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JAZZ www.jazzinlondon.net in London M A Y 2011 . . . 40th ANNIVERSARY ISSUE !! RONNIE SCOTT’S PizzaExpress Jazz Club 47 Frith St. Soho, London W1D 4HT 10 Dean Street, London W1D 3RW reservations: 020 7439 0747 www.ronniescotts.co.uk MAY 1 2- 4 5- 7 8 9 - 10 11 12- 13 14 15 `16- 17 18 19 20- 21 22 `23- 26 27- 28 29 30-31 SOUL FAMILY featuring Natalie Williams PHAROAH SANDERS CHRISTIAN McBRIDE RSJO play THE ATOMIC Mr BASIE SCOTT HENDERSON TRIO TILL BRONNER RAY GELATO & THE GIANTS CLAIRE MARTIN BAND Ronnie Scott’s BLUES EXPERIENCE DANILO PEREZ AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE REMEMBERING GEORGE SHEARING MICA PARIS JAH WOBBLE & the Modern Jazz Ensemble ROBERT GLASPER TANIA MARIA LOKKHI TERRA & BRASSROOTS DAME CLEO LAINE BluesFest London Mon 27 June - Sun 3 July at Union Chapel Compton Terrace, London N1 2UN Mon 27 June Tues28 June Wed 29 June Fri 01 July Sat 02 July MONTY ALEXANDER ROY HARGROVE AL DI MEOLA KIRK WHALUM RAMSEY LEWIS For tickets visit www.bluesfestlondon.com or call 0844 209 7331 See page 8 for full Festival line up! Reservations: 08456 027 017 www.PizzaExpresslive.com 1 2 3 45 PETER CHURCHILL with Fini Bearman, Emma Smith, Paola Vera Royal Academy JAZZ COMPOSERS OCTET DURGA RISING featuring Kuljit Bhamra, Barb Jungr, Simon Wallace Michael Janisch’s PARADIGM SHIFT QNT Live recording with Jason Palmer, Leo Genovese Paul Booth,Colin Stranahan - see box page 5 6 - BRIAN CULBERTSON with Andy Whitmore 10 Otto Williams, Derek Nash & Marc Parnell 11 Tim Whitehead’s COLOUR BEGINNINGS featuring Liam Noble, Patrick Bettison & Milo Fell 12 1314 15 MARIA NECKAM with AARON PARKS TRIO JON REGEN with PJ Phillips & John Miller, plus special guests CHRISTINE TOBIN & LIAM NOBLE . . .Tapestry Unravelled - Carole King’s classic revisited 16 LAURA ZAKIAN QUARTET with Steve Lodder, Simon Thorpe & Matt Home 17 London Blues Festival presents LIANE CARROLL 18 VIKTORIA TOLSTOY BAND 19 London Blues Festival presents IAN SEIGAL 20- SHAKATAK - Jill Seward, Bill Sharpe 22 Keith Winter, George Anderson, Roger Odell 23 FILOMENA CAMPUS QT & special guests Jean Toussaint & Antonio Forcione 24 ANTHONY JAMES BAKER with Nigel Harpur & Bosco de Oliveira 25 TAMMY WEIS QNT with Tom Cawley, BJ Cole 26- BRUCE BARTH with 28 Perico Sambeat, Jeremy Brown & Stephen Keogh 29 KAREN LANE QUARTET with Dominic Ashworth, Bill Mudge & Nic France 30 ALLSTAR BENEFIT for RED CROSS IN JAPAN with Kit Downes, Sarah Gillespie, Gilad Atzmon Barb Jungr, Mari Wilson, Gwyneth Herbert & more 31 KAIROS 4TET - Adam Waldmann Ivo Neame, Jasper Hoiby, Jon Scott THE RED LION 92-94 Linkfield Road, Isleworth TW7 6QJ Buses 235, 237, 267 / Isleworth BR 5 mins Tel: 020 8560 1457. FREE ADMISSION Mondays in May. 8.30pm. TREVOR TOMKINS plus:- BOATERS www.boaterslivemusic.com Canbury Gardens Lower Ham Road Kingston KT2 5AU Sundays in May. 8.30pm 1 DAVE O’HIGGINS QUARTET MIKE OUTRAM with Tom Cawley, Arnie Somogyi, Matt Home 2 JO FOOKS, GEOFF MASON ALAN BERRY, VAL MANNIX 8 9 MARTIN SHAW, SAM MAYNE LEON GREENING, ALEC DANKWORTH ROBBIE ROBSON, MARTIN HATHAWAY MALCOLM EDMONSTONE, STEVE WATTS ALAN BARNES JOHN HORLER, DAVE GREEN DON WELLER, JOHN DONALDSON, ANDREW CLEYNDERT 15 RB FUNKESTRA - Stefan Redtenbacher 16 23 30 with Simon Carter, Laurence Cottle, Nic France Jim Hunt, Eran Kendler, Simon Carter, Mike Sturgis 22 SCOTT GARLAND with Simon Carter, Phil Mulford, Geoff Dunn 29 NICOLAS MEIER TRIO with Paolo Minervin & Demi Garcia FREE ADMISSION. Enqs: 020 8541 4672 East Side JAZZ CLUB The SPICE of LIFE 314 Cann Hall Rd. Leytonstone, E11 3NW Tel: 0208 989 8129 Adm. £5. Music from 8.30pm http://eastsidejazzclub.blogspot.com info: www.spicejazz.co.uk @ The Lord Rookwood Tuesdays in May 3 ALAN SKIDMORE with Steve Melling Geoff Gascoyne & Clive Fenner 10 MARTIN SPEAKE with Mike Outram Sam Lasserson & Clive Fenner 17 JAY PHELPS with Leon Greening Oli Hayhurst & Clive Fenner 24 KAREN SHARP with Steve Melling Dave Whitford & Clive Fenner 31 LEWIS WRIGHT with Tom Challeger Tom Farmer & Clive Fenner Jazz@ THE CON CELLAR TWO BANDS on the FIRST FRIDAY of every month FRIDAY 6th MAY. Doors 8.30/music 9pm TROYKA - Chris Montague guitar Kit Downes organ, Josh Blackmore drums. Plus MIKE CHILLINGWORTH / KIT DOWNES QUARTET featuring Sam Lasserson bass, Josh Morrison drums Bar till 1am. £5. Facebook: con cellar bar F-IRE Collective: www.f-ire.com THE CONSTITUTION, 42 St Pancras Way Camden Town, NW1 0QT. Info: 07908 512000 6 Moor Street, Cambridge Circus, London W1 tel/text: 07870 915682 Weds & Thurs in May. 7.30pm. £10/£8, except 5th 4 TRUDY KERR with the Barry Green Trio plus Jo Wallfisch plus Open Mic 5 RICO Jazz Jam featuring GROOVE DIGGER. £8/6 11 JULIET KELLY & TRIO plus Open Mic 12 BAD ASS BRASS 18 LOIRE JAZZ COURSE NIGHT- students & tutors, plus Open Mic. with Anita Wardell, Brigitte Beraha 19 JAZZ KNIGHTS ORCHESTRA w/ Cliff Longhurst 25 EMMA SMITH & TRIO + Sieto Cuartos Trio 26 MIKE EDMONDS BAND featuring Carl Orr & Sean Khan + ‘The Swiss’ Trio Sunday 29,1pm. DENMARK St. BIG BAND. £10/£8 Jazz on Hyde Park at the Corus Hotel Hyde Park Lancaster Gate, London W2 3LG Monday 9 May ROY WILLIAMS tbn with Enrico Tomasso tpt. John Pearce pno Dave Green bass, Richie Bryant drums Monday 6 June . . . Ellington Special ALAN BARNES & IAN BATEMAN with Enrico Tomasso tpt. John Pearce pno Len Skeat bass, Richie Bryant drums Doors 7.30pm. Music from 8pm. 2 course buffet dinner £25 inc music. Music only - £10. Res: 020 7298 5406 email: [email protected] WAY OUT WEST Richmond & Twickenham Jazz Club THE CROWN Bar & Kitchen 174 Richmond Road, TW1 2NH Thursdays in May. 8pm. Adm. £10/£9 Hosted by Lesley Christiane & Kelvin Christiane Wednesdays in May. Music from 8pm. £10/£8 concs 4 PATRICK BETTISON TRIO featuring John Parricelli & Nic France 5 TRUDY KERR BAND - vocal session 12 JIM HART vibes, with Nigel Price Trio 11 PETE HURT with 19 DAVE LEWIS tenor sax 18 TIM WHITEHEAD / JIM MULLEN with Patrick Bettison & Dave Barry with Ross Stanley Trio 26 RENATO D’AIELLO tenor sax with Bruno Montrone Trio Great food available - table bookings: 0208 892 5896 info: 0208 286 3242 www.rtjazzclub.com Weds/Thurs@ 5 THE ORANGE TREE, 45 Kew Rd. Richmond TW9 2NQ Charlie Wright’s THE KANDINSKY EFFECT (France) featuring Warren Walker, Gael Petrina, Gautier Garrigue. £12/10 12 GEORGE FOGEL TRIO featuring Tom Farmer & Daoud Merchant. £5 19 GARETH LOCKRANE’S GROOVEYARD featuring Alex Garnett, Mike Outram Ross Stanley, Nick Smalley. £6 25 ROBERT GARCIA (USA) with Julian Siegel, Phil Robson & Phil Donkin. £8 8.30pm. www.facebook.com/hopscotchmusic HENRY LOWTHER’S STILL WATERS - Pete Saberton, Dave Green & Paul Clarvis 25 GARY WILLCOX GROUP with Chris Biscoe, Phil Robson, Patrick Bettison info: www.wowjazz.org Watermill jAZZ Thursdays in May 5 07802 430 859 FRIENDS PROVIDENT SOCIAL CLUB Pixham Lane Dorking RH4 1QA PD3 with DICK PEARCE Pete Downes, Andy Coe & Tim Bruce 12 MARK NIGHTINGALE / ALISTAIR WHITE QUINTET Tribute to JJ Johnson & Kai Winding, with Jim Watson, Andrew Cleyndert, Mike Smith 19 GUILDHALL JAZZ BAND play the music of Ellington, led by Martin Hathaway 26 STAN TRACEY DUO & TRIO with Andrew Cleyndert & Clark Tracey CHARLIE WRIGHT’S INTERNATIONAL BAR 45 Pitfield Street, Old Street, London N1 6DA 020 7490 8345. www.charliewrights.com Music 8.30pm. Admission £14-£16 + mems & concs info/bkg 07751 466034 www.watermilljazz.co.uk HERTS JAZZ @ Campus West M A Y JAZZ AT The Campus, Welwyn Garden City AL8 6BX www.hertsjazz.co.uk Bk online: https://tickets.welhat.gov.uk £10 online/£12 dr /£8 ms /£5 studs. (1st & 8th: £12/15/10/5) Sundays in May. 7.45-10.30pm 1 PETER KING QUARTET with Steve Melling, Geoff Gascoyne, Mark Fletcher 8 SYLVIA RAE TRACEY with Simon Allen John Parricelli, Zoe Rahman, Arnie Somogyi, Clark T 15 MARK ARMSTRONG QT with Tom Cawley, Andrew Cleyndert, Clark Tracey 22 JIM HART with Michael Janisch & Dave Smith 29 NATHANIEL FACEY QT with Lewis Wright, Tom Farmer & Shaney Forbes M A P CAFE Map Cafe, 46 Grafton Road, London NW5 3DU Tel: 0207 916 0544. www.mapstudiocafe.com Fri 6 ART THEMEN / DAMON BROWN with Leon Greening, Adam King & drums tbc Thu 12 CIYO BROWN TRIO featuring Ed Bentley & Rod Youngs Thu 19 EDWARD RANDELL QT featuring Chris Eldred, Darren McCarthy, Daniel Paton Thu 26 KATE DANIELS /JOHN ETHERIDGE/ ALEC DANKWORTH Music 8pm. Adm. £10. (£12 on26th) Sundays : London Jazz Trio - Jam Session 1.30-4pm. Competent players welcome - Free for musicians Positively 4th Street 119 Hampstead Road, NW1 3EE. Jazz on alternate Mondays in May Nat Steele vibes & Luke Steele bass JAZZ CHICKENSHED BAR SHED Chase Side, Southgate London N14 4PE Friday 27th May. 8.30-11.15pm with 2/30 Leon Greening pno Matt Home drums 16 Mike Gorman pno Steve Brown drums 8pm-10.30pm. £3 adm. Sitters-in during second set. 020 7388 5380. 4 min walk Warren St/ Euston Sq. tube HARRI’S JAZZ Bagster House, Walton Lane, Shepperton Middx. TW17 8LP. Res: 01784 435396 www.harrisjazz.com email: [email protected] An evening with LIANE CARROLL 7pm-7.45: SENA QUARTET Jazz Course students from Middlesex University Gaspar Borges de Sena drums, Hoagy Plastow saxes Jamie Leeming guitar, Haydn Prosser bass Adm £15 / £13adv. Bar / Restaurant from 7pm. 0208 292 9222 Thursday 26 May Martin Litton’s ELLINGTONIANS with Val Wiseman, Karen Sharp Julian Ferraretto, Murray Salmon & Rod Brown See Sunday Afternoon listings for 29th May at Anne Boleyn Hotel, Staines MATT WATES SEXTET featuring Steve Main, Martin Shaw, Leon Greening, Malcolm Creese, Matt Home Charity gig in aid of the NATALIE FUND for breast cancer research SATURDAY 14 MAY 8.30pm. Adm. £10 at THE BULL’S HEAD, Lonsdale Road, Barnes SW13 Matt Wates Sextet CD “Talia’s Song” will be on sale - all proceeds to the Natalie Fund THE GRAPE & GRAIN 2 Anerley Hill, Crystal Palace, SE19 AA 0208 778 8211 www.thegrapeandgrainse19.co.uk Sunday Afternoons in May, duos featuring 1 8 15 22 29 LYNNE WALLIS JANE PARKER JANET PENFOLD ZENA JAMES GEORGIA MANCIO 2pm-4.30pm. FREE ADMISSION www.chickenshed.org.uk Jazz at the Royal Albert Hall LATE NIGHT JAZZ in the ELGAR ROOM Thur 5 May NATALIE WILLIAMS vcls. with Phil Peskett keys, Robin Mullarkey bass Wed 11 May STEVE FISHWICK TRIO Mike Gorman pno. Adam King bass Thur 19 May LIANE CARROLL vcls./pno In partnership with Jazz FM. Piano provided by Markson Pianos Music 10pm. Tickets £12 (£15 on 19 May) www.royalalberthall.com Box Office: 020 7589 8212 Booking fees apply except in person at the Box Office googlies jazz supper club Botany Bay Cricket Club, East Lodge Lane Enfield EN2 8AS. Enqs./ Res. 020 8350 3541 Thursdays in May. 7.30 for 8pm. Colin Peters Quartet and guests: Thu 5 Thu 12 Thu 19 Thu 26 JIM HART vibes JACQUI HICKS vocals BRIAN DEE piano PETER KING alto sax 7.30 for 8pm. Entrance by reservation. Members £6/ guests £8. Students half-price. Supper optional. email: [email protected] website: www.googliesjazz.co.uk SOLO BAR 20 Inverness St. NW1 7HJ 020 7482 4611. www.solobar.co.uk Jazz SUNDAYS in May. 8pm. Jam session in 2nd set. CHRISTIAN BREWER with guests ... 1 Alex Garnett ten sax 8 Damon Brown tpt. 15 Marie Murphy vcls. 22 Quentin Collins tpt 29 Jim Mullen gtr. Rhythm sections include: Leon Greening, Ross Stanley, Mike Gorman, Tim Thornton, Adam King Enzo Zirilli, Steve Brown & Matt Home THURSDAYS in May. 8pm-11pm Thurs 19 May Weds 4 & Thurs 5 May Live recording at PizzaExpress Jazz Club 10 Dean Street, London W1D 3RW Adm: £15. FREE COPY of Michael Janisch’s CD ‘Purpose Built’ with price of admission! Reservations: 08456 027 017 www.PizzaExpresslive.com Musicians’ Company JAZZ www.wcomjazz.co.uk THE GREEN MAN 383 Euston Road NW1 3AU Wednesdays in May. 8.30pm 4 JOHN CERVANTES ENSEMBLE - Joe Wright Alex Munk, Tom West, Dave Hamblett + String Qt 11 TIM THORNTON CODA TRIO with Ross Stanley & Dave Hamblett, plus BRANDON ALLEN 18 SECTOR 7 - 4 vocalists: Sarah Hughes, Kwabena Adjepong, Emma Smith, Matt Featherstone, with George Moore, Tim Thornton, Josh Blackmore 25 ALL IN ONE HELMET - James Gardiner-Bateman Freddie Gavita, Pete Randall, James Maddren Adm £8/ £5 students. Next to Great Portland St. tube JIM HART TRIO with Michael Janisch bass, Dave Smith drums plus GARETH WILLIAMS solo piano - reviewing new CD of themes from 20th century English composers Thurs 26 May KATE WILLIAMS QUINTET with Gareth Lockrane flute, Steve Fishwick trumpet Oli Hayhurst bass, Enzo Zirrilli drums Thurs 2 June www.myspace.com/jazzatsolo MICHAEL JANISCH basses JASON PALMER (NYC) trumpet LEO GENOVESE (NYC) piano PAUL BOOTH tenor/sop sax COLIN STRANAHAN (NYC) drums LEA DELARIA Thurs 5 May plus guests & jam session in the second set Michael Janisch’s PARADIGM SHIFT QUINTET House with Janette Mason pno, Simon Little bass. £12/10.50 DAMON BROWN /LEON GREENING QUARTET FREE ADMISSION in the LAUDERDALE HOUSE, Highgate Hill London N6 5HG. Tel: 020 8348 8716 DEIRDRE CARTWRIGHT’S ‘PICNIC’ with Annie Whitehead trombone Alison Rayner bass, Winston Clifford drums Adm: £9/£7.50 except 5th. Doors 8pm. Music 8.30pm www.lauderdalehouse.co.uk Nearest tube: Archway. Buses: 143, 210, 271 A PRS Foundation Award winning venue ARCHDUKE Live! Weeknight jazz Monday-Friday, 7.3--9.30pm Mon: Tim Lapthorn Wed: Martin Blackwell Fri: Maurice Horhut Tues: Will Bartlett Thur: Francesco lo Castro Sun: Barry Green Saturday early sets - 7.30pm - 9.30pm 7 Julia Biel 14 Robin Phillips 21 Sarah Ellen Hughes 28 Michael L Roberts ????? Sunday Afternoons 1.30-4pm. Anjali Perin & Nick Pini Late Night band sets on Fridays & Sats, 10pm-12mid Fri Fri Fri Fri 6 13 20 27 PETER EDWARDS TRIO ANJALI PERIN TRIO BRUNO D’AMBRA TRIO ANDY TRIM TRIO Sat Sat Sat Sat 7 14 21 28 GILL MANLY QUARTET JIMMY CANNON QUARTET ANJALI PERIN QUARTET DAMON BROWN QUARTET FREE ADMISSION to all gigs. See www.myspace.com/archdukelive for details THE ARCHDUKE, Concert Hall Approach South Bank, SE1 8XU. 020 7928 9370 UK Jazz Radio with SOUTH HILL PARK Bracknell . Wed 4 GEOFF EALES TRIO Julie Walkington bs. Simon Pearson drums. £10 Fri 6 VAL WISEMAN - The Bronte Legacy. £8 Wed 11 ASAF SIRKIS TRIO with Gilad Atzmon sax. John Law pno. £8 Wed 18 Bennett Soundy’s BLUE SAX. £6 Wed 25 KATRIONA TAYLOR BAND. £8 Sat 28 TONY KOFI QUARTET. £10 Doors open 8pm. Box Office: 01344 484123 South Hill Park, Ringmead, Bracknell RG12 7PA www.ukjazzradio.com www.southhillpark.org.uk CLARE TEAL and the BBC BIG BAND explore the treasures of the GREAT BRITISH SONGBOOK The biggest hits of the past 100 years, Try a Little Tenderness, Mad About The Boy The Touch of Your Lips, Spread a Little Happiness, composed by the very best in Great British Songwriters. Friday 20 May at 7.30pm CADOGAN HALL 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ 020 7730 4500 www.cadogan hall.com riverhouse Sunday 22 May Kate Williams Qnt Stan Sulzmann sax, Gareth Lockrane flt Oli Hayhurst bass, Tristan Mailliot drums Adm £12 / £5 students. Bkng 01932 253354 (24 hrs.) Bar from 7pm. Music 7.30pm. Ample parking. 26 June: LIAM NOBLE QUARTET Manor Road, Walton on Thames, Surrey KT12 2PF JAGZ CLUB Station Hill, Ascot SL5 9EG Bkgs/info: 01344 878100 www.jagz.co.uk Sunday Lunchtimes in May. 1pm - 3.30pm £6 /£5 mems or £12 inc. roast lunch (£11 mems) 1 RAY GELATO QT with Richard Busiakiewicz Geoff Gascoyne & Sebastiaan de Krom 8 ALLISON NEAL QT - Tribute to Art Pepper with Leon Greening, Julian Bury & Steve Brown 15 MICK HUTTON QUARTET with Don Weller, Mark Edwards & Paul Robinson 22 ALAN BARNES QUARTET featuring Jim Hart, Mark Hodgson & Paul Clarvis 29 LEE GIBSON BAND with Andy Panayi John Pearce, Mark Hodgson & Bobby Worth SEVENOAKS Festival Jazz 18 June - 3 July CLAIRE MARTIN SIR RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT Gwilym Simcock, Chris Barber Jo Fooks, Frank Holder Simon Spillett, Eduardo Niebla Ted Beament, Harry Harris Kent Youth Jazz Orchestra For full programme, see www.sevenoaksfestival.org.uk Festival Box Office: 01732 450175 STAG THEATRE London Road Sevenoaks TN13 1ZZ Tkts 01732 450176 Saturday 7th May 8pm £20 Back To Basie Orchestra directed by PAUL LACEY featuring JACQUI HICKS vocals www.stagsevenoaks.co.uk ROYAL OAK Hotel Upper High St Sevenoaks TN13 1HY 01732 451109 Friday 27th May 7.30pm £26 inc 3 course meal Karen Lane & Paul Malsom www.listeningroom.co.uk THE FORGE THE Jazz COOKBOOK @the luna lounge May 4th Nick Smart tpt, James Pusey gtr Pete Billington bass, George Hart drums. £5 May 11th DYLAN KAY TRIO Dylan Kay gtr Leslee Booth bass, David Bouet drums May 18th THE INAPPROPRIATE PRESIDENTS Tim Oram sax, James Pusey gtr. Rob Barron keys Andy McKinney bass, George Hart drums May 25th Tolis Zavarliaris gtr. Hamish Balfour pno Phil Mann bass, Babis Margaritidis drums. £5 www.lunalounge.info May dates - Jazz & related music 5 Manu Delago’s ‘Living Room’ 6 Arun Ghosh 10 Royal Academy of Music JAZZ ENSEMBLES with Iain Ballamy and Mike Walker 12 John Turville Trio 13 John Crawford Quintet 15 French singer Clotilde Rullaud: In Extremis 17 Klabbes Bank - acclaimed Swedish jazz group 20 Elisa Caleb Band 21 London Blues Festival: Marcus Malone 22 London Blues Festival: Kathleen Pearson 26 Skein featuring Rachel Musson, Alcyona Mick 27 Anita Wardell Quartet featuring Robin Aspland, Jeremy Brown, Tristan Mailliot LUNA LOUNGE, 7 CHURCH RD. LEYTONSTONE E11 1HG [email protected] Jazz@ THE 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden Town London NW1 7NL. 020 7383 7808 Tickets: www.forgevenue.org/whats-on www. forgevenue.org CITY PIPE 31-33 Foster Lane, off Cheapside EC2V 6HD Tel: 0207 606 2110. FREE ENTRANCE Thursdays & Fridays in May Thu 5 Fri 6 Thu 12 Fri 13 Thu 19 Fri 20 Thu 26 Fri 27 EMILY WRIGHT & ED JONES CHRISTINE TOBIN / PHIL ROBSON JO ARTHUR TAMMY WEIS & CARL ORR KAI HOFFMAN BRIGITTE BERAHA/ HENRY LOWTHER MONICA LIDKE & JO CALEB POLLY GIBBONS All Fridays with house band: REBECCA NASH pno LOZ GARRATT bass, MATT FISHER drums Early set 6.30-7.30 / later set 8pm-10.30pm Coming in June . . . 3 CHARLIE WOOD 10 MALCOLM EARLE-SMITH 17 TINA MAY 24 GEORGIA MANCIO [email protected] www.myspace.com/citypipejazz DAVY’S Est.1870 Sat 21 May Charlie Haden – Quartet West A celebration of the 25th anniversary of Quartet West, featuring the band’s brilliant saxophonist Ernie Watts plus special guest vocalists, playing from Haden’s new Emarcy release Sophisticated Ladies. Sun 22 May Charlie Haden & The Liberation Music Orchestra Featuring the Anglo-American star ensemble, co-led by Haden and Carla Bley, plus stellar soloists Tony Malaby, Jason Yarde, Andy Sheppard and John Parricelli. Tickets from £20 0844 848 4420 Book now barbican.org.uk BluesFest London Mon 27 June Sun 3 July Your key to beating Bank Holiday boredom! May Music Programme Sun 1: LONDON HORNS (£12) - Graeme Flowers, Graeme Blevins, Barnaby Dickinson, Mike Outram, Andrew McKinney, Dave De Rose Mon 2: KAI’S CATS (£12) - Simon Whiteside, Darren Altman, Dave Chamberlain, Gavin Broom Wed 4: SIMON ALLEN QUINTET Tom Cawley, Laurence Cottle, Mike Bradley Fri 6: MAROON TOWN (£15) Sat 7: ASAF SIRKIS TRIO Tassos Spiliotopoulos, Yaron Stavi Sun 8: BRYANSTON BIG BAND (£5, 7.30pm) Wed 11: DON WELLER & ANDREA VICARI Dorian Lockett, Mike Pickering Fri 13 & Sat 14: MICA PARIS (£25) Sun15: IAN SHAW & GEORGIA MANCIO(£15) Wed 18: TRUDY KERR GROUP Geoff Gascoyne, Seb de Krom, Robin Aspland Fri 20: 24PESOS - Julian Burdock, Moz Gamble Sat 21: LONDON AFROBEAT COLLECTIVE(£15) Sun 22: TSUNAMI BENEFIT CONCERT feat. Kenji Suzuki & Dave Clayton, and more! Wed 25: GEOFF SIMKINS QUARTET Nikki Iles, Simon Woolf, Martin France Fri 27: SOUL PURPOSE Sat 28: ANDY PANAYI QUINTET: THE MUSIC OF COLE PORTER - Simon Woolf, Mark Nightingale, David Newton, Matt Skelton Sun 29: GILL MANLY: DIVAS OF JAZZ (£12) Mondays - Jam Session and Jazz Workshop Free entry to Jam for musicians. Drums, piano, PA provided (see website for more details) Thursdays - Cuban Hideaway (see website) Doors 7pm, Music 8.30pm (9pm Fri/Sat) Tickets £12 Fri/Sat, £10 Wed/Sun, £5 Mon, except dates where shown otherwise 1 minute from Streatham main line station (15 mins London Bridge /10 mins from Wimbledon & Sutton) Monday 27 June INCOGNITO Under The Bridge ECHOES OF ELLINGTON BIG BAND 100 Club GEORGIE FAME Bush Hall BUCKY PIZZARELLI Pizza Express Jazz Club MONTY ALEXANDER TRIO Union Chapel Tuesday 28 June BB KING Royal Albert Hall PAUL JONES & Friends Jazz Cafe BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA Under The Bridge MARCUS BONFANTI Bush Hall IAN SHAW - Tribute to Ray Charles PE Jazz Club ROY HARGROVE Union Chapel Wednesday 29 June LIZA MINNELLI Royal Albert Hall JON CLEARY Jazz Cafe GET THE BLESSING 100 Club MIKE SANCHEZ Bush Hall TONY SMITH Pizza Express Jazz Club AL DI MEOLA Union Chapel Thursday 30 June BOOKER T Under The Bridge MARTIN TAYLOR’S GYPSY JOURNEY 100 Club BUDDY GRECO Bush Hall HAYLEY SANDERSON Jazz Cafe TONY SMITH Pizza Express Jazz Club Friday 1 July KIRK WHALUM Union Chapel SANDI THOM Jazz Cafe DR JOHN Under The Bridge CHRIS BARBER BAND 100 Club SCOTT HAMILTON & HARRY ALLEN Bush Hall ANNIE ROSS Pizza Express Jazz Club Saturday 2 July TROMBONE SHORTY Under The Bridge RAY GELATO Bush Hall ANNIE ROSS Pizza Express Jazz Club RAMSEY LEWIS Union Chapel Sunday 3 July MAX WEINBERG EXPERIENCE Under The Bridge DR FEELGOOD 100 Club ANNIE ROSS Pizza Express Jazz Club For tickets visit www.bluesfestlondon.com or call 0844 209 7331 90 Lots Road, Chelsea, London SW10 0QD tel: 020 7352 5953 fax: 020 7349 0655 email: [email protected] website: www.606club.co.uk CLUB OPENING TIMES: Sun - Thurs: 7.00pm-12.00. Fri & Sat: 8pm-1.30am . Non-mems: Sun - Thurs £10 / Fri & Sat £12 . Alcohol only with food. Non members welcome. MAY PROGRAMME Sun 1 8.30 Mon 2 8.30 £15 LEA DELARIA TRIO featuring Janette Mason REMEMBERING MARTIN DREW - charity night featuring John Critchinson / Dick Pearce Qt ; Peter King Qt with Steve Melling ; New Jazz Couriers featuring Mornington Lockett, Simon Spillett, Jim Hart, Robin Aspland, + Clark Tracey, Andy Cleyndert, Paul Morgan, Mark Fletcher Tue 3 8.30 **606 Club Special ** DOMINIC MILLER BAND £20 featuring Dominic Miller, Mike Lindup, Nicolas Fiszman, Rhani Krija Wed 4 8.30 SOUND ON SCREEN FESTIVAL - music from iconic films: ‘WALK TO THE SCAFFOLD’ £15 with the MARTIN SHAW QUINTET & ‘BLACK ORPHEUS’ with JANDIRA SILVA QUARTET. Thu Fri Sat Sun 5 8.30 6 9.30 7 9.30 8 1pm HOWARD ALDEN & JEANNE GIES with Karen Sharp & Simon Woolf 1 UP featuring Dave Lewis, Polly Gibbons CHRISTIAN BREWER QUINTET featuring Damon Brown, Leon Greening **Lunchtime Special ** 606 GOSPEL GROUP with special guest Noel Robinson 10 piece gospel choir led by Tracey Campbell and band featuring Miko Giedroyc, Andre Gabriel Sun 8 8.30 OLA with band featuring Ugo Delmirani JOE STILGOE TRIO featuring Chris Hill & Ben Reynolds Mon 9 8.30 Tue 10 7.30 DAN REINSTEIN QUINTET featuring Paul Jayasinha, Tim Lapthorn 10.15 DILL KATZ QUARTET featuring Harrison Smith Wed 11 8.30 ROBIN JONES JAZZ/LATIN QUINTET Thu 12 8.30 JEAN TOUSSAINT QUARTET featuring Andrew McCormack MARY PEARCE BAND Fri 13 9.30 Sat 14 9.30 PETER KING QUINTET featuring MORNINGTON LOCKETT Sun 15 1pm **Lunchtime Special ** IRENE SERRA QUARTET featuring John Crawford LIANE CARROLL TRIO featuring Roger Carey & Mark Fletcher Sun 15 8.30 NINA FERRO QUINTET featuring Grant Windsor & Femi Temowo Mon 16 8.30 Tue 17 7.30 BANNAU TRIO featuring Nia Lynn, Gareth Lockrane, Ross Stanley 10.15 SPIKE WELLS TRIO featuring Barry Green Wed 18 7.30 GILL MANLY BAND featuring Simon Wallace 10.15 TRIO - John Critchinson, Dave Cliff & Alec Dankworth Thu 19 8.30 **606 Club Special ** LAURIE HOLLOWAY TRIO with special guest Becki Biggins. £12 Fri 20 9.30 ERNESTO SIMPSON JAZZ/LATIN SEXTET with Brandon Allen, Quentin Collins ED JONES QUARTET featuring Ross Stanley, Riaan Vosloo & Tim Giles Sat 21 9.30 Sun 22 1pm **Lunchtime Special ** JANE PARKER QUARTET 8.30 CONNIE LUSH BAND Mon 23 8.30 Tue 24 8.30 Wed 25 7.30 10.15 Thu 26 8.30 Fri 27 9.30 Sat 28 9.30 Sun 29 8.30 Mon 30 8.30 Tue 31 7.30 PAUL CARMICHAEL BAND with special guest Vanessa Haynes - CD launch BENET McLEAN QUARTET JOHN HORLER QUARTET featuring Sam Mayne PANCADA featuring Guillermo Hill & Andy Lafone TIM WHITEHEAD QUARTET featuring Liam Noble, Patrick Bettison & MIlo Fell SAMARA - Latin/jazz sextet featuring Jandira Silva & Steve Rubie GILAD ATZMON QUARTET JOY ROSE BAND featuring Carl Hudson, Neville Malcolm NIAMH McNALLY SEXTET featuring Tim Lapthorn ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC EXAM NIGHT May Vocal Course with Anita Wardell JAZZ SUMMER SCHOOL Something for everyone, at every age and level of experience, in a wide range of styles embracing jazz, rock, latin, funk, gospel, blues and more. Fri 27th - Sunday 29th May Covering performance technique, phrasing, repertoire and improvisation. All instruments * All voices * All abilities With Robin Aspland piano Oli Hayhurst bass & Tristan Mailliot drums SINGERS’ WEEKEND at THE VORTEX 11 Gillett Street, London N16 8JH ONE WEEK JAZZ & ROCK COURSE Further info & bookings: tel. 020 8291 2817 email: [email protected] www.loiremusic.com 23 & 24 July 24 July - 29 July ADVANCED JAZZ WEEKEND 30 & 31 July information: www.gsmd.ac.uk/jazzsummerschool email: [email protected] tel: 020 7382 7180 Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Silk Street Barbican, London EC2Y 8DT International French JAZZ SUMMER SCHOOL 16th YEAR “must be the benchmark for all jazz courses” 6-13 &/or 13-20 &/or 20-27 AUGUST Tutors include: Liane Carroll, Julian Siegel Simon Purcell, Martin Hathaway, Zoe Rahman Geoff Gascoyne, Sophie Bancroft 6-13 & 13-20 August: COURSES FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS & SINGERS. 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JUNE listings deadline: SATURDAY 14th MAY. 6pm Mondays in May Tuesdays in May THE OXFORD, 256 Kentish Town Rd. NW5 2AA. 8.30. £5 2 Joe Wright Octet 9 Dave Manington’s Riff Raff 16 Jonathan Bratoeff Qt 23 Dog Soup 30 Dice Factory NATIONAL THEATRE, SE1 9PX. nationaltheatre.org.uk 3 Linley Weir 17 Alyson Green 31 Graham Pike. 5.45 THE OLD CROWN, 90 Highgate Hill, N19 5NQ. 7272 3893 Every Mon: Brandon Allen Quartet + guests. 8pm. (F) NATIONAL THEATRE, SE1 9PX. nationaltheatre.org.uk 2 Caroline Loftus 30 Jeanie Barton. 5.45pm. (F) FOX & ANCHOR, 115 Charterhouse St. EC1. 7250 1300 Every Mon: Mario Castronari / Dominic Grant. 7-10pm. (F) VORTEX, Gillett St. London N16 8AZ. vortexjazz.co.uk 9 Kenny Wheeler/ Liam Noble. £15 23 Royal Academy Night (F) 30 Harry Beckett Birthday Benefit. £12 SILVER BULLETT, 5 Station Place, Finsbury Pk. N4 2DH Every Mon: Bukky Leo Qt + jazz jam. 7pm. 7619 3639. (F) THE CROWN, 142 Cricklewood Broadway, NW2 3ED Every Mon: Ian Ritchie Quartet. 8pm. (F) 020 8452 4175 QUECUMBAR, 42 Battersea High Street, SW11 3HX 2 Opus4 9 Lollo Meier & Fapy Lafertin 16 Zum 23 Tina May sings Piaf. £12-£20. www.quecumbar.co.uk LOWER GROUND BAR, 269a West End Lane, NW6 1QS 3 Tony Kofi 10 Christian Brewer / Bob Martin Qnt (£8 ) 17 Clark Tracey Trio 24 Chris Higginbotham / Tom Cawley Qt. 31 Benet McLean Qt. 9.30-12. £5. 7431 2211 BOISDALE CLUB, Cabot Place W. Canary Wharf E14 4QT 3 Dorian Ford Trio: The Bill Game. 9pm. £12. 7715 5818 CHARLIE WRIGHT’S, 45 Pitfield St. N1 6DA. 7490 8345 Every Tues: Jazz jam with Hannes Riepler Qt. 8.30. (F) VORTEX, Gillett St. London N16 8AZ. vortexjazz.co.uk 10 Kenny Wheeler/ Liam Noble. £15. 17 Julian Lage £10 24 Julian Seigel Qt. £10 31 Pascal Schumacher. £12 PORTAL RESTAURANT & Bar, 88 St John St. EC1M 4EH 10 & 31: Mario Castronari Trio. 7-11pm (F) 020 7253 6950 QUECUMBAR, 42 Battersea High Street, SW11 3HX Every Tue: Gypsy Jazz/Swing jam. www.quecumbar.co.uk THE HOME GUARDS, 76a Richmond Park Rd. SW14 8LA 10 Willie Garnett /Enrico Tomasso. 8pm. £10. 8286 3242 NORTHWOOD Golf Club, Rickmansworth Rd. HA4 7DQ 9 Clive Burton / Mike Nicolls Qnt. £7. 01895 632394 ROSE THEATRE, 24 High Street, Kingston KT1 1HL 3 Lunchtime 1.15pm. Jo Fooks Qt. (F). 0871 230 1552 WEST RUISLIP Golf Centre, Ickenham Rd. HA4 7DQ. 8.15 23 Vas Xenopoulos/ Brian Knapp Qt. £6. 01895 632394 LEATHER BOTTLE, 277 Kingston Rd. SW19 3NW 10 Mack Big Band. 8.30pm. (F) 0871 223 6610 RAM JAM CLUB, 46 Richmond Rd. Kingston KT2 5EE 16 Open Mic with Dave Frankel Trio. 8pm. £8 THE SWAN, 22 High Street, Hampton Wick KT1 4DB Every Tues: Nick Cooper Qt + jam. 8.30. 07940 731490. (F) CHARLIE BUTLER, 40 Mortlake High Street, SW14 8HR Every Mon: PJR Trio - jam / open mic. 8.15 (F) 8878 0526 THE GOLDEN LION, 116 Sydenham Rd. SE26 5JX. (F) 31 Gareth Lockrane’s Grooveyard. 8.30pm. 8778 6859 HG WELLS CENTRE, St Marks Rd. Bromley High St. Sth. Kent. 2nd Mick Collins Jazz Orchestra. 8.30pm. £6 GREEN DRAGON, 60 High St. Croydon. 020 8667 0684 31 Lunchtime 1pm-3.pm. Quentin Collins Qt. (F) GRAPE & GRAIN, 2 Anerley Hill, Crystal Palace, SE19 AA Every Mon: Big Beer Band. (R). 8.30pm (F) 020 8778 8211 BRITISH LEGION HALL, Marlow. www.marlowjazz.co.uk 10 Peter King & Damon Brown with Frank Toms Trio 24 Bobby Wellins Qt featuring John Critchinson. 8.30. £8 WINDSOR CASTLE, 378 Carshalton Road, SM5 3PT 16 Geoff Driscoll Qt & guests. 8.30. (F). 020 8647 2114 KING’S HEAD, High St. Old Bexley. 020 8467 1350. £8-£10 2 Simon Bates 9 Julian Marc Stringle / Mick Foster 16 Simon Spillett 23 Geoff Eales Trio 30 Alan Barnes THE IVY HOUSE, London Rd. Chalfont St Giles, HP8 4RS 9 Frank Holder / Dave O’Higgins Qt. 8pm. £6.50 cover 23 Derek Nash Trio. 8pm. £5.50 cover. 01494 872184 SPIKE’S PLACE, Hadleigh Hall, Rectory Rd. SS7 2NA. info: 01245 420475. 3 Ron Drake 17 Georgia Mancio Qt 24 Renato D’Aiello Qt 31 Derek Nash Qt. 8.30pm. £11/9 BROOK THEATRE,Chatham ME4 4SE. 01634 338338 10 Neon feat. Stan Sulzmann, Jim Hart. 8pm. £11/£10 JACOB’S WELL Village Hall, Guildford GU4 7PD 31 Surrey Jazz Orchestra. 8pm. £6.50. info: 01483 233989 Wednesdays in May E17 JAZZ@Walthamstow Cricket Club, 48 Greenway Ave E17 3QN. 4th Jam session. £5/£3. 11 Cast featuring James Allsopp 18 Nick Tomalin’s Silent Majority 25 E17 Large Ensemble. 8.30pm. £5. 020 8520 5042 NATIONAL THEATRE, SE1 9PX. nationaltheatre.org.uk 18 Clare Foster. 5.45pm. (F) VORTEX, Gillett St. London N16 8AZ. vortexjazz.co.uk 4 Round Trip + Fumi Okiji. £8. 11 Twelves Trio. £8 18 Julian Lage. £10. 25 Craig Taborn solo. £12.50 BOISDALE CLUB, Cabot Place W. Canary Wharf E14 4QT 18 Alexander Stewart & Atila. 9pm. 020 7715 5818 MILL HILL Jazz Club, Grahame Park Way, NW7 2AL 4 Vasilis Xenopoulos Qt 11 Home Cookin’ 18 Stewart Curtis’ K-Groove 27 Jam night. 8.30. £6/£4 Thursdays in May NATIONAL THEATRE, SE1 9PX. nationaltheatre.org.uk 12 Jandira Silva 26 Martin Nickless. 5.45pm. (F) VORTEX, Gillett St. London N16 8AZ. vortexjazz.co.uk 5 Blow The Fuse with Laka D. 12 tbc 19 Mishka Adams’ Laro Nights 26 Evan Parker Trio. £8-£10 BOISDALE CLUB, Cabot Place W. Canary Wharf E14 4QT 19 Tony Remy 26 Liane Carroll. 9pm. 020 7715 5818 THE PHEASANTRY, 152 Kings Rd. SW3 . 0845 6027 017 5 Daryl Sherman. 8.30pm BLOOMSBURY Theatre. Gordon St. WC1. 020 7388 8882 26 Evan Christopher - Django a la Creole. 7.30. £20/£15 BEDFORD ARMS, 204 Dawes Rd. Fulham, SW6 7RQ 5 & 26 Lloyd Ryan/ Geoff Castle Trio. 8.30. (F) 73813198 OLDE CHERRY TREE, Southgate Green, N14 6EN. 07952 844784. Every Weds: Gerry Kennally Qt. 8pm, + jam. (F) CHARING CROSS SPORTS CLUB, Aspenlea Rd. W6 8LH Every Thurs: Musicians’ workshop. 8pm (F) 020 8741 3654 UNDERSOLO, 20 Inverness St. Camden NW1. 7428 9771 Every Weds: The Jazz Market + late jam sess. drs 7.30. £4 ALLEY CAT, 4 Denmark Street, WC2H 8LP. 07935 871950 12 Paul Ryan & Kenny Clayton. 8pm-1am. £10/£5 CHARING X HOSPITAL Foyer, Fulham Palace Rd. W6 8RF 18 Fulham Big Band. 7.30pm. (F). Charity event. DUKE of KENT, 2 Scotch Common, W13 8DL 8991 7820 26 Claire Davis, Vas Xenopoulos, Dick Esmond Trio. (F) ROSE & CROWN, Church Place, W5 4HN. 020 8567 2811 4 Eric Gilchrist Qnt. with Jack Honeyborne. 9pm (F) RAM JAM CLUB, 46 Richmond Rd. Kingston KT2 5EE 19 Paul Jordanous New Ensemble featuring Paul Booth Piers Green, Tom White, Kit Downes. £4/3. 8541 4328 DRAYTON COURT, 2 The Avenue, W13 8PH. 8997 1019 25 Sound of 17 Big Band. 9pm. (F) HEATHCOTE ARMS, 344 Grove Green Road, E11 4EA Every Weds: House band & jam. 8pm. £3. 07906 337170 St ANTHONY’s Club, 13 Upton Avenue, Forest Gate, E7. 4 Les Leader Big Band 11 John McGinley Qt 18 Not Just Sax 25 Bill Yeomans Qt. 8.30. (F) 8472 3028 BAR 366, 366 Garratt Lane, SW18 4ES. 020 8944 9591 Every Weds: Oli Arlotto Quartet. 9pm. (F) HALF MOON, 1 Roxeth Hill, Harrow HA2 0JY. 8422 0209 4 & 18: Chris Karan/ Eric Leese/ Pete Morgan Trio 11 & 25: Frank Griffith Trio. 9pm. (F) YELLOW HOUSE, 126 Lower Rd. Surrey Quays SE16 2UE 26 Esther Bennett duo. 7.30pm. (F) 020 7231 8777 OLIVER’S Jazz Bar, 9 Nevada St. Greenwich SE10 9JL 26 Richard Rozze / Nick Peck duo. 9pm. £4. 8853 5970 POET BAR, 214 Railton Road, SE24 0JT. 020 7737 4011 Every Thurs: Collective Qt + Jam session. 8.30pm. (F) CLOCKTOWER Cafe, Katharine St. CRO 1NX. 8668 4013 5 John Horler Trio 12 Vasilis Xenopoulos Qt 19 Dave Warren Qt 26 Pete Mabey Qt. 12- 2pm. (F) SUNBURY Golf Centre, Shepperton. Info: 01932 845174 12 Simon Spillett / Tony Kinsey/ Malcolm Cliff. 8.30. £8 BARLEY MOW, Watersplash Rd, Shepperton TW17 0EE Pete Davies Qt + 4 Stuart Henderson 18 Max Brittain. (F) LORD NAPIER, 111 Beulah Rd, Thornton Heath CR7 8JG 5 & 19: New Delta Big Band. 8pm. (F) 020 8653 2286 THE SUN, High St. Chobham GU24 8AF. 01276 857112 18 ChobJam with Simon Cook Trio, 7.30pm. (F) THE BOATHOUSE, Old Nazeing Rd. Broxbourne EN10 6QU. 5th Jo Fooks Qnt. 8.30. £10. 01992 442263 THE FREEHOLDERS, St John St. Farncombe GU7 3EJ 11 Nigel Price. 8.30. £8/6 www.thefarncombecavern.co.uk BRITISH LEGION HALL, Marlow. www.bbobigband.co.uk 26 Berks, Bucks & Oxon Big Band. 8.15pm. £6 BARDSWELL CLUB, Weald Rd. Brentwood CM14 4TJ 11 Enrico Tomasso Qt. 8.30pm. £11. info: 01245 420475. LANGLEY PARK Club, Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham. 12 Trudy Kerr Qt 26 Jo Fooks/ Al Nicholls. £11/£9. 8.30 BELVEDERE, Harding Elms Rd. Billericay CM11 2UH. 4 Ken Turner Big Band 18 Rex O’Dell / Julian Stringle 25 Graeme Cullham Sextet. 8pm. £7. 01277 657219 ORPINGTON Golf Centre, St Paul’s Cray, BR5 3HY 12 Charlotte Glasson with Hugh Ockendon Trio. £7. 8.30pm. 07752 393 228 Fridays in May SPICE OF LIFE, Moor St. W1D 5NA. info: 020 8647 2114 6 & 20 Jack Honeyborne with 6 Ian Batemen, Adrian Fry 20 Bruce Adams & Karen Sharp. £4-£5 12.30-2.30pm. QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL, Front Room, SE1. 20 Kit Downes Trio. 5.30pm. (F) southbankcentre.co.uk CAFE CONSORT, Royal Albert Hall, SW7 2AP 20 Alexander Stewart. 12noon-1.30pm. (FD) NATIONAL THEATRE, SE1 9PX. nationaltheatre.org.uk 6 Sugar Kings 27 Irene Serra. 5.45pm. (F) Saturdays in May NATIONAL THEATRE, SE1 9PX. nationaltheatre.org.uk . 7 Nette Robinson Band. 1pm & 5.45pm. (F) KINGS PLACE, 90 York Way, N1 9AG. kingsplace.co.uk 7 Nina Ferro 14 Jason Yarde/ Orphy Robinson Group 21 Abram Wilson Band. £9.50 28 6pm: Next Generation Big Band 7.30: Django Bates Beloved Bird 8pm: Jonny Phillips’ Oriole. £9.50-up PROUD GALLERY, Stables Market,Camden Town NW1 8AH. Every Sat, 3pm: Oli Arlotto Qt. (F) 0207 482 3867 NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, St Martin’s Place,WC2 27 Ahmed Dickinson Qt. 6.30pm. (F) VORTEX, Gillett St. London N16 8AZ. vortexjazz.co.uk 7 Neon Quartet 14 Dunajska Kapelye 21 Ian Shaw 29 Kyrie Kristmanson. £12 (£8 on 29) BOISDALE CLUB, Cabot Place W. Canary Wharf E14 4QT 20 Back To Basie. 9pm. 020 7715 5818 BOISDALE CLUB, Cabot Place W. Canary Wharf E14 4QT 7 & 28 Natalie Williams 14 Buddy Greco. 020 7715 5818 VORTEX, Gillett St. London N16 8AZ. vortexjazz.co.uk 6 Panacea + Richard Fairhurst / Tom Arthurs. £12 20 Mathew Halsall - Remixed. £10 27 Loop Night. £10 WATERLOO BAR & GRILL, 119 Waterloo Rd. SE1 8UL Every Sat, Jay Phelps Group. 8pm. (F) 020 7960 0202 CLOISTER CAFE, St Bartholomew’s, EC1A 9DS. 07587 156752. 13th Hannes Riepler / Kit Downes Qt. 6-9pm. (F) PALM COURT, The Langham, 1 Portland Place, W1B 1JA 6 &13: Scott Baylis Trio 20 &27: John Watson Trio 6.30-10.30pm. (F) 020 7965 0195 JAZZ CAFE POSK, 238 King St. Hammersmith W6 0RF 27 Willie Garnett Big Band. 8.30pm. £5. 020 8741 1940 LENA Rest./Jazz Bar, 66 Great Eastern Street EC2A 3JT 7739 5714. 6 Justin Stephenson 13 Zara MacFarlane 20 Charlotte James 27 Louise Dodds. 9pm. (F) DURRELL ARMS. 704 Fulham Rd. SW6 5SB. 7736 3014 7 Clement Regert’s ‘Wild Card’. 9pm. (F) TRINITY CHURCH, 15 Nether St. N12 7NN. info. 8492 7347 28 1pm: Nina Ferro & Jenny Carr. Open Mic at 7pm. (F) VIVAT BACHUS, 4 Hays Lane, London Bridge SE1 2HB Every Sat, Mario Castronari Trio. 8pm. (F) 020 7234 0891 PALM COURT, The Langham, 1 Portland Place, W1B 1JA 7, 21: John Watson Trio 14 Scott Baylis Trio 28 Bruno D’Ambra Trio. 7pm. (F) 020 7965 0195 DAVID LLOYD CLUB, Roding Lane, Chigwell IG9 6BJ 13 Bob Stuckey / Frank Holder Qt. 7.30. (F) 8492 7347 JAZZ CAFE POSK, 238 King St. W6 0RF. 020 8741 1940 7 Denmark St. Big Band 14 The London Experiment Chris Webb & Rick James 21 John Martin Band 28 Mikolaj Trzaska Trio + Tommaso Starace Qt. £5-£7 HONOUR OAK, 1 St Germans Rd. Forest Hill, SE23 1RH 13 Graham Pike Qt. 8.30. (F). info: 07951 832310 LENA Rest./Jazz Bar, 66 Great Eastern Street EC2A 3JT 7 ,14, 28: Irene Serra 21 Justin Stephenson. 9pm. (F) TOULOUSE LAUTREC, 140 Newington Butts, SE11 4RN 6 & 20: Gabrielle Ducomble Trio. 8pm. (F) 020 7582 6800 OLIVER’S Jazz Bar, 9 Nevada St. SE10 9JL. 8853 5970 28 Wild Card featuring. Roberto Manzin. 9.30pm £5 HARROW Arts Centre, Uxbridge Rd. Hatch End HA5 4EA 13 Trish Clowes Quartet. 8pm. £12/£10. 020 8416 8989 THE ELEANOR ARMS, 460 Old Ford Road, Bow, E3 5JP 14 Deirdre Cartwright Qt.. 9pm. £7. 07896 208707 TERRAZZA, 45 Church Rd. Ashford, TW15 2TY. £2 cover 13 Harriet Coleman + Nils Solberg . 7.30. 01784 244887 THE GROVE, The Green, Ealing W5 5QX. 8567 2439. (F) 28 Dan Faulkner, Chris Gower, Dick Esmond Trio. 8pm NORTH WEALD Village Hall, High Road, CM16 6BU 6 Jo Fooks / Dave Cliff Qnt. 8.30. £8. info: 01992 522621 BERKHAMSTED Civic Centre, HP4 3HD. 01442 824173 7 JJ Vinten Band. £13 /10mems. 8pm. THE GAP GIG, Goring Village Hall, Goring RG8 9AN. £12 13 Art Themen / Jo Fooks/ Dave Newton T. 01491 874492 Sunday Afternoons THE GOOD INTENT, John St. Rochester, Kent 6 Dave Black Band with Alice Coulam. 01634 365352 RAFA CLUB, Dock Road, Chatham, ME4 4TX. 07544 312743. 20 D Fairweather/ J M Stringle Band. 8.30. £10. RONNIE’S SCOTT’S, 47 Frith St. W1. 7439 0747. £12-£15 1 Elaine Delmar w / Brian Dee Qt featuring Jim Mullen. 8 Lance Ellington Band 15 Clive Dunstall’s Voxtet 22 Jivin Miss Daisy 29 Paul Holgate’s Sinatra Sxt. 1pm Sunday Afternoons Sunday Evenings PRINCESS of WALES, 22 Chalcot Road, NW1 8LL. (F) 1 Art Themen 8 Damon Brown 15 Gareth Lockrane 22 Christian Brewer 29 Jim Mullen. 2pm. 020 7722 0354 NORTH LONDON Tavern, 375 Kilburn High Rd. NW6 7QB 2 bands each night featuring: 1 Barry Green + Sam Leak 8 Olie Brice + Josh Arcoleo 15 Troyka + Nick Smart 22 Alex Munk + Chris Morgan 29 Vitor Pereira Sxt + Tom Taylor Qnt. 7.30pm. £5. 07941 962356 FOX & ANCHOR, 115 Charterhouse St. EC1. 7250 1300 Every Sun: Mario Castronari / Dominic Grant. 2-6pm. (F) La PORTE des INDES, 32 Bryanston St. W1H 7EG Every Sun: Dave Lewis duo. 12.30-3.30. (FD) 7224 0055 VORTEX, Gillett St. London N16 8AZ. vortexjazz.co.uk 1 Vocals@Vortex 8 Angela Carrington Awards 15 Mopomoso 29 Anita Wardell workshop perf. £8-ish THE SOURCE BELOW, 11 Lower St John St. W1F 9TY 1 / 15 / 29: Keith Michael Group with: 1 Alex Garnett 15 Kate Brown 29 Ife Tolentino. 2-5pm. £6. 7060 3614 GREEN NOTE, 106 Parkway, NW1 7AN. 020 7485 9899 1 Centre Line + jam session. 8pm. £6 SEARCYS St Pancras Grand, N1C 4QL. 020 7870 9900 1 Louise Golbey 8 Caroline Loftus 15 Kelly Dickson 22 Elisa Caleb 29 Helen Burnett. 1-5pm. (F) KING’S HEAD, 2 Crouch End Hill, N8 8AA. 8340 1028 Jam session with Laurie Morgan Trio (R). 2-5pm. £5/4 VORTEX, Gillett St. London N16 8AZ. vortexjazz.co.uk 1 Township Comets 22 London Jazz Orchestra. 4pm. THE SHOREDITCH, 145 Shoreditch High St. E1 6EJ. 1,15,22,29: Jazz Meet Band featuring Jake Telford, Jessica Lauren. 2pm-10pm. (F) 020 7033 0085 HARE & HOUNDS, 214 Upper Richmond Rd W. E Sheen, SW14 8AH. 1st Jazz Jam. 2pm-6.30 (F) 8876 4304 THE DUCHESS, 101 Battersea Park Rd. SW8 4DS. 1-4pm Every Sun: Fiona Egan Trio + sitters in . 07968 775007 RUISLIP MANOR Sports Club, Grosvenor Vale HA4 6JQ 1 Cliff Hardie’s Soho Jazz Orchestra 8 Richard Shepherd Big Band. £10 (no jazz other Suns) GREEN DRAGON, 60 High St. Croydon. 020 8667 0684 Qts: 1 Martin Speake Qt 8 Aviva 15 Simon Woolf/ Jim Mullen 22 Renato D’Aiello 29 Lloyd Ryan. 1pm. (F) RAM JAM CLUB, 46 Richmond Rd. Kingston KT2 5EE 22 Helen Theophanous & Geoff Castle Trio. 12.30. £8 ANNE BOLEYN, 29 The Hythe, Staines,TW18 3JD. 29 Harriet Coleman with Derek Nash & John Horler. 1.30-4.30pm. £17.95 inc lunch. 01784 435396. EAGLE TAVERN, 124 High St. Rochester, ME1 1JT. 1 No jazz 8 Simon Spillett Qt 15 Chris Biscoe Qt 22 Killer Shrimp 29 Jo Fooks Qt. 1pm (F) 01634 409040 MERLIN’S CAVE, The Green, Chalfont St Giles. 12.15pm 1 Steve Waterman 8 Matt Wates 15 Nigel Price 22 Bruce Adams 29 Roy Williams. £5. 07836 653 650 THE CASTLE, 452 Finchley Rd. NW11 8DG. 8455 3501 8 Georgie Fame + Jeanie Barton Qt. £20 adv./£25 THE LODGE TAVERN, 53 The Mall, Ealing B’Way, W5 3TA 8 & 15: Vasilis Xenopoulos Xtet. 8.30pm. (F) 8567 0173 SAM’s Brasserie, 11 Barley Mow Passage, W4. 8987 0555 1 Alexander Stewart Trio 15 Fini Bearman. 7.30pm. (F) THE PHEASANTRY, 152 Kings Rd. SW3 . 0845 6027 017 15 Esther Bennett w/ John Crawford Trio. 8.30. £17.50 KING’S HEAD, 214 High St. Acton W3 9NX. 020 8993 3595 1 Graham Pike Qt 8 Betty Robinson Qnt 15 Back to Brouge 22 Yosi Marshall 29 David Morris Qt. 8pm. (F) QUECUMBAR, 42 Battersea High Street, SW11 3HX 1 Opus4. £12. 8 Lollo Meier & Fapy Lafertin. £20 DAVID LLOYD CLUB, Leisure Way, Finchley N12 29 Bob Stuckey / Frank Griffith Qt. 7.30. (F) 8492 7347 THE ELEANOR ARMS, 460 Old Ford Road, Bow, E3 5JP 1 Jam session w/ Ray Sandoval. 8pm. (F) 07896 208707 WHITE HART, 1 Mile End Rd. E4 4TP. 020 7790 2894 22 Hot Orange Big Band. 7.30pm. £4 THE DIGNITY, 363 Regents Park Rd. Finchley N3 1DH 15 Clement Regert ‘s Wild Card. 8.30. (F) 020 8349 1453 THE RAILWAY, 7 Station Rise, SE27 9BW. 020 8674 4101 1, 15 & 29: Joe Francis Qt. featuring 1 Leon Greening 15 Mike Gorman 29 Jaume Llombart. 6pm-8pm (F) QUEEN’S HEAD, 144 Richmond Rd. Kingston KT2 5HA Every Sunday: Jazz jam with Tony Heiberg. 6pm-8.30. (F) THE TEA BOX, 7 Paradise Rd. Richmond TW9 1RX 1 & 29 Janet McCunn + trio + guests. 7.30. £5. 8940 3521 HONOUR OAK, 1 St Germans Rd. Forest Hill, SE23 1RH 8 Jimmy Beckley Trio. 8pm. (F) 0871 223 8000 FRIENDS PROVIDENT Social Club. Dorking. (F) 1 Watermill Jazz jam session. 2-5pm inf: 07751 466034 BUCKHURST HILL Social Club, 50 Queens Rd. IG9 5BY Jazz jam every Sunday. 8pm. £3. www.jazzjam.co.uk THE SUN, High St. Chobham GU24 8AF. 01276 857112 15 Geoff Simkins with Simon Cook Trio.12.30. (F) RED LION, Bradenham Village, High Wycombe HP14 4HF 8 Chris Biscoe + Bobby Orr Trio. 7pm. £6. 01494 562212 The Yamaha Jazz Room at THE BULL’S HEAD 373 Lonsdale Road, Barnes, SW13 9PY. Tel: 020 8876 5241 www.thebullshead.com website: www.thebullshead.com email: [email protected] Mon-Sun evenings: 8.30 - 11pm. Sunday afternoons: 1pm - 3.30. MAY PROGRAMME: Sun 1 Sun 1 1pm: BLUE FLAMINGO BAND 8.30: PETER MILES / Mon 2 Tue 3 Wed 4 Thu 5 Fri 6 Sat 7 Stormy Monday: DAVID RAPHAEL BAND DUNCAN LAMONT QUINTET Sun 8 Sun 8 Mon 9 Tue 10 Wed 11 Thu 12 Fri 13 STEALING DAN & DON PAZ with Geoff Castle BILL POSTERS WILL BE BAND WILLIE GARNETT BIG BAND ART THEMEN with Mon 16 Tue 17 £10 Wed 18 £8 Thu 19 £10 Fri 20 £10 Sat 21 £10 £7 Sun 22 Sun 22 £10 Mon 23 £10 Tue 24 £8 John Pearce, Paul Morgan, Terry Jenkins 1pm: JOHN ETHERIDGE TRIO 8.30: NETTE ROBINSON sings the songs of Michael Garrick, with support from the Richmond Jazz School Workshop Band £10 Stormy Monday: BOLANJI BAND £8 HUMPHREY LYTTELTON BAND £12 LYDIA GARROW with John Crawford Trio £10 ALAN PRICE £12 PHILIP RAMBOW & the Winkies (70s rock) £10 Sat 14 MATT WATES SEXTET featuring Steve Main, Martin Shaw, Leon Greening Malcolm Creese, Matt Home - charity gig Sun 15 1pm: SPIKE HEATLEY / ART THEMEN with Andrew Williams, Malcolm Mortimer Sun 15 8.30:MIKE FINNIGAN’S VOCAL NIGHT Stormy Monday RICHARD CLARK BAND SAX APPEAL SIMONA BIBI BAND with Fulvio Sigurta SARAH WARD BAND - CD launch KATRIONA TAYLOR BAND PETER KING QT featuring Steve Melling £8 £10 £10 £10 £10 Geoff Gascoyne, Doug Sides 1pm: EMILY SAUNDERS BAND 8.30: Fringe Theatre - see website £11 £10 £10 PAUL COX / CHARLES FABERT BAND £10 PROTECT THE BEAT with Derek Nash, Darby Todd, Winston Blissett £10 Wed 25 ZOOT MONEY’s Surprise Party £10 Thu 26 NEVER THE BRIDE £10 Fri 27 ART THEMEN & GUY BARKER with the John Critchinson Trio £10 Sat 28 STAN TRACEY QUINTET Guy Barker, Bobby Wellins Andrew Cleyndert & Clark Tracey £13 Sun 29 1pm: BARNES BLUES Sun 29 8.30: NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ £10 ORCHESTRA NONET plays Gershwin Mon 30 Stormy Monday: RIETTA AUSTIN £10 Tue 31 VICTOR UNUKOVSKY & BIBS EKKEL with the Balalaika Jazz Band - Gypsy jazz £10 £10 £10 £10 £10 Rehearsal room available 10am-2pm and 3pm-7pm. £24 per session - ring for further info STRAWBERRY HILL JAZZ FESTIVAL SUNDAY 5th JUNE. 2pm - 9.30pm STRAWBERRY HILL HOUSE 268 Waldegrave Road, Twickenham TW1 4ST 2pm GILAD ATZMON’S ORIENT HOUSE ENSEMBLE featuring Sarah Gillespie 4pm KELVIN CHRISTIANE BAND featuring Nigel Price, Ross Stanley & Noel Joyce 6pm KAREN SHARP QNT featuring Adrian Fry Richard Busiakiewicz, Dave Green, Chris Nickolls 8pm ALAN BARNES with Robin Aspland, Mark Hodgson & Paul Clarvis Tkts £25 from www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk See website for travel directions. Enqs: 0208 286 3242 Duke Ellington Society JAZZ PARTY 2011 Saturday 7 May. 1-5pm At 3pm THE GUILDHALL JAZZ BAND directed by MARTIN HATHAWAY plays familiar and rarely heard Ellington & Stayhorn To start the afternoon at 1pm we welcome DENNIS DIMMER to discuss Ellington bassist Jimmy Woode, using unique interview and performance recordings Free Admission Guildhall School of Music & Drama Sundial Court Music Room Chiswell Street EC1Y 4SB www.DukeEllington.org.uk