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JAZZ in London F E B R U a R Y 2015 JAZZ in London www.jazzinlondon.net F E B R U A R Y 2015 RONNIE SCOTT’S PizzaExpress Jazz Club 47 Frith St. Soho, 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 Guy Barker Fri 6 CLARK TRACEY QUINTET 9 AMINA FIGAROVA featuring Chris Maddock & Henry Armburg-Jennings & ISHAR SARABSKI Sat 7 THE MOTOWN REVUE with Patrick Alan 9 Ronnie Scott’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 TINA MAY 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, Digby Fairweather, Roy Williams et al ! music by Maria Schneider, Thad Jones, Gil Evans Mon 23 TRISH CLOWES QNT - Gwilym Simcock, & Stan Tracey, 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 MORNINGTON LOCKETT with Simon Carter, Laurence Cottle, Ian Thomas 9 DAVE O’HIGGINS, QUENTIN COLLINS JOHN HORLER, DAVE GREEN 15 KELVIN CHRISTIANE QUARTET featuring Alex Hutton, Richard Sadler, Noel Joyce 16 ALAN BARNES, DAVE NEWTON PAUL MORGAN 22 GRAHAM DEE with Simon Carter, Phil Mulford , Geoff Dunn 23 JIM MULLEN, 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 SIMON SPILLETT & BOBBY WELLINS Wed 11 Feb STAN SULZMANN/ CELEBRATING TUBBY HAYES featuring John Critchinson, Dave Green, Spike Wells. £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 piano, ALEC DANKWORTH 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 Byron Wallen, 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 LIANE CARROLL 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, Art Themen, 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 & Bobby Worth 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 & MICK HUTTON 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’ The Guardian Shirley Smart cello, Nick Pini bass .
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