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Johnson and his Jam House, Birmingham (23). On Wilber (Oct. 1), the Pasadena plenty of activity in the bar, giving Band with the Sounds of New November 20 the band plays Roof Orchestra (8), Courtney JAZZ ON A WINTER’S Steve Brown – from Manchester! the full schedule for Ronnie Orleans(Oct. 5) and the Chris Birmingham Town Hall at a rally Pine with House of Legends Live WEEKEND Norwegian saxophonist Marius Scott’s in Frith Street, London, is Ingham Quartet celebrating for Justice for the 21 and other (15), Clare Teal (22), Ben Waters Neset made a huge impact at pretty much an impossibility. A Hoagy Carmichael (26). gigs that month are at Trio (Nov. 5), Peter White and his Despite initial reports to the Southport 2013 and now returns sampling of the main shows Tel.: 020 7439 0747 Huntingdon Hall, Worcester (8), Band (12), Celebrating Hoagy contrary, the 11th Jazz on a in a duo with tuba player Daniel comes up with Tierney Sutton www.ronniescotts.co.uk Norbreck Castle Hotel, with the Chris Ingham Quartet Winter’s Weekend at the Royal Herskedal! Also featuring on a (September 22-23), the David Blackpool (22) and Live Rooms, (19), Spats Langham’s Hot Clifton Hotel, Southport, will go highly varied programme are Sanborn Trio with Joey KING PLEASURE AND Chester (29). Combination (26) and the Big ahead as usual on February 6-8. everything from Vive, a six-part a DeFrancesco and Byron Landham THE ENTENTE Tel.: 0121 454 7020 Chris Barber Band (Dec. 3). The basic programme remains cappella vocal group, to Jam (24-26), Jazz Jamaica with Blue www.kingpleasureandthebiscuitboys.com Tel.: 023 8061 3989 the same, with 11 concerts Experiment, a youthful five-piece Note Blue Beat (October 1-3) CORDIALE www.theconcordeclub.com between the two main rooms of including Alexander Bone, the Stacey Kent (6-11), The Mingus King Pleasure and the Biscuit AUTUMN AT THE the hotel, plus photographic saxophonist who won the initial Big Band (20-25), Lou Donaldson Boys have three Autumn dates in CONCORDE JAZZ UNDER exhibitions, music in the bar, BBC Young Jazz Musician of the (27), Dianne Reeves (28-30), France: Espace Georges Brassens, The Concorde Club in Eastleigh GROUND workshops, talks and a Jazz Shop. Year. Stanley Clarke (November13-15), Feytiat (October 11), Le Canet has three regular jazz nights. The By 2015 the Fringe (now officially Tel.: 01704 541790 (tickets)/533771 the Steve Swallow/Carla Bley en Rousillon (31) and Nimes The Under Ground Theatre Dave Lewin Trio plays for diners so called) has grown in quantity (hotel) Quintet (17-18) and the Roy Festival (November 21). The band below Eastbourne Central on Fridays and Sunday night is and variety, with Tony Ormesher www.jazzinsouthport.co.uk Hargrove Quintet (21-22). plays the Irish Centre in Library hosts at least one jazz traditional jazz for dancing. Bands and the Alan Benzie Trio among Regulars for the Late Late Show Birmingham on August 20, event each month. On October 3 currently on the Sunday those providing music in between include the Brandon Allen followed by Festival Drayton the Derek Nash Quartet is a ABDULLAH IBRAHIM programme include the likes of times. The main concert Quartet (Sept. 24/Oct. 8, 9, 22, Centre (27), Borough Theatre, two-reeds, piano and bass IN NOVEMBER Brian White’s French Quarter All programme seems more 29), the Quentin Collins Quartet Abergavenny (October 2), combination with Julian Marc music that it’s simpler just to Stars (September 21), the Panama innovative than ever, though Serious is touring Abdullah JAZZ AT THE PALACE (Sept. 25/Oct. 15, 16, 23) and Birmingham’s Botanical Gardens Stringle, Craig Milverton and direct our readers to the Cafe Orchestra (28), the Pedigree regular favourites Alan Barnes Ibrahim in four varied concerts in Southend-on-Sea’s 4th (3), Gwyn Hall, Neath (4), Market Steve Thompson. On November website. One concert we are Fletch’s Brew (Oct. 3, 4, 17, 18, Jazz Band with Roger Marks and Dave Newton turn up with a November. On November 15 he international festival at the Palace Theatre, Ledbury (18) and the 7 singer Gill Cook is joined by especially happy to note, 31). Sunday lunch-times feature (October 19), the Original Rabbit septet including Martin Shaw and plays the Royal Festival Hall as opens on October 17 with Jazz Nick Tomalin, Dominic Howles however, is Coleridge Goode: A Foot Spasm Band (November 16) Robert Fowler and Pete Long’s part of the EFG London Jazz Europa with the London Jazz Dear Jazz Rag and Matt Fishwick, while T.J. Celebration at the Purcell Room and the Savannah Jazz Band (23). Jazz at the Phil, with the likes of Festival with his septet Ekaya and Sinfonia conducted by John Johnson and his Band complete on November 21, a week before Then on the main jazz night on Ryan Quigley, Ray Gelato and his brand New Trio, with the Jansson, strings and Tina May, I was very happy with Ron Simpson’s sympathetic and remarkably the pre-Christmas programme the bassist’s 100th birthday. Wednesdays the Janet Seidel Alex Garnett, is a guaranteed unusual instrumentation of reeds Karen Sharp, John Horler, accurate version of our talk [Jazz Rag 131]. (December 12). www.efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk Quintet (Sept. 24) is followed by (Cleave Guyton) and cello (Noah Dominic Ashworth, Alan Barnes Tel.: 0845 680 1926 crowd-pleaser. A truly the Sammy Rimington Band with international band has been put Jackson). Saffron Walden’s new and Julian Marc Stringle. After a However, may I point out something that was not made clear – www.undergroundtheatre.co.uk concert hall, Saffron Hall, is the REMI AT FESTIVALS Cuff Billett and special guest Bob together by alto saxist Dmitry Tribute to Johnny Mercer in the probably through my ramblings. venue for his New Trio (16) and October is a good month for Baevsky, originally from St. afternoon, Saturday evening is is followed by intimate solo gigs festivals for the Remi Harris Trio. Derek Nash Petersburg, but New York-based: devoted to Alan Barnes’ new Keith Nichols was the trombone player with the Anglo American at the Sage Gateshead (19) and The Ullapool Guitar Festival (3-4) American trumpeter Joe composition, Four Brothers and a Alliance. The pianist was American Henry Francis who happened to the Howard Assembly Room, is followed by the Callander Jazz Magnarelli, French pianist Alain Sister (Barnes, Stringle, Sharp, plus arrive in the UK around the same time as Dick Sudhalter. This has I Leeds (20). and Blues Festival (5), Beeston Jean-Marie, Greek bassist Mick Foster and Robert Fowler think, led to an error in the listing of my regular pianists. www.serious.org.uk Jazz Festival (24) and Stevington Giorgos Antoniou and drummer and the Ted Beament Trio). Sunday’s programme consists of Guitar Concert (31/Nov.