Matheus Prado Trio - “A Night in Rio” at Brecon Jazz Club, The Muse Arts Centre, Brecon.Ellie Jones Quartet at Swansea Jazz Club, Cu Mumbles, Mumbles, Swansea.Eddie Gripper & Alex Clarke Quartet at Black Mountain Jazz, Melville Centre, Abergavenny.The Pancake Band at The Regal, Tenbury Wells, Worcs.The John Horler Trio: A Portrait of Bill Evans at Progress Theatre, Reading, Berkshire. 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Tony Kofi at Derby Jazz, Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby.Swing From Paris at Kenilworth Jazz Club, Kenilworth Rigby Club, Kenilworth, Warwickshire.Make Much Wenlock Weird presents Field Lines Cartographer and Roma Agnihotri at The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, Shropshire.Sultan Stevenson at The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, Shropshire.Brandon Allen Quintet at Shrewsbury Jazz Network, The Hive Music & Media Centre, Shrewsbury.James Davison & Callum Au Quintet at Guildford Jazz, Guildford Pavilion, Guildford, Surrey.Monmouth Big Band at Savoy Theatre, Monmouth.Rob Luft Quartet at Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester.Lekan Babalola’s Sacred Funk 4tet at Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester.Miranda Radford Quartet at Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester.Impossible Conversations at Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester.Jas Kayser & Chums at Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester.Voyage of the Beagle by John Biddulph + Ashia Vaughan at Sy ; Gigs, Unitarian Church, Shrewsbury.An exploration of Harp & Piano – Marysia Osu & Hanakiv at Sy : Gigs, Unitarian Church, Shrewsbury.Matters Unknown at Sy; Gigs, Shrewsbury Unitarian Church, Shrewsbury.Misha Mullov-Abbado ‘Effra’ Album Launch at Hall One, Kings Place, London.Brecon Jazz Festival 2025, various venues, Brecon, Powys.The Blockheads at The Forge, Camden, London.Marc Ribot Quartet at Hudson Hall, New York City, USA.Marilyn Maye - Valentine’s Day Cabaret  at Hudson Hall, New York City, USA.Madeleine Peyroux plus support Jack Barksdale at Cadogan Hall, London.Madeleine Peyroux plus support Jack Barksdale at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, Essex.Ron Carter and String Quartet ETHEL Play Monk and Bach at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA.Terence Collie, “Elements” album launch, lunchtime event at Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho, London.Tindersticks at The Royal Albert Hall, London.Lizz Wright at The Barbican Centre, London.Nigel Kennedy - Concert for peace, acceptance and forgiveness” with Cleveland Watkiss a.o. at The Barbican, London.Joe Lovano’s Paramount Quartet ft. 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Rudresh Mahanthappa Hero Trio at Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts, New York City, USA.Billy Childs Quartet at Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts, New York City, USA.Stevie Wonder’s 75th Birthday Party feat. The Wonder of Stevie at Koko, London. | Gigs & Events

Matheus Prado Trio - “A Night in Rio” at Brecon Jazz Club, The Muse Arts Centre, Brecon.

Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2025

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TUESDAY 11th FEBRUARY
Brecon Jazz Club @ the Muse, 8pm / doors 7.30pm

MATHEUS PRADO TRIO : A NIGHT IN RIO
‘the music that stirs my soul - we will transport you to the vibrant streets of Rio de Janeiro’!

Paul Jones - keys
Liz Exell - drums
Matheus Prado - double bass

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Matheus Prado leads a terrific Trio that invites us to step into the heart of Brazil for an enchanting evening of Brazilian music and jazz. A special performance, featuring iconic pieces from Brazil’s rich musical heritage - composers Nascimento, Caymmi, Jobim and more - with the added original writing of leader Matheus Prado himself. The programme will include rhythmic samba, elegant bossa nova, the soulful depth of Brazilian jazz and more. Described by the Jazzman as “exeptional playing..skilled leadership..the trio masterfully captures the essence of Brazil’s diverse musical landscape” (thejazzmann.org). These outstanding musicians conjure an international atmosphere for a February Jazz night in Brecon that is both intimate and inspiring!

TICKETS £14 advance / £16 on door / £8 youth/PWYC
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BJC: we’re keeping ticket prices the same as a year ago. There are options to pay a bit more or to pay what you can; advance sales help!
£14 adv / £16 door / £8 youth / PWYC
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Welcome back to Jazz 2025!
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BRECON JAZZ CLUB
MUSE ARTS CENTRE
Glamorgan St.
Brecon, LD3 7DW

Ellie Jones Quartet at Swansea Jazz Club, Cu Mumbles, Mumbles, Swansea.

Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2025

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ELLIE JONES QUARTET : Wednesday, January 22nd, 8pm
Vintage Jazz & Swing from our very own Ellie
With Gary Phillips (Guitar), Paul Smith (Drums) & Alun Vaughan (Bass)

Check out the weekly programme of Jazz every Wednesday at the UK’s longest running weekly Jazz Club.
A fantastic programme of events on the way for 2025, more gigs added this week!

Cu Mumbles, 7 Castleton Walk Arcade, Newton Rd, Mumbles, Swansea SA3 4AX
(Please note Cu Mumbles venue is CARD ONLY at the BAR!)

BOOK TICKETS ONLINE HERE
https://www.swanseajazzland.co.uk/ourtickets

CALL TO BOOK OVER THE PHONE 01792 677287

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Eddie Gripper & Alex Clarke Quartet at Black Mountain Jazz, Melville Centre, Abergavenny.

Date: Sunday, February 16, 2025

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Event by Black Mountain Jazz and Eddie Gripper
Pen y Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, NP75UD
Public · Anyone on or off Facebook

http://www.blackmountainjazz.co.uk

http://www.alexclarkejazz.co.uk

http://www.edgripper.wordpress.com

A date for your diary, tickets on sale soon.

Music link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tizKFYvY7tE

After a short stint of gigs in 2023, the quartet reunites for a swift, heavy hitting UK tour of hard-bop and feel good swing.
BMJ are delighted to welcome two rising stars back to Abergavenny and the club where these two fine musicians first met.

As a finalist in the BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2020, winner of the Rising Star category in the 2019 British Jazz Awards and nominee in the Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2021 & 2022, Alex Clarke is known to be one of the most in-demand and versatile saxophonists to have emerged on the British jazz scene. Praised for her intelligent ear for harmony and a deep knowledge of repertoire across a variety of styles, Alex’s sound is steeped in the tradition of swing and bebop, “leaving the listener captivated by every phrase and nuance” (Jazz Views).

Having “already garnered comparisons with the greats” (Jazzwise) after the release of his debut album ‘Home’, Eddie Gripper has been rapidly establishing himself as another young contender on the national jazz circuit. He has worked as a performer, promoter and producer alongside top musicians in his field, including Huw Warren, Iain Ballamy, Laura Jurd, Alex Merritt and Yuri Golubev. As a composer, he has collaborated with Welsh folk artist Angharad Jenkins in a handful of projects, exploring the various aspects of folk, jazz and contemporary classical traditions.

The quartet itself also features Nick Kacal (Double Bass) and Partrick Barrett-Donlon (Drum Kit).

The Pancake Band at The Regal, Tenbury Wells, Worcs.

Date: Friday, January 24, 2025

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https://www.regaltenbury.co.uk/events/jazz-nights-the-pancake-band-jan-2024

JAZZ NIGHTS | The Pancake Band
Friday 24 January 2025
7:30 pm 9:30 pm
Regal Tenbury Trust
49 Teme StreetTenbury Wells, England, WR15 8AE
Doors open at 6.30pm

Great Jazz at a price you choose!
Pay What You Can: £15/£10/£5/£0
(no questions asked)

Join us in the Regal Studio for a night of Jazz with The Pancake Band featuring amongst others: Stuart Goodhew on Piano, Stuart Spiers on Sax and Peter Cabara on Bass

About The Pancake Band
The Pancake Band was formed 8 years ago. The repertoire consist of mainly original compositions of the pianist Stuart Goodhew. His genius musical mind produces colourful palette of compositions including standard swing, latin or funk. Just close your eyes and listen to hints of influence of jazz giants such as Bill Evans or Herbie Hancock. All supported by a superb band which will keep you moving, tapping your foot or smiling all the time.

The John Horler Trio: A Portrait of Bill Evans at Progress Theatre, Reading, Berkshire.

Date: Friday, May 16, 2025

Featuring: John Horler Trio

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Jazz at Progress | The John Horler Trio: A Portrait of Bill Evans | Buy tickets https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/progresstheatre/t-eadpaxp
Friday 16 May 2025 | Progress Theatre, Reading | 7: 30pm | £19.00 (£17.00 concessions, £10 under 16) plus maximum 5% booking fee.
John Horler piano
Alec Dankworth bass
Ronnie Jones drums
John Horler makes a welcome return to Jazz at Progress with his Portrait of Bill Evans. Accompanied by his long-time associate Alec Dankworth on bass and Ronnie Jones on drums, John will bring his ‘moonlight’ touch and imaginative flair for swinging improvisation to pay tribute to Bill Evans and his groundbreaking trio
John is a highly respected pianist and composer who has earned a formidable reputation on the British jazz scene over many years. Growing up in a musical family his gifts emerged at an early age and by the age of sixteen he was studying clarinet and piano at the Royal Academy of Music – an institution where, at that time in the mid-1960s, jazz was neither studied nor valued. John’s abilities were eventually fully acknowledged in later years when he was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) for his services to music
Perhaps best known for his 26-year stint as accompanist to Dame Cleo Laine, John’s impeccable credentials include playing in the big bands of Sir John Dankworth and Maynard Ferguson and supporting scores of visiting guest stars from America, most memorably a week-long gig with Chet Baker at The Canteen. He has worked with legends of the British scene such as Ronnie Ross, Peter King, Kenny Wheeler, Tommy Whittle, Tony Coe, Simon Spillett and Alan Barnes, and broadcast and recorded extensively, including a number of highly acclaimed albums by his own trio
In his biographical notes, John writes:
For me music, and especially jazz, is about togetherness, about individual input being merged with others to make a whole piece of music.
I was not enthusiastic about the piano as a jazz instrument until I heard Bill Evans. He absorbed the music of the European composers Debussy, Ravel and even Brahms, which he welded into his own very special jazz language. I embraced that almost immediately and even today he is s till the most influential figure in my playing; not in a copying sense I hope, but in an inspirational way.
This is a priceless opportunity to see one of Britain’s most acclaimed jazz pianists playing the music he loves – not to be missed. As the saying goes, ‘Everybody Digs Bill Evans’.
‘John Horler is a quiet, dedicated, gently humorous man, the kind of musician whose work steals up on you. His piano playing, almost placid on the surface, is full of unexpected turns and hidden surprises.’ – Dave Gelly The Observer
Listen to John Horler & Tony Coe on ‘A Piece for Poppy’ from their album Dancing in the Dark recorded at the 2007 Appleby Jazz Festival
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8t0Ahp0Zv8.

Progress Theatre
16 The Mount,
Reading RG1 5HL

http://www.progresstheatre.co.uk

John Law’s Re-Creations “Many Moons” Tour at Progress Theatre, Reading, Berkshire.

Date: Friday, April 04, 2025

Featuring: John Law’s Re-Creations

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Jazz at Progress | John Law’s Re-Creations “Many Moons” Tour | Buy tickets https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/progresstheatre/t-mopyoqa
Friday 4 April 2025 | Progress Theatre, Reading | 7: 30pm | £19.00 (£17.00 concessions, £10 under 16) plus maximum 5% booking fee.
John Law piano
Sam Crockatt sax
Henrik Jensen bass
Alex Goodyear drums
John Law presents Re-Creations: creative arrangements of some of the world’s most familiar music. The idea is simple: they take the best-known tunes from all genres – jazz, pop, indie, rock, folk, classical sometimes – and re-create, finding new arrangements and new angles; sometimes just spontaneously re-inventing them.
But no matter how free and inventive they get, no matter how complex and intricate the arrangements become, audiences everywhere always feel part of the creative process, because they know the tune and recognise it when it comes back.
This is music played by highly skilled musicians. Audiences don’t feel excluded. They are integral to the evening and the whole experience.
Featuring UK Parliamentary Jazz Award Winner saxophonist Sam Crockatt, Danish bass player and composer Henrik Jensen and a new young firebrand on the UK jazz drumming scene: Alex Goodyear
John Law“One of the UK’s most imaginative and versatile jazz pianists”– International Piano Magazine
“This was the best, and most dynamic, of the Re-Creations shows that I’ve seen. Law is a brilliant technician and his own playing was superb, as was that of his very able colleagues.” – The Jazz Mann

Progress Theatre
16 The Mount,
Reading RG1 5HL

http://www.progresstheatre.co.uk

Empirical Quintet at Progress Theatre, Reading, Berkshire.

Date: Friday, February 21, 2025

Featuring: Empirical

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Next up at Jazz at Progress

Jazz at Progress | Empirical Quintet | Buy tickets https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/progresstheatre/t-pqdrexd
Friday 21 February 2025 | Progress Theatre, Reading | 7: 30pm | £19.00 (£17.00 concessions, £10 under 16) plus maximum 5% booking fee.
Empirical Quintet
The original quartet as above were: Tom Farmer bass, Nathaniel Facey alto sax, Lewis Wright vibes, Shaney Forbes drums. Lewis Wright has moved to the USA, so in his place is Jonny Mansfield. Since their start in 2007 they have played in quartet, quintet and sextet formations. For this event at Progress it will be a quintet with guest pianist Will Barry.
Empirical will be presenting a performance of their latest 2024 album Wonder is the Beginning, which is their first full length album in eight years, and is a mature musical statement that shows the band’s fire is still undimmed and their commitment to maintaining the legacy while forging their own unique path is as strong as ever.
Empirical’s trademark combination of complex, thoughtful writing and spontaneous improvisation is enabled by the absolute trust that comes from years of collective music making, and is at the heart of what makes Empirical stand out consistently on the musical landscape.
Press quotes:
‘…far from merely embracing the tradition, [Empirical] move the music forward to a new paradigm but in a characteristically subtle and sophisticated manner.’ Jazz Journal, 2024
‘Empirical, around for an astonishing 15 years already, are one of the great British contributions to European jazz.’ Downbeat, 2022
‘Empirical is still a reliable touchstone of contemporary British jazz at its most sophisticated.’ Jazzwise, 2022

Progress Theatre
16 The Mount,
Reading RG1 5HL

http://www.progresstheatre.co.uk

Gnoss at Widcombe Social Club, Bath.

Date: Sunday, May 04, 2025

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SUNDAY 4 MAY
GNOSS
Widcombe Social Club
Doors 7.00pm - Gnoss on stage 8.00pm
AOTA presents traditional music from Scotland. Young generation Scottish artists GNOSS bring a rich tapestry of acoustic layers, outstanding musicianship, deep traditional roots and contemporary flair to their scintillating performances.
Gnoss combines the talents of:
Aidan Moodie (Guitar/Vocals)
Graham Rorie (Fiddle/Mandolin/Electric Tenor Guitar)
Connor Sinclair (Flute/Whistles/Vocals)
Craig Baxter (Bodhran/Percussion)
Gnoss’ signature sound combines songs and tunes brimming with character. Triple Scots Trad Music Awards nominees, the band have built an invested following through their forward-thinking take on traditional music and the unique warmth of their live shows, proven through sell-out performances across the UK and Europe, including standout appearances at the Orkney Folk Festival, Cambridge Folk Festival, Towersey Festival, Denmark’s Tønder Festival and Glasgow’s famous Celtic Connections.
Tickets: £ 18/£16 WSC members
BOOK ONLINE HERE
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/all-of-the-above-amp-bath-jazz-weekend-16630581839

Widcombe Social Club
Widcombe Hill
Bath, BA2 6AA

Chris Wood at Widcombe Social Club, Bath.

Date: Friday, April 04, 2025

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FRIDAY 4 APRIL
CHRIS WOOD
Widcombe Social Club
Doors 7.00pm - Chris Wood on stage 8.00pm
All Of The Above welcomes England’s passionate, compassionate, fierce, acute, witty, uncompromising and influential singer of traditional songs and composer of songs in the tradition - there’s no-one quite like Chris Wood.
Wood’s music reveals his love for the un-official history of the English speaking people. With gentle intelligence he weaves the tradition with his own contemporary parables. An independent streak shines through everything he does. Direct and unafraid to speak his mind, his song writing has been praised for its surgical clarity. Characteristically he cites his major influence as Anon.
Chris Wood’s most recent album So Much to Defend ranges in subject matter from football to empty nest syndrome, learning to swim, Cook-in Sauce and, not least, the Gecko as a metaphor for contemporary society.
Reviewing the album fROOTS MAGAZINE perceptively said:
Chris Wood might be the Ken Loach of songwriting. Very political, but at the same time full of compassion, and he grows sharper and more acute with each passing album. Hes good, quite probably the very best we have today, and we need him more than ever.
Similarly, ACOUSTIC MAGAZINE wrote:
“Steeped in tradition, yet always striving for a new day, this is a glorious album proving that Chris Wood is a bit of a national treasure.”
Tickets: £ 18/£16 WSC members
BOOK ONLINE HERE
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/all-of-the-above-amp-bath-jazz-weekend-16630581839

Widcombe Social Club
Widcombe Hill
Bath, BA2 6AA

Fazer, Yama Warashi + more TBA at Jazz in the Round, The Cockpit Theatre, London.

Date: Monday, February 24, 2025

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JITR Feb: Fazer, Yama Warashi + more TBA
Monthly Sounds In The Round
Produced and presented by The Cockpit & Jazz In The Round
Jazz in the Round + Serious presents Munich-based quintet Fazer who perform their first ever UK show with their new studio album, Yamaha.
Founded in Bristol circa 2015 and centred on a close-knit coterie of gifted collaborators led by Shigihara, the output of Yama Warashi has since flourished across one EP and three albums, from the graceful spiritual jazz of 2016’s ‘MOON ZERO’ to the evocative, psychedelic dreamworlds of her debut album ‘Moon Egg’ - released in the same year - to the existential, Bon Odori-inspired music of 2018’s ‘Boiled Moon’
Date:
24 Feb - 8pm
Tickets:
Standard: £15
Students / MU members: Half Price
Website: https://www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/jitr_feb_fazer_yama_warashi_more_tba

The Cockpit
Gateforth Street,
London NW8 8EH

Box Office: 020 7258 2925
(10.30am - 6pm, Monday - Friday,
12 noon - 6pm, Saturday)

Empirical, Pedro Velasco + Emily Tran at Jazz in the Round, The Cockpit Theate, Marylebone, London.

Date: Monday, January 27, 2025

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JITR Jan: Empirical, Pedro Velasco + Emily Tran
Monthly Sounds In The Round
Produced and presented by The Cockpit & Jazz In The Round
Empirical features Nathaniel Facey (alto sax), Tom Farmer (double bass), Lewis Wright (vibraphone) and Shaney Forbes (drums).
Pedro Velasco is a London-based guitarist who specialises in improvised music. He performs prolifically across the UK, and Europe with several projects including Harry Christelis and Pedro Velasco duo who recently released their debut album Scribbling to critical acclaim.
Emily Tran is a pianist from South-East London inspired by the likes of Bud Powell, Oscar Peterson, Monk and Herbie Hancock. Developing her playing with Tomorrow’s Warriors, she has played many venues in London such as The Queen Elizabeth Hall, Ronnie Scott’s and Brick Lane Jazz Festival.
Date:
27 January - 8pm
Tickets:
Standard: £15
Students / MU members: Half Price
Website: https://www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/jitr_jan_empirical_pedro_velasco_emily_tran

The Cockpit
Gateforth Street,
London NW8 8EH

Box Office: 020 7258 2925
(10.30am - 6pm, Monday - Friday,
12 noon - 6pm, Saturday)

Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2025, various venues, Cheltenham, Glos.

Dates: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 - Monday, May 05, 2025

Featuring: Various Artists

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https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/festivals/jazz-festival

We’re counting down the days until Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2025 where we’ll be joined by the likes of David Gray, Corinne Bailey-Rae, Amadou & Mariam, Nubya Garcia, Jools Holland with more names to be announced early next year.
Save the date for next year: 30 April – 5 May 2025

Tickets are now on sale here with more names set to be announced early 2025. Follow us on social media or sign up to our newsletter to be the first to know.
https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/whats-on

The Stan Tracey Tribute Quartet (feat Clark Tracey) at Corn Exchange Jazz Club, The corn Exchange, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire.

Date: Thursday, February 13, 2025

Featuring: Clark Tracey Quartet

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Jazz Club The Stan Tracey Tribute Quartet (feat Clark Tracey)
Thursday, February 13, 2025
7:30 PM 9:45 PM

THE STAN TRACEY TRIBUTE QUARTET (feat. CLARK TRACEY)

Simon Allen - Reeds
Gareth Williams - Piano
Andrew Cleyndert - Bass
Clark Tracey - Drums

Simon Allen is one of our finest contemporary saxophonists with a history of fronting the Stan Tracey Quartet, as well being a member of Tracey’s Octet, Sextet and Big Band.

Gareth Williams is an outstanding pianist, a powerhouse musician more than capable of re-energising Stan Tracey’s compositions.

Andrew Cleyndert on bass was with Stan for 25 years, performing in all his ensembles and recording him often on his own record label.

Clark Tracey spent 35 years as Stan’s drummer, recording, touring and performing with his father.

The Stan Tracey Tribute Quartet plays a chronological repertoire of Stan’s best loved material and a few cheeky unknown ones.

“For me Tracey is a world-class musician whose mature and distinctive artistry – his own “snap-crackle” – is right up there with the likes of Philly Joe Jones and Roy Haynes. Clark Tracey is also a great bandleader, able to engage both easily and warmly with audiences while offering them the most intelligently programmed music, selected from many a realm of jazz.”
Jazz Journal, 2024.

Tickets here;
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/vidlerhospitalityltd/1521032

Corn Exchange
8 High St, Ross-on-Wye HR9 5HL

Maddy Coombs 4tet at Clun Valley Jazz, SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire.

Date: Saturday, July 12, 2025

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Maddy Coombs 4tet - 12th July 2025, SpArC Theatre Bishop’s Castle
£23.00
Doors at 19:15, start at 20:00

The third instalment in the Clun Valley Jazz/Tomorrow’s Warriors series welcomes Maddy Coombs and her quartet to Bishop’s Castle.

Hailing from Northampton, Maddy studied at Guildhall. She has played alongside Judi Jackson, Soweto Kinch and Mark Kavuma, as well as having performed her own music at venues including, We Out Here Festival and Pizza Express Jazz Club.

Her own music draws inspiration from many artists including Joe Henderson, John Coltrane, Melissa Aldana and Joel Ross, amongst others, and her and her band will be playing a set of standards and original music.

Alongside Maddy (tenor sax) will be Sultan Stevenson (piano), Zoe Pascal (drums) and Menelik Claffey (bass)

Donovan Haffner 5tet at SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire.

Date: Saturday, June 21, 2025

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Donovan Haffner 5tet - 21st June 2025, SpArC Theatre Bishop’s Castle
£23.00
Doors at 19:15, 20:00 start.

In the second collaborative show from Clun Valley Jazz and Tomorrow’s Warriors, we are joined by the Donovan Haffner 5tet.

Donovan has played with a multitude of professional musicians including the big contemporary British names such as Moses Boyd, Charlie Stacey, and Jay Phelps, Balimaya Project, and European contemporary names such as Rasmus Sorenson. Donovan is also included in Jay Phelps’ Miles Davis Kind of Blue Project who play shows around the UK. He has been selected as a finalist for the ‘Jazz Newcomer of the Year award in the prestigious ‘Parliamentary Jazz Awards 2024’. Donovan was also a finalist at the ‘Music Company’s Tina May Award’ in 2024.

Donovan Haffner runs his own Quintet which comprises band members Donovan Haffner (Alto Sax), Francisco Garcia de Paredes (Guitar), Jay Verma (Piano), Harry Pearce (Bass) and Harry Ling (Drums). The group was formed by playing together at Guildhall School of Music when Donovan was just 18 years old.

Ivo Neame and Elchin Shirinov Present Keith Jarrett: A Portrait Performance at Clun Valley Jazz, SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire.

Dates: Friday, May 02, 2025 - Saturday, May 03, 2025

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Ivo Neame and Elchin Shirinov Present Keith Jarrett: A Portrait Performance Part I - 2nd May 2025, SpArC Theatre Bishop’s Castle
£23.00
Doors at 19:15, start at 20:00
Clun Valley Jazz presents a world premiere concert celebrating the life and work of iconic pianist and composer Keith Jarrett.
Ivo Neame and Elchin Shirinov will play twin pianos, exploring Jarrett’s vast catalogue and commemorating the 50th anniversary of the legendary Köln Concert.
This is a two-part performance, with different material being played across the course of the two evenings.

Ivo Neame and Elchin Shirinov Present Keith Jarrett: A Portrait Performance Part II - 3rd May 2025, SpArC Theatre Bishop’s Castle
£23.00
Doors at 19:15, start at 20:00
Clun Valley Jazz presents a world premiere concert celebrating the life and work of iconic pianist and composer Keith Jarrett.
Ivo Neame and Elchin Shirinov will play twin pianos, exploring Jarrett’s vast catalogue and commemorating the 50th anniversary of the legendary Köln Concert.
This is a two-part performance, with different material being played across the course of the two evenings.

Romarna Campbell Trio at Clun Valley Jazz, SpArC Theatre, Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire.

Date: Saturday, March 08, 2025

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Romarna Campbell Trio - 8th March 2025, SpArC Theatre Bishop’s Castle
£23.00
Doors at 19:15, 20:00 start.

Join us for the first in a series of collaborative events between Clun Valley Jazz and Tomorrow’s Warriors, a music education collective that helps aspiring young artists discover their magic, nurture nascent talent, achieve creative ambitions, and build engaged diverse audiences.

First up, the Romarna Campbell Trio! Romarna’s musical storytelling begins with the drums. The nomadic spirit of this exciting drummer, producer and composer lives in her jazz and hip-hop-infused music. Her irrepressible energy can be heard on Inherently

Political, a super-charged sonic assault on racism that immediately won favour with Anne Frankenstein, Jazz FM’s Tony Minvielle and had her crowned by BBC Radio 6 Music’s Jamz Supernova as New Name of the Week.

Having honed her craft with Berklee College of Music, Tomorrow’s Warriors, and the Notebenders, Romarna stands on the shoulders of giants and draws inspiration from their view as she beats a path forward that is very much her own.

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Steve Banks with Guildhall Jazz Orchestra & Choir: “Emboldened” at Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Milton Court Concert Hall, London.

Date: Friday, February 14, 2025

Featuring: Steve Banks

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https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2025/event/guildhall-jazz-orchestra-choir-emboldened

Guildhall Jazz Orchestra & Choir: Emboldened
Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Fri 14 Feb 2025, 19:30,Milton Court Concert Hall

Guildhall Jazz Orchestra and Choir welcome guitarist and composer Steve Banks to perform his debut album, Emboldened.
This acclaimed work has been re-voiced for jazz orchestra and choir from the original quintet by Jonathan Silk.

Milton Court
Silk St,
London,
EC2Y 9BH

Steve Banks adds;

On 14th February 2025, I will be performing the ‘Emboldened’ album in full plus three more of my compositions, all arranged by the fantastic Jonathan Silk, with Guildhall Jazz Orchestra & Choir at Milton Court Concert Hall, London. The choir will include 25 vocalists so that’s over 50 musicians on stage . . . it’s going to be a glorious sound!
I’m really looking forward to this very special concert. I hope to see you there!

Thank you for the continued messages of inspiration and encouragement from those hearing the ‘Emboldened’ album for the first time! I’m always grateful for people who have taken the time to get in touch.

https://www.steve-banks.co.uk/

Gallowstreet at 229, London.

Date: Thursday, April 10, 2025

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We have received the following press release regarding this event;

Explosive Dutch Brass Machine GALLOWSTREET

Gallowstreet, the Dutch brass band with an attitude. Hailing from the Galgenstraat in Amsterdam they have refined their sound through the course of 5 albums.

Over a decade of innovating brass music, Gallowstreet has been up and at it. Armed with 7 horn players and 1 drummer the band employs a wide range of musical genres to tell stories with their compositions, most of them beat driven, all of them with anthemic quality.

Gallowstreet has proven to be a big inspiration for the emerging European Brass Band scene. There’s not a week that goes by without a video of one of the songs being covered by young enthusiastic brass bands from around the globe. Their songs have seen re-arrangements for a wide range of ensembles and Gallowstreet has been a consistent source of inspiration for other bands.

With shows on Lowlands, North Sea Jazz, Bout Du Monde, in Algeria, Slowakia and Turkey and sold out club shows in the famous Paradiso in Amsterdam and the legendary New Morning in Paris the band is a well-traveled, seasoned ensemble that knows the crack of the whip when it comes to playing big shows for large crowds.

Tickets;
https://www.seetickets.com/event/gallowstreet/229/3249931

229 Great Portland Street,
London W1.

Basil Hodge Quartet feat. Tony Kofi at Derby Jazz, Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby.

Date: Saturday, January 25, 2025

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Derby Jazz have forwarded the following information regarding this event;

A great quartet featuring the brilliant Tony Kofi. BASIL HODGE QUARTET Derby Museum on the Wardwick Saturday January 25th

BASIL HODGE
QUARTET
Basil Hodge - piano
Tony Kofi - Alto sax
Dave Whitford -bass
Matt Fishwick - drums

Derby Museum
and Art Gallery
The Wardwick
Sat. Jan. 25th 8pm

Pianist and composer Basil Hodge has been a mainstay of the British Jazz scene since the early nineties. This quartet which features the brilliant saxophonist Tony Kofi will play Basil’s compositions from his critically acclaimed album ‘A Point of Reference’. You will hear contemporary Jazz with a cohesive blend of swing, Latin and funk rhythms.

Basil’s interest in music and the piano started at junior school. His quest to become a jazz musician started in earnest when he undertook classical piano lessons from a local teacher for a few years. He then went on to have private lessons with jazz pianist/composer Tim Richards from 1986 – 89. He rounded of his training at Goldsmiths College London in 1991.

His professional career started in the summer of 1993 as a freelance musician and he steadily rose up the ranks to play with some of the leading UK players such as Jim Mullen, Tony Kofi, Dave O’Higgins and Renato D’Aiello. In November 2003 Basil produced and released his debut CD My Guardian Angel featuring his original compositions, which led to a distribution deal with New Note Records. The CD received critical acclaim and air play. His second album ‘Sound Reasoning’ was released in October 2009, distributed by Proper Note Ltd. The CD contained 10 more fresh and exciting originals from Basil’s pen which confirmed his stature as an established composer. Sound Reasoning received rave reviews including a 4-star rating from Jack Massarik (Evening Standard). He appeared on Claire Martin’s Jazz Line Up show (BBC Radio 3) to talk about his album and musical influences. He also performed a live solo piano piece for the programme. Three of the main jazz DJs from Jazz FM, Helen Mayhew, Mike Chadwick and Sarah Ward have all recently played his music.

Basil has been leading his bands (trio, quartet and quintet) since 1995 and has performed in such venues as Ronnie Scott’s, Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth and National Theatre Foyers, the Swanage and Ealing Jazz Festivals, The Vortex Jazz Club, The Crypt, The Hideaway, Boxford Fleece, Watermills Jazz, The Bonington Theatre and The Verdict Jazz Club.

https://mjazz.co.uk/derby-jazz-whats-on/

Swing From Paris at Kenilworth Jazz Club, Kenilworth Rigby Club, Kenilworth, Warwickshire.

Date: Monday, February 03, 2025

Featuring: Swing From Paris

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Swing from Paris - Monday 3rd February 2025

There will be no event in January but we will start our programme for 2025 in February with the return of the fabulous Swing from Paris.

KENILWORTH: RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB
Monday 3rd February, 2025
Door time: 7:30pm, Start time: 8:00pm
Tickets: £15.00, Students £7.50 available on the door or online at https://wegottickets.com/event/644842/
* Please note the online price includes the ticketing site fee and is the same as the door price.

Swing from Paris are a quartet of violin (Fenner Curtis), guitars (Andy Bowen and Sam Hughes) and double bass (Tomasz Williams), inspired by the great swing bands of the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s such as Benny Goodman, Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and the Hot Club of France.

Their Parisian-flavoured jazz and gypsy swing has been delighting audiences for over 15 years: from major jazz festivals including Brecon, Cheltenham and the Django Reinhardt Festival at Samois sur Seine, to being seen on the BBC’s Hairy Bikers and performing at the opening of the award-winning Gloucester Services.

Their latest recording together is I Love Paris (2024), available digitally and on CD. Expect stylish jazz and vintage swing.

Watch:
La Mer https://youtu.be/qkWJ7F5OMmc
Under Paris Skies https://youtu.be/sYsmeUcq1RM
More on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@SwingfromParis

Listen:
Spotify I Love Paris (2024)
Bandcamp swingfromparis.bandcamp.com
Album trailer https://youtu.be/6yReTaXRjGE

Socials:
Facebook facebook.com/swingfromparis
Instagram instagram.com/swingfromparisofficial/
TikTok tiktok.com/@swing.from.paris
Web swingfromparis.co.uk/
More links linktr.ee/swingfromparis

Reviews:

“Their arrangements are consistently intelligent, interesting and inventive… their love for, and knowledge of, their chosen material is wide and deep, but nevertheless they put their own stamp on it.” – The Jazz Mann ★ ★ ★ ★

“Excellent band ... diverse numbers, smart arrangements ... successful partnering of acoustic with electric guitar distinguishes the band’s sound ... symphonious violin, soulful guitar and heart-rending bass” – Jazz Journal

“Awe-inspiring ... The band members have real rapport…I would highly recommend to any jazz, or live music fan for that matter” – Swindon Link

“Clever interpretations and adaptations” – Nub News

“the band’s chemistry is palpable” – We Write About Music

“captures the essence of Parisian jazz and gypsy swing with remarkable virtuosity” – http://www.infomusic.fr

“both reverent to the past and refreshingly original” – musikepool

“a rich and immersive listening experience” – http://www.extravafrench.com

Audience comments:

“Absolutely wonderful. Don’t miss it!” “A truly spectacular and accomplished group”

“Fabulous musicians, fabulous arrangements. Can’t recommend enough!”

KENILWORTH JAZZ CLUB
KENILWORTH: RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB
GLASSHOUSE LANE
KENILWORTH
CV8 2AJ

Make Much Wenlock Weird presents Field Lines Cartographer and Roma Agnihotri at The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, Shropshire.

Date: Saturday, February 15, 2025

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Make Much Wenlock Weird presents Field Lines Cartographer and Roma Agnihotri

For the final event of the first season of Make Much Wenlock Weird we proudly present Field Lines Cartographer.
There’s no rush in Field Lines Cartographer’s world, no hurried resolutions or hasty developments, in fact Mark Burford has been meticulously crafting an impeccable body of work that revels in gradual imperceptible shifts and slow-burning realisations for some years now. Burford’s music is intensely emotive and unfathomably deep. While the textural detail inherent in all of FLC’s work carries through to his jawdropping live show, the performance is mostly stripped back to a couple of hardware synthesisers, effortlessly mixing analogue and digital in a masterclass of restraint and balance, earning him a much-lauded repeat appearance at Levitation festival, a spot at DiN’s Tone Science live show at the Capstone Theatre in Liverpool and a performance at the G Livelab in Helsinki. Field Lines Cartographer’s work, both recorded and live is enduringly immersive and undeniably skilled, perfectly toeing the line between trickling ambient vignettes and immovable walls of sound, often both at the same time.

Support is provided by Roma Agnihotri, an audio-visual artist whose passion lies in exploring the synergy between sound and visuals. After completing their degree in creative music technology, Roma has created an abstract experimental film series that explores the relationship between sound and non-narrative-based films. Driven by a passion for repurposing and reusing materials, Roma combines reworked samples, circuit bent instruments and found sounds, infusing their films with a distinctive and unconventional sonic landscape. Their work aims to challenge the conventional notions of sound, visuals, and the boundless possibilities they hold.

Saturday 15 February 2025
Doors 18.30 Show 19.30
Tickets £15
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/edgeartscentre/make-much-wenlock-weird-presents-field-lines-cartographer-and-roma-agnihotri/e-ylrkem

The Edge Arts Centre
William Brookes School
Farley Road
Much Wenlock
Shropshire TF13 6NB

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PHONE NUMBER
01952 728911

Sultan Stevenson at The Edge Arts Centre, Much Wenlock, Shropshire.

Date: Saturday, February 01, 2025

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SULTAN STEVENSON

Winner of the 2023 Parliamentary Jazz Media Award for ‘Best Newcomer’, Sultan Stevenson has emerged as one of London’s most dynamic young jazz talents. From intimate venues like The Vortex to prestigious stages such as The Jazz Cafe and The EFG London Jazz Festival, Sultan’s performances have captivated audiences. He draws inspiration from jazz legends like McCoy Tyner, Kenny Kirkland, and Ahmad Jamal.

In 2025, Sultan is set to release his second album, “El Roi,”. His first album Faithful One was meant to great commercial success and rave reviews from critics.

This year he performed a showcase slot at SXSW in Texas, as well as a Showcase at Jazzahead! in Germany, the Brick Lane Jazz Festival, and a sold-out Cheltenham Jazz Festival concert. The rest of his 2024 tour will see him perform at some of the most important venues on the European jazz scene. EFG London Jazz Festival, Jamboree (Barcelona), Transition Festival (Utrecht, Netherlands) and Riv38 (Paris). His recent interview and live performance on BBC Radio 3 underscore his growing influence in the jazz world.

Saturday 1 Febuary 2025
Doors 19.30 Show 20.00
Tickets £15
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/edgeartscentre/sultan-stevenson/e-eqyyll

The Edge Arts Centre
William Brookes School
Farley Road
Much Wenlock
Shropshire TF13 6NB

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PHONE NUMBER
01952 728911

Brandon Allen Quintet at Shrewsbury Jazz Network, The Hive Music & Media Centre, Shrewsbury.

Date: Saturday, February 08, 2025

Venue

The Hive, Shrewsbury

5 Belmont,
Shrewsbury,
Shropshire.
UK

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Brandon Allen Quintet
Feb 8th £23/£12 U22

Brandon Allen (saxophones)
Hamish Balfour (keyboards)
Nick Costley White (guitar)
Mike Scarcia (double bass)
Rod Youngs (drums

James Davison & Callum Au Quintet at Guildford Jazz, Guildford Pavilion, Guildford, Surrey.

Date: Thursday, January 23, 2025

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Martin Collins of Guildford Jazz writes;

Thursday, 23 January: James Davison & Callum Au Quintet
An exciting quintet led by two award-winning young jazz musicians, trumpeter James Davison and trombonist Callum Au, with an evening of swinging music bringing the
atmosphere and vibe of 50’s and 60’s jazz to life. Inspired by the music of the classic 1960s Clark Terry/Bob Brookmeyer Quintet, the band plays a selection of hard-swinging originals and covers of some of the best of their repertoire. With the Sam Watts on piano and Matt Skelton on drums, and Marianne guesting on bass.
From 19.15 to 22:15 at Guildford Pavilion, Woodbridge Road, GU1 4RP.
Tickets £20 (Discounts for Members and Students) https://www.guildfordjazz.org.uk

Monmouth Big Band at Savoy Theatre, Monmouth.

Date: Friday, February 21, 2025

Featuring: Monmouth Big Band

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https://monmouth-savoy.co.uk/whats-on/live/

Monmouth Big Band in Concert
Show Date: Friday- February 21st – 8.00 pm
Price: £14 Standard £10 Concessions

Monmouth’s own BIg Band are back for their annual concert of well loved big and favourites. Once again they explore the American Songbook for an evening of beautiful ballads and uplifting full throttle full band numbers.

The Savoy Theatre,
Church Street,
Monmouth,
Monmouthshire,
NP25 3BU

Phone: 01600 772467

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Rob Luft Quartet at Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester.

Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025

Featuring: Rob Luft

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Rob Luft Quartet
March 27, 2025 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

One of the most exciting and accomplished jazz guitarists in Europe today.

Rob Luft is undeniably one of the most exciting jazz guitarists in Europe of his generation. Hailing from London, this award-winning virtuoso has garnered comparisons to legends such as John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola, Paco De Lucia, and Kurt Rosenwinkel.

Rob is a true rising star, possessing a rare combination of talent as a guitarist, band-leader, composer, and captivating communicator. He won the Kenny Wheeler Award after graduating from the Royal Academy of Music in 2016, followed by the release of his debut album “Riser” in 2017. Luft’s joy in music-making, humility, and ability to connect with other musicians quickly made him one of the most sought-after instrumentalists to emerge from the UK in recent years.

His highly anticipated third album “Dahab Days” was released on Edition Records in October 2023 and reveals Rob’s willingness to push boundaries and expand his sonic palette. Drawing inspiration from his time in Egypt’s Dahab region during the pandemic, he infuses the album with a unique ambiance that permeates his compositions.

For this performance Rob is joined by Joe Wright (sax), Will Sach (bass) and Corrie Dick (drums)

TICKETS
Music Spoken Here is proud to offer exceptional live music experiences in Worcester at a price affordable to you. Our fortnightly events at The Marr’s Bar are ticketless, just show up on the night and pay what you can afford on the door.
The suggested contribution for this event is £10-15.
You can find out more about our admission and membership options at A New Approach
https://musicspokenhere.club/a-new-approach/

Venue
The Marrs Bar
12 Pierpoint Street
Worcester, Worcestershire WR1 1TA

Organiser;
Music Spoken Here
Phone
07989745955
Email
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Lekan Babalola’s Sacred Funk 4tet at Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester.

Date: Thursday, March 13, 2025

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Lekan Babalola’s Sacred Funk 4tet
March 13, 2025 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Western jazz blended with Ghanaian and Nigerian dance styles, embracing a musical culture dating back centuries
Lekan Babalola is a two-time Grammy Award-winning musician, film director, and conceptual artist with over 40 years in the arts. Awarded his first Grammy in 2006 for performances on the late Ali Farka Toure’s album ‘In the Heart of the Moon’, he was awarded a second at the 49th Grammy awards in 2008 for his work on the American jazz diva Cassandra Wilson’s album ‘Loverly’.

Lekan started his career playing in the Yoruba Christian Church owned by his father. As custodians of Yoruba tradition his family taught him first hand Yoruba art and culture and this has influenced all his work. He also received a cultural and political apprenticeship from the late Fela Kuti.

The Sacred Funk project has been going several years with Lekan on percussion and his wife Kate Luxmoore on clarinet, joined by various other musicians in the past including Reed Bass, who has played for us in December 2023, and Christos Stylianides (trumpet) who will be appearing with Jas Kayser & Chums in January. In the current lineup we welcome back our friends Josh Vadiveloo (appeared with Dan Lockheart in September 2023) on bass and Reuben Reynolds (appeared with Reed Bass in December 2023) on guitar.

Venue
The Marrs Bar
12 Pierpoint Street
Worcester, Worcestershire WR1 1TA

Organiser;
Music Spoken Here
Phone
07989745955
Email
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Miranda Radford Quartet at Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester.

Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025

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Thu
27
February 27, 2025 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
The Marrs Bar 12 Pierpoint Street, Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom

Miranda Radford Quartet
Tomorrow’s Warriors Frontline drummer with her quartet featuring the stars of tomorrow
This event replaces the previously published Romarna Campbell’s Chaos Trio, which we have unfortunately had to postpone until later in the year.
Miranda Radford is a 19-year-old drummer who is most definitely ‘up and coming’ on the London jazz scene. She has studied with teachers such as Will Cleasby, Billy Hart and Julian Joseph and has been mentored at Tomorrow’s Warriors by Sultan Stevenson and Romarna Campbell. Selected for the Tomorrows Warriors all-female ensemble The Frontline, Miranda has been encouraged to explore the wonders and versatility of drums within the genre.
Her influences and inspirations include the work of jazz legends such as Tony Williams, Max Roach, Wayne shorter and Cedar Walton. Miranda has performed at venues such as Love Supreme, Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Dizzy’s Jazz Club and more. Her quartet explores the works of Wayne Shorter, Cedar Walton , Herbie Hancock, and her own compositions.

Venue
The Marrs Bar
12 Pierpoint Street
Worcester, Worcestershire WR1 1TA

Organiser;
Music Spoken Here
Phone
07989745955
Email
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Impossible Conversations at Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester.

Date: Thursday, February 13, 2025

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February 2025
Thu
13
February 13, 2025 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Impossible Conversations
The Marrs Bar 12 Pierpoint Street, Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom

The next generation making their mark on the jazz continuum Impossible Conversations are five lads from Birmingham making their mark on the contemporary jazz world. Each of these young musicians bring their unique musical background and a combined love of jazz to create a sound that is both familiar, fresh and truly special with every
performance. The band are already getting some great gigs around the West Midlands and played Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival in 2024.
The lineup includes Louis Hamilton-Foad (son of guitarist Paul Foad and grandson of the late saxophonist Andy Hamilton) on drums, Gabriel Amann (son of pianist Tim Amann, who played for us with Butcher’s Brew in July 2024) on trumpet, Sam Sharpe on bass, Alex Smith on keys and Ben Carter on sax.

Venue
The Marrs Bar
12 Pierpoint Street
Worcester, Worcestershire WR1 1TA

Organiser;
Music Spoken Here
Phone
07989745955
Email
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Jas Kayser & Chums at Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester.

Date: Thursday, January 23, 2025

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Jas Kayser & Chums
January 23, 2025 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

A fiery 5-piece combining jazz, Afro-beat and Latin rhythms from an incredible young drummer

Jas Kayser played on my first visit to 91 Living Room in London – the home of Jazz refreshed – back in November 2022. I spoke to her after the gig and emailed her manager right away to arrange a booking, but it took two years of persistence to line up this gig, so I am really stoked it is finally happening!

A conscientious student at the Julien Joseph Academy in the UK, Jas went on to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston. While at Berklee, Jas caught the attention of Lenny Kravitz, who invited her to Paris to film his 2018 video ‘Low’. She also spent time in Panama with her Berklee mentor and Panamanian pianist Danilo Perez. In 2021, Jas won the Parliamentary Jazz Newcomer of the Year and Jazz FM Breakthrough Act of the Year awards and she released her debut album in 2022 on the Jazz re:freshed label for their ‘5ive’ series. She has featured with leading artists including Jorja Smith, Alfa Mist, Nubia Garcia and Shabaka Hutchings and most recently joining Lenny Kravitz on his 2024 tour, which will finish it’s South American leg in December, resuming in Europe from February.

Her ‘Chums’ lineup features Daisy George (bassist who appeared at The Marr’s Bar with Tom Ford in September 2022), Richie Sweet (percussion), Christos Stylianides (trumpet) and Jamie Leeming (guitar).

Venue
The Marrs Bar
12 Pierpoint Street
Worcester,
Worcestershire WR1 1TA
Phone
(01905) 613336

Organiser
Music Spoken Here
Phone
07989745955
Email
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Voyage of the Beagle by John Biddulph + Ashia Vaughan at Sy ; Gigs, Unitarian Church, Shrewsbury.

Date: Friday, February 28, 2025

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Voyage of the Beagle by John Biddulph + Ashia Vaughan
Event Details
Venue: The Unitarian
Date: 28 February, 2025
Time: 6:45pm - 10:15pm
Tickets: Book Now
https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Shrewsbury/Shrewsbury-Unitarian-Church/Voyage-of-the-Beagle-by-John-Biddulph—Ashia-Vaughan/40420821/
Event 2.0 of Season 3.0

Multi-instrumentalist, composer, and sound designer John Biddulph is thrilled to announce his latest musical project, an exploration of sound that was inspired by Charles Darwin’s iconic text, The Voyage of the Beagle. This performance in Shrewsbury, as part of the Darwin Festival and performed in Darwin’s church, The Unitarian, will offer an auditory journey alongside Darwin’s transformative voyage, blending atmospheric compositions with world music influences to bring the naturalist’s discoveries to life.
Darwin’s The Voyage of the Beagle chronicles his 1831–1836 journey aboard HMS Beagle, a pivotal expedition that shaped his theories on evolution and the diversity of life. John’s music captures the essence of this journey, drawing inspiration from the landscapes, cultures, and ecosystems Darwin encountered.

“I wanted to create a soundtrack that would allow listeners to experience Darwin’s awe and curiosity as he traversed the globe,” said John. “Each track is a musical interpretation of a chapter or extract of text in his journey—whether it’s the wildlife of South America, the vibrant Galápagos Islands, or the vast expanse of the open sea.”
The album’s tracks with titles taken from the text blend genres such as ambient, folk, classical, and South American influenced music, featuring:

“Phosphorescence of the Sea”: An ambient track with echoes of the Atlantic and bioluminescence.

“Streams of Stones”: A haunting fusion of flute-like instruments and modern soundscapes.

“Galápagos Variations”: A multi-layered piece evoking the islands’ unique fauna.

“Homecoming”: A reflective conclusion tying together the threads of the voyage and using the organ Darwin will have heard in the Unitarian Church.

This release and performance coincide with a resurgence of interest in Darwin’s work, offering a fresh way for audiences to engage with his legacy.

About SY.GIGS
SY.Gigs is a not-for-profit alternative ‘pop up’ music promotion venture based in Shrewsbury, UK.
The events bring together alternative music in Shrewsbury’s historic churches, creating special experiences. Each location adds its unique character, enhancing the atmosphere and deepening the connection between the audience, the music, and the town’s significant heritage.
Focusing on genres that push the boundaries of the mainstream, we aim to foster a sense of community and support well-being through the shared pleasure of immersive live music. These gatherings are more than concerts, they’re celebrations of creativity, culture, and connection.
SY.Gigs thrives thanks to the dedication of our hosts, benefactors, volunteers, partners, and a supportive community.
Special thanks go to our partners Glou Glou and Opus Media Productions, whose continued involvement makes our mission possible. Together, we keep the spirit of alternative music alive in Shrewsbury.

Shrewsbury Unitarian Church,
39-40 High Street,
Shrewsbury,
Shropshire SY1 1LR.

An exploration of Harp & Piano – Marysia Osu & Hanakiv at Sy : Gigs, Unitarian Church, Shrewsbury.

Date: Saturday, March 29, 2025

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An exploration of Harp & Piano – Marysia Osu & Hanakiv

Event Details
Venue: The Unitarian
Date: 29 March, 2025
Time: 6:45pm - 10:15pm
Tickets: Book Now
https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Shrewsbury/Shrewsbury-Unitarian-Church/An-exploration-of-Harp—Piano—-Marysia-Osu—Hanakiv/40451016/
Event 3.0 of Season 3.0 Piano Day Special

Piano Day, is an annual worldwide event founded by a group of like-minded people. It takes place on the 88th day of the year because of the number of keys on the instrument being celebrated.
As part of International Piano Day 2025 SY.Gigs is proud to be hosting two exceptional female artists, Marysia Osu and Hanakiv (Johanna Kivimagi).
Marysia Osu is a Polish born, London based harpist, producer and composer known for her innovative blend of classical, ambient and jazz. Osu’s work reflects a deep connection to beauty, emotion and self-expression.
She is a member of Levitation Orchestra and has blessed records with the dreamy sonics of the harp for artists such as Maxwell Owin & Joe Armon Jones, Puma Blue, Alabaster dePlume, Laura Misch, Yazmin Lacey and Loyle Carner. She released her debut album “harp, beats & dreams” via Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings in 2024.
Hanakiv is a young composer and musician from Estonia (now based in London) who creates meditative piano-based ambient music with elements from classical and electronic music. ‘Goodbyes’ was her debut recording in 2023 on Matthew Halsall’s label Gondwana. She draws on influences as diverse as Tim Hecker, Björk “Vespertine”, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Arvo Pärt, Erkki-Sven Tüür and Aphex Twin as well as her own cultural heritage.

Shrewsbury Unitarian Church,
39-40 High Street,
Shrewsbury,
Shropshire SY1 1LR.

Matters Unknown at Sy; Gigs, Shrewsbury Unitarian Church, Shrewsbury.

Date: Friday, January 31, 2025

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Matters Unknown
Event Details
Venue: The Unitarian
Date: 31 January, 2025
Time: 7:00pm - 10:15pm
Tickets: Book Now
https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Shrewsbury/Shrewsbury-Unitarian-Church-/Matters-Unknown/40367802/

Jonathan Enser, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and brass contributor for UK afro-jazz group Nubiyan Twist, describes his new project, MATTERS UNKNOWN, as “celestial blues wrapped in contemporary global grooves.”

Raised in rural England, Enser’s love for music began early, with a passion for the trumpet guiding him to a lifelong exploration of brass. By his teens, he was performing live, and he later studied jazz with Neil Yates, graduating with honors in Jazz Performance in 2013. His journey as a session musician, mentor, and performer has taken him from New Orleans to Cuba and led to collaborations with legends like Mulatu Astatke, Pat Thomas, and Tony Allen.

With MATTERS UNKNOWN, Enser weaves soulful, spiritual influences with grooves that range from blues roots to West Coast trap, infused with African diasporic sounds. This spacious, grounded music balances urgency with calm.

To bring this vision to life, Enser has assembled some of the UK’s most innovative musicians from Nerija, Nala Sinephro, Emma-Jean Thackray’s band, Nubiyan Twist, Noya Rao, and Golden Mean. Following acclaimed singles A Beginningand BlindSpot in 2021, MATTERS UNKNOWN released Hewester, a tribute to bassist Alec Hewes, on the New Soil label, celebrating friendship, emotional connection, and rootedness.

This journey culminates with the debut album, We Aren’t Just, releasing in November 2024. The album invites listeners into a world both familiar and unexplored, with each musician’s voice adding dimension to a sound that opens space for reflection and discovery.

Shrewsbury Unitarian Church,
39-40 High Street,
Shrewsbury,
Shropshire SY1 1LR.

Misha Mullov-Abbado ‘Effra’ Album Launch at Hall One, Kings Place, London.

Date: Saturday, February 22, 2025

Featuring: Misha Mullov-Abbado

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Misha Mullov-Abbado
‘Effra’ Album Launch

Mish Mullov-Abbado double bass
James Davison trumpet
Matthew Herd alto saxophone
Sam Rapley tenor saxophone
Liam Dunachie piano
Scott Chapman drums

Kings Place is proud to present the gifted bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado for the launch of ‘Effra’, Misha’s fourth album as a bandleader, to be released on Ubuntu Music on 31 Jan 2025.

Effra is a collection of all the music Misha has written in the last four years for his band of over a decade now. The word is often associated with the area of Brixton in South London which has been his home for almost as long as the band has existed. It began as the name of a now-underground river that runs through the area and has more recently been used as the name of a main road and two rival pubs, as well as a smaller road which one of his tracks is named after. The album is an expression of Misha’s love for both his home and for playing jazz after a difficult period in previous years, and these pieces reflect all the personal journeys in that time.

‘The album contains eight original pieces written for my regular jazz sextet. The record goes on a musical journey combining many different influences from traditional jazz to swing to Brazilian samba to classical music to minimalism to modern and obscure. It is unified by the sound of the group playing together with an incredible horn section which often sounds about three times bigger, as well as inventive improvising from all members of the band. This is dedicated to Brixton, the diverse melting pot of all the sights and sounds of the exciting and vibrant city of London, where I have lived all my life.’

Misha’s sextet consists of an exceptional array of musicians: award-winning trumpet/flugelhorn ace James Davison, alto/tenor sax man Matthew Herd, tenor saxophone & bass clarinet player Sam Rapley, pianist Liam Dunachie and drummer Scott Chapman.

Reviews

‘An unfailing inventive, artfully produced, and delightfully sunny debut’ The Telegraph on New Ansonia

‘It will not be many years before Misha becomes one of the world’s leading figures in music’ La Jornada

‘Both his composing talents and his propulsive bass-playing are currently such hot UK jazz news’ Guardian

https://www.mishamullovabbado.com/

https://mishamullov-abbado.bandcamp.com/album/dream-circus

https://mishamullov-abbado.bandcamp.com/music

Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG.

Date: Sat 22 Feb 2025
Start time: 8pm (Doors: 7.30pm)
Venue: Hall One
Price: £9.50-£25.00
+ 12.5% (£6 cap) Transaction fee.
+ £1 Building levy. More info
Availability: Tickets available

Brecon Jazz Festival 2025, various venues, Brecon, Powys.

Dates: Friday, August 08, 2025 - Sunday, August 10, 2025

Featuring: Various Artists

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BRECON JAZZ FESTIVAL 2025

SAVE THE DATES!
Fri/Sat/Sun 8, 9, 10th August
Main weekend event
and more to come!

The Blockheads at The Forge, Camden, London.

Dates: Friday, June 06, 2025 - Saturday, June 07, 2025

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Formed in 1977 to promote Ian Durys’ album New Boots and Panties on the first Stiff Records tour of the U.K. - Chaz Jankel, Norman Watt-Roy, Charlie Charles, John Turnbull and Micky Gallagher - became known as The Blockheads.

As Ian Dury & The Blockheads they went back out on tour, and in 1978 released What a Waste a single that reached #5 in the U.K. charts. They were then joined by saxophonist Davey Payne and toured the U.S.A supporting Lou Reed.

In 1979 Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick (#1 in the UK charts) and Reasons to be Cheerful, Part 3 (#3 in the UK charts) were released along with the classic Do It Yourself LP.

Ian Dury & The Blockheads disbanded in 1982 only to reform in the early 1990’s to perform at the ‘Madstock’ Festival in Finsbury Park headlined by Madness.

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https://agmp.seetickets.com/tour/the-blockheads

Marc Ribot Quartet at Hudson Hall, New York City, USA.

Date: Saturday, February 22, 2025

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Saturday, February 22 @ 7:00 p.m. MARC RIBOT QUARTET
Marc Ribot - guitar
Chad Taylor - drums
Sebastian Steinberg - bass
Ava Mendoza - guitar

“One of the most amazing evenings of music I’ve experienced…a sheets-of-sound extravaganza. Ribot brings a fire hose of invention, Taylor, a whirlwind of force…”
— DownBeat on Grimes/Ribot/Taylor Trio

Marc Ribot is a musician’s musician. In his over 40-year career, the gifted guitarist has created iconic music with the likes of Tom Waits, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Elvis Costello, John Mellencamp, Marianne Faithful, and many more. For his Hudson Hall debut, Ribot reunites with drummer Chad Taylor to continue the Albert Ayler-tinged trajectory they begun in the early aughts with their band Spiritual Unity and then the Grimes Taylor Ribot Trio, this time with the added talents of former Soul Coughing bassist Sebastian Steinberg and the fearless guitarist/improvisator Ava Mendoza (Soul Coughing, Unnatural Ways, The Violent Femmes, tUnE-yArDs).

“When I first heard Sebastian Steinberg’s bass playing (w/Joe Morris in the 1980’s), I thought: “THAT’s who I’m looking for: a gifted improviser, deep groove player, and totally original. We worked together in my band Shrek and other formats from the early 1990’s till Sebastian moved to LA, after forming Soul Coughing, and I’m thrilled to resume our collaboration. Ava Mendoza is the perfect person to round out this quartet — great soloist, sensitive ensemble player: a fearless guitarist/ improvisor who knows how to rock the house. We’re ready to take it to the next level.” – MARC RIBOT

About Hudson Hall
Hudson Hall at the historic Hudson Opera House is a cultural beacon in the Hudson Valley, offering a dynamic year-round schedule of music, theater, dance, literature, workshops for youth and adults, as well as family programs and large-scale community events. Located in an historic landmark that houses New York State’s oldest surviving theater, Hudson Hall underwent a full restoration and reopened to the public in April 2017 for the first time in over 55 years. The newly restored Hudson Hall reflects Hudson’s rich history in a modern facility that welcomes residents and visitors from throughout our local community, across the nation, and around the globe.
Hudson Hall was built in 1855 as the City Hall for Hudson, New York. From its founding until the building was abandoned in 1962, the magnificent performance hall provided a space for some of the most exciting cultural, social and political events of the day. The great Hudson River School showed their paintings here, Bret Harte read his poems, musical prodigy Blind Tom Higgins captivated audiences, Ralph Waldo Emerson gave a talk titled “Social Aims,” and Susan B. Anthony visited thrice, lecturing to abolish slavery and rallying the cry for women’s suffrage. In 1914, Teddy Roosevelt even regaled a crowd.
Hudson Hall at the historic Hudson Opera House is driven by a civic and social purpose founded in the belief that culture is central to our shared heritage, identity, and future. Its mission is to inspire and promote the arts, play a pivotal role in the cultural and economic advancement of the city and the region, and maintain its historic building, all of which serves to strengthen and unite our community.

Hudson Hall
327 Warren Street
Hudson, New York 12534

http://www.hudsonhall.org

Marilyn Maye - Valentine’s Day Cabaret  at Hudson Hall, New York City, USA.

Date: Friday, February 14, 2025

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Friday, February 14 @ 7:00 p.m. MARILYN MAYE
Valentine’s Day Cabaret  
Marilyn Maye – vocals
TBA – band

“The greatest white female singer in the world.” — Ella Fitzgerald

Let There Be Love: Treat your special one to a Valentine’s Day to remember with the legendary Marilyn Maye. At 96-years young, Maye is one of the living legends of the golden age of show business. “Marilyn Maye has everything. She can belt, and she can sing ballads with the kind of warmth that makes your heart smile. She has a theatrical flair that captivates and enthralls, and jazz-spiced chops that can reach notes most singers a third her age can’t even hit in their dreams. She’s the real deal, the surviving artist of the American popular singer.” (New York Observer) Discovered by Steve Allen and beloved by Johnny Carson who featured her on The Tonight Show no less than 76 times, the magnetic cabaret singer returns to Hudson Hall for one night only. 

Hudson Hall
327 Warren Street
Hudson, New York 12534

http://www.hudsonhall.org

Madeleine Peyroux plus support Jack Barksdale at Cadogan Hall, London.

Date: Sunday, February 23, 2025

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“Let us advance our mortal bodies up Where hearts and minds will go Let’s walk, let’s roll.”

Madeleine Peyroux’s captivating ninth album, 2024’s Let’s Walk, is the acclaimed singer-songwriter’s most assured, courageous work to date. These unabashedly personal songs are powered by the distinctive, honeyed croon that delivered her from Paris streets to concert halls. Moreover, these songs are all co-written by the versatile Peyroux. They deftly interweave jazz, folk, and chamber pop, with themes ranging from confessional to political, from whimsy to yearning. In every note, Peyroux digs deep, rendering this exquisite work with the disarming grace and gravitas of an artist in peak form.

For the ardently civic-minded Peyroux, Let’s Walk continues the scintillating conversation with her audience – and with the world at large. “This music is part of a dialogue,” she says. “That’s what art is. It’s engagement, community. I believe more than anything in getting together with people and listening to music and conversing. Music is the only way I’ve ever built community.”

Let’s Walk was a long time coming, but well worth the wait. Following Peyroux’s 2018 album, Anthem, the enforced isolation of the global pandemic made any real-time community gathering impossible. From a creative standpoint, however, Covid offered Peyroux a silver lining. Thus, she seized the opportunity to hunker down with long-time collaborator, multi-instrumentalist Jon Herington. The pair reflected on the seismic era at hand and wrote and re-wrote in what Peyroux calls “a shadow of reckoning.”

Soon, the spare, slow-burning Let’s Walk material will be set free in venues around the world. They effortlessly dovetail with Peyroux’s beloved versions of Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan and Tom Waits classics. As she learned in her busking years, a great song can wield powerful magic. With Let’s Walk, Peyroux takes full ownership of that magic.

“It’s rare to find someone capable of injecting such life into every single lyric.” - London Jazz News

Opening for Madeleine Peyroux is folk, blues and Americana singer-songwriter Jack Barksdale from Texas. Inspired by folk, rock, and blues legends, Jack started performing original music at the age of nine and has already shared the stage with Wynonna Judd, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Junior Brown, John Fullbright, and Hayes Carll.

Sun 23 February
Stage time / 6:30pm
Doors / 6:00pm

Location
Cadogan Hall,
5 Sloane Terrace
SW1X 9DQ

Tickets
£47.50 - £52.50 + booking fee

https://cadoganhall.com/

Madeleine Peyroux plus support Jack Barksdale at Saffron Hall, Saffron Walden, Essex.

Date: Saturday, February 22, 2025

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https://serious.org.uk/events/madeleine-peyroux-

“Let us advance our mortal bodies up Where hearts and minds will go Let’s walk, let’s roll.”

“It’s rare to find someone capable of injecting such life into every single lyric.” - London Jazz News

Sat 22 February
Stage time / 7:30pm
Doors / 7:00pm

Location
SAFFRON WALDEN Saffron Hall,
Audley End Road
CB11 4UH

Tickets
£35 - £50

https://www.saffronhall.com/

Ron Carter and String Quartet ETHEL Play Monk and Bach at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA.

Date: Thursday, March 13, 2025

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Tix Now Available: Ron Carter and String Quartet ETHEL Play Monk at Carnegie Hall 3/13

Acclaimed String Quartet ETHEL and Legendary Bassist Ron Carter Present REFLECTIONS ON MONK AND BACH, Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, March 13, 2025
World premiere performance of MONK SUITE — compositions and arrangements for string quartet and bass featuring the music of Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington and J. S. Bach

String quartet ETHEL ’s Carnegie Hall debut

The “avatar of ‘post-classical’ music—the virtuosic string quartet ETHEL (The New Yorker)” and legendary bassist Ron Carter join forces for an unforgettable classical-jazz mashup performance at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall on Thursday, March 13, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. Centered on the music from Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music of Thelonious Monk, an album celebrating the art of Thelonious Monk arranged originally for string quartet and bass, this remarkable concert unites two leaders of their respective musical fields for one unique genre-defying performance. (Program details are below.)

“ETHEL is thrilled and honored to share the Carnegie Hall stage with our longtime friend and Board Member, Ron Carter. We have been waiting for the right opportunity to collaborate and are honored that Maestro Carter conjured up this concert for us. This celebratory event demonstrates the flexibility and timelessness of the string quartet and how well jazz translates to it.” — DOROTHY LAWSON, cellist and co-founder of ETHEL

Marking ETHEL’s Carnegie Hall debut, the program involves the recasting of some of Monk’s work as string quartet music, affirming the strength and universality of his music. It was 40 years ago when Carter recorded these works on the Monk Suite album (Arkiv Music, 1985) with the Kronos Quartet. JazzTimes raved at the time that “the unexpected settings and sonorities work well on a strong front line (fiddles as trumpet and tenor, viola as trombone); Carter’s role, beautifully balances between arco and pizz., elicits solos of crisp authority.” Also on the program are a few of Duke Ellington works as played by Monk as well as Carter’s jazzy-tinged version of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto #3.

“I am looking forward to playing my version of what Bach’s music would sound like if he could do what I do, with the tools and jazz bassist’s perspective that I have. I hope and expect the audience will be surprised — and surprised that they enjoyed this concept.” — RON CARTER, bassist

About ETHEL

Established in New York City in 1998, string quartet ETHEL sets the contemporary concert standard: “indefatigable and eclectic” (The New York Times), “vital and brilliant” (The New Yorker). Composer performers—Ralph Farris (viola), Kip Jones (violin), Dorothy Lawson (cello), and Corin Lee (violin)—fuse uptown panache with downtown genre mashup. ETHEL has performed across the United States and worldwide; released eight feature albums (most recently Persist with flutist Allison Loggins-Hull); guested on 50+ recordings; won a GRAMMY® with jazz legend Kurt Elling; and toured with Todd Rundgren & Joe Jackson. ETHEL champions the art and music of today, forging human connections across sound and style.

At the heart of ETHEL is a collaborative ethos — a quest for common creative expression, forged in listening and community. The quartet designs productions that inspire engagement, such as “The Red Willow,” featuring Taos Pueblo flutist Robert Mirabal, and “Signature Sessions,” a supercharged survey of the quartet’s 25+ years of inspired music-making.

ETHEL has premiered over 250 works, many of them commissioned by the quartet; ETHEL members have themselves been commissioned by The Ringling Museum of Art, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Georgia Tech, and the NEA. The quartet regularly performs music by such celebrated composers as Julia Wolfe, Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, Jessie Montgomery, Andy Akiho, and Marcelo Zarvos. Other collaborators include Bang on a Can All-Stars, Vijay Iyer, Stewart Copeland, Raven Chacon, David Byrne, Annie-B Parson, Gina Gibney, Grant McDonald, Steve Cosson, and Annie Dorsen.

ETHEL has been featured at TED Conferences; on ABC Radio Australia, SiriusXM, Conan O’Brien, John Schaefer’s New Sounds, Fred Child’s Performance Today, Randy Cohen’s Person Place Thing, NPR’s Weekend Edition; and on the soundtracks of Dan In Real Life and HBO’s Deadwood. From mid-2020 to early ‘22, ETHEL curated and produced Balcony Bar from Home, a virtual series hosted on The Metropolitan Museum’s Facebook page which has garnered nearly two million views.

ETHEL is Ensemble-in-Residence at Denison University, and Resident Ensemble at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Balcony Bar in the Great Hall. ETHELcentral.org

About RON CARTER

RON CARTER is among the most original, prolific, and influential bassists in jazz and has played on seminal albums in many other genres. He has recorded over 2200 albums, and has a Guinness world record to prove it! In Jazz: From 1963 to 1968, he was a member of the acclaimed Miles Davis Quintet. He can be heard on many iconic jazz records of the 60’s and 70’s such as Speak No Evil, Maiden Voyage, Speak Like a Child, Red Clay to name a few. In other music genres: After leaving the quintet he embarked on a prolific 50-year free-lance career that spanned vastly different music genres and continues to this day. He recorded with Roberta Flack and Aretha Franklin, with Gil Scott Heron on Pieces of a Man, appeared on the seminal hip-hop album Low End Theory with A Tribe Called Quest, played on albums by Billy Joel, Bette Midler, Paul Simon and more and wrote and recorded pieces for string quartets and Bach chorales for 2-8 basses.

As a leader: Carter has spent at least half the year on worldwide tours with his various groups. The Ron Carter Trio, The Ron Carter Foursight Quartet, the Ron Carter Nonet and Ron Carter’s Great Big Band. He has recorded multiple albums with his groups. As an author: Carter shares his expertise in the series of books he authored, where he explains his creative process and teaches bassists of all levels to improve their skills and develop their own unique sound. He also penned
his autobiography “Finding the Right Notes.” In 2021 he pioneered a new type of music transcription with Chartography, showing not only the bass line but also how the band responded and how the entire tune transformed over time.

As a teacher: He was Artistic Director of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Studies while it was located in Boston and, after 18 years on the faculty of the Music Department of The City College of New York, he is now Distinguished Professor Emeritus. He also taught at the Juilliard School and at Manhattan School of Music.

Awards and Honorifics: He is a three-time GRAMMY® winner, was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette for his contributions to Japan-US relations, the medallion and title of Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by France, numerous MVP and Outstanding Bassist awards by the music press.

He has seven honorary doctorates from Juilliard, Berklee, University of Michigan, New England Conservatory, Clark University, Manhattan School of Music and University of Rochester. Film appearances: In October 2022 PBS released a full-length feature film documentary called Ron Carter Finding the Right Notes about Carter’s life and legend. He appeared as himself on an episode of HBO’s Treme and in Round Midnight, among others. RonCarterJazz.com

Program + Ticketing Info
Thursday, March 13, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, Corner of 57th St & Seventh Ave, Trains N/Q/R/W 57th St
Tickets: $100+. To purchase, contact http://www.carnegiehall.org | CarnegieCharge 212.247.7800 |
Box Office at 57th Street & Seventh Avenue

RON CARTER and ETHEL | Reflections on Monk + Bach
Ron Carter (bass)
Dorothy Lawson (cello)
Ralph Farris (viola)
Kip Jones (violin)
Corin Lee (violin)

BACH Brandenburg Concerto #3 (arr. Carter)
MONK ‘Round Midnight (arr. Darter)
MONK Misterioso (arr. Darter)
MONK Monk Suite (arr. by Darter)
ELLINGTON Black and Tan Fantasy (as played by Monk, arr. Darter)
ELLINGTON It Don’t Mean a Thing (if it Ain’t Got That Swing) (as played by Monk, by Darter)

Terence Collie, “Elements” album launch, lunchtime event at Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho, London.

Date: Sunday, February 16, 2025

Featuring: Terence Collie

Venue

Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho, London

Pizza Express Jazz Club,
Dean Street,
Soho,
London,
W1D 3RW.

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https://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/whats-on/terence-collie-elements

Terence Collie ‘Elements’
Album Launch

PizzaExpress Jazz Club (Soho)
Experience an extraordinary Sunday lunchtime with the launch of the highly anticipated album “Elements”. This special event features Terence Collie on piano and compositions, Nick Lenner-Webster on double bass and Ted Carrasco on drums all returning from their sold-out show in May 2024. Adding a unique sonic touch to the occasion are a string trio from the London String Group. “Elements” is a suite based on the four elements: Air, Earth, Fire and Water. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to witness a masterful blend of contemporary jazz in an intimate setting! Get your tickets now for an unforgettable musical journey!
£20.00

16 February 2025 12:00pm Doors 1:00pm Stage Time PizzaExpress Jazz Club (Soho)
Available
£20.00

Full Biography

From a young age, Terence Collie was destined for a life in music. At just 12 years old, his parents gifted him a keyboard, sparking his passion and setting him on a path that would lead him to become a celebrated jazz pianist and composer. By 17, Terence was already making waves in the music scene, performing with a band in Jersey C.I. and honing his craft in the island’s hotels, pubs, and nightclubs.

His love for jazz blossomed during his regular performances at the Blue Note Jazz Bar, where he immersed himself in the genre and learned from seasoned musicians. This period saw him sharing stages with luminaries like Teddy Edwards, The Average White Band, and Georgie Fame. Returning to the UK mainland in the late 90s, Terence secured a residency at Pizza Express in Cambridge, further expanding his jazz repertoire and perfecting his technique.

The early 2000s marked a new chapter as Terence earned a diploma in music from the Open University and ventured into jazz-fusion with his group, Prison Break. He recorded two albums, showcasing his talent for composition and production. In 2013, Terence co-founded Mood Indigo Events, bringing high-quality jazz performances to new audiences and curating events with international artists.

As a versatile sideman, Terence has performed with a host of notable musicians, including The Kyle Eastwood Band, Zoë Gilby, Greg Abate and Tony Woods and gracing esteemed venues like The 606 Club, The Pheasantry, The Vortex, The Bear Club and The Stables. His talent has also been featured at major festivals such as the London Jazz Festival, Brecon Jazz Festival and the Cheltenham Jazz Festival.

During the pandemic, Terence adapted by live-streaming concerts and collaborating remotely, growing a dedicated online following. His recent projects include the critically acclaimed albums “Reminiscent” and “384,400”. Terence’s quartet, featuring Roberto Manzin, achieved sold-out shows, underscoring his impact on the contemporary jazz scene.

Join us at the PizzaExpress Jazz Club Soho on 16th February to celebrate the launch of “Elements”, and experience the artistry of Terence Collie, a musician whose journey continues to inspire and captivate jazz enthusiasts worldwide.

Tindersticks at The Royal Albert Hall, London.

Date: Monday, March 17, 2025

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Monday 17 March, Royal Albert Hall
Tindersticks

Known for their richly orchestrated, darkly beautiful music, Tindersticks have carved a niche for themselves since their inception in the early 1990s. They return with their new album Soft Tissue to headline London’s Royal Albert Hall.

Mon 17 March 2025
Stage time / 7:30pm
Doors / 7:00pm

Location
Royal Albert Hall,
Kensington Gore
SW7 2AP

Tickets
£40 - £60 + booking fee

Lizz Wright at The Barbican Centre, London.

Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Venue

Barbican Centre

Silk Street,
London.
EC2Y 8DS

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Tuesday 18 March, Barbican Centre
Lizz Wright

Following her spellbinding performance at the Proms and a sold-out show at Cadogan Hall earlier this year, the sensational singer will bring her soaring jazz, gospel, blues & folk infused sound to audiences.

Nigel Kennedy - Concert for peace, acceptance and forgiveness” with Cleveland Watkiss a.o. at The Barbican, London.

Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Venue

Barbican Centre

Silk Street,
London.
EC2Y 8DS

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Wednesday 29 January, Barbican Centre

Nigel Kennedy

Bestselling violinist and one of classical music’s true greats, Nigel Kennedy performs his “Concert for peace, acceptance and forgiveness” featuring special guest Cleveland Watkiss alongside other musical collaborators.

https://serious.org.uk/events/nigel-kennedy

Joe Lovano’s Paramount Quartet ft. Julian Lage at Cadogan Hall, London.

Date: Thursday, January 23, 2025

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Thursday 23 January, Cadgan Hall
Joe Lovano’s Paramount Quartet ft. Julian Lage

GRAMMY Award-winning saxophone titan Joe Lovano is joined by Julian Lage, Asante Santi Debriano and Will Calhoun for what promises to be an evening of exquisite jazz stylings.

https://serious.org.uk/events/joe-lovanos-paramount-quartet-featuring-julian-lage-asante-santi-debriano-and-will-calhoun

Thu 23 January 2025

Stage time / 7:30pm

Doors / 7:00pm

Location
Cadogan Hall,
5 Sloane Terrace
SW1X 9DQ

Tickets
£32 - £42 + booking fee

James Taylor Quartet & Orchestra + Nitin Sawhney, Graham Day, Snowboy & Yvonne Yanney at The Barbican, London.

Date: Friday, July 18, 2025

Featuring: James Taylor Quartet (JTQ)

Venue

Barbican Centre

Silk Street,
London.
EC2Y 8DS

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JAMES TAYLOR QUARTET & Orchestra + Nitin Sawhney, Graham Day, Snowboy & Yvonne Yanney.

James Taylor Quartet announce a one-off concert featuring a full Orchestra and very special guests Nitin Sawhney, Graham Day (The Prisoners), Snowboy, & Yvonne Yanney at London’s Barbican.

In recent years the James Taylor Quartet have taken inspiration from Lalo Schifrin, Quincy Jones, John Barry and more to produce a trio of breath-taking albums ’Soundtrack from Electric Black’ (2018), ‘People Get Ready’ (2020) and 2022’s ‘Man in the Hot Seat’.

All of the LP’s feature a full orchestral line up and are a cinematic stew of lush strings, powerful horns, funk rhythms and the trademark James Taylor Hammond organ sound.

This is a night not to be missed - The James Taylor Quartet with a full Orchestra and very special guests.

https://www.seetickets.com/event/james-taylor-quartet-orchestra/barbican/3253132

Tho Croker’s DREAM MANIFEST at Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, London.

Date: Saturday, February 15, 2025

Venue

Barbican Centre

Silk Street,
London.
EC2Y 8DS

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Barbican announces line up for Theo Croker’s DREAM MANIFEST in February 2025

The Barbican and Brick Lane Jazz Festival today announce the line-up for Theo Croker’s DREAM MANIFEST – a unique evening led by the US-based trumpeter extraordinaire, and co-curated by acclaimed fashion designer Nicholas Daley. Joining Theo Croker for this very special collaboration at the Barbican is a star London line-up of: Ego Ella May, corto.alto, Theon Cross, Coby Sey, Sheila Maurice-Grey and Kassa Overall - as well as a core band of Idris Frederick (keys), Eric Wheeler (bass) and Miguel Marcel Russell (drums).

Ego Ella May is London born singer-songwriter who fuses neo-soul, jazz, and R&B musicality. She just released her project FIELDNOTES: COMPLETE and has worked with Croker several times including writing lyrics and providing backing vocals for Every Part Of Me featuring Ari Lennox, taking center stage on Somethin’ and co-starring on the 2023 EP release By The Way. This will be May and Croker’s live performance debut

corto.alto is a Glasgow-based musical group led by trombonist Liam Shortall, known for combining jazz with hip-hop, electronic, and funk elements

Theon Cross is a London-based tuba player renowned for his work with Sons of Kemet and his incorporation of Afrobeat, hip-hop, and grime

Coby Sey, a songwriter and producer from South-East London, is known for his unique blend of genres including hip-hop, jazz, grime, and ambient music

Sheila Maurice-Grey is a London trumpeter and composer associated with Kokoroko and who integrates jazz with Afrobeat and highlife

Kassa Overall is a New York-based jazz drummer and producer who blends jazz with hip-hop and electronic music

Fashion Designer Nicholas Daley has co-curated this performance with Theo Croker and will be supporting with wardrobe and styling showcasing his typically intricate interplay that weaves across music, fashion and culture (http://www.nicholasdaley.net)

Full details about the performance can be found below:

Theo Croker’s DREAM MANIFEST + special guests
Barbican x Brick Lane Jazz Festival
Saturday 15 February 2025, 8pm
Barbican Hall
Tickets from £20 plus booking fee

The Barbican and local friends Brick Lane Jazz Festival present DREAM MANIFEST, a unique evening led by US-based trumpeter extraordinaire Theo Croker, co-curated by acclaimed fashion designer Nicholas Daley. Bringing together an exploration of soundscapes, style and the global jazz community for a very special night, Theo Croker’s DREAM MANIFEST will see Croker joined on stage at the Barbican by a suite of special guests from the London and international jazz and wider music scenes in February 2025: Ego Ella May, corto.alto, Theon Cross, Coby Sey, Sheila Maurice-Grey and Kassa Overall.

A collaborative oratorio about imagination, DREAM MANIFEST explores the power to manifest in our universe. It is a sonic exploration that defies genre while being deeply rooted in tradition. This Barbican presentation of DREAM MANIFEST will also include a retrospective on Croker’s last two full length albums BLK2LIFE : A Future Past (Star People Nation, 2021) and Love Quantum (Star People Nation, 2022).

When performed live, DREAM MANIFEST also sees Croker add the role of DJ to his palette (in addition to the trumpet), performing and manipulating samples from the albums and reassembling elements of the band’s real-time performance to architect a sonic world live on stage.

Renowned for entrancing trumpet melodies and an innovative musical approach, Theo Croker is a standout figure in the contemporary music scene. The grandson of legendary trumpeter Doc Cheatham, Croker continues the legacy, collaborating with a diverse range of musicians, including the likes of Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ari Lennox, J. Cole, Jill Scott and Common, showcasing his versatility across jazz, hip hop, pop, and R&B landscapes.

Croker’s live performances command the stage with an infectious energy that captivates audiences globally. With a Grammy nomination, a memorable Tiny Desk performance, and three recent releases, BLK2LIFE: A Future Past, Love Quantum and Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XIII: Sketches of Miles, Croker continues to transcend genres, leaving an indelible mark on the evolving landscape of music with each resonant note.

Performers will include a core unit of Idris Frederick (keys), Eric Wheeler (bass), and Miguel Marcel Russell (drums). The performance will be supported with wardrobe and styling by Nicholas Daley renowned for his intricate interplay weaving across music, fashion and culture. (http://www.nicholasdaley.net).

Produced by the Barbican in association with Brick Lane Jazz Festival
Find out more
https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2025/event/theo-crokers-dream-manifest

About the Barbican
The Barbican is a catalyst for creativity, sparking possibilities for artists, audiences, and communities. We showcase the most exciting art from around the world, pushing traditional artistic boundaries to entertain and inspire millions of people, create connections, provoke debate, and reflect the world we live in.
We are an international arts and events centre rooted firmly in our own neighbourhood, collaborating with local communities and putting the City of London on the map as a destination for everybody. Central to our purpose is supporting emerging talent and shaping opportunities that will accelerate the next generation of creatives.
As a not-for-profit, we rely on the generosity of individuals and organisations, including our principal funder the City of London Corporation. Every ticket purchased, donation made, and pound earned supports our arts and learning programme and enables the widest possible range of people to experience the joy of the arts.
Opened in 1982, the Barbican is a unique and audacious building, recognised globally as an architectural icon. As well as our theatres, galleries, concert halls and cinemas, we have a large conservatory with over 1,500 species of plants and trees, a library, conference facilities, public and community spaces, restaurants, bars, and a picturesque lakeside oasis.
We’re proud to be the home of the London Symphony Orchestra, and a London base of the Royal Shakespeare Company. We regularly co-commission, produce and showcase the work of our other associates and partners including the Academy of Ancient Music, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Boy Blue, Cheek by Jowl, Darbar Festival, Doc’n Roll Film Festival, Drum Works, EFG London Jazz Festival, London Palestine Film Festival, Serious, and Trafalgar Theatre Productions.
For more information, visit our website or connect with us on Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube | Spotify | LinkedIn
http://www.barbican.org.uk

About the Brick Lane Jazz Festival
Brick Lane Jazz Festival returns in 2025 for its fourth year from the 25 – 27 April 2025, with a genre-defying line-up that mirrors the vibrant convergence of London’s thriving underground music scenes. Having firmly established itself as a cornerstone of East London’s cultural landscape, the festival continues to grow, uncovering underground jazz gems while drawing in artists making the biggest waves on the UK scene, all set against the backdrop of some of the capital’s most renowned cultural hotspots.
All festival venues are within a short walk from the central hub at the iconic Truman Brewery space on Brick Lane, transforming the site and surrounding area into a vibrant hive of gig-hopping excitement for three days every April. Focused on spotlighting emerging talent, the festival brings together artists from jazz, hip-hop, neo-soul, R&B, breakbeat, and electronic music, performing across ten iconic music venues on and around Brick Lane.
Tickets and more info at http://www.bricklanejazzfestival.com

Arctic Circle / Daylight Music presents Lost Map: Afterlands, Pictish Trial + Flo Lines, lunchtime event at The Hot Tin Faversham, Kent.

Date: Sunday, January 26, 2025

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https://www.daylightmusic.co.uk/events/390

Daylight Music390: Lost Map: Afterlands, Pictish Trial + Flo Lines (encore)
Sunday 26 January 2025
12:00 pm 3:00 pm
The Hot Tin
Whitstable RoadFaversham ME13 8BD

Advance PWYC Ticket: buytickets.at/arcticcircle/1400490

A new year and a new opportunity to book in for a musical check-up with our distant Hebridean friends at Lost Map recordings. A self-proclaimed micro-label and collective, a decade or so since it began, is very much pushing forward, onwards, upwards and away, uncovering new idea and new sounds, unshackled by style or genre.

Anything but boring and predictable, the label’s guiding voice Pictish Trail will debut new songs and stories alongside the Scottish Album of the Year nominees Afterlands. We will also introduce you to a new voice and member of the label - producer and songwriter Flo-Lines.

When the pandemic descended, Rick Anthony (The Phantom Band / Rick Redbeard) and David McAulay (Strike the Colours) began exchanging ideas remotely, creating the contours of what would become their new project together Afterlands. The captivating album We Are the Animals in the Night’released in 2023 on Lost Map carves a crepuscular sound world, where shadows, dreams, memories and fears overlap and intertwine with astonishing results as you’ll hear firsthand today.

Released as part of Lost Map’s Postmap Club subscription service, Flo Lines’s debut single I was biding my time revealed an extended collage-like approach to music making, informed by her background in radio production and audio-visual art. Combining sounds both found and played, she blends compositions from different takes of songs captured in different spaces both indoors and out, to create slow sonic medleys that transport the listener through different places and feelings.

Isle-of-Eigg dwelling electro-acoustic psych-pop wonder Pictish Trail, AKA Johnny Lynch, released his fifth album Island Family in 2022 to critical acclaim from The Observer and The Times to Mojo, Uncut, Loud & Quiet and BBC 6 Music. Having toured the world both as a headliner and as support for artists including Belle & Sebastian, Pavement, Mogwai, Sea Power, Slow Club and KT Tunstall, he has performed at festivals including Glastonbury, Field Day, Bestival, Deer Shed, Celtic Connections, the Edinburgh Fringe and Green Man* (*all 22 instalments to date).

Further event details: Cafe and bar open. An event for all ages. Pay-What-You-Can entry in advance or on the door (£12 per adult suggestion), subject to availability/capacity. The doors open at midday and the music begins a 1pm.

Arctic Circle / Daylight Music presents Lost Map - Afterlands, Pictish Trial + Flo Lines, lunchtime event at St. John’s, Leytonstone, London.

Date: Saturday, January 25, 2025

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https://www.daylightmusic.co.uk/events/389

Daylight Music 389: Lost Map - Afterlands, Pictish Trial + Flo Lines
Saturday 25 January 2025
12:00 pm 2:00 pm
St John’s, Leytonstone
825 High Road Leytonstone, London, E11 1HH

Advance PWYC Ticket: buytickets.at/arcticcircle/1400517

Further event details: Cafe open. An event for all ages. Pay-What-You-Can entry in advance or on the door (£12 per adult suggestion, children free), subject to availability/capacity.

Ross Hicks / Patrick Barrett-Donlon Quartet double bill at Black Mountain Jazz, Melville Centre, Abergavenny.

Date: Sunday, January 26, 2025

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https://www.blackmountainjazz.co.uk/performances

Ross Hicks Trio
26 Jan 2025, 16:00
Melville Centre, 4 Pen-Y-Pound, Abergavenny NP7 5UD, UK
Black Mountain Jazz is delighted to invite three of our favourite musicians to present Three Elms, an excellent first album composed by talented young pianist Ross Hicks.
**Those also attending the 8pm Patrick Barratt-Donlon Quartet gig will find it has a “two show discount” ticket price.**

Patrick Barrett-Donlon Quartet ‘Leading from the Back’
Sun, 26 Jan | Melville Centre
Led by Cardiff-based drummer-composer Patrick Barrett-Donlon, this quartet focuses on the repertoire of the earlier pioneers of jazz and the genius of their music, arrangements and playing.
**There is a ‘two show discount’ ticket price for anyone also attending the 4pm Ross Hicks Trio performance.**

Academy Jazz Festival at Royal Academy of Music, London.

Dates: Wednesday, February 12, 2025 - Thursday, February 13, 2025

Featuring: Various Artists

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There is also opportunity to hear the Academy’s Jazz Department this spring. Celebrating its 11th year, the annual Academy Jazz Festival returns on 12- 13 February. This year, the Academy welcomes debuts from the highly praised Trinidadian steelpan virtuoso Leon Foster Thomas and two stars of the European jazz scene, singer soundscaper Lynn Cassiers and bassist/ vocalist Sarah Murcia, as well as award winning saxophonist Xhosa Cole and young ECM star and Academy alumnus Rob Luft. Saxophone legend Will Vinson also returns to the Academy for this year’s festival.

Find out more at http://www.ram.ac.uk

Royal Academy of Music
Marylebone Road, London NW1 5HT

Devon Harrison Quartet at Jazz at The Bonded Warehouse, Stourbridge.

Date: Friday, February 14, 2025

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https://www.jazzbw.org.uk/upcoming-shows

The Devon Harrison Quartet
Friday 14th February. 7.45 pm
Devon is recognised as one of the most versatile and charismatic jazz singers currently performing today. With a rich baritone voice, smooth & seductive in popular ballads but with controlled power and flexibility and a lyricism that really swings in a variety of mid and up-tempo Jazz, Blues and Soul Classics. His artistic influences include among others greats such as; Nat King Cole, Billy Eckstine, Otis Redding,Sam Cooke, Joe Williams, Luther Vandross, Betty Carter, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Torme & Johnny Hartman. Devon has performed with many well-known artists including legendary soul singer Eddie Floyd. Devon has continued to work with his own jazz ensembles with residencies at the famous “Jazz after Dark” in Soho, & ‘The Paragon Club’ in Mayfair.Tonight Devon plans to deliver a set for the romantics.

Tickets on the door (unreserved seating):
Adult: £14.00 adult
Students/under 16’s: £7.00

Concerts usually finish just after 10 pm. Access to The Bonded Warehouse is via two short flights of stairs and may not be suitable for those with disabilities. Free parking is available alongside the Bonded Warehouse in Canal Street.

There will be no refreshments served but patrons may bring a moderate amount of refreshments, including alcoholic drinks, for their own consumption during the concert.

54th International Jazz Week, Burghausen, Germany.

Dates: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - Sunday, March 30, 2025

Featuring: Various Artists

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Press release

* 54th International Jazz Week Burghausen, March 26-30, 25: Musical highlights and a small record * Ticket sales start on November 27, 2024

54th International Jazz Week Burghausen: Musical highlights and a small record
The 54th International Jazz Week Burghausen, from 26 to 30 March 2025, will feature top-class artists, a varied program and a small record:

Record participation in the Burghausen Jazz Award 2025
For the first time in the history of the Burghausen Jazz Prize, the mark of 100 valid applications has been exceeded: 108 entries from 48 countries mark a new milestone. Compared to previous years (2024: 70, 2023: 60, 2020/21: 42, 2019: 35), this development shows the growing international importance of the competition. A total of 426 musicians took part, including artists from the USA, Canada, China and Colombia. Applications from Germany, Italy, France, Poland, Austria, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Hungary and Norway are particularly well represented.
The decision on who will win the Burghausen Jazz Prize 2025 will be made on March 25 in the Burghausen Stadtsaal. Here, five bands selected by the jury in a blind process will compete in the live final.

Wide-ranging program with international stars and newcomers
From March 26 to 30, 2025, Jazz Week promises a festival experience in a class of its own.

Jazz Week will open in the Wackerhalle with a performance by the 2025 Jazz Prize winner, followed by a concert by celebrated and multi-award-winning star vocalist Gregory Porter. On 27 March, the Norwegian jazz collective OJKOS will delight audiences with their innovative soundscapes before saxophone legend Kenny Garrett takes to the stage with his acclaimed program Sounds From The Ancestors.

On the Friday of the festival, the musical action is spread across several venues: In the Wackerhalle, the energetic Lehmanns Brothers and Billy Cobham’ Spectrum 50 with the Brazilian percussionist Marco Lobo will provide excitement. At the same time, the Bundesjazzorchester presents a concert in the Stadtsaal and the JUZ invites you to a club night with Karaba, Grande Mahogany and DJ Dancekowsky.

Saturday starts with an atmospheric afternoon of blues in the Wackerhalle, where the Jimmy Reiter Band and Vanessa Collier deliver rousing performances. After a brief respite, the Wackerhalle is all about women in the evening with the Italian-born singer, pianist and composer Afra Kane and the Fabia Mantwill Orchestra, while the accordion virtuoso Louise Jallu and the exciting improvisation project Radiolectric “Rodeo” by the Kreusch brothers, with singer and performance artist Sabina Sciubba, also set musical exclamation marks in the Stadtsaal. The day is rounded off with the legendary Jazznight, which invites you to linger and discover at various locations in Burghausen’s old town.

The “Next in Jazz” program for young talents on Sunday will once again conclude the International Jazz Week and the acts Knobil, Prim feat. Lukas Lauermann and Antiánima will provide a promising glimpse into the future of jazz.

Picturesque Burghausen becomes a musical hot spot
With its mix of world stars, international talent and a unique atmosphere, the International Jazz Week Burghausen will continue to attract music fans from all over the world in 2025. The festival thus cements Burghausen’s reputation as one of Europe’s leading jazz hot spots.

Tickets and information
Tickets are available from November 27, 2024. Pupils and students receive a 50% discount on the main concerts. Arrangements can also be booked via the tourist office. You can find further information at: http://www.b-jazz.com

Curved Air at The Forge, Camden, London.

Date: Thursday, November 13, 2025

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British Progressive Rock Group CURVED AIR

Curved Air are a pioneering English progressive rock group formed in 1970 by musicians from mixed artistic backgrounds, including classical, folk, and electronic sound. The resulting sound of the band was a mixture of progressive rock, folk rock, and fusion with classical elements.

Along with High Tide and East of Eden, Curved Air were one of the first rock bands after It’s a Beautiful Day, The Flock and The United States of America to feature a violin.

Curved Air released eight studio albums, the first three of which broke the UK Top 20, and had a hit single with Back Street Luv which reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart.

The Forge, Camden, London NW17NL
Thursday 13 November 2025 at 19:00

https://www.seetickets.com/event/curved-air/the-forge-camden/3225819

Brick Lane Jazz Festival, various venues in and around Brick Lane, London.

Dates: Friday, April 25, 2025 - Sunday, April 27, 2025

Featuring: Various Artists

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08/11/2024
We have received the following press release;

Brick Lane Jazz Festival announce the first wave of artists for their fourth edition including headliners Ragz Orginale, Adi Oasis, and Laraaji

25th – 27th April 2025 | Early bird tickets start from £29.95

Artists so far include:

Laraaji, Adi Oasis, Ragz Originale, dialE, Gary Crosby’s Groundation, Madison McFerrin, Jelani Blackman, BINA., Afriquoi, oreglo, Move 78, Àbáse, Allysha Joy, Last Nubian (Live), Sans Soucis, Bnnyhunna, Liv East, Jasmine Myra, Ray Lozano, Astrønne, Marla Kether, edbl & Jackson Mathod, Rebecca Vasmant Ensemble, Katie Tupper, Marysia Osu, David Walters, Rio Rainz, Alina Bzhezhinska & Tony Kofi, Bruno Berle, ECHT!, Faye Meana, DjeuhDjoah & Lieutenant Nicholson, August Charles, Ari Tsugi, Jay Phelps, Close Counters, Sol Paradise, Mark Kavuma, Aldorande, papaya noon, Tru Thoughts Records Presents, Rohan Rakhit Presents & Arsen Superfly

Brick Lane Jazz Festival returns in 2025 for its fourth year, with a genre-defying line-up that mirrors the vibrant convergence of London’s thriving underground music scenes. Focused on spotlighting local and emerging talent, the festival brings together artists from jazz, hip-hop, neo-soul, R&B, breakbeat, and electronic music, performing across twelve iconic music venues on and around Brick Lane.

Having firmly established itself as a cornerstone of East London’s cultural landscape, the festival continues to uncover underground jazz gems while drawing in artists making waves on the UK scene, all set against the backdrop of some of the capital’s most renowned cultural hotspots. All festival venues are within a short walk from the central hub at the iconic Truman Brewery space on Brick Lane, transforming the site and surrounding area into a vibrant hive of gig-hopping excitement for three days every April. Today, Brick Lane Jazz Festival unveils the first round of their 2025 line-up.

Newly announced headliners include new age zen master Laraaji, French-Caribbean soul / funk rising star Adi Oasis and R&B trailblazer and producer-in-demand, Ragz Originale. Elsewhere the festival will feature appearances from rising stars in the jazz scene such as Ife Ogunjobi (winner of this year’s Parliamentary Jazz “Best Newcomer” award) and the Rebecca Vasmant Ensemble, as well as showcasing some of the city’s best electronic and experimental outfits with the likes of Last Nubian, Marysia Osu, and Marla Kether set to play. BLJF will also celebrate global artists with sets from Irish Jamaican artist Rio Rainz, Ukranian harpist Alina Bzhezhinska and Ghanian Dutch artist Bnnyhunna, as well as further spotlighting the ever-expanding R&B / soul crossover scene with performances from Jelani Blackman and Astrønne. The full list of artists and day spits are as follows:

FRIDAY
Ragz Originale — Jelani Blackman — BINA. — Move 78 — Àbáse — Allysha Joy — Last Nubian (Live) — Marla Kether — David Walters — Rio Rainz — ECHT! — Faye Meana — Ari Tsugi — Rohan Rakhit Presents: The Cockney Sikh b2b Kieran Dotwav, Nadī + TBA — Arsen Superfly (DJ set) + MANY MORE TBA

SATURDAY
Adi Oasis — dialE — Afriquoi — Ife Ogunjobi — oreglo — Allysha Joy — Sans Soucis — Bnnyhunna — Liv East — edbl & Jackson Mathod — Rebecca Vasmant Ensemble — Jay Phelps — Close Counters — papaya noon — Tru Thoughts Records Presents: WheelUP, Footshooter & Vimbai, Robert Luis, Lucy Michael & Rhys Baker + MANY MORE TBA

SUNDAY
Laraaji — Gary Crosby’s Groundation — Madison McFerrin — Flock — Jasmine Myra — Ray Lozano — Astrønne — Marysia Osu — Bruno Berle — Alina Bzhezhinska & Tony Kofi — DjeuhDjoah & Lieutenant Nicholson — Sol Paradise — Mark Kavuma — Aldorande + MANY MORE TBA

Brick Lane Jazz Festival has been making waves on the UK music scene, growing from its modest debut across four venues in 2022 to a 12-stage extravaganza spanning Brick Lane and Shoreditch in just three years. With over 100 artists set to perform across this three-day celebration, the festival has quickly become a fixture on the music calendar. Crowned #1 Best London Festival by The Standard and #1 Best UK Festival by TimeOut in 2023, the festival has only amplified its impact in 2024 with the launch of BLJF Presents—a year-round event series showcasing the UK’s most exciting artists, record labels, and parties. After sell-out shows in Manchester, Glasgow, and London this October, BLJF Presents is heading to new heights with a major event at the iconic Barbican Centre planned for early spring 2025, plus more regional stops in Bristol, Brighton, and even Paris later in the year.

The festival will once again partner with Jazz re:freshed and Tomorrow’s Warriors, both vital community organizations that nurture emerging talent in UK jazz. Tomorrow’s Warriors will be back as the festival’s charity partner, bringing an Emerging Talent Stage for fans to catch the next wave of jazz stars as they debut the freshest live material.

The festival’s stages are hosted by some of the most important venues in East London including Village Underground, Ninety One Living Room (hosted by Jazz re:freshed), Rough Trade East, 93 Feet East, Rich Mix, Juju’s Bar & Stage, and many more. As always, those without tickets can enjoy free-entry spaces throughout the site, including the Tomorrow’s Warriors live stage at The Brick Lane Tap Room, the Signature Brew stage at The Big Chill, and DJ stages at 93 Feet East and Cafe 1001.

Reflecting on this fourth edition, the festival’s Founder, Juliet Kennedy says, “Every year I think, ‘Can we really top last year’s lineup?’ And yet, the talent in UK jazz just keeps raising the bar! This year’s lineup is a dream, and I can’t wait to bring the get everyone down to Brick Lane again with our fantastic partners, Tomorrow’s Warriors and Jazz re:freshed. Let’s go 2025!”

Early bird tickets for the festival are now on sale with day passes starting from just £29.95, and weekend passes from £89.95. Tickets and more info are available HERE
https://bookings.kaboodle.com/tickets

Avishai Cohen Trio present ‘Brightlight’ at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, Soho, London.

Dates: Monday, March 17, 2025 - Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Featuring: Avishai Cohen (Bass)

Venue

Ronnie Scott’s, London

47 Frith Street
Soho, London
W1D 4HT

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From;
https://www.ronniescotts.co.uk/find-a-show/avishai-cohen

Avishai Cohen Trio present Brightlight

Cohen’s captivating live performances, unique sound and musical statement is now extensively known throughout every corner of the world, attracting large live audiences, listeners and passionate fans. Cohen music has shaped and influenced many.

Ticket prices
£55 – £75

Line-up
AVISHAI COHEN – bass/vocals
GUY MOSKOVICH – piano
RONI KASPI – drums

‘Today known as a unique composer and music Influencer with no boundaries‘.

With his current established trio, Cohen will present on tour music from his latest celebrated album ‘Brightlight’ (October 2024) performing brand new original compositions, alongside fan favourites and repertoire from his vast musical library.

Cohen, who has always distinguished himself in the past as a great promoter and discoverer of new, young gifted musicians, here Cohen brings exceptional talent to the fore with his trio configuration, Guy Moskovich on piano and drummer Roni Kaspi.

Guy has been extensively touring as the pianist of choice for Avishai over the past few years and is for the first time a key partner and his presence shines on ‘Brightlight’.

Sensational young drummer Roni Kaspi, born in Israel in July 2000, met Avishai Cohen during covid lockdown, sending to Avishai a performance virtually on Facebook. This distant interaction immediately developed into a strong musical connection, which led to her being invited to join Avishai on tour and recordings have followed The story continues at the highest level with ‘Brightlight’.

Expect high emotions and wonderful interactions between the trio and fans.

“The stage is undoubtedly a place where Cohen feels at home, so much so that attending one of his live performances is probably the best way to get acquainted with his musical universe.’’

Times and Tickets
17th – 19th March 2025

Anat Cohen: Journeys — A 50th Birthday Celebration at Lincoln Center’s Appel Room, New York City, USA.

Dates: Friday, March 14, 2025 - Saturday, March 15, 2025

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!
Anat Cohen will be marking her 50th birthday next spring with a special set of four concerts in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Appel Room, an indoor amphitheater overlooking the New York City skyline. “Anat Cohen: Journeys — A 50th Birthday Celebration,” taking place March 14-15, 2025, will present the clarinetist-saxophonist performing in solo, duo, small-group and large-ensemble settings, including with her Tentet and alongside her brothers, trumpeter Avishai Cohen and saxophonist Yuval Cohen, both celebrated artists in their own right. The programs will showcase Anat’s broad mastery of music, from swing and post-bop to Brazilian and other world styles.
For tickets and details, click here
https://jazz.org/concert/anat-cohen-journeys-a-50th-birthday-celebration/

Hejira – Celebrating Joni Mitchell at The Regal, Tenbury Wells, Worcs.

Date: Saturday, April 26, 2025

Featuring: Hejira featuring Hattie Whitehead

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Hejira – Celebrating Joni Mitchell
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve booked this very special show for the Regal next year! Hejira is fronted by Hattie Whitehead, who stunned Regal audiences with her incredible vocals when she supported Miles Hunt here in July.

Hejira – Celebrating Joni Mitchell
Saturday, 26th April 2025 | 7:30 PM
‘Hejira’ is a 7-piece band, set up to honour the masterful works of Joni Mitchell, focusing on her celebrated late ‘70s jazz period. Featuring music from albums like The Hissing of Summer Lawns, Hejira, Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter, and Mingus, this project draws much of its repertoire from Mitchell’s outstanding live album Shadows And Light, which captured the essence of her tour with some of jazz’s greatest musicians.

The band includes legendary jazz guitarist Pete Oxley, and alongside Hattie’s captivating vocals, Hejira will bring to life the great songs from Joni Mitchell’s back catalogue, including ‘Amelia,’ ‘Woodstock,’ ‘A Case Of You,’ ‘Song For Sharon,’ and more!

Tickets are on sale now! Book now via: https://bit.ly/3ZOArYj

The Regal, Tenbury Wells
47-49 Teme Street
Tenbury Wells
Worcestershire, WR15 8AE

Remi Harris Hot Club Trio at Kidderminster Jazz Club, St. Ambrose’s Parish Centre, Kidderminster, Worcs.

Date: Friday, April 04, 2025

Featuring: Remi Harris Trio

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From;
https://www.kidderminsterjazzclub.co.uk/2024-2025-season-show

Kidderminster Jazz Club
Fri, Apr 4, 2025 @ 7:00PM
Remi Harris Hot Club Trio

One of the UK’s most exciting guitarists, Remi Harris is joined by double bassist Tom Moore and rhythm guitarist Chris Nesbitt to present an enthralling evening of Gypsy Jazz and Blues. Combining musical virtuosity with passion and flair, this dynamic trio deliver a mesmerising show inspired by Django Reinhardt, Peter Green, Wes Montgomery, Jimi Hendrix and Joe Pass.

The trio features Remi on a variety of acoustic and electric guitars playing an eclectic mix of original compositions, jazz standards and new arrangements of his favourite tunes. He has toured worldwide as well as performing at Buckingham Palace, Montreal Jazz Festival, BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall with Jamie Cullum, on BBC 4 Television and live on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 3.

Band
Remi Harris - Guitar
Tom Moore - Double Bass
Chris Nesbitt - Rhythm Guitar

Venue Address
St Ambrose’s Parish Centre
Leswell St, Kidderminster DY10 1RP

Bring Your Own Bottle/Drinks

January Blues Festival at 229, London.

Dates: Friday, January 03, 2025 - Friday, January 31, 2025

Featuring: Various Artists

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January Blues Festival is a month of live Blues music at 229, Great Portland Street, Central London, W1 from 3-31 Jan 2025.

For details please visit;

https://www.facebook.com/januarybluesfestival/

https://www.seetickets.com/tour/january-blues-festival

Katriona Taylor at Kidderminster Jazz Club, St. Ambrose Parish Centre, Kidderminster, Worcs.

Date: Friday, March 07, 2025

Featuring: Katriona Taylor

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https://www.kidderminsterjazzclub.co.uk/2024-2025-season-show

Katriona Taylor
Kidderminster Jazz Club
Fri, Mar 7, 2025 @ 7:00PM
The show will include numbers from Katriona who is an accomplished singer/songwriter in the jazz genre, as well as songs from Etta James, Nancy Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone and many more. Presented by outstanding jazz vocalist Katriona with her superb musicians: Peter Hammond on Piano leading her quartet.
An established artist on the UK jazz scene, with six albums to her name, Katriona is equally at home on the intimate stages or performing internationally to an audience of thousands.
Katriona has received countless plaudits for her polished live performances, Katriona has also supported the legendary, 10 times Grammy Award winner George Benson on his world tour and The James Taylor Quartet, amongst others.
A regular at top London venues and festivals including Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, 606 Jazz Club, Soho Jazz Club, Bull’s Head Jazz Club and the EFG London Jazz Festival.
“So lovely to hear, thank you Katriona. Beautifully sung – I love it! ” Jools Holland
“As a singer, Taylor has a sultry, smoky voice. She’s a versatile vocalist who can pay tribute to Nina Simone and Diana Krall“ Jon Clay, Jazzwise Magazine

First Friday Of Each Month

Bring Your Own Drinks/Bottle

Tickets for each show £15.00

Venue Address;
St Ambrose’s Parish Centre
Leswell St, Kidderminster DY10 1RP

Philip Clouts Quartet at Kidderminster Jazz Club, St. Ambrose Parish Centre, Kidderminster, Worcs.

Date: Friday, February 07, 2025

Featuring: Philip Clouts Quartet

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Philip Clouts Quartet
Kidderminster Jazz Club
Fri, Feb 7, 2025 @ 7:00PM
Cape Town-born pianist/composer Clouts’ South African roots have inspired a voyage of discovery that has led to him soaking up the joyful passion of Caribbean calypso, the bluesy melodies of Middle Eastern praise songs, the exuberant sway of Cuban dance music and the tuneful essence of Gospel while honouring jazz heroes including Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett, and Charles Lloyd.
Band;
Philip Clouts - Piano
Tim Fairhall - Double Bass
Ted Carrasco - Drums
Samuel Eagles - Saxophone

First Friday Of Each Month

Bring Your Own Drinks/Bottle

Tickets for each show £15.00

Venue Address;
St Ambrose’s Parish Centre
Leswell St, Kidderminster DY10 1RP

Rudresh Mahanthappa Hero Trio at Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts, New York City, USA.

Date: Saturday, March 01, 2025

Featuring: Rudresh Mahanthappa

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https://www.millertheatre.com/events/rudresh-mahanthappa-hero-trio

Jazz
Rudresh Mahanthappa Hero Trio
Saturday, March 1, 2025, 7:30PM
Miller Theatre at Columbia University
Miller Theatre (2960 Broadway at 116th Street)

Hailed as one of today’s premier jazz voices, alto-saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa returns with his longtime collaborators François Moutin on bass and Rudy Royston on drums, with music that pays tribute to his greatest influences. From the iconic sounds of Charlie Parker and John Coltrane to the soulful melodies of Stevie Wonder and Johnny Cash, Mahanthappa’s musical style blends a profound appreciation of the past with the vibrant rhythms of the present.

Performers

Rudresh Mahanthappa
saxophone

Rudy Royston
drums

François Moutin
bass

Billy Childs Quartet at Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts, New York City, USA.

Date: Saturday, February 08, 2025

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https://www.millertheatre.com/events/billy-childs-quartet

Jazz
Billy Childs Quartet
Saturday, February 8, 2025, 7:30PM
Miller Theatre at Columbia University
Miller Theatre (2960 Broadway at 116th Street)

Eight-time Grammy winner Billy Childs has “sidestepped categorization as an intrepid hard bopper” (The New Yorker), collaborating with jazz luminaries like J.J. Johnson, Joe Henderson, Wynton Marsalis, and Dave Holland, as well eminent classical and contemporary artists including Yo-Yo Ma, Sting, and the Kronos Quartet. Admired for his versatility, technical mastery, and deep emotional expression, the renowned pianist and composer makes his Miller debut with his all-star quartet.

Performers;

Billy Childs
piano

Sean Jones
trumpet (special guest)

Matt Penman
bass

Ari Hoenig
drums

Miller Theatre
http://www.millertheatre.com
Miller Theatre at Columbia University is an acclaimed New York City music venue and concert producer. Founded in 1988, Miller’s mission is to develop new audiences; foster enthusiasm for the arts by pioneering new programming approaches; educate the public by presenting specialized programs to a broad audience; discover diverse repertoire and commission new works; and share the University’s intellectual riches with the public. A four-time recipient of the ASCAP/Chamber Music America Award for Adventurous Programming, Miller Theatre’s commitment to presenting music not heard elsewhere makes it a vital part of the cultural landscape of New York City.

Stevie Wonder’s 75th Birthday Party feat. The Wonder of Stevie at Koko, London.

Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2025

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We have received the following press release regarding this event;

In 2025, Stevie Wonder will be turning 75 years of age. In memory of one of the most iconic musicians of all time, AGMP are presenting a special celebration of Stevland Hardaway Morris with rare archive films, DJ’s and a live performance from The Wonder of Stevie, the UK’s finest celebration of Stevie Wonder.

The Wonder of Stevie will be performing live playing hits and fan favourites such as Isn’t She Lovely, Higher Ground, Masterblaster (Jammin’), Superstition, For Once In My Life, Sir Duke, Do I Do, Lately, Uptight (Everything’s Alright), I Was Made To Love Her, Boogie On Reggae Woman, I Wish, Living For The City, As, My Cherie Amour, Pastime Paradise, and, of course, Happy Birthday.

The Wonder of Stevie feature the cream of UK soul and jazz musicians such as

Noel McCalla (Morrissey Mullen, Sniff and the Tears) - Vocals
Derek Nash (Jools Holland, Amy Winehouse) - Saxophone
Winston Rollins (Incognito, Aswad) - Trombone
Chris Storr (The Brand New Heavies, Jamiroquai) - Trumpet
Nic France (Working Week, Loose Tubes) - Drums
Neil Angilley (Maceo Parker, Down To The Bone) - Keyboards
Jonathan Noyce (Jethro Tull, Gary Moore) - bass
Tim Cansfield (Whitney Houston, Chaka Khan) - Guitar
Bryan Chambers (David Gilmour, Prince) - Backing Vocals
Louise Marshall (Grace Jones, Jools Holland) - Backing Vocals

https://www.seetickets.com/event/stevie-wonder-s-birthday-party/koko/2896863

KOKO, London NW1 7JE
Tuesday 13 May 2025 at 19:00.

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