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RONNIE SCOTT’S PizzaExpress Jazz Club 47 Frith St. , London W1D 4HT 10 Dean St. London W1 reservations: 020 7439 0747 Reservations: 08456 027 017 www.ronniescotts.co.uk www.PizzaExpresslive.com F E B R U A R Y Sun 1 (lunch) MATTHEW VanKAN with Phil Robson 1 BIG BAND METHENY (eve) JACQUI DANKWORTH 2 - 4 RUBY TURNER - sold out Mon 2 sings Billie Holiday 5 - 7 PEE WEE ELLIS FUNK ASSEMBLY EDANA MINGHELLA with special guest Huey Morgan on 6 & 7 Tue 3/Wed 4 RENATO D’AIELLO plays Horace Silver 8 CHARLIE WOOD BAND Thur 5 TAMMY WEIS with the Tom Cawley Trio with special guest Fri 6 QUINTET 9 AMINA FIGAROVA featuring Chris Maddock & Henry Armburg-Jennings & ISHAR SARABSKI Sat 7 THE MOTOWN REVUE with Patrick Alan 9 ’s JAZZ ORCHESTRA 10 PETER EDWARDS TRIO/ Sun 8 (lunch) LOUISE BALKWILL (eve) HENRY SPENCER’S JUNCTURE / SOWETO KINCH BAND WORLD SERVICE PROJECT Mon 9 WILDFLOWER SEXTET 11- 13 KENNY GARRETT QUINTET Tue 10 BETH ROWLEY 14 STILGOE/ WILLIAMS - sold out Wed 11 PETE OXLEY/ NICOLAS MEIER 15 - Soul Family NATALIE WILLIAMS Thur 12 ALEX MENDHAM ORCHESTRA 16-17 CHRIS POTTER’S UNDERGROUND Fri 13 18 ZHENYA STRIGALEV’S KANSAS SMITTY’S HOUSE BAND SMILING ORGANIZM Sat 14 Valentine’s special with 19-21 ARTURO SANDOVAL - sold out & GUILLERMO ROZENTHULLER 22 Ronnie Scott’s BLUES EXPLOSION Sun 15 (lunch) DURHAM UNI BIG BAND 23-28 BILLY COBHAM (eve) ROBERTO ANGRISANI Mon 16/ Tue17 ANT LAW BAND Wed 18 JONATHAN KREISBERG Royal College of Music with Will Vinson, Rick Rosato, Colin Stranahan (Britten Theatre) Prince Consort Rd. SW7 2BS Thur 19/Fri 20 BOB DOROUGH & friends . . . Trudy Kerr, Sarah Moule, Geoff Gascoyne, Seb de Krom Wednesday 11 February at 7.30pm Sat 21 (lunch) KING GROOVY & THE HORNSTARS with Gabrielle Ducomble RCM Big Band Sat 21 early: BERENICE SCOTT / late: USONIC Sun 22 (lunch) DOMINIC J MARSHALL TRIO directed by Mark Armstrong (eve) PIZZAEXPRESS ALLSTARS REUNION . Jazz from the 60s to the present day including Dave Shepherd, , Roy Williams et al ! music by Maria Schneider, Thad Jones, Mon 23 TRISH CLOWES QNT - , & , plus the two winning pieces of the Chris Montague, Calum Gourlay, James Maddren Dankworth Prize for Original Jazz Composition, Tues 24 MADS MATHIAS with Peter Rosendal administered by Musicians’ Company Jazz. Colin Oxley, Andrew Cleyndert, Dave Ohm Adm £10. Box office 020 7591 4314 10am-4pm Mon-Fri Wed 25 HARRY ALLEN QT featuring Andrea Pozza www.rcm.ac.uk/events Thur 26 - 1 March KIM WATERS with Oli Silk & co

Copyright©2012 Mary Greig 2 THE RED LION Canbury Gardens BOATERS Lower Ham Road 92-94 Linkfield Road, Isleworth TW7 6QJ www.boaterslivemusic.com Buses 235, 237, 267 / Isleworth BR 5 mins Kingston KT2 5AU Tel: 020 8560 1457. FREE ADMISSION Sundays in February . . . Mondays in February. 8.30pm. 1 ALEX GARNETT with Simon Carter, Simon Thorpe, Steve Brown 2 HENRY ARMBURG JENNINGS, THEO TRAVIS ROBIN ASPLAND, TIM WELLS 8 with Simon Carter, , Ian Thomas 9 DAVE O’HIGGINS, QUENTIN COLLINS JOHN HORLER, 15 KELVIN CHRISTIANE QUARTET featuring Alex Hutton, Richard Sadler, Noel Joyce 16 , DAVE NEWTON PAUL MORGAN 22 GRAHAM DEE with Simon Carter, Phil Mulford , Geoff Dunn 23 , DAVE LEWIS MIKE GORMAN March 1st THEO TRAVIS QUARTET TREVOR TOMKINS drums, on all dates Music starts 8pm. 020 8541 4672. FREE ADMISSION.

JAZZ CLUB The SPICE of LIFE East Side 6 Moor Street, Cambridge Circus, London W1 Upstairs@TOMMY FLYNN’S info: www.spicejazz.co.uk tel/text: 07870 915682 692 High Road, Leytonstone, E11 3AA Weds & Thurs in February. 8pm. £10 /£8 (£8/£5 on 5th) 020 8989 8129 eastsidejazzclub.blogspot.com Tuesdays in FEBRUARY 4 FLORA MEDLICOTT + Rick Simpson Tr. + open mic 5 Vando Jam hosted by Matt Telfer, with ANDY DAVIES 3 ZOOT MONEY BAND with Nick Newall 11 MIMIKA ENSEMBLE directed by Mak Murtik Ronnie Johnson, Paul McCallum, Jeff Allen 12 OLIVIA’S OWLS ftg Hedi Pinkerfeld & Alex Coppard 10 CLARK TRACEY QNT - Chris Maddock 18 KATE MULLINS + Rick Simpson Trio Henry Armburg-Jennings, Harry Bolt, Dan Casimir + mini-set from Alexis Cox + open mic 17 TOWNSHIP COMETS with Adam Glasser, 19 BENOIT VIELLEFON & HIS ORCHESTRA Pinise Saul, Chris Batchelor, Jason Yarde 25 12.30-2.30: BRIAN RUTLAND BAND featuring Harry Brown, Dudley Phillips, Tim Giles Trevor Whiting, Al Nicholls & Mike Hogh. (£7) 24 JOHN ALTMAN BIG BAND 25 8pm: ‘Brazilian Love Affair’ featuring DUENDE 8.30pm. Adm: £8.00 26 LONDON CITY BIG BAND

Friends Life Social Club Karamel Restaurant Watermill Pixham Lane, Dorking RH4 1QA Online booking: @CHOCOLATE FACTORY 2 jAZZ www.watermilljazz.co.uk 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green London N22 6UJ Thursdays in February. 8.30pm. 5 & Wed 11 Feb STAN SULZMANN/ CELEBRATING featuring , Dave Green, . £18/£13 KATE WILLIAMS QUARTET with DAVE GREEN bass, STU BUTTERFIELD drums 12 JO FOOKS QUARTET featuring Ted Beament, Val Manix & Buster Birch. £17/£12 Wed 25 Feb SIMON SPILLETT QT 19 LAURA JURD’S CHAOS ORCHESTRA JOHN CRITCHINSON , bass Exciting & original 19 piece ensemble featuring some of STU BUTTERFIELD drums London’s most creative young players. £20/£15 26 MADS MATHIAS - Danish vocalist/saxophonist Doors 7pm./Music 8pm with Peter Rosendal, Colin Oxley, Adm. £8. Advance booking recommended Andrew Cleyndert & Dave Ohm. £17/12 020 8829 8962 www.karamelrestaurant.com 3 Acoustic Jazz Lounge Upstairs at RONNIE SCOTT’S BAR WAY OUT WEST 47 Frith Street, Soho W1 D 4HT. 020 7439 0747 @THE BULL’S HEAD, 373 Lonsdale Road, SW13 9PY Mondays in February Wednesdays in February. 8pm. £10/£8concs. /£5 students 8pm to 12 midnight. Door adm. £7 Renato D’Aiello 4 BENET MCLEAN with EMILY SAUNDERS ESB featuring , with guest singers Steve Pringle, Paul Michael, George Hart 2 HELEN THEOPHANOUS + 11 featuring Maciek Pysz, Christian Vaughan,Nicola Muresu, Emiliano Caroselli DAVE JONES’ AFFINITY Roger Beaujolais, Tony Woods, Simon Pearson 9 FATIN TheHOOD + Christian Vaughan, Ben Hazleton, Dario Congedo 18 PETE HURT / MARTIN SPEAKE QUARTET 16 ROSANNA BRANDI + Christian Vaughan with Conor Chaplin & Juanma Nieto Dario Di Lecce, Emiliano Caroselli 25 MIKE OUTRAM BAND featuring 23 ANNA SCOTT + guitarist Yves Broqui Mike Gorman (organ), Sebastiaan de Krom drums Dario di Lecce, Emiliano Caroselli Coming 4th March . . . GIANT STEPS featuring Tim Whitehead, Pete Hurt, Matt Wates, Kate Williams & co

HERTS JAZZ @ Hawthorne Theatre @POLISH JAZZ CAFE, 238-246 King Street, W6 0RF The Campus, Welwyn Garden City AL8 6BX Friday 13 February 8.30pm. £8/£5 Book online www.hertsjazz.co.uk Sundays in Feb VASILIS XENOPOULOS / NIGEL PRICE QNT 1 ALEC DANKWORTH’S with Leon Greening, Adam King & Matt Home WORLD SPIRIT featuring info: www.wowjazz.org 07979 805454 Ben Castle, Emily Dankworth & Paul Clarvis 8 TRIO with Roger Carey & Mark Fletcher STUDIO 15 GILAD ATZMON’S ORIENT HOUSE ENSEMBLE ST JAMES THEATRE, 12 Palace Street, SW1E 5JA Frank Harrison, Yaron Stavi, Chris Higginbottom 0844 264 2140. www.stjamestheatre.co.uk 22 TRIBUTE TO TOMMY WHITTLE Wed 4 Feb with Barbara Jay, , ZOE RAHMAN TRIO Richard Busiakiewicz, Dave Green, Clark Tracey featuring Mark Lewandowski & Gene Calderazzo 7.30pm-10pm. Doors 7pm. Adm: £3-£20. Mon 9 & Thur 26 CAROL GRIMES: The Singer’s Tale with Dorian Ford Annie Whitehead, Neville Malcolm, Winston Clifford Harri’s Jazz Mon 16, Wed 18, Fri 20, Sat 21 REBECCA FERGUSON Lady Sings the Blues @BAGSTER HOUSE, Walton Lane Shepperton, Middx. TW17 8LP. Res: 01784 435396 Thur 19 TINA MAY: www.harrisjazz.com email: [email protected] From Berlin to Paris to Broadway featuring Nikki Iles, Karen Street & Julie Walkington Thursday 26 Feb. 8.30pm. Adm £14/£16 VASILIS XENOPOULOS & STUART HENDERSON Tues 24 CHRIS INGHAM QUARTET with Phil Phillips, Julian Bury & Hoagy Carmichael’s Journey from Indiana to NY to Hollywood with Paul Higgs, Andrew Brown, George Double @GEORGIAN HOUSE HOTEL High Street Fri 27 PETE HORSFALL QUARTET Haslemere GU27 2JY. Booking: 01428 656644 featuring David Archer, Joe Webb, Dave O’Brien Friday 6 March 7.30 for 8pm. £24 inc dinner Coming 17 March EMILY SAUNDERS ESB PETE NEIGHBOUR & VASILIS XENOPOULOS feat. Byron Wallen - ‘Outsiders Insiders’ album launch with Phil Phillips, Steve Thompson, Pete Cater Tickets from £15. Doors 7.15/music 8pm 4

JAZZ Jazz in the Loft Bar Twickenham CLUB Brasserie Toulouse Lautrec @THE CABBAGE PATCH 140 Newington Butts, SE11 4RN 67 London Road, TW1 3SZ (1 min walk Twickenham Stn.) Tel: 0207 582 6800 Kennington/Elephant & Castle tubes Tues 3 Feb KELVIN CHRISTIANE BIG BAND ft Pete Hurt, Bob McKay, Martin Nickless, Graham Russell Mondays in November at 9pm. Free entry Nick Mills, Stu Brooks, Chris Gower, Dave Eaglestone 2 JIM MULLEN guitar Tues 10 Feb NICK MILLS BLUENOTE PROJECT 9 FULVIO SIGURTA trumpet featuring Martin Shaw, Leon Greening 16 BRANDON ALLEN tenor sax Kelvin Christiane, Jeremy Brown, Matt Home. 23 CHRISTIAN BREWER alto sax Tues 24 Feb ZOE FRANCIS with the Jason Lyon Trio with JIM MULLEN & Plus jam session til late 8.30pm £11/£10 concs. Great bar menu. Information: Coming 2 March - DAVE O’HIGGINS tenor sax 0208 286 3242. www.twickenhamjazzclub.co.uk www.btlrestaurant.com

DUGDALE CENTRE 39 London Road Enfield EN2 6DS Friday 20th February. £15.50/ online £14.50 IAN SHAW CD Launch - ‘Piano Ambulance’ with Dorian Ford keys Simon Little bass, Steve Taylor drums Maurizio Minardi piano & accordion ‘gifted, awesome, incomparable’ Shirley Smart cello, Nick Pini bass . £14.50/ online £13.50 Jason Reeve drums Friday 20 March NIGEL PRICE ORGAN TRIO Weds 18th February 8.30pm. Tkts. £10 featuring Ross Stanley organ, Matt Home drums THE VORTEX, 11 Gillett Square, N16 8AZ Music starts 7.45pm. Box office: 020 8807 6680 Res: 020 7254 4097 www.ziggysclub.com www.mauriziominardi.com Coming MARCH 28 at Millfield Theatre . . . OMAR

jazz riverhouse googlies supper club Botany Bay Cricket Club, East Lodge Lane Friday 20 February. 8pm Enfield EN2 8AS. Enqs./ Res. 020 8350 3541 TRISH CLOWES QUINTET Jazz in February. 8pm start. mems £7/ guests £9 Thur 5 DAVE O’HIGGINS sax TRISH CLOWES sax, GWILYM SIMCOCK pno. Thur 12 vibes CHRIS MONTAGUE gtr. CALUM GOURLAY bs. LEWIS WRIGHT JAMES MADDREN drums Weds 18 Special presentation. . . & Thur19 LIANE CARROLL pno/vcl. (£9/£11) Coming 20 March . . . Thur 26 NIGEL PRICE guitar ASAF SIRKIS/ SYLWIA BIALAS INTERNATIONAL QUARTET Sunday 8 February at 3pm. £7/ £9 DUNCAN FRASER BIG BAND (tbc) Adm £15/ £6 students. Bkng 01932 253354 (24 hrs.) 2-course supper at £12 is optional but must be booked online booking: www.riverhousebarn.co.uk email: [email protected] Manor Road, Walton on Thames KT12 2PF website: www.googliesjazz.co.uk 5

Sunday Night Jazz @ THE GRIFFIN POLISH JAZZ CAFE POSK, 238-246 King Street, London W6 0RF 1262 High Road, Whetstone N20 9HH 07415 892436. www.jazzcafeposk.org 020 8445 1110. www.thegriffin-whetstone.co.uk February Jazz & Blues Nights. Music from 8.30pm Feb 1 FREDDIE GAVITA tpt. with house trio F 6 HETTY KATE - Australian jazz singer with Feb 8 THEO TRAVIS sax, with house trio Christian Vaughan, Jeremy Brown, Matt Skelton. £6 Feb 15 CHRISTIAN BREWER QT S 7 DANA GILLESPIE BLUES BAND. £10 ftg Leon Greening, Adam King, Matt Skelton F 13 VASILIS XENOPOULOS/ Feb 22 GRIFFIN JAZZ JAM : NIGEL PRICE QNT. - see WoW box page 3. led by NICK NEWALL with house trio:- Gareth Hunt p. Wally Shaw bs. Steve Plumb d S 14 DENMARK STREET BIG BAND plays Nat King Cole. Valentine’s Night special. £10 March 1 KEVIN DAVY tpt. with house trio S 21 JULIAN COSTELLO QUARTET with Music starts 7.30pm. Free admission. Food available Patrick Naylor, Dave Jones & Tristan Mailliot. £7 Nearest station: Totteridge & Whetstone (Northern Line) F 27 WILLIE GARNETT BIG BAND £6 S 28 Polish saxophonist ADAM WENDT with CADOGAN HALL Spanish vocalist LAURA CUBI VILLENA. 5 Sloane Terrace - music influenced by Argentinian Tango & Fado. £10 London SW1X 9DQ Coming in 28 March . . . JAZZ CAFE POSK 8th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Saturday 14 February, 7.30pm with guest Polish saxophonist DAREK HERBASZ Valentine’s Special with & Richard Busiakiewicz Trio. Hosted by Kelvin Christiane CLARE TEAL celebrating the music of the jazz and ARCHDUKE Live! big band greats, including Ella Fitgerald, Peggy Lee, Judy Garland Weeknight Jazz, all duos except Friday, featuring With mini big band featuring stars of UK big bands Mon: Barry Green Tues: Will Bartlett . 6.30pm and rhythm section led by Jason Rebello Wed: Martin Blackwell Thur: Francesco lo Castro Fris: Maurice Horhut solo pno. From 7.30pm Tickets: £29 - £18. 020 7730 4500 Saturday early sets - 7.30pm - 9.30pm. Jazz vocalists: www.cadoganhall.com 7 TRUDY KERR 14 FINI BEARMAN 21 MARK JENNETT 28 SARAH ELLEN HUGHES Belvedere JAZZ & MUSIC CLUB Fridays, 10pm-12mid. Late Night Trios: Fri 6 KEIRON GARRETT TRIO THE , Rawreth, Nr. Wickford SS11 8UE Fri 13 BRUNO D’AMBRA TRIO Tel: 07850 607075 www.belvederejazz.co.uk Fri 20 ROB BARRON TRIO Wednesdays in February. 8pm. Adm: £10 Fri 27 ANDY TRIM TRIO 5 (Thurs) THE JIVE ACES - fully booked Saturdays, 10pm-12mid. Late Night Quartets : Sat 7 MATT FISHWICK QUARTET 11 with Dave Newton QT Sat 14 JIM MULLEN/ DAVE LEWIS QT Martin Shaw, Geoff Gascoyne, Matt Skelton Sat 21 ALLISON NEALE QUARTET 18 ELAINE DELMAR with Sat 28 ANJALI PERIN QUARTET Brian Dee, Simon Thorpe & Matt Home Sundays Lunchtime & Dinner Jazz 25 ANDREW LINHAM ORCHESTRA 2- 5pm NICK PINI DUO 7pm-9.30pm BRUNO D’AMBRA FREE ADMISSION to all gigs. Coming 4th March . . . THE ARCHDUKE, Concert Hall Approach, SE1 8XU AL NICHOLS SWING QUINTET 020 7928 9370 www.blackandbluerestaurants.com 6

Jazz at the G U I L D F O R D Royal Albert Hall JAZZ www.guildfordjazz.org.uk LATE NIGHT JAZZ in the ELGAR ROOM WEDS 11 FEB 8pm. £14/ £12adv. Thurs 5 Feb. 9.45pm CHRIS INGHAM QT KAREN SHARP QUARTET Mark Ridout, Steve Brown, Marianne Windham - Celebrating Hoagy, with Paul Higgs tpt Andrew Brown bass, George Double drums THE PAVILION, Guildford & Godalming Rugby Club GU7 3DH. Box office: 01483 444334 Thurs 12 Feb 9.45pm BENOIT VIELLEFON and his Orchestra TUESDAY 3 FEB 7.30pm. £12 Sat 14 Feb. 9.45pm BLUE HARLEM Jazz Cafe with JIMMY HASTINGS Valentine’s special with Sophie Shaw vcls John Horler, Trevor Tomkins, Marianne Windham Paul Eldridge pno Gethin Liddington tpt. Sandy Burnett bs ELECTRIC THEATRE Guildford GU1 4SZ. Box office: 01483 444789 Thurs 26 Feb. 9.45pm KAI HOFFMAN QT featuring Gunther Kurmayr piano Tickets and info from: www.guildfordjazz.org.uk Geoff Gascoyne bass, Sebastiaan de krom drums

SATURDAY LUNCH in VERDI - Italian Kitchen Church Lane PINNER Pinner 21 February, 12.30. Food included in ticket price Parish Church Harrow HA5 3AA DARIUS BRUBECK QUARTET with Dave O’Higgins tenor sax Saturday 14th March Matt Ridley bass, Wesley Gibbens drums THE TRIBUTE featuring www.royalalberthall.com Box Office: 020 7589 8212 Enrico Tomasso trumpet Roy Williams trombone Robert Fowler tenor sax Gareth Williams piano Steve Thompson bass Bobby Worth drums BRASSERIE ZÉDEL 20 Sherwood St W1F 7ED Res 020 7734 4888 www.crazycoqs.com adv. booking: £16 - £8. Door: add £2 / students half price Late Night Jazz on Fridays & Saturdays in February Info line 020 8429 1260 www.pinnerjazz.org.uk

Fri 6 STUART MACBETH Swing Dance Night Sat7 IAN SHAW with guest The WOODMAN Ide Hill Sevenoaks TN14 6BU 01732 750296 Fri 13 JON WEBER solo FREE ENTRY. Near Junction 5 of M25 Sat14 KAREN LANE with Gabriel Latchin pno. Simon Woolf bass Wednesday 11th February 8.30pm Fri 20 BENOIT VIELLEFON Swing Dance Night Christian Brewer Quartet Sat21 ROSALIE GENAY with Frank Harrison pno Wednesday 25th February8.30pm Fri 27 KAI’S CATS Swing Dance Night Julian Marc Stringle’s Dream Band with Simon Whiteside pno. Dan Faulkner sax Sevenoaks Dave O’Brian bass, Ed Richardson drums SHIP THEATRE Hollybush Lane TN13 3UL 01732 740889 Sat28 ROBIN PHILLIPS TRIO with Jay Darwish bass & Alex Best drums Sunday 1st March 8pm £14, £12 in adv 10.30pm start. Doors 10pm. Tickets £15 Derek Nash’s 8-piece Book dinner in Brasserie Zedel before the show SAX APPEAL www.brasseriezedel.com Online tickets: www.listeningroom.co.uk 7

289 Hornsey Road London N19 4HN THE VORTEX ajaNi Gillett St. London N16 8AZ GRILL & JAZZ 0207 272 5566 www.vortexjazz.co.uk February Jazz Nights 0207 254 4097 Fri 6 GILL COOK QUARTET with Dominic Howles February Programme Matt Fishwick, Nick Tomalin. £10 Sat7 BALAGAN CAFE BAND - Christian Miller Sun 1 3pm: ANDREAE/ LASH / ULLEN £8 Shirley Smart, Kit Massey, Mike Guy. £8 Sun 1 7.30: KIT DOWNES/ ROBERT LANDFERMANN Fri 13 KATE DANIELS/ JOHN ETHERIDGE/ + ALISTER SPENCE QUARTET £11 ALEC DANKWORTH. £8 Mon 2 YUMIKO TANAKA & friends £8 Sat14 GILAD ATZMON ORGAN TRIO Tue 3 OLIE BRICE QUINTET £10 with Ross Stanley & Asaf Sirkis. £10 Wed 4 LEO BLANCO with CHRISTINE TOBIN £10 Fri 20 GRAHAM GARSIDE TRIO with Thu 5 JOHN BUTCHER TRIO £10 Mike Gorman & Eddie Hick. £8 Fri 6 NOEMI NUTI BAND £12 Sat21 JOSH KEMP ORGAN TRIO featuring Pete Whittaker & Chris Higginbottom. £8 Sat 7 ED JONES QUARTET £13 Sun 8 3.30: LONDON JAZZ ORCHESTRA £9 Fri 27 JEREMY LYONS QUARTET with Sun 8 6pm: (Downstairs) THELONIOUS free Vicky Tilson, Ben McDonnell, Buster Birch. £8 Sun 8 7.30: Lume presents ROLAND RAMANAN Sat28 MARTIN SPEAKE TRIO 10tet + Andreae/Birchall/Cheetham £10 featuring Mike Outram & Corrie Dick. £8 Mon 9 Jazz Warriors Intl presents FREEDOM with Tuesdays: Will Butterworth / Nick Pini & guest. (FD) Cleveland Watkiss & Orphy Robinson £5 Music 8pm-10.30 Fri & Sat. / 8pm-10pm Tues Tue 10 NIA LYNN’S BANNAU TRIO £10 Alcohol only with food. www.ajanigrillandjazz.co.uk Wed 11 Blow The Fuse: TOMORROW THE MOON £10 Wed 11 Downstairs: WORLD JAZZ JAM free Thu 12 QUEST ENSEMBLE + FLUX £10 The 152 Kings Road London SW3 4UT Fri 13 JONNY PHILLIPS £12.50 Pheasantry Res: 08456 027 017 Sat 14 IAN SHAW - Valentines’ special £20 Jazz in February www.PizzaExpresslive.com Sun 15 3pm. MOPOMOSO £8 Sun 15 7.30: Chaos Collective - ON THE ROOF £8 Tue 3 LIANE CARROLL. £18 Mon 16 JOHN O’GALLAGHER/ HANS KOLLER £10 Fri 6 ZEETEAH MASSIAH BAND Tue 17 Mike Hobart’s URBAN JAZZ COLLECTIVE £10 featuring Rick Laughlin, Rob Hughes, Steve Pearce, Wed 18 MAURIZIO MINARDI - Album launch £10 Sophie Alloway, Matt Holland. £15 Thu 19 JAMES ALLSOPP QUARTET £10 Sat 7 PLATFORM 4 featuring Linley Weir, Fri 20 NORMA WINSTONE sings Steve Swallow £18 Caron Gardner, Isabel Saunders, Rae Phillips. £15 Sat 21 FOFOULAH + DAN NICHOLLS £12 Wed11 KATH MISHA LIAM PROJECT Sun 22 ANITA WARDELL £10 Kath Haling/Misha Mullov-Abbado/Liam Dunachie.£10 Mon 23 GARY CURSON’S ‘THE NUMBER’ featuring £12 Sat 14 MARI WILSON - Valentine’s special... Tue 24 RAPH CLARKSON - The Dissolute Society £10 ‘Anyone Who Had A Heart’. £25 inc glass of bubbly Wed 25 Gypsy Jazz: MAZAIKA SWING £10 Wed25 PEPI LEMER’S BACK2FRONT Thu 26 £10 featuring Derek Nash, Richard Edwards, Chris Laurence, Gary Hammond, Paul Robinson. £20 Fri 27 STEVE MELLING TRIO £12.50 Sat 28 GILL MANLY with Simon Wallace £12 Thu26 MELISSA JAMES . with Nick Pini & Arthur Lea. £16.50 Every Sunday, Vortex Downstairs - 9pm-12.30am. FREE VORTEX JAZZ SESSIONS with Hannes Riepler Coming 4 - 7 March JOYCE BREACH £25 Doors 8pm unless otherwise specified. Most weekday gigs Doors open 6.30pm music from 8.30pm attract a members’ discount . . . see website for full details. 8

2 Empire Mews, Stanthorpe Road, London SW16 2BF. Reservations 020 8835 7070 Present one of the most beautiful voices in Poland ... www.hideawaylive.co.uk FEBRUARY MUSIC PROGRAMME Anna Maria Jopek Celebrated composer, arranger and singer, whose roster of Fri 6 & Sat 7: HIDEAWAY’S collaborators include , Ivan Lins, Makoto Ozone. 5TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Performing with some of the alumni Vula Malinga, David McAlmont, Brendan Reilly of the Polish jazz scene ... Gwyneth Herbert, Janette Mason, Ian Thomas Julian Jackson, John Parricelli, Shanti Jayasinha Marek Napiorkowski guitars Sammy Mayne Robert Kubiszyn basses Pawel Dobrowolski drums Thu 12, Fri 13 & Sat 14: SOUL STREET featuring IMAANI Pedro Nazaruk vocal/flute/dulcimer Janette Mason, Westley Joseph, Ernie McKone Krzysztof Herdzin piano Dave Ital, James Knight, Shanti Jayasinha Kevin Leo, Simone Daley-Richards, Searah Hall Saturday 21 February

Thu 19: BY THE WAY UNION CHAPEL, Compton Terrace, N1 2UN Ivano Borgazzi, Davide Mantovani 020 7099 7107. Doors 7pm, music 8pm. Michael Rosen, Enzo Zirillo Tickets £25/ £35 VIP Online booking: www.unionchapel.org.uk Fri 20: SHEZ RAJA COLLECTIVE www.annamariajopek.pl/en Shez Raja, Monika Lidke, Oren Marshall

TO BE ANNOUNCED 90 York Way Sat 21: London N1 9AG Thu 26: MINAS PROJECT 020 7520 1490 Davide Giovannini, Davide Mantovani world over, Julian Paul Booth, Guille Hill, Neil Angilley Jazz Sat 7 Feb never fails to inspire Fri 27 & Sat 28: MARY PEARCE -8/,$1-26(3+ with his mastery 7 5 , 2  ) 5 , ( 1 ' 6 CafeDaniel Thomas, Society Janet Ramus, Westley Swing Joseph of the keyboard, Dave Ital, Arden Hart, Nick Cohen, Rob Hughes piano the versatility of his musicianship, Mark Mondesir drums For Thu 5 and Sat 21 details please visit our website. and the seemingly Mark Hodgson limitless scope of his See our website for March highlights including acoustic bass creative imagination. The Soothsayers and . Nadim Teimoori Always relaxed and saxophones self-assured, Julian’s SUNDAY LUNCHES Jackson Mathod passion for the trumpet music is palpable, 1: JAZZBOMB and his desire to 8: THE SWING COMMANDERS Virtuoso pianist, communicate that 15: PAUL LAMB & THE KINGSNAKES bandleader, passion compelling. composer, arranger 22: DOM JAMES & THE DIXIE TICKLERS and broadcaster, Coming in March … Julian Joseph is the Mari Kvien Brunvoll Mondays - Jazz Workshop/Jam & Salsa Class/Club undisputed heir to the Gilad Atzmon global house of jazz. Live Stand-up Comedy - See website for details Acclaimed by critics Zoe Rahman Doors 7pm, (12pm Sun Lunch) Check website for details and audiences the Håkon Kornstad 1 minute from Streatham main line station (15 mins London Bridge /10 mins from Wimbledon & Sutton) Online Savers £9.50 | kingsplace.co.uk/jazz 9

90 Lots Road, Chelsea, London SW10 0QD tel: 020 7352 5953 T: @606club email: [email protected] website: www.606club.co.uk CLUB OPENING TIMES: Sun - Thurs: 7.00pm-11.30pm. Fri & Sat: 8.00pm-1am . Non-mems: Sun - Thurs £10 / Fri & Sat £12. Alcohol only with food. Non members welcome. FEBRUARY PROGRAMME

Sun 1 1.30 **Lunchtime Special ** KAREN LANE QUARTET feat Pete Whittaker, , Nic France Sun 1 8.30 CECILIA STALIN QT with Alex Bennett, Tom Mason, Laurie Lowe & special guests Mon 2 8.30 TRIO MANOUCHE - Simon Harris, Ducato Pietrowski, Nick Pini + special guest Giacomo Smith Tue 3 8.00 KATE WILLIAMS/ MIKE OUTRAM Play Bill Evans, featuring Jeremy Brown 9.45 GRAHAM HARVEY TRIO with Dave Chamberlain & Matt Skelton Wed 4 8.00 TIM WHITEHEAD QT featuring Jonathan Gee Thu 5 8.30 NEIL ANGILLEY TRIO featuring Davide Mantovani & Davide Giovannini Fri 6 9.30 Closed - private party Sat 7 9.30 QNT - Mornington Lockett, Mike Gorman, Geoff Gascoyne, Doug Sides Sun 8 1.30 **Lunchtime Special ** 606 GOSPEL GROUP - 10 piece gospel choir & band featuring Miko Giedroyc & Andre Gabriel Sun 8 8.30 IAN SHAW with Jamie Safiruddin, Miguel Gorodi & surprise guests Mon 9 8.30 GUITARS DELUXE feat Alan Darby, Jake Zaitz, Artie Zaitz, Jonathan Noyce, Evan Jenkins Tue 10 8.00 DAN REINSTEIN QUINTET featuring Shanti Jayasinha, Tim Lapthorn 9.45 DILL KATZ QUARTET with Leon Stenning Wed 11 8.00 DAVID GORDON - ‘ALEXANDER SCRIABIN’S RAGTIME BAND’ featuring Jonty Fisher & Paul Cavaciuti 9.45 JAZZ FROM THE - ROB LUFT BAND Thu 12 8.30 Closed - private party Fri 13 - Sun 15 VALENTINES’ WEEKEND SPECIALS. See website for details & booking Fri 13 9.30 WAYNE HERNANDEZ BAND featuring Michael Brown. £14 Sat 14 9.00 LOUISE CLARE MARSHALL BAND featuring Luke Smith, Mike Brown, Orefo Orakwue, Carlos Hercules, Lisa Grahame. £20 inc glass of champagne. Special set menu £50 Sun 15 8.30 ZOE FRANCIS with Jim Mullen, Stan Sulzmann, Mick Hutton, Enzo Zirilli Mon 16 8.30 **606 Special ** MORRISSEY/ MULLEN LEGACY BAND - Jim Mullen, Noel McCalla, Trevor Barry, Neil Wilkinson, Chris Fletcher + guests Dave Lewis & Mike Gorman. £14 Tue 17 8.00 MARCELO ANDRADE BAND featuring Sam Watts, Matheus Nova, Raphael Delfino, Giuliano Pereira & special guest vocalist 9.45 GABRIEL LATCHIN TRIO with Dario di Lecce & Josh Morrison Wed 18 8.30 **606 Special ** An Evening with PETER IND with special guests. £12 Thu 19 8.30 **606 Special ** JASON REBELLO - Tribute to Oscar Peterson, with Ant Law, Larry Bartley. £15 Fri 20 9.30 PROTECT THE BEAT Derek Nash, Darby Todd, Arden Hart, Tim Cansfield, Winston Blissett Sat 21 9.30 BRANDON ALLEN SEXTET featuring Ronnie Harvey Sam Mayne, Tim Lapthorn, Sam Burgess, Ian Thomas Sun 22 1.30 **Lunch Special ** IRENE SERRA QT featuring John Crawford, Richard Sadler, Chris Nickolls Sun 22 8.30 JOHANNA GRAHAM BAND with Martin Bowie, Tim Greenhalgh, Damian Rodd Mon 23 8.30 TOMMY BLAIZE with Dave Arch, Trevor Barry, Andy Caine, Paul Dunne, Ian Thomas. £12 Tue 24 8.30 JANDIRA SILVA BAND feat Carl Hudson, Guille Hill, Matheus Nova, Marius Rodriguez Wed 25 8.30 EMMANUEL WALDRON QUINTET featuring Andre Brown, Carl Stanbridge, Julien Brown & special guest vocalist Ruth Waldron Thu 26 8.30 **606 Special ** & JULIAN ARGUELLES. £15 Fri 27 9.30 SAMARA featuring Liliana Chachian, Steve Rubie Sat 28 9.30 BOBBY WELLINS QUARTET with Liam Noble 10

SPRING VOCAL COURSE JAZZ with ACADEMY Anita Wardell SPRING JAZZ Friday 20 - Sunday 22 February 7th - 10th April Covering performance technique, phrasing, at Yehudi Menuhin School rhythm and improvisation. Stoke d’Abernon, Cobham, Surrey KT11 3QQ With Robin Aspland piano ALL INSTRUMENTS & VOICES Flo Moore bass & Tristan Mailliot drums Tutors: Gabriel Garrick, Will Bartlett at THE VORTEX Kate Mullins, Martin Kolarides, Sam Walker 11 Gillett Street, London N16 8JH Spencer Brown, Alan Jackson Further info & bookings: tel. 07880 600 564 “. . . an enlightening experience” email: [email protected] info , images & bookings: www.jazzacademy.co.uk www.loiremusic.com 01403 782744 [email protected]

M U S I C INTERNATIONAL FRENCH CUBAN SCHOOL JAZZ SUMMER SCHOOL 8-15 February 2015 - 12th Year 20th Year ! Learn Cuban music in Havana, Cuba! Tutors include: Liane Carroll, Julian Siegel Simon Purcell, Martin Hathaway, Tutors include OMAR PUENTE Tom Cawley, Geoff Gascoyne, Trudy Kerr and guest Cuban tutors 8 - 15 &/or 15-22 Aug: course for all For all instruments, singers and non-players experience levels, all instruments and singers Located in the centre of Old Havana - daily workshops - 22 - 29 Aug: Advanced Improvisers course nightly visits to music clubs - time to visit Havana and beyond 22 - 29 Aug: Specialist Singers course. “The best possible way for a musician to experience Cuba” Located in a fully renovated chateau with swimming pools Details : www.jazzsummerschool.com “. . . must be the benchmark for all jazz courses” email: [email protected] For further details : www.jazzsummerschool.com tel: Clive Fenner: (0044) 07986 996692 Clive Fenner: 7986 996692 / 0044 (0) 208 989 8129 Harold Moore’s Records Ray’s Jazz

2 Great Marlborough Street Music & Books London WC1F 7HQ at Foyles Charing Cross Road Tel: 0207 437 1576 www.hmrecords.co.uk on Level 2 email: [email protected] The new home for Jazz, Blues & Roots Best prices paid for all genres and World Music alongside the UK’s largest range of music books & printed music of Jazz CDs and LPs Please email or phone first to discuss PLUS regular live jazz performances

Excellent stock of new and Ray’s Jazz at Foyles secondhand Jazz CDS and LPS 107 Charing Cross Rd Open 10am - 6.30pm Monday-Saturdays London WC2H 0DT www.foyles.co.uk 020 7440 3205 Just off Regent Street. Nearest Tube: Oxford Circus [email protected] 11

The Easter Jazz Course Monday 30 March - Weds 1 April A 3-day non-residential course for all instruments, JAZZ SHORT COURSES ages and abilities, with an emphasis on improvising, Something for everyone, at every age and level performing, ensemble skills and musicianship. of experience, taught by Jazz Faculty tutors. Hosted at the nationally renowned All instruments * All voices * All abilities BROMLEY MUSIC CENTRE in SE London. SINGERS’ WEEKEND 25 & 26 July Directed by Dave Wickins & Buster Birch JAZZ & ROCK WEEK 26 - 31 July Tutors include: LIAM NOBLE, JULIAN NICHOLAS, ADVANCED JAZZ 7 - 9 August ALISON RAYNER, IZZY POSTILL Info: www.gsmd.ac.uk/musicsummerschool Further info: www.theeasterjazzcourse.com Guildhall School of Music & Drama tel: 0845 676 9235 Silk Street, Barbican EC2Y 8DT

Dordogne International JAZZ SUMMER SCHOOL 2015 Study jazz at Chateau de Monteton in rural France Richmond Jazz School Week 1: 25 July - 1 August All levels & instruments at RACC, Parkshot, Richmond TW9 2RE Tutors: Mark Lockheart, Quentin Collins, Nic France, Andrea Vicari, Ian Bumstead Courses start again on 28 February for Jazz Guitar, Jazz Piano, Jazz Saxophone, Week 2: 1 - 8 August Intensive Course Jazz Voice, Jazz Workshops, etc. (some experience needed) with Mornington Lockett Tutors include: Andrea Vicari, Jon Bratoeff, Duncan Eagles Charles Alexander, Geoff Castle, Dave Jones plus Vocal Jazz with Paolo Vera & Pete Churchill Julian Costello, Tony Woods, Michael Finnigan www.jazzschool-dordogne.co.uk , Wendy Linsey, Linley Weir [email protected] Full details at: www.racc.ac.uk/jazz twitter.com/DordogneJazzSch Enrol early to be sure of a place! 020 8764 6478 079 4192 7257

Jazz in London Distribution BELAIR Jazz Summer School Jazz In London is distributed around 26-27 of the previous month to London venues including:- 26 JULY - 1 AUGUST / 1 - 7 AUGUST PizzaExpress Jazz Club, Ronnie Scott’s, Ray's Jazz & 8-14 AUGUST 2015 Spice of Life, The Vortex, 606 Club, The Bull’s Head VOCAL COURSES with Brigitte Beraha. The Hideaway, The Griffin, Ajani Grill & Jazz Developing jazz technique and performance skills Archduke Wine Bar, Brasserie Toulouse Lautrec East Side Jazz Club, The Red Lion, Gunnersbury Tavern ADVANCED INSTRUMENTAL COURSE Polish Jazz Cafe, Twickenham Jazz Club, Boaters for pianists, drummers, bassists, woodwind, Way Out West. (all addresses in this issue of JiL) brass & guitarists. Tutors include: At weekly venues, it may only be available on the gig night Gareth Lockrane, Dave O’Higgins, Barry Green Mike HMV Jazz Dept 363 Oxford St. FOPP, 1 Earlham St WC2 Gorman, Mark Ridout, Jeremy Brown City of London Info Centre (St Paul’s) EC4. Oli Hayhurst &Tristan Mailliot Barbican Music Library, Morley College Richmond Jazz School, Ealing Central Library Further info & bookings: tel. 07880 600 564 [email protected] www.loiremusic.com Or download from www.jazzinlondon.net 12

FEBRUARY LISTINGS SECTION For free listings, email: [email protected] Please include venue address, postcode, admission or (F) free adm (FD) free to diners, (FDD) free to drinkers & diners, time & phone number for public enquiries. Please confirm residencies every month by the 14th of previous month. . Tel : 01904 848338 (enquiries only - not for listings). MARCH listings deadline: SATURDAY 14 FEBRUARY. 6pm

Mondays in February Tuesdays in February

RONNIE SCOTT’S, 47 Frith Street, W1. 020 7439 0747 RONNIE SCOTT’S, 47 Frith Street, W1. 020 7439 0747 Late Show: 2 Phelan Burgoyne Qt 9 Steve Brown Qt Late Show: 3 Robbie Harvey Qt 10 Harry Sankey Trio 16 Steve Fishwick Qt 23 Adam King Qt. 11pm. £10/£5 17 Giacomo Smith Sextet 24 Phil Robson Trio. 11pm-3am. £10/5 THE VORTEX, N16 8AZ. See box page 7 this month Mondays in February THE VORTEX, N16 8AZ. See box page 7 this month THE OXFORD, 256 Kentish Town Road, NW5 2AA. 2 Angus Bailey’s Scrapbook Septet THE WOODMAN, 414 Archway Rd. N6 5UA. 8340 3016 9 Nik Svarc Organ Trio 16 Rachel Cohen Qt featuring 3 Sean Hargreaves Trio ftg. Bryan Corbett Phil Robson 26 Alex Munk Quartet. 8.30pm. £5 10 Andy Caine Band ftg Adam Phillips, Chris Dodd 17 & 24 Sean Hargreaves Trio. 8pm (F) THE COCKPIT, Gateforth St. NW8 8EH. 020 7258 2925 23 Sam Eagles Qt + others tbc. 8pm. £12 BOISDALE CLUB, Canary Wharf E14 4QT. 3 Orli Nyles 10 Benoit Viellefon Trio QUECUMBAR, 42 Battersea High Street, SW11 3HX 17 Eriko Ishihara Trio. 7pm. £4.50-£20. 020 7715 5818 9 Gypsies of Bohemia 16 Cafe Manouche SILVER BULLETT, 5 Station Place, Finsbury Pk. N4 2DH 23 Gramophone Jass Band. £10/£8 Every Tues: Bukky Leo Qt + jazz jam. 9pm. 7619 3639. (F) COURTYARD THEATRE, 40 Pitfield St.N1 6EU. 8445 7787 NELSON, 48 Stanhope St. NW1. www.singersnight.co.uk Every Mon: Open mic: 3 songs + free lesson. £10. 8pm. 10 Open Mic with Steve Lodder. 7.45pm. List 6pm. £8/7 HALFWAY HOUSE, 24 Priest’s Bridge, Barnes SW14 8TA THE BULL’S HEAD, Lonsdale Rd. SW13 9PY. 8876 5241 Every Mon Open mic/Jam. 8.15pm. (F) 020 8748 7347 17 Band. £14. 24 Yosi Marshall’s Momentum. £10. 8.30pm WEST RUISLIP Golf Centre, Ickenham Rd. HA4 7DQ 16 Derek Nash/ Geoff Eales Qt. 8.15. £7. 01895 632394 QUECUMBAR, 42 Battersea High Street, SW11 3HX Every Tues: Gypsy Jazz jam session. 7pm. (F) OLIVER’S BAR, 9 Nevada St. SE10 9JL. 020 8858 3693 Every Mon: Corrie Dick & guests. 9pm. £8/£3. WALLINGTON ARMS, 6 Woodcote Rd. Surrey SM6 0NN. 17 Mack Big Band. 8.30pm. (F). 0208 773 0404 KING’S HEAD, High St. Old Bexley. 020 8467 1350. 2 Derek Nash Qt 9 Dave Lewis Qt RETRO BISTRO, 114 High St. Teddington TW11 8JB 16 Clark Tracey Qnt ftg Mark Armstrong, Chris Maddock 24 Terry Collie Trio + Matt Dibble. 8pm (F) 8977 2239 23 Jo Fooks Qt. 8.30pm. £10 (£12 on 16) IMBER COURT, Molesey KT8 0BT. info: 01932 845174 HG WELLS CENTRE, St Marks Rd. Bromley High St. Sth. 10 Willie Garnett Big Band. 8.30pm. £10 Kent. 2nd Mick Collins Jazz Orchestra. 8.30pm. £6 GEORGE & DRAGON, High St. Thames Ditton KT7 0RY GRAPE & GRAIN, 2 Anerley Hill, Crystal Palace SE19. Every Tues: Don Cook Trio. + guests. 8.30. (F) 8398 2206 Every Monday: The Big Beer Band. 9pm. (F) THE OVAL TAVERN, 131 Oval Rd. Croydon CRO 3BR. 24 Simon Spillett Qt. 1pm-3pm. (F) 020 8686 6023 HERE CAFE, Lower Kings Rd. Berkhamsted HP4 2AB Bob Haddrell duo ftg: 2 Julian Marc Stringle 16 Mike BARDSWELL CLUB, Weald Rd. Brentwood CM14 4TJ Cotton 23 Nick Pentelow. 8pm-10pm. (F) 01442 300870 10 Matt Skelton / Colin Skinner Allstars. £15/£12 17 Simon Spillett Qt. £12 /£9. 8pm. 01245 420475 WOOLPACK, 186 High St. Banstead SM7 2NZ 3 2.30pm: Jack Honeyborne Sextet. (F). 020 8647 2114 Jazz In London BRITISH LEGION HALL, Marlow. www.marlowjazz.co.uk can be downloaded from 10 Five Star Swing Big Band. 8.30pm. £8 www.jazzinlondon.net FLEET JAZZ, The Harlington, 236 Fleet Rd. GU51 4BY 17 Mark Crooks/Colin Oxley. 8pm. £12. 01252 811009 13

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ROYAL ACADEMY of Music, Marylebone Rd. NW1 5HT ROYAL ACADEMY of Music, Marylebone Rd. NW1 5HT 11 Academy Jazz Ensembles. 6pm (F) 7873 7300 12 Academy Jazz Ensembles. 6pm (F) 7873 7300 PURCELL ROOM, SE1 8XX. www.southbankcentre.co.uk RONNIE SCOTT’S, 47 Frith Street, W1. 020 7439 0747 18 Marius Neset. 7.45pm. £15. Late Show: 5 Nigel Price Qt 12 Quentin Collins Qt. 19 Tim Thornton Qt 26 Brandon Allen Qt. 11pm. £10/£5 RONNIE SCOTT’S, 47 Frith Street, W1. 020 7439 0747 Late show: 4 Brandon Allen 11 Quentin Collins Qt. THE VORTEX, N16 8AZ. See page box 7 this month 18 Tim Thornton Qt 25 Nigel Price Qt. 11pm-3. £10/£5 GOLDEN HINDE, Clink St. SE1 9DG www.jazznursery.com THE VORTEX, N16 8AZ. See page box 7 this month 26 Nick Malcolm Trio + Will Glaser Qt. 8pm. £10/£5 ST MARTIN-in-the-Fields (Crypt), Trafalgar Sq. 7766 1100 LONG WHITE CLOUD,151 Hackney Rd. E2 8JL 7033 4642 4 Silver Ghosts 11 Urban Jazz Collective. 8pm. £12/9 5 Andrew Woolf Qnt + Sans Domicile Fixe 12 Word of Mouth 19 Rubik Trio + Solodog THE WRESTLERS, 98 North Hill, N6 4AA. 020 8340 4296 26 Alec Harper Trio + Ti/om. 8.30. £5 11 Adriana Vasquez Trio 25 Christian Brewer Trio. 8pm. (F) MAU MAU BAR, 265 Portobello Rd. W11. 020 7229 8528 12 Vitor Pereira Quintet. 9pm. £5. www. vitorpereira.net THE FORGE, Delancey St. NW1 7NL. www.forgevenue.org 11 Anita Wardell & Nicky Schrire. 8pm. £12-£15 HIDEAWAY Bar, 114 Junction Rd. N19 5LB 26 Open mic for singers & instrumentalists with BOISDALE CLUB, Canary Wharf E14 4QT. Gabriel Keen Trio. 7.30pm. £5. Info: 07958 365131 25 Mica Paris. 10pm. £25-up. 020 7715 5818 BLUES KITCHEN, 134 Curtain Rd. EC2A 3AR. THE BULL’S HEAD, Lonsdale Rd. SW13 9PY. 8876 5241 5 Spanner Big Band. 9.30-11.30. (F). 020 7729 7216 4,11,18 & 25: See WoW box page 3. THE GREEN ROOM, 2 Battersea Rise, SW11 1ED CHARING X HOSPITAL Foyer, Fulham Palace Road, Every Thurs: Stefania Arcieri duo. 8.30pm. (F) 7223 5147 W6 8RF. 11th Fulham Big Band. 7.30. (F) Charity event THE PLOUGH, 297 Northfield Ave. W5 4XB. 8567 1416. (F) THE GUNNERS, 204 Blackstock Road, N5 1EN 5 Jimmy Hastings, Ed Bentley, Dick Esmond Trio. 8.30 4th & 18th: Spanner Big Band. 8.30pm. (F). 7359 2467 ROZ-ANA BAR, 4 Kingston Hill, KT2 7NH. 020 8546 6388 O’NEILL’S, 762 High Rd. Leytonstone E11 3AW Every Thurs: Tony Heiberg Duo & guests. 7.30-9.30. (F) Every Weds: Little Bread Big Jam. 8pm. £4. 020 8536 4039 THE RISING SUN, 29 High St. Hampton Hill TW12 1NB MILL HILL JAZZ, 100 Barnet Way, NW7 3AL 8207 0451. Every Thur: Steve Darlington Qnt. 8.30pm. (F). 8979 3774 4 Ed Bentley Trio 11 Paolo Losi Group LUNA LOUNGE 7 Church Lane, E11 1HG. 020 8556 5067 18 Shani Moore 25 Jam Night. 8.30pm. £6-£9 19 Workshop for composers/arrangers. 8pm-10pm. (F) DRAYTON COURT, 2 The Avenue, W13 8PH. 8997 1019 OLIVER’S, 9 Nevada St. Greenwich, SE10 9JL 8858 3693 25 Sound of 17 Big Band with Sarah Moule. 9pm (F) 5 Beats in the Bar (F) 26 Nicolas Meier. 9pm. QUECUMBAR, 42 Battersea High Street, SW11 3HX CLOCKTOWER Cafe, Katharine St. CRO 1NX. 8668 4013 Every Weds: Swing jam session. doors 7pm. (F) 5 Simon Spillett Trio 12 Julie McKee Trio BRAVE NEW WORLD, 26 Berrylands Rd. KT5 8RA. (F) 19 Piers Clark Qt 26 David Black Trio. 12-2pm (F) Every Weds Tony Heiberg Jam Session. 8.30. 8399 0200 BOATHOUSE, Old Nazeing Rd. Broxbourne EN10 6QU. ORFORD HOUSE, 73 Orford Rd. E17 9QR. 07930 544312 5 Noemi Nuti / Quentin Collins Qnt. £10. 01992 442263 25 Gareth Lockrane with Asaf Sirkis Trio. NORDEN FARM Cntr, Altwood Rd. Maidenhead, SL6 4PF 8.30pm. £10/£7. www.e17jazz.com 12 John Horler/Alec Dankworth. 8pm. £12. 01628 788997 St ANTHONY’s Club, 13 Upton Ave. Forest Gate, E7 9PN BRITISH LEGION HALL, Marlow. www.bbobigband.co.uk 8472 3028. 4 John Withers Qt 11 John McGinley Qt 26 Berks, Bucks & Oxon Big Band. 8.15pm. £6 18 Andrew Linham Qt 25 Roger Lewin Qt. 8.30pm. £3. LANGLEY PARK Club, Hawksbrook Lane, Becken’m BR3 BARLEY MOW, Watersplash Rd, Shepperton TW17 0EE 3SR. 01245 420475. 5 Chris Dean Qt 12 Skelton/Skinner Pete Davies Qt +: 4 Max Brittain 18 Pete Neighbour. (F) Allstars 26 Georgia Mancio Qt. £12-£15ish. 8.30pm THE JUNCTION, 9 Gayton Rd. Harrow on Hill. HA1 2DH. CROSS KEYS, Southborough TN4 9XD. 01892 536516 25 Eric Leese/ Peter Morgan Trio. 9pm. £4. 8426 0947 12 Derek Nash /Martin Shaw/ Dave Colton.. 8pm. (F) 14

Fridays in February Fridays (cont.)

SPICE OF LIFE, Moor St. W1D 5NA. 8647 2114 IMBER. COURT, Molesey KT8 0BT. info: 01932 845174 6 Janusz Carmello/ Matt Wates 13 Richard Exall- 20 Enrico Tomasso + Malcolm Cliff Trio. 8.30pm. £12 Amy Roberts Qnt 20 Pete Neighbour /Janusz Carmello NORTH WEALD Village Hall, CM16 6BU. 01992 522621. 27 Martin Litton Sextet. £5-£6. 12.30-2.30 6 Jo Fooks with Ted Beament Trio. 8.30pm. £8 SOUTHBANK CENTRE, SE1. (Foyer spaces) MARIGOLDS, Cricket Club, Chippingfield, Esx. CM17 0DJ 6 Tomorrow’s Warriors showcase. 5.30pm. (F) 27 Vas Xenopoulos/Ted Beament. 8pm. £8. 01279 421763 RAY’S JAZZ@ Foyles, 107 Charing Cross Rd. WC2H 0EB 6 Howl Trio 20 Valia Calda 27 Johnny Dexter. 6.30 (F) St MARY’s Church, High St. Wivenhoe CO7 9BJ 13 Gilad Atzmon OHE. £20. wivenhoeevents.blogspot.co.uk RONNIE SCOTT’S, 47 Frith St. W1. 020 7439 0747 Late Show: 6/ 20 Femi Temowo Qt NORDEN FARM Cntr, Altwood Rd. Maidenhead, SL6 4PF 13/27 Fletch’s Brew . 11pm-3am. £10/5 20 Alan Barnes /Alex Hutton. 8pm. £14/12. 01628 788997 THE VORTEX, N16 8AZ. See box page 7 this month SOUTH HILL PARK, Ringmead, Bracknell RG12 7PA 13 Simon Spillett/ Simon Cook Tr. £8.50. 01344 484123 THE CON CELLAR BAR, 42 St Pancras Way, NW1 0QT. 6 Stan Sulzmann Qt + The Button Band. 9pm. £5 Saturdays in February GREEN NOTE 106 Parkway, NW1 7AN. 020 7485 9899 27 Tom Millar & Fini Bearman. 9pm. £6 THE BULL’S HEAD, Lonsdale Rd. SW13 9PY. 8876 5241 RABBIT HOLE THEATRE, New End, Hampstead NW3 1JD 7 Zoe Francis/ Jim Mullen Band 14 Katriona Taylor 27 Kate Mullins + Will Bartlett Trio. 8.30. £10. 7794 2068 21 Julian Fenton Qt 28 Peter King Qt. £10-£12. 8pm THE BULL’S HEAD, Lonsdale Rd. SW13 9PY. 8876 5241 RONNIE SCOTT’S, 47 Frith St. W1. 020 7439 0747. 20 Art Themen Quartet ftg. John Horler. 8pm. £12 Late Show: 7/ 21 Femi Temowo Qt 14/28 Fletch’s Brew. 11pm-3am. £10/5 DA SCALZO, 1 Elizabeth St. SW1W 9NE. 020 7730 5498 13 Zoe Francis/ Jim Mullen 20 Dana Gillespie THE VORTEX, N16 8AZ. See box page 7 this month 27 Renato D’Aiello. 8pm. (F) DA SCALZO, 1 Elizabeth St. SW1W 9NE. 020 7730 5498 THE LANGHAM, 1 Portland Place, W1B 1JA. 7965 0195 7 Maurizio Minardi 14 Andy Black/Reese Robinson Every Fri: John Watson Trio. 6.30pm. (F) 21 Oliver Usiskin 28 Wild Card. 8pm (F) JAN’S BAR, 18 Northwold Rd. Stoke Newington, N16 7HL THE LANGHAM, 1 Portland Place, W1B 1JA. 7965 0195 27 Deirdre Cartwright Trio & guests. 8.45. (F) 7812 9862 Trios: 7,21,28: John Watson 14 Scott Baylis 6.30. (F) TROYGANIC, 132 Kingsland Rd. E2 8DY. 07921 874443 QUECUMBAR, 42 Battersea High Street, SW11 3HX Every Fri Roy Pfeffer Trio. 9pm-12. (F) 7 Pete Sheppard duo 21 Steve Aston Band 28 Charles Alexander/Andy Robinson. (F) b4 8pm/£6aft ARTIGIANO Rest. 12A Belsize Terr. NW3 4AX. 7794 4288 20 Kark Rasheed Abel/Jo Caleb 27 Graham Pike Tr. (FD) BECK THEATRE, Hayes, Middx. UB3 2UE. 020 8561 8371 28 Claire Martin & Ray Gelato. £10.50/£19.50 QUECUMBAR, 42 Battersea High Street, SW11 3HX 6 Radio Daze 14 Stuart Blagdon Qt 20 Harry Diplock/ TOULOUSE LAUTREC, 140 Newington Butts, SE11 4RN Jake Maun 27 Gypsy Dynamite. (F) b4 8pm/ £6after 7 Kings Cross Hot Club. £5 14 Karl Charity Qt + Viviana Zarbo/Marco Marconi. £10 TOULOUSE LAUTREC, 140 Newington Butts, SE11 4RN 28 Cafe Django Quartet. £5. 020 7582 6800 27 Gabrielle Ducomble Trio. £5. 7582 6800 THE WHITE LION, 232 Streatham High Rd. SW16 1BB OLIVER’S , 9 Nevada St. Greenwich, SE10 9JL 8858 3693 28 Helen McDonald’s Future Groove. 8pm. (F) 8677 3341. 13 Vlad Miller Qt 20 Lewis Wright Qt. 9pm. £6-ish YELLOW HOUSE, 126 Lower Rd. Surrey Quays SE16 2UE THE CRYPT, St Giles Church, Camberwell Church St, SE5 7 Alison Beck. 8pm. (F) 020 7231 8777 Every Fri. Bands tbc. see www.jazzlive.co.uk . 8pm. £8/5 OLIVER’S, 9 Nevada St. Greenwich, SE10 9JL 8858 3693 RIPLEY CRICKET CLUB, The Green, Ripley GU23 6AN. 14 Clement Regert’s Wild Card 21 The Jazz Knights 6 Urban Gin House + guests. 8.30. £7. inf: 01483 223975 28 New Jazz Mags. 9pm. £6-ish STANWELL Hotel, Town Lane, TW19 7PW. 01784 252292. BERKHAMSTED Civic Centre, HP4 3HD. 01442 824173 13 Harriet Coleman + Jimmy Hastings & co. 7.30. (FD) 14 Chris Garrick & the Budapest Cafe Orch. 8pm. £13/10 15

Sunday Afternoons Sunday Evenings

RONNIE’S SCOTT’S, 47 Frith St. W1. 7439 0747. 12 noon GREEN NOTE, 106 Parkway, NW1 7AN. 020 7485 9899 1 Simon Spillett Qt 8 Elaine Delmar + Brian Dee Trio 1 Resolution 88 ftg George Crowley, Tom O’Grady. 15 Ben Cox Band 22 Kate Dimbleby & friends. £12-£15 8pm. £8/£5 PRINCESS of WALES, 22 Chalcot Rd. NW1 8LL 7722 0354 PURCELL ROOM, SE1 8XX. www.southbankcentre.co.uk 1 Henry Lowther 8 Simon Spillett 15 Gill Cook 8 Dylan Howe’s Subterraneans. 7.45pm. £15. 22 Kelvin Christiane. With Pete Chapman Trio. 2pm. (F) THE VORTEX, N16 8AZ. See box page 7 this month DAVID LLOYD Leisure Centre. North Finchley N12 0QZ 1st & 15th: Leo Richardson Quintet. 12.30-2.30pm. (F) RONNIE’S BAR (at Ronnie Scott’s) 47 Frith St. W1. 22 The London Tap Jam with Michele Drees, La PORTE des INDES, 32 Bryanston St. W1H 7EG Junior Laniyan. From 8pm. £7. 7439 0747. Every Sun: Dave Lewis duo. 12.30-3.30. (FD) 7224 0055 SAFARI BAR, 975 High Rd. Finchley N12 8QR. 8361 0265 SEARCYS, St Pancras Grand, N1C 4QL. 020 7870 9900 8 Hilary Cameron + Just East/Jeremy Shoham. 8pm. £5 1 Sara Dowling 8 Mariama 15 Marta Capponi 22 Cristina Rubio. 1pm-4. (F) THE SALISBURY, 1 Grand Parade N4 1JX. 07980 863307 8 Josef Stout’s Project Terrarium THE SHIP, Gate St. Holborn, WC2A 3HP. 020 7405 1992 22 Sara Mitra Band. 8.30pm. £5 Every Sun: Dave Chandler Qnt & guests. 4.30-7pm. (F) PRIMO BAR, 200 Westminster Bridge Rd. SE1 7UT The GUNNERSBURY, 590 Chiswick High Rd. W4 5RP. 22 Stefania Arcieri Qt. ftg. Sandro Zerafa. 8pm. (F) Big Bands: 21 On The Slide 8 Trinity Jazz Ensemble 15 Jim Barton 22 Winston Rollins. 12.30-3pm. £10 MASON’S ARMS, 169 Battersea Park Rd. SW8 4BT 1 & 15: Ed Baber Quartet. 6-9pm. (F) THE BULL’S HEAD, Lonsdale Rd. SW13 9PY. 8876 5241 8 Kings College School Big Band. 1.30pm. £10/£8 OMNIBUS, 1 Northside, Clapham Common SW4 0QW 15 Tommy Andrews Quintet. 7pm. £10. 020 7498 4699 HARE & HOUNDS, 214 Upper Richmond Rd W SW14 8AH 8 Jazz Jam: Shura Greenberg Trio. 4.30. (F) / players £6 THE BULL’S HEAD, Lonsdale Rd. SW13 9PY. 8876 5241 1 Rha Stranges Multidirectional 15 Protect The Beat GREAT NORTHERN Railway Tavern, 67 High St. N8 7QB Every Sun: Laurie Morgan Trio/jam session. 2-5pm. £5/4 QUECUMBAR, 42 Battersea High Street, SW11 3HX 8 Gypsies of Bohemia 15 Cafe Manouche BOLEYN HOTEL, 29 The Hythe, TW18 3JD. 01784 435396 22 Gramophone Jass Band. £10/£8 22 Harriet Coleman/ Steve Waterman & co. 1.30. £20inc SAM’s Brasserie, 11 Barley Mow Passage, W4 4PH. (F) IVY HOUSE, 40 Stuart Rd, Nunhead SE15 3BE. 1 Irene Serra 15 Monika Lidke. 6.30pm. 8987 0555 1 Patrick Mee Qt 8 Little BigHorn 15 Doolally Tap 22 Les Morgan Band. 2pm-5pm. (F). 020 7358 2778 THE DOVE,Broadway Market, Hackney E8 4QJ. 7275 7617 Every Sun: Tom White Trio & guests. 6.30-9.30pm. (F) NEW CROSS INN, 323 New Cross Rd. SE14 6AS. 2pm. (F) Every Sun: Jazz jam hosted by Rob Juritz. 07960 972073 CHANDOS ARMS, 31 Colindale Ave. NW9 5DS. 8200 0032 15 Al Cherry + Just East. 6pm-8.15. £5 OVAL TAVERN, 131 Oval Rd. Croydon CRO 3BR. Qts: 1 Renato D’Aiello 8 Christian Brewer THE WHITE HORSE, 94 Brixton Hill, SW2 1QN. 8678 6666 15 Josh Kemp 22 Julian Costello. 1pm. (F) 8686 6023 15 Olly Wilby/ Simon Woolf/ Andres Ticino. 6 - 8.30. (F) THE EAGLE, 124 High St. Rochester, ME1 1JT. 01634 THE ELEANOR ARMS, 460 Old Ford Road, Bow, E3 5JP 409040. 1 Killer Shrimp 8 Tony Kofi & the Organisation Every Sun - Jazz Jam session. 8pm. (F) 07896 208707 15 Jim Mullen Organ Trio 22 Artie Zaitz & co. 1pm. (F) THE BELL, 617 Forest Road, E17 4NE MERLIN’S CAVE, Chalfont St Giles. Closed for refurb 15 Spencer Brown Trio. 8pm-10pm. (F) 07980 863307 THE HAWTH, Crawley RH10 6YZ. 01293 553636 THE STABLES, Wavendon MK17 8LU. www.stables.org 15 Elaine Delmar Quartet. 3pm. £15/£124adv. 1 Gerald Albright. 8pm. £19.50. 01908 280800 CRAMPHORN Theatre, Chelmsford. 01245 606505 1 Vasilis Xenopoulos/ Sam Miles Qnt. 12.15. £14/£10 Jazz In London NORTH WEALD Village Hall, CM16 6BU. 01992 522621 can be downloaded from 8 The Pity of War - Wilfred Owen’s poems read by Penny www.jazzinlondon.net Rimbaud with Liam Noble & Kate Shortt. 4pm. £8 16 LONDON BARBICAN FRIDAY 27 FEBRUARY

JAZZ FOR LABOUR A CONCERT FOR FAIRNESS AND DIVERSITY

ARTISTS INCLUDE: ALEX WEBB/CAFÉ SOCIETY SWING ANDY SHEPPARD / ARUN GHOSH CHRISTINE TOBIN / CLAIRE MARTIN COURTNEY PINE / DARIUS BRUBECK DAVE O’HIGGINS / GARY CROSBY / IAN SHAW JAY PHELPS / JOHN ETHERIDGE / JULIET KELLY KATE WILLIAMS / LIANE CARROLL PHIL MEADOWS / PHIL ROBSON SOWETO KINCH /

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PRESENTS RAVI COLTRANE QUARTET Sunday 8 - Monday 9 March | LONDON Ronnie Scott’s Wednesday 11 March | LEEDS Grand Theatre Friday 13 March | SOUTHAMPTON Turner Sims THE BILL LAURANCE PROJECT Saturday 23 May | LONDON Union Chapel & HERBIE HANCOCK Produced by Serious and Marshall Arts Monday 6 July | LONDON Barbican

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