30pm May 1 Ant Law Quintet 8 Olie Brice/Jeff Williams/Alex Bonney 15 Flashmob 22 Andre Canniere & Nightjar 29 Lauren Kinsella Quintet Olivers 9 Nevada Street, Greenwich, London SE10 9JL 020 8858 5855 May 30 Wild Card f Clement Regert, Sophie Alloway/ Perdo Segundo, Andy Noble & Graeme Flowers 9.30pm Orford House Social Club 73 Orford Road, London E17 9QR 07930 544 312 May 28 Compassionate Dictatorship 8.30pm Pheasantry 152 Kings Road, London SW3 4UT 020 7351 5031 All gigs at 8.30pm May 8 Lorna Reid Trio 17 Luiz Simas Pizza Express Jazz Club 10 Dean Street, London W1D 3RW 08456 027017 May 1-9 Brian Culbertson 10 Martyna Wren 1.30pm / Leo Green Experience An Evening of Blues & Swing 9.00pm 11 Jessica Sweetman & Richard Poyner 1.30pm / 11-12 Barb Jungr 8.30pm 13 Liane Carroll w guest Julian Siegel 8.30pm 14 Liane Carroll w guest James McMillan 8.30pm 15 Liane Carroll Trio 8.30pm 16 Liane Carroll Trio w guest John Etheridge: Blues Explosion 9.00pm 17 Liane Carroll Trio w guest Ian Shaw: Friendship Files 7.30pm & 10.30pm 18 Anjali Perin 1.30pm / Emma Smith: Worshipful Company of Musicians Jazz Winners 8.00pm 19 Sue Richardson Soho Interpretations 8.30pm 20 Ricardo Herz Trio 8.30pm
21 Martin Hathaway & Tom Challenger Quartet play Ornette Coleman’s ‘’New York Is Now’’ 22 Becki Biggins 23 The Fantastics! 9.00pm 24 Don-E 9.00pm 25 Cervantes Quartet 1.30pm 25 Johanna Graham Quartet CD Launch 26 The Sound of Blue Note f Ian Shaw 8.30pm 27 Gill Manly 8.30pm 28 Maurizio Minardi Trio & Guest 8.30pm 29-31 Paul Brown & Brian Simpson 8.30pm Red Lion 92-94 Linkfield Road, Isleworth TW7 6QJ 020 8560 1457 May 5 Trevor Tomkins w Simon Spillett, Nigel Price, John Critchinson & Tim Wells 8.30pm 12 Trevor Tomkins w Stan Sulzmann, Quentin Collins, Ross Stanley, Dave Green 8.30pm 19 Trevor Tomkins w Steve Fishwick, Chris Biscoe, Kate Williams, Mick Hutton 8.30pm 26 Trevor Tomkins w Jim Mullen, Dave Lewis & Mike Gorman 8.30pm Ronnie Scott’s 47 Frith Street, London W1D 4HT 020 7439 0747 May 1-3 Frank Sinatra Jr ‘Sinatra sings Sinatra’ 4 Pete Long/Georginia Jackson Quintet present Peggy, Duke & Benny lunchtime 4 Ronnie Scott’s Soul Jazz Orchestra presents Jook Joint! 5-10 Loose Tubes 11 Jazz Dynamos lunchtime / Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet 12-14 Chaka Kahn 14 Chaka Kahn in performance and interviewed by a special guest 15-17 Kenny Barron Trio 18 Simon Spillett Quintet ‘Standard Miles’ 1.00pm / Ronnie Scott’s Blues Explosion! 19-20 Eliane Elias Quartet 21-22 James Carter Organ Trio Django Unchained 23-24 Terence Blanchard 25 Kevin Fitzsimmons Sextet 1.00pm 25 Natalie Williams’ Soul Family 26 Kenny Werner/David Sanchez Quartet 27-28 Cecile McLorin Salvant 29 Madeleine Peyroux 30-31 Jean Luc Ponty Royal Festival Hall Foyer Bar South Bank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX 0844 875 0073 May 2 John Law’s Congrega-
tion 1.00pm Ryans 181 Stoke Newington Church Street, London N16 0UL 020 7275 7807 May 6 Astrakan plus gust band 8.30pm Safari Club & Bar 974 High Road, North Road, London N12 8QR 020 8492 7436 May 11 Ed Jones w house band Just East plus guests 8.00pm St Giles Church - The Crypt 81 Camberwell Church Street, Camberwell, London SE5 8RB May 16 Charlotte Glasson Band 8.00pm 30 Dave O’Higgins Quartet 9.00pm St James Theatre Studio 12 Palace Street, London SW1E 5JA 0844 264 2140 All gigs at 8.00pm May 3 Charlie Parker on Dial 10 Gabrielle Ducomble Band: Parisian Style Jazz & Tango 24 Jacqui Dankworth & Charlie Wood Saturday Jazz Divas Series The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden, London NW1 7NL 020 7383 7808 May 22 Juliet Kelly ‘Spellbound Stories’ Premiere 8.00pm The Vortex Dalston Culture House, 11 Gillett Square, London N16 8AZ 020 7254 4097 May 1-3 Led Bib residency 8.00pm 4 MOJO 3.00pm / Vocals @ the Vortex Open mic night hosted by Romy Summers & the Bob Stuckey Trio 7.00pm 6-7 Chris Wood two night residency 8.00pm 10 Kit Downes & Lucy Railton’s Tricko Tareco plus Motif 8.00pm 11 London Jazz Orchestra 3.30pm / Juwon Ogungbe & the Life Force Band 8.00pm 12 Bruno Heinen & Kristian Borring ‘Postcard to Bill’ 8.00pm 13 Trio Trip: Tony Malaby, Olie Brice & Jeff Williams 8.30pm 14 Louise Elliott & Cheryl Alleyne w special guest Mervyn Afrika: Celebrating 25 years of Blow the Fuse 16 McCormack & Yarde meet the Elysian Quartet 18 Yazz Ahmed Ensemble 3.00pm 19 The Royal Academy of
Music Exam Night final recitals 8.00pm 20 Elevation Lucian Ban, Abraham Burton, John Herbert & Eric McPherson 8.00pm 25 Francois Carrier/Michel Lambert/John Edwards 8.00pm 27 Tails for Wales: Huw Warren, Mark Lockheart, Maria Lamburn, Huw V Williams 8.00pm 29 Fontanelles 8.00pm 31 Ian Shaw 8.00pm Union Chapel The Vestry, Compton Avenue, London N1 2XD 020 7226 1686 May 29 Phronesis 7.00pm (doors) Village Underground 54 Holywell Lane, Shoreditch, London EC2A 3PQ All gigs at 8.00pm May 28 Emulsion III f Ensemble Amorpha, Trish Clowes’ Tangent, Dan Nicholls’ Strobes plus Byram Art 29 Emulsion III f Juice, Food - ECM artists Iain Ballamy & Thomas Strønen Emulsion Sinfonietta WM Jazz The O2, Greenwich, London SE10 0DY 07961 247 139 May 18 Alice In Grooveland 3.00pm - 5.00pm
N Ireland Belfast Black Box 18-22 Hill Street, Belfast BT1 2LA 028 9024 4400 May 15 Trio Trip: Tony Malaby, Olie Brice & Jeff Williams 8.30pm Crescent Arts Centre 2/4 University Road, Belfast BT7 1NT 02890 242338 May 30 Phronesis
North East Cleveland Blue Bell Lodge Acklam Road, Acklam, Middlesbrough TS5 7HL 01642 593939 May 25 Tees Valley Jazzmen 8.00pm Oxbridge 17 Oxbridge Lane, Stockton on Tees TS18 4AW 01642 678129 May Thu New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band 8.30pm
Park Inn Park Road, Hartlepool TS26 9HU 01429 233126 May Sun Musicians Unlimited 12.00pm Saltburn Community Hall & Theatre Albion Terrace, Saltburn-by-theSea TS12 1NN 01287 624007 May 2 James Birkett & Bradley Johnston 8.00pm Town Hall Albert Road, Middlesbrough TS1 2QJ 01642 15181 (jazz info) May 24 Jools Holland R&B Orchestra 7.30pm
Co Durham Everyman Theatre O’Hanlon Street , Spennymoor DL16 6RY 01388 8122440 May 31 Customs House Big Band 7.30pm Forum Music Centre Borough Road, Darlington DL1 1SG 01325 363135 All gigs at 6.00pm May Sun Live Jazz Music 18 Northern Monkey Brass Band Gala Theatre Millennium Place, Durham DH1 1WA 0191 3324041 May 3 Big Chris Barber Band 7.30pm 23 Swing City Trio 1.00pm New Inn 29 Church Street Head, Durham DH1 3DN 0191 384 7308 May Tue Gavin Lee 9.00pm No.1 Champagne Bar 1 Market Place, Bishop Auckland DL14 7NJ 01388 665533 May 29 Tees Valley Jazzmen 12.30pm Seaham Music Academy The Avenue, Deneside, Seaham SR7 8PD May 30 Djangologie 7.30pm St Augustine’s Parish Centre Larchfield Street, Darlington DL3 7TG 01325 469046 (jazz info) May 3 Jeff Barnhart & Anne Barnhart w Nick Ward 12.30pm Travellers Rest 2 West Auckland Road, Cockerton, Darlington DL3 9ER 01325 382 676 (Opus 4 Jazz Club) May 9 Sue Ferris Quintet 8.00pm
Northumberland Elephant Newbiggin Road, Ashington NE63 0SZ 01670 813983
(jazz info) May 7 Katherine Stone Quartet 8.00pm Maltings Theatre & Cinema Eastern Lane, Berwick upon Tweed TD15 1AJ 01289 330999 May 24 Tommy Smith & Brian Kellock 8.30pm Queens Hall Arts Centre Beaumont Street, Hexham NE46 3LS 01434 652477 All gigs at 8.00pm May 7 Jazz Club 31 James Birkett & Bradley Johnston
Tyne & Wear Bell & Bucket 37-39 Norfolk Street, North Shields NE30 1NQ 0191 2570680 May Tue Paul’s New Orleans Music Show 1.00pm 26 Bell & Bucket New Orleans Jazz Festival 4.00pm 27 Bell & Bucket New Orleans Jazz Festival 1.00pm & 3.30pm Black Bull Bridge Street, Blaydon on Tyne NE21 4JJ 0191 414 2846 May 18 James Birkett & Bradley Johnston 8.00pm Black Horse 68 Front Street, Monkseaton NE25 8DP 0191 243 6931 May Wed Rendezvous Jazz 1.00pm Fri Jazz Esquires 1.00pm Bridge Hotel Castle Garth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1BQ 0191 2326400 May Sun Live Jazz 8.00pm 11 Greg Spero Quartet 8.00pm Caedmon Hall Central Library, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead NE8 4LN 0191 388 8776/0191 488 4353 (jazz info) May 8&22 Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society 5.00pm Cherry Tree Restaurant 9 Osborne Road, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 2AE 0191 2399924 May Mon Live Jazz 7.30pm Chillingham 89-91 Chillingham Road, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 5XL 0191 2655915 May Wed Take It To The Bridge 8.00pm City of Newcastle Golf Club Three Mile Bridge, Gosforth,
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Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 2DR 0191 285 1775 May 17 Vieux Carre Jazzmen 7.00pm Cullercoats Crescent Club 1 Hudleston, Cullercoats NE30 4QS 0191 253 0242 May Mon Jazz In The Afternoon 1.00pm Wed Vieux Carre Jazzmen 1.00pm Gateshead Royal British Legion 142 Coatsworth Road, Gateshead NE8 4LL 0191 2623735 (jazz info) May Fri Live Jazz 8.30pm Jazz Cafe 25 Pink Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 5DW 0191 222 9882 May 2 Mo Scott 9.30pm 3 Live Jazz 9.00pm 6 Jam Session 8.00pm 9 Paul Edis Trio 9.30pm 10 Gypsies of Bohemia 9.30pm 17 Live Jazz 9.00pm 20 Jam Session 8.00pm 23 Live Jazz 9.00pm 24 Live Jazz 9.00pm 28 Charlotte Glasson Band 8.00pm 30 Live Jazz 9.00pm 31 Live Jazz 9.00pm Jesmond Dene House Jesmond Dene Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 2EY 0191 2123000 May 30 Paul James Band 7.30pm Jesmond Royal British Legion West Jesmond Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 3EX 0191 2810736 May Tue Maine Street Jazzmen 8.30pm King’s Hall International Centre for Music Studies (ICMuS), Armstrong Building, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU All gigs at 8.00pm May 15 Roger Beaujolais Quartet 22 Francois Carrier Trio Millstone Haddricks Mill Road, South Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 1QL 0191 2853429 May Thu Vieux Carre Jazzmen 1.00pm 29 Strictly Smokin’ Big Band Open Rehearsal 7.00pm New Crown Hotel Mowbray Road, South Shields NE33 3NG 0191 455 7323 May 6 Customs House Big Band Open Rehearsal 7.30pm
Newcastle City Hall Northumberland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8SF 0191 277 8030 May 10 Jason Isaacs Big Band 7.30pm
Bollington Arts Centre Wellington Road, Macclesfield, Macclesfield SK10 5LW 01625 574410 May 23 Sarah Moule 25 Magnificent Seven
No.28 27-29 Nelson Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 5AN 0191 232 2005 May 1 Live Jazz 8.30pm
Cheshire Yeoman Ledsham Road, Little Sutton, Ellesmere Port CH66 4QR 0151 3393106 May Sun Roy Potts Five & a Penny 1.00pm
Potter’s Wheel Sunniside, Gateshead NE16 5EE May Thu Maine Street Jazzmen 8.30pm Red House Farm Hepscott Drive,Whitley Bay NE25 9XJ 0191 251 0824 May 4 Vieux Carre Jazzmen 8.00pm Sage St Marys Square, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead NE8 2JR 0191 443 4661 May 9 Robert Cray Band 7.30pm 11 Snarky Puppy 8.00pm 14 Joe Stilgoe 8.00pm 17 Dropping Bombs 10.00pm 23 James Birkett & Bradley Johnston 8.00pm 25 Blind Boys of Alabama 7.30pm 27 Phronesis 8.00pm
Dog & Partridge 97 Palmerston Street, Bollington, Macclesfield SK10 5JX 01625 572177 May 12 Annie’s Saints & Sinners Horseshoe Sandbach Road, Alsager ST7 3RA 01270 876070 May Thu Giants Of Jazz Mill Hotel Milton Street, Chester CH1 3NF 01244 345635 May Mon Walled City Jazz Band & Irene Martyn Pierpoint & Bryant Recreation Club Thelwall Lane, Latchford, Warrington WA4 1NQ 01925 634083 May Mon Harry Goulden Big Band
Salsa Cafe & Tapas Bar Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4AE 0191 221 1022 May Sat Live Jazz 9.30pm Sun Jam Session 3.00pm
Poynton Royal British Legion Georges Road West, Poynton SK12 1JY 01625 873120 May 15 Mart Rodger Manchester Jazz
Sandpiper Farringdon Road, Cullercoats NE30 3ER 0191 253 5050 May 3 Rendezvous Jazz 8.30pm
The Wharf 107 Brook Street, Macclesfield SK11 7AW 1625511034 May 1 Nicola Farnon Trio 8.00pm
Springwell Village Hall Fell Road, Springwell, Gateshead NE9 7RP 0191 416 9747 (jazz info) May Wed Levee Ramblers New Orleans Jazz Band 9.00pm
Vagrants Club Newcastle Road,Willaston, Nantwich CW5 7EP 01270 623940 (jazz info) May 13 Bryan Jones Big Band
St Joseph’s CMS Parish Centre Birtley Lane, Birtley DH3 1LJ 0191 4102541 May 1 Live Jazz 8.15pm The Lit & Phil 23 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1SE 0191 2320192 May 8 The Lindsay Hannon Plus 8.30pm 9 Triptych 1.00pm
North West Cheshire
Widnes Rugby Union Football Club Heath Road,Widnes WA8 7NU 0151 4242575 May Tue Savoy Jazzmen Wilbraham Arms Sandbach Road North, Alsager ST7 2AX 01270 877970 May 4 Willy’s Weepers 11 Old Fashioned Love Band 18 Willy’s Weepers Wilmslow Conservative Club 15 Grove Avenue,Wilmslow SK9 5EG 01625 528336 May 6 Wally Davies & Suzanne Fonseca w Dave Turner Trio
13 Lee Gibson & Dave Browning w Vinnie Parker Trio 20 Julie Edwards/Kevin Dearden Quartet 27 Amy Roberts/John Hallam/ Tom Kincaid Trio
Cumbria Coronation Hall County Square, Ulverston LA12 7LZ 01229 587140 May 23 Courtney Pine w guest Jess Gillam
G Manchester Albert Tennis & Bowling Club 39-41 Old Lansdowne Road, Didsbury M20 2PA 0161 4451056 May 5 Jazz OD w Alexandra Lennon Arden Arms 23 Millgate, Stockport SK1 2LX 0161 4802185 May Mon Louisiana Highway Bakers Vaults Market Place, Stockport SK1 1ES 0161 477 7312 May Tue Live Jazz 9.00pm Band on the Wall 25 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JZ 0161 2375554 May 8 Tigran 15 Slowly Rolling Camera Beaconsfield Conservative Club The Gables, Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 6QL 0161 3302653 May 21 Tame Valley Stompers Big Hands 296 Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9NS 0161 2727779 May 28 Robin Sunflower Band Brackley Conservative Club Hazlehurst Road,Worseley, Manchester M28 1JU 0161 7941735 May Thu Ronnie Hayes Big Band Bridgewater Hall Lower Mosely Street, Manchester M2 3WS 0161 907 9000 May 16 Robert Cray Band Broadoak Hotel Broadoak Road, Ashton-underLyne OL6 8QD 0161 3302764 May 6 Vinnie Parker Trio w Loretta Scott Cheadle Hulme Conservative Club Mellor Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle Hulme SK8 5AT 0161
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4851087 (jazz info) May 1 The Sinatra Swingers 8.30pm 30 Big Band Jazz Cinnamon Club The Bowdon Rooms,The Firs, Altrincham WA14 2TQ 0161 926 8992 May 1 Victor Brox 7.30pm 2 Dominic Halpin & the Honey B’s 7.30pm 8 Paul Farr Band 7.30pm 9 Ben Cox Band 7.30pm 16 Stevie Williams & The Most Wanted Band 7.30pm 22 YolanDa Brown 7.30pm 30 Audrey Mattis Chorale: Soul & Gospel Night 7.30pm De La Salle RUFC Lancaster Road, Salford M6 8FX 0161 7892261 May 13 Terry’s Dead Good Boys 27 Rae Owen’s Happy Five Delph Band Club Lawton Square, Delph, Oldham OL3 5DT 01457 874465 May Fri Spirit of New Orleans Denton West End Social Club Grosvenor Street, Denton M34 3WN 0161 3363171 May 13 Tony Greenwood Big Band Didsbury Cricket Club Wilmslow Road, Manchester M20 2ZY 0161 4455347 May 1 Tame Valley Stompers 8 Savannah Jazz Band 15 Chicago Teddy Bears 22 Harlem Hot Stompers w guests in a East Cheshire Hospice Charity Special 29 The Wabash Dunscar Conservative Club Hardmans Lane, Bromley Cross, Bolton BL7 9HJ 01204 303661 May 5 Spirit of New Orleans 19 Six in a Bar Fuel Cafe Bar 448 Wilmslow Road,Withington, Manchester M20 3BW 0871 2076787 (jazz info) May 8 Noise Upstairs free improv jam session High Lane Conservative Club 23 Buxton Road, High Lane, Stockport SK6 8DG 0161 4499495 May 5 Mart Rodger Manchester Jazz Hillary Step 199 Upper Chorlton Road, Whalley Range, Manchester M16 0BH 0161 8811978 May 4 Paul Latham & John Ellis Quartet
11 Prohibition Swing Club 18 Sentimentalists 25 Zacc Rogers Hyde Cricket & Squash Club Werneth Low Road,Werneth Low, Hyde SK14 3AD 0161 3683078 May Fri Dave Hodges & Vinnie Parker Trio w Guests Klondyke Club Burnage Range, Manchester M19 2HQ 0161 224 4122 May 1 Magic Hat Ensemble present Mix-Up Mcr Leigh Liberal Club Church Street, Leigh WN7 1AY 01942 743153 May Mon Brian Ward Big Band Matt & Phred’s Jazz Club 64 Tib Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester M4 1LW 0161 8317002 May 2 Lazy River Jazz Band 3 Mama Freedom 5 Blues Jam w Franny Eubanks 6 Blind Monk Trio 7 Stuart McCallum 8 Neil C Young Quartet 9 Buffalo Brothers 10 The Fresh Dixie Project 12 Jazz Jam w Johnny Hunter 13 Cameron Vale 14 Fragments Trio 15 No Good Beatniks 16 Indecision 17 Dale Store 19 New Orleans Jam w The Night Creatures 20 Andrew Wood Trio 21 Stuart McCallum 22 Pickering White 23 Doug Perkins & The Spectaculars 24 Temperlays 26 Soul Jam 27 Samuel C Lees Quartet 28 Jamil Sheriff Trio 29 Louis Louis Louis! 30 Cabbage Alley 31 Astro Astrobeat Arkestra Newtown National Club 3 Nixon Street, Rochdale OL11 3JN 01706 640713 May 4 New Orleans Z’hulus 18 Old Fashioned Love Band Palace Sports Bar Mill Lane, Stockport SK6 1QH 0161 494 0093 May 19 New Lights Big Band Petit Bijou 9 Massie Street, Cheadle SK8 1BW 07746 784949 (jazz info) May 8 Cheadle Jazz Guitar Club w Trefor Owen Railway 74-76 Wellington Road North, Stockport SK4 1HF 0161
4773680 May 4 Freddie Garner 11 George Galway 18 Gavin Barrass RNCM Theatre 124 Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9RD 0161 907 5555 May 28 Phronesis 8.00pm Sedgley Park Rugby Union Football Club Park Lane,Whitefield, Manchester M45 7DZ 0161 766 5050 May 4 Gerry Tomlinson Trio w Loretta Scott 1.00pm 11 Gerry Tomlinson Trio w Suzanne Fonseca 1.00pm 18 Gerry Tomlinson Trio w Zoe Gilby 1.00pm 25 Gerry Tomlinson Trio w Munch Manship 1.00pm Slug & Lettuce 651 Wilmslow Road, Didsbury M20 6QZ 0161 4341011 May 6 JazzWorks 13 Steve Oakes Trio w Ed Kainyek 20 Whole Hog Big Band 27 Mark Five Smiths Restaurant 1-3 Church Road, Eccles, Manchester M30 0DL 0161 7887343 May Tue Jeremy Sassoon & Friends Stockport Masonic Guildhall 169 Wellington Road South, Stockport SK1 3UA 0161480 6531 May Wed Double B Jazz Orchestra 8.30pm - 10.30pm Unicorn Hotel 26 Church Street, Manchester M4 1PW 01942 671938 (Manchester Jazz Society) May Thu Record Recitals Whelley Ex-Serviceman’s Club 180 Vauxhall Road,Wigan WN1 3LU 01942 241583 May 25 The Al Wood Nine 12.30pm Woodhouses Working Mens Club 62 Medlock Road, Failsworth, Manchester M35 9WN 0161 6813562 May Mon Live Jazz 8.45pm
Lancashire Ashley Conservative Club Victoria Road East,ThorntonCleveleys FY5 5HQ 01253 854284 May 5 Alan Riley Big Band 12/19/26 Alan Riley Quintet Atrium Clitheroe Castle, Castle Hill,
Clitheroe BB7 1BA 01200 442630 Ribble Valley Jazz Festival: May 2 Berry Trio 8.00pm 3 Marley Chingus plus Dub Jazz Soundsystem double bill 8.00pm 4 Paul Rigby Quartet 12.00pm 5 Matt Holborn Quartet 12.00pm Bitter Suite 53 Flyde Road, Preston PR1 2XQ 01772 827007 May 8 Silver Bell Band Garstang & District Arts Centre The Old Grammar School, Croston Road, Garstang PR3 1HQ 01995 606648 May Fri John Towers Big Band Grand 18 York Street, Clitheroe BB7 2DL 01200 421599 Ribble Valley Jazz Festival: May 3 National Youth Jazz Orchestra 8.00pm 4 Dennis Rollins’ Velocity Trio 2.30pm/ trombone workshop at 12:30pm 4 Snake Davis Band 8.00pm Hornby Village Hall Main Street, Hornby LA2 8JR 015242 22227 May 30 Tim Kliphuis Trio 8.00pm KSC Club 10 Forest Street, Nelson BB9 7NB 01282 616883 May 5 Forest Jazz Band Monterey Beach Hotel 20-22 North Promenade, St Annes-on-Sea FY8 2NQ 01253 721317 May Mon Ray Gordon’s Big Band Robert Gillow 64 Market Street, Lancaster LA1 1HP 01524 360092 May Sun Sun Street Stompers 12.30pm St Teresa’s Catholic Club College Road, Up Holland, Skelsmerdale WN8 0PY 1695 622186 May 1 Chicago Teddy Bears Station Tavern Station Square, Lytham St Annes FY8 1RF 01253 734252 May Tue Jazz Aces Swan With Two Necks 2-4 Holinshead Road, Chorley PR7 1EP 01257 266649 May Sun Rae Owen Quintet 2.00pm - 5.00pm Wings Club
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135 Victoria Road West,Thornton, Cleveleys FY5 3LA 01253 852709 May Thu Wyre Levee Stompers Ye Olde John O Gaunt 53 Market Street, Lancaster LA1 1JG 01524 65356 May Mon Jazz Unlimited
Merseyside A Great Little Place 11c Hoghton Street, Southport PR9 0NS 01704 533920 May 10 Modjango Southport Jazz Festival 12.00pm 2.00pm Alma de Cuba St Peters Church, Seel Street, Liverpool L1 4BH 0151 7027394 May Thu Musica en Vivo 10.30pm Sun Gospel Brunch 1.30pm Avenue 13-17 Scarisbrick Avenue, Southport PR8 1NN 01704 536926 Southport Jazz Festival: May 10 Gary Potter 3.00pm - 5.00pm 11 Mike Smith’s Ginger Tunes Quartet Southport Jazz Festival 7.30pm Bella Italia Ocean Plaza, Marine Parade, Southport PR8 1SB 01704 514571 May 11 Modjango 7.30pm (SJF) Bold Hotel Lord Street, Southport PR9 0BE 01704 533333 SJF: May 9 Chameleon f Gary Boyle 8.00pm 10 Wilf Nuttall / Lyn Fairbanks & Mark Lewis Trio 1.00pm - 3.00pm 10 Chicago Teddy Bears 3.30pm / Paul Palmer Quintet 7.30pm 11 Jacqui’s Rhythm Katz 1.30pm / Tame Valley Stompers 12.00pm / The Weave 4.00pm / Billionaires 7.30pm Cafe D’Art 26B Chapel Lane, Formby, Liverpool L37 4DU 01704 870567 SJF: May 9 Trio Gitan 8.00pm 10 Mike Smith Trio 7.30pm Capstone Theatre Liverpool Hope University Creative Campus, Shaw Street, Liverpool L3 8QB 0151 7093789/ 0844 8000 410 May 17 Roger Beaujolais Quartet 7.30pm
Christ Church Lord Street, Southport PR8 1AA 01704 533333 SJF: May 10 Philip Clouts Quartet 2.00pm Coronation 6 King Street, Southport PR8 1JZ 01704 530611 SJF: May 9 Riders in the Ska 9.00pm 10 Cottonhouse Shakers Sextet 9.00pm Dobbies Garden World Bensons Way, Birkdale, Southport PR8 4HX 01704 552920 May 8 Zoe Gilby/Andy Champion Duo 5.00pm El Rincon Bodega Eastbank Street Square, Lord Street, Southport PR8 1NY 01704 530002 SJF: May 9 Mike Smith & Tom Stitchbury 8.00pm 11 Rae Owens Duo S 8.00pm Frederiks 32 Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9AX May 6 Michelson Morley 8.45pm 13 Victor Brox & open jazz jam session 20 Alan Barnes & open jazz jam session 27 Sueyo & open jazz jam session Grapes 35 Knight/Roscoe Street, Liverpool L1 9BW 07950 828674 (jazz info) May Sun Jazz Confusion 9.30pm Inn Beer Shop 57a Lord Street, Southport PR9 0AW 01704 533054 May 11 Modjango 2.00pm 4.00pm (SJF) Liverpool Cricket Club Aigburth Road, Liverpool L19 3QF 0151 4272930 May Mon Merseysippi Jazz Band Maghull Town Hall Hall Lane, Maghull L31 7BB 0151 5201633 (jazz info) May 8 Chicago Teddy Bears 22 Merseyside Big Band Masonic Hall Duke Street, Southport PR8 1LS 01704 534347 SJF: May 11 Nick Svarc Trio w Dave Walsh 1.00pm / Turkey Circus 2.30pm / Endangered Species 4.00pm Metro 3 Portland Street, Southport PR8 1LL 01704 536836
May 11 Anthony Ormesher Guitar Duo (SJF) 12.00pm - 2.00pm Pizzeria Mamma Mia 120 Lord Street, Southport PR8 1AA 01704 540259 May 9 Vernon Fuller 8.00pm (SJF) Roberto’s Restaurant & Bar Ocean Plaza, Marine Parade, Southport PR8 1SB 01704 530077 May 9 Annie Long Duo 8.30pm (SJF) Royal British Legion Rose Lane, Mossley Hill, Liverpool L18 5EA 0151 7245753 May Tue Blue Magnolia Jass Orchestra Royal Clifton Hotel The Promenade, Southport PR8 1RB 01704 541790 SJF: May 11 Ben Cox Band 2.00pm - 4.30pm / Clark Tracey Quintet 8.00pm Shrimper Fylde Road, Southport PR9 9XP 01704 833 159 (Jazz at the Shrimper) May Wed Live trad jazz Southport Indoor Market King Street, Southport PR8 1LA May 10 Kiki deVille Duo 1.00pm - 3.00pm (SJF) St Helens Bowling Club Regents Road, St Helens WA10 3HU 01744 230093 May 11 Jazz Gentlemen The Atkinson - Theatre Lord Street, Southport PR8 1DB 01704 533333 SJF: May 9 The Fresh Dixie Project 7.30pm 10 Barbieshop 12.00pm 2.00pm / Jacqui Dankworth Band 7.30pm The Sandgrounder 137-141 Lord Street, Southport PR8 1PU 1704549271 SJF: May 9 Credo Quartet 8.30pm 10 Swingology 8.00pm Victoria Promenade, 42-43 Stanley Terrace, Southport PR9 0DS 01704 544 121 May 9 Swingology 8.30pm (SJF) Wayfarers Arcade Lord Street, Southport PR8 1NT 01704 540011 (Southport International Jazz Festival) SJF: May 10 Trio Gitan 2.00pm
11 Perfectly Frank 2.00pm
Wirral Boathouse 1 The Parade, Parkgate CH64 6RN 0151 336 4187 May Tue Parade Jazz Band Brewers Arms 1 Park Street, Neston CH64 3RP 0151 3361627 May 5 Alan Jeff’s Jazz Jam Gallaghers Pub & Barbers 20 Chester Street, Birkenhead CH41 5DQ 0151 6499095 May 11 Wirrorleans Jazz Band Heswall Royal British Legion 78 Pensby Road, Heswall CH60 7RF 0151 3421297 May 6&20 Peninsula Jazzmen Melrose Hall Melrose Avenue, Hoylake CH47 3BU May 18 Terry Perry’s Big Easy Old Wallaseyans Club 140 Grove Road,Wallasey CH45 0JF 0151 6392832 May Thu Tuxedo Jazz Band Royal British Legion 289 Teehey Lane, Bebington CH63 8QS 0151 6082270 May Wed Freddie Smith Big Band Ship Inn Market Street, Hoylake CH47 3BB 0151 6324319 May Mon Savoy Jazzmen
Scotland Aberdeenshire Blue Lamp 121 Gallowgate, Aberdeen AB25 1BU 01224 647472 May 22 Christine Tobin Trio 8.00pm Hopeville Social Club 34 Harlaw Road, Inverurie AB51 4SR 01467 621478 May 23 Martin Bennett’s Old Green River Band
Angus H M Frigate Unicorn Victoria Dock, Dundee DD1 3BP 01382 200900 May 23 Christine Tobin Trio 8.00pm
Caithness Lyth Arts Centre
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Lyth,Wick KW1 4UD 01955 641434 May 25 Christine Tobin Trio 8.00pm
Edinburgh Queens Hall Clerk Street, Edinburgh EH8 9JG 0131 668 2019 May 28 Christine Tobin Trio 8.00pm
Fife Carnegie Hall East Port, Dunfermline KY12 7JA 01383 602 302 May 29 Christine Tobin Trio 8.00pm
Renfrewshire Old Library 9 High Barholm, Kilbarchan PA10 2EF 01505 706070 May 27 Christine Tobin Trio 8.00pm
Ross & Cromarty Greenhouse 14 High Street, Dingwall IV15 9RU 01349 867135 May 24 Christine Tobin Trio 2.00pm
Stirlingshire Tolbooth Jail Wynd, Stirling FK8 1DE 01786 274000 May 30 Christine Tobin Trio 8.00pm
South East Berkshire Global Cafe 35-39 London Street, Reading RG1 4PS 0118 958 3555 May 20 Fleur Stevenson hosts Jazz Singers Night singers are invited onto stage to jam with the band 9.00pm - 11.00pm Progress Theatre The Mount, Christchurch Road, Reading RG1 5HL 0118 960 6060 May 9 Louis Moholo-Moholo Quartet f Jason Yarde, Alex Hawkins, John Edwrds 7.30pm South Hill Park Arts Centre Ringmead, Bracknell RG12 7PA 01344 484123 May 2 Anita Wardell w Simon Cook Trio 8.00pm/ support band 7.30pm
Buckinghamshire Marlow Royal British Legion Station Approach, Marlow SL7 1NS 01628 486571 (Marlow Jazz Club) May 13 Vasilis Xenopoulos and the Wind Machine 8.30pm Stables Laine Dankworth Centre,Wavendon, Milton Keynes MK17 8LU 01908 280800 May 25 Frank Griffith w Charlie Wood & Nic France w memphis Soul Swamp 11.30am
E Sussex De La Warr Pavilion The Marina, Bexhill-on-Sea TN40 1DP 01424 787949 May 26 Claire Martin & the BBC Big Band
Hampshire Inn Lodge Burrfields Road, Portsmouth PO3 5HH 023 9229 8161 (Portsmouth Jazz) May 12 Henry Armburg Jennings Quintet 8.00pm Turner Sims Concert Hall University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ 02380 595151 May 11 McCormack & Yarde meet the Elysian Quartet
Kent 4-4-Two Club Featherby Road, Gillingham ME8 6AN 01634 405037 (jazz info) May 8 Donn Barcott Band f Elaine Dyan 8.30pm Anselm Studio 1 Music Dept, Northolmes Road, Canterbury CT1 1QU 01227 782244 May 4 Led Bib Sounds New Festival 9.30pm Eagle Tavern 124 High Street, Rochester ME1 1JT 01634 409040 May 4 Donn Barcott Band w Special Guests 1.00pm 11 Roger Beaujolais Quartet 1.00pm Grey Lady Music Lounge 70-72 The Pantiles,Tunbridge Wells TN2 5TW 01892 521199 May 10 Heads South 9.45pm H.G. Wells Centre St Marks Road, Bromley BR2
9HG 020 8466 1726 May 5 Mick Collins Modern Jazz Orchestra 8.30pm Tower Theatre North Road, Folkestone CT20 3HL 01303 260330 (Folkestone Jazz Club) May 8 Vasilis Xenopoulos and the Wind Machine 8.30pm Woodman Goathurst Common, Ide Hill, Sevenoaks TN14 6BU 01732 750296 May 7 Roger Beaujolais Quartet 8.30pm 21 Charlotte Glasson Band 8.30pm
Middlesex
Friends Life Social Club Pixham Lane, Dorking RH4 1QA 07415 815784 (Watermill Jazz Club) May 1 Michael Wollny’s Trio 8.30pm 4 Watermill Jazz Jam 2.00pm - 5.00pm 8 Charlie Parker on Dial f Nathaniel Facey 8.30pm 15 Skelton/Skinner All Stars Big Band 8.30pm 22 Tommy Smith & Brian Kellock 8.30pm 29 Brass Jaw 8.30pm Maltings: Cellar Bar Bridge Square, Farnham GU9 7QR 01252 745444 May 15 Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion 8.30pm
Brunel University Roberts Room Uxbridge Campus, Faculty Of Arts, Uxbridge UB8 3PH May 23 Frank Griffith Trio 1.00pm
Riverhouse Barn Riverhouse Barn, Manor Road, Walton on Thames KT12 2PF 01932 253354 All gigs at 8.00pm May 9 Kate Williams Band 30 Roger Beaujolais Quartet
C.I.U. - Bagster House Bagster House,Walton Lane, Shepperton TW17 8LP 01784 435 396 (Harri’s Jazz) May 29 Vasilis Xenopoulos and the Wind Machine 8.30pm
Hare & Hounds 81 Portland Road,Worthing BN11 1QG 01903 230085 May 13 Charlotte Glasson Band 8.30pm
Winston Churchill Hall Ruislip HA4 7QL 01895 673200 May 25 Andy Mears Jazz Orchestra 7.45pm
Hawth Hawth Avenue, Crawley RH10 6YZ 01293 553636 May 21 Heads South 7.45pm
Oxfordshire Carswell Golf & Country Club Carswell Home Farm, Faringdon SN7 8PU 01367 718903 / www.oxfordlivejazz.com May 30 Standard Miles f Henry Lowther, Simon Spillett, John Critchinson, Dave Green & Trevor Tomkins 8.30pm James Street Tavern 47-48 James Street, Oxford OX4 1EU 01865 202804 May 7 Oxford Jazz Kitchen Jam Session 8.30pm North Wall Arts Cente South Parade, Summertown, Oxford OX2 7NN 01865 319450 May 1 Tigran 8.00pm Prince of Wales 16 High Street, Shrivenham SN6 8AF 01793 791043 (jazz info) All gigs at 8.30pm May 8 Bex Latin Jazz Trio 22 Rob Terry Trio
Surrey
W Sussex
Masonic Hall Pallant Suite South Pallant, Chichester PO19 1SY 01243 781466 (Chichester Jazz Club) All gigs at 7.45pm May 2 Alan Barnes Art Trip 16 Chichester College Students Art Trip Ropetackle Centre Little High Street, Shoreham-bySea BN43 5EG 01273 464440 May 30 Charlotte Glasson Band 8.00pm
South West Bristol Colston Hall - Foyer Performance Space Colston Street, Bristol BS1 5AR 0117 9223686 May 23 Nick Malcolm Quartet 6.15pm Colston Hall 1 Colston Street, Bristol BS1 5AR 0117 9223686 May 23 Phronesis Cube Dove Street South, Bristol BS2
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8JD 0117 9074190 May 1 Michelson Morley 9.00pm The Bear 261 Hotwells Road, Bristol BS8 4SF 0117 9877796 All gigs at 9.00pm May 2 Jonny Bruce Band 9 European Jazz Ensemble 16 Dave Manington’s Riff Raff 23 Andy Nowak’s Ant 30 Nick Malcolm Quartet
Cornwall Calstock Arts The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock PL18 9QX 01822 833183 May 17 Gilad Atzmon & the Orient House Ensemble Cotehele National Trust Cotehele PL12 6TA 0844 2491895 May 9 Mike Westbrook Big Band ‘’Rossini Re-Loaded’’ 8.00pm Western Hotel Royal Square, St Ives TR26 2ND 01736 798061 (St Ives Jazz Club) All gigs at 8.30pm May 6 Jazz Graduates Showcase 13 Alex Hutton Trio 20 Gilad Atzmon w Craig Milverton Trio 27 Nick Malcolm Quartet
Devon Queen’s Theatre Queen’s Theatre, Boutport Street, Barnstaple EX31 1SY 01271 324242 May 14 McCormack & Yarde meet the Elysian Quartet Royal British Legion Club Tailyour Road, Crownhill, Plymouth PL6 5DH 01752 721179 (jazz info) All gigs at 7.30pm May 4 Jazzacadabra 18 Great Western Jazz Company
Dorset Blue Boar 29 Market Close, Poole BH15 1NE 01202 682247 May 15 Dave Manington’s Riff Raff 8.30pm Captains Club Hotel Wick Ferry,Wick Lane, Christchurch BH23 1HU 01202 475111 May 4 Zoe Schwarz Trio f Rob Koral & Ben Taylor 12.30pm -3.30pm
Electric Palace Cinema 35 South Street, Bridport DT6 3NY 01308 426336 May 21 Phronesis Hamworthy Club Magna Road, Canford Magna, Wimborne BH21 3AP 01202 881922 May 29 Zoe Schwarz/Rob Koral Quartet w Guests 8.30pm Library Bar 4 Southbourne Grove, Bournemouth BH6 3QZ May 1 Zoe Schwarz & Rob Koral 8.00pm Regent Centre 51 High Street, Christchurch BH23 1AS 01202 499199 May 4 Swing Unlimited Big Band Plays Tribute to Count Basie Riviera Hotel Burnaby Road, Alum Chine, Bournemouth BH4 8JF May 21 Nick Malcolm Quartet 8.30pm
Gloucestershire Daffodil Restaurant 18-20 Suffolk Parade, Montpellier, Cheltenham GL50 2AE 01242 700055 Cheltenham Jazz Festival: May 1 Judith Owen 9.15pm 2 Hailey Tuck 9.15pm 3 The Speakeasy 10.30pm 4 Sam Slater’s Nearly Hot Club Four lunchtime Hotel du Vin Parabola Road, Cheltenham GL50 3AQ 01242 588450 May 3 Anthony Marsden 12.00pm (CJF) Montpellier Gardens Big Top Montpellier Walk, Cheltenham GL50 1UW 01242 505444 (Cheltenham Jazz Festival) CJF: May 1 Laura Mvula 8.30pm 2 Friday Night is Music Night Hoods/ Horns & Hooch 8.00pm 3 Loose Tubes 2.00pm / Robert Cray Band 5.30pm 4 Jake Isaac & Lake Street Dive 2.30pm / Billy Cobham at 70 5.45pm / Gregory Porter & Blue Note guests 9.00pm / London Afrobeat Collecive 1.00pm / Curtis Stigers 4.15pm / Jools Holland R&B Orchestra f Gregory Porter & guests 8.15pm Montpellier Gardens Jazz Arena Montpellier Walk, Cheltenham GL50 1UW 01242 505444 (Cheltenham Jazz Festival)
CJF: May 1 Kenny Wayne Shepherd 7.00pm 2 ESKA w special guest Laura Mvula 6.30pm 3 Nick Mulvey 12.30pm / Tigran 4.15pm / Tinariwen 7.15pm 4 Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet 1.15pm / Liane Carroll Trio 4.15pm / Frank Sinatra Jr 7.15pm 5 Jazz All Stars f Natalie Williams - Family Show 11.00am / Fringe Showcase: Jo Silver and the Café Bohemia & The Indigo Kings 2.30pm / Get The Blessing plus Kairos 4Tet 6.45pm Parabola Arts Centre Parabola Road, Cheltenham GL50 3AA 01242 707338 CJF: May 4 Trondheim Jazz Exchange 11.45am / Iain Ballamy’s Anorak 3.00pm / Dan Nicholls Strobes plus ByramArt 6.00pm / Thomas Stronen’s Time Is A Blind Guide 9.00pm Playhouse Theatre Bath Road, Cheltenham GL53 7HG 01242 522852 CJF: May 2 Julian Siegel Quartet 8.00pm 3 Paul Dunmall Sextet Cheltenham Jazz Festival 12.15pm / The Edge Project 10.00pm / Michael Wollny’s Trio 6.00pm Town Hall - Main Hall Imperial Square, Cheltenham GL50 1QA 01242 227979 CJF: May 3 Gilles Peterson & Snarky Puppy 10.30pm / Denys Baptiste Now is the Time 3.45pm / Kurt Elling Quartet 7.00pm
Somerset Hen & Chicken 210 North Street, Southville, Bristol BS3 1JF 0117 966 3143 May 11 Frank Harrison Trio 8.15pm Ilminster Arts Centre at the Meeting House East Street, Ilminster TA19 0AN 01460 54973 All gigs at 8.00pm May 9 Rick Paine 23 Matt Wates Sextet Shipham Village Hall New Road, Shipham BS25 1SG 07773 350953 (jazz info) May 31 Billy Thompson Gypsy Style St George’s Great George Street, Off Park Street, Bristol BS1 5RR
May 29 Matthew Halsall 8.00pm
Wiltshire Baker Street 25-27 Wood Street, Old Town, Swindon SN1 4AN 01793 791043 (jazz info) All gigs at 8.00pm May 6 Rob Brian Quartet 13 Ian Bateman Quartet 20 Dom Franks Quartet 27 Louise Parker Quartet City Hall Salisbury Malthouse Lane, Salisbury SP2 2TU 0845 2419651 (Salisbury International Fe May 30 Madeleine Peyroux as part of Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival 7.30pm Plough Inn 26 Devizes Road, Swindon SN1 4BQ 01793 522156 All gigs at 3.00pm - 5.30pm May 4 Lisa’s Latin Jazz Trio 11 Adam Biggs Trio 18 Jonathan Taylor Trio 25 Louise Parker duo
Wales Cardiff Dempseys Castle Street, Cardiff CF10 1BS 029 2049 6802 (Jazz at Dempsey’s) All gigs at 9.00pm May 14 Dave Manington’s Riff Raff 28 Nick Malcolm Quartet Richard Burton Theatre Castle Grounds, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3ER 029 2039 1391 Amser Jazz Time Festival: May 17 Martin Speake Trio 5.30pm 18 Liane Carroll Trio 8.00pm RWCMD - Dora Stoutzker Hall Castle Grounds, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3ER 029 2039 1391 AJTF: May 16 Gilad Atzmon & the Orient House Ensemble 7.30pm 17 Soweto Kinch Trio 7.30pm 18 Gareth Lockrane’s Grooveyard Unplugged 2.30pm / McCormack & Yarde meet the Elysian Quartet 5.45pm
Monmouthshire Queens Head Inn 1 St James Street, Monmouth
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NP25 3DL 01600 712767 May 22 Nick Malcolm Quartet 8.30pm
Pembrokeshire Dingle Inn Jesse Road, Narberth SA67 7DP 01834 860482 May 21 Philip Clouts Quartet 8.00pm Fourcroft Hotel North Beach,Tenby SA70 8AP May 18 Claudia’s Jazz Masters 12.00pm -3.00pm Peppers Aberjazz Club 16 West Street, Fishguard SA65 9AE 01348 873867 May 29 Nick Malcolm Quartet 8.30pm
Powys Theatr Brycheiniog Canal Wharf, Brecon LD3 7EW 01874 611622 May 20 Juan Galiardo/ Arturo Serra Quartet plus Cardiff University Big Band w guest vocalists 7.30pm
Swansea St James Social Club St James Crescent, Swansea SA1 6DR 07802 912789 (Swansea Jazzland) May 7 Julian Siegel Quartet Doors 7.30pm show 8.30pm 11 Simon Allen Sunday Jazz Lunch 1.00pm 14 Shades of Shearing 8.30pm 21 Juan Galiardo/Arturo Serra Quartet 8.30pm 27 Jam Session 8.30pm 28 Dave Newton Trio 8.30pm
West
Midlands Shropshire Hive Media & Arts Centre 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury SY1 1TE 01743 234970 May 10 Brandon Allen w Steve Melling Trio 8.00pm Shrewsbury School The Maidment Building The Schools, Shrewsbury SY3 7BA 01743 280500 May 1 Philip Clouts Quartet 7.30pm
Staffordshire New Victoria Theatre Etruria Road, Newcastle under
Lyme ST5 0JG 01782 717962 May 1 Nina Kristofferson’s Billie Holiday Story
W Midlands Birmingham Town Hall Victoria Square, Birmingham B3 3DQ 0121 780 3333 May 31 Phronesis Bramall Hall University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT May 8 Reuben Fowler Sextet CBSO Centre Berkley Street, Birmingham B1 2LF 0121 7676 4050 May 9 Kit Downes Quintet plus Motif Drum 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham B6 4UU 0121 333 2440 May 9 Karen Underwood ‘Singing Nina’ 7.00pm Hare & Hounds 106 High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7JZ 0121 4442081 May 29 ESKA Jam House 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU 0121 2003030 May 20 Ben Markland Quartet New Alexandra Theatre Station Street, Birmingham B5 4DS 0844 871 3011 May 8 Nina Kristofferson’s Billie Holiday Story Symphony Hall Foyer Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA 0121 7803333 May 2 Birmingham/Trondheim Bands 5.00pm 9 Reed Bass 5.00pm 16 Tom Ford’s Horse House 5.00pm 23 Tom Hill’s ZeeZeeBop 5.00pm 30 Rachael Cohen Quartet 5.00pm 31 Notebenders 1.30pm The Red Lion 95 Warstone Lane, Hockley, Birmingham B18 6NG 0121 507 9551 (jazz info) All gigs at 7.45pm May 9 Blue Pearl 16 Phil Robson’s Organ Trio 23 Charlotte Glasson Band
The Chapel - No. 1 Shakespeare Street 1 Shakespeare Street, Stratfordupon-Avon CV37 6RN 01789 264787 May 14 Orient Quartet f Steve Waterman, Steve Kershaw, Dan Messore & Gethin Jones 8.00pm 28 Tom Hill’s ZeeZeeBop 8.00pm
Worcestershire Bank House Hotel Bransford Road,Worcester WR6 5JD 01905 748124 (jazz info) May 5 Bobby Wellins w Keith Bill, Erika Lyons & Nick Millward 8.00pm
Yorkshire E Yorkshire Hull Truck Theatre Spring Street, Kingston Upon Hull HU2 8RW 01482 323638 All gigs at 7.30pm May 10 Eyes Shut Tight 31 Gogo Penguin Lairgate Hotel 30-32 Lairgate, Beverley HU17 8EP 01482 882141 May 2/16/30 Jazz Collective 8.30pm 9/23 Climax Jazz & Blues Band 8.00pm
N Yorkshire National Centre for Early Music St Margaret’s Church,Walmgate, York YO1 9TL 01904 658338 May 11 Richard Iles Microscopic 7.30pm St Andrews Church Asygarth DL8 01748 880018 (Swaledale Festival) May 7 Martin Taylor & Martin Simpson Swaledale Festival St Andrew’s Church Grinton DL11 6HL 01748 880019 (Swaledale Festival) May 26 Brass Jaw 7.30pm
S Yorkshire
Warwickshire
Lescar Hotel 303 Sharowvale Road, Sheffield S11 8ZF 0114 2367570 (jazz info) May 7 Michelson Morley 9.00pm
Kenilworth Kenilworth Rugby Football Club Glasshouse Lane, Kenilworth CV8 2AJ May 12 JJ Wheeler Quintet 8.00pm (doors)
Millennium Hall 520 Eccleshall Road, Sheffield S11 8PY www.wegottickets.com All gigs at 8.30pm May 2 Michael Wollny’s Trio 9 Julian Siegel Quartet
16 Anita Wardell/ Dave O’Higgins Quintet The Cast Waterdale, Doncaster DN1 3BU May 18 Roger Beaujolais Quartet 7.45pm
W Yorkshire Glyde House Glydegate, Bradford BD5 0BQ 01274 271114 May 2 JJ Wheeler Quintet 8.30pm 16 HSQ+2 8.30pm Inkwell Arts 31 Potternewton Lane, Leeds LS7 3LW 0113 30 70 108 May 18 Stretch Trio plus Sam Quintana’s Zeitgeist New jazz from Leeds College of Music part 2 1.00pm - 4.00pm Lawrence Batley Cellar Theatre Queen Square, Queen Street, Huddersfield HD1 2SP 01484 430528 May 3 Dennis Rollins’ Velocity Trio 8.00pm Seven Artspace 31(a) Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, Leeds LS7 3PD 0113 2626777 May 11 Ozzieology plus Ashley Henry group plus Bloom Collective New jazz from Leeds College of Music part 1 1.00pm - 4.00pm 15 Anita Wardell/ Dave O’Higgins Quintet 8.00pm 25 Dales Jam with West Riding silent short films An afternoon of Yorkshire archive film shorts with live original scores by Richard Ormrod 1.00pm - 4.00pm Square Chapel Centre for the Arts 10 Square Road, Halifax HX1 1QG 01422 349422 May 30 Angela Brownridge classical & jazz piano recital 8.00pm 31 Graham Robins 7.30pm Wakefield Sports Club College Grove, Eastmoor Road, Wakefield WF1 3RR 01977 680542 (Wakefield Jazz) May 2 Frank Harrison Trio 8.30pm 9 Tommy Smith & Brian Kellock 8.30pm 16 Roger Beaujolais Quartet 8.30pm 23 Clark Tracey Quartet 8.30pm 30 Gabrielle Ducomble Band Notes from Paris as part of Yorkshire Festival Le Grand Depart 7.30pm
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