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We’ve almost come to the end of another year, and another twelve months of fantastic jazz.

Looking back over 2014, particular highlights for me include the festivals - especially Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Love Supreme and of course EFG London Jazz Festival. My other standout 2014 gigs were Chick Corea’s solo piano recital at the Barbican in May, Bill Laurance’s tour performing from his incredible album Flint and gigs from Get the Blessing, Polar Bear, Zara McFarlane and Phronesis.

But 2014 is not over yet - there’s still plenty of jazz to look forward

to in December. Highlights this month include Neon Quartet at Seven Artspace, Leeds (4 December), Laura Jurd Quartet at Brammall Hall Foyer, Birmingham (11 December) and The Bear, Bristol (12 December) as well as Samuel Eagles tour. The Vortex in London have a particularly exciting line up from 16 – 22 December with performances from Liam Noble, Kairos 4tet, Evan Parker, Arun Ghosh, Instant Composers Pool Orchestra and Alice Zawadzki + Mark Lockheart/Laura Jurd Quartet.

Of course, we mustn’t forget the plethora of festive gigs taking

On the cover: Samuel Eagles Saxophonist Samuel Eagles takes his quartet on the road this December. Vibes player Ralph Wyld, bassist Ferg Ireland and drummer Eric Ford join Eagles on the last leg of his tour, which sees them visit Leeds, Newcastle, London and Southampton throughout the month of December. They’ll be playing from Eagles’ first-class debut album, Next Beginning (F-IRE) which he launched at last month’s EFG London Jazz Festival.

December tour dates: 2 December – Sela Bar, Leeds / 3 December – The Globe, Newcastle / 4 December – WM Jazz Club, London / 7 December – The Bent Brief, Southampton / 18 December – The Bulls Head, London.

Check out samueleagles.co.uk for more.

place this month. Always a favourite of mine is Clare Teal’s Festive Fiesta which she takes out on the road again this year.

Catch her at the Pheasantry, London (11 December), Barnfield Theatre, Exeter (12 December) and St George’s, Bristol (17 December) – visit clareteal.co.uk for full tour listings.

Have a happy and safe December – here’s to looking forward to another year of great jazz in 2015.

Rosie Hanley Listings Editor

East Midlands Leicestershire Angel Hotel 37 High Street, Market Harborough LE16 7AF 01858 462702 Dec 14 Neon Quartet f Stan Sulzmann/Jim Hart/Kit Downes

Nottinghamshire Bonington Theatre Arnold Leisure Centre, High Street, Nottingham NG5 7EE 0115 9670114 Dec 11 Liane Carroll Trio 8.00pm Theatre Royal Concert Hall Theatre Square, Nottingham NG1 5ND 0115 989555 Dec 9 Gregory Porter

Eastern Bedfordshire Ent Shed Castle Road, Bedford MK40 3QY 01234 409297 Dec 17 Frank Griffith w Jacqui Dankworth 8pm Heath Inn 76 Woburn Road, Heath and Reach, Leighton Buzzard LU7 0AR 01525 237390 Dec 4 Bruce Adams-Alan Barnes Quintet

Cambridgeshire Great Northern Hotel Station Approach, Peterborough PE1 1QL 01733 552 595/01733 571764 (Peterborough Jazz Club) Dec 14 Tina May w Jean Toussaint 8pm Hidden Rooms The Basement, 7A Jesus Lane, Cambridge CB5 8BA 01223 514 777 or 07912 62 77 62; online@http://www.cambridgejazz.org Dec 11 Alan Barnes/Tony Kofi Quintet 8pm Trinity College Cambridge CB2 1TQ 01223 338400 Dec 8 Bobby Avery Group

Essex Bardswell Social Club Weald Road, Brentwood CM14 4TJ 01245 420475 Dec 2 Matt Wates Quartet 8pm 9 Ted Beament & Robin Aspland 8pm 16 Blue Harlem 8pm

Cramphorn Theatre Fairfield Road, Chelmsford CM1 1JG 01245 606505 Dec 7 Jo Fooks w Georgina Jackson 12.15pm Electric Palace King’s Quay Street, Harwich CO12 3ER 01255 553333 Dec 11 Rico’s Hot Rhythm led by Enrico Tomasso 8.00pm

Hertfordshire Broxbourne Rowing Club Old Nazeing Road, Broxbourne EN10 6QU 01992 442263 Dec 4 Steve Fishwick/Alex Merritt Quintet 8.30pm Herts Jazz Club Hawthorne Theatre Hawthorne Theatre,Welwyn Garden City AL8 6BX 01707 357117 Dec 14 Leon Greening Quartet 7.30pm

Norfolk King of Hearts 7-15 Fye Bridge Street, Norwich NR3 1LJ 01603 766129 Dec 12 John Whitehead Trio Norwich Arts Centre Reeves Yard, St Benedicts Street, Norwich NR2 4PG 01603 660352 Dec 5 Bootleg Swing 8pm 9 Hypnotic Brass Ensemble 8pm 11 Jesse Bannister’s Play Out featuring Zoe Rahman 8.00pm 13 King Pleasure & the Biscuit Boys 8pm 23 Brass Monkey + The Roses 8pm The Hoste Burnham Market PE31 8HD 01328 738777 Dec 12 Joanna Eden/ Mark Crooks & Chris Ingham Jazz at The Movies Swinging Christmas Tithe Barn Mill Lane, Needham IP20 9LD Dec 20 Jazznav Carols at the Barn (for the 30th and last time) 4.00pm - 5.30pm

Suffolk Cock Inn 3 Callis Street, Clare CO10 8PX 01787 237653 Dec 7 Juliet Kelly 8.00pm 21 Mick Hanson 8pm Hotel Hatfield The Esplanade, Lowestoft NR33 0QP 01502 568684 (Milestones Jazz Club) Dec 7 Martin Eaton Back to

Blue Note Stoke by Nayland Hotel Golf & Spa, Keepers Lane, Leavenheath CO6 4PZ 01787 211865 (Fleece Jazz) Dec 5 Gilad Atzmon 12 Sarah Jane Morris 19 Ian Shaw

London

606 Club 90 Lots Road, London SW10 0QD 020 7352 5953 Dec 1 24 Pesos 8.30pm 2 Paul Booth + Jonathan Gee 8.30pm 3 Latin Underground 8.30pm 4 Purdy 8.30pm 5 Natalie Williams/Annabel Williams 9.30pm 6 Benn Clatworthy 9.30pm 7 Georgina Jackson 1.30pm 7 Hamish Stuart 8.30pm 8 Carl Hudson 8.30pm 9 Dan Reinstein 8.30pm 10 Phil Gould 8.30pm 11 Reg Webb 8.30pm 12 Tony O’Malley 9.30pm 13 Trudy Kerr 9.30pm 14 Soul Sanctuary plus 606 Gospel Group 1.30pm 14 Sarah Jane Morris 8.30pm 15 Oli Rockberger 8.30pm 16 Hamish Stuart 8.30pm 17 Lola’s Day Off 8.30pm 18 Lily Dior 8.30pm 19 Tony O’Malley 9.30pm 21 Wayne Hernandez 8.30pm 22 Tommy Blaize Band 8.30pm 23 Samara Xmas Jam 8.30pm 31 Samara f Imaani/Steve Rubie/Mornington Lockett/ Tim Whitehead 8pm Archduke Concert Hall Approach, South Bank, London SE1 8XU 020 7928 9370 Dec 4&11 Francesco Lo Castro & Bruno D’Ambra 7.30pm Artigiano 12 Belsize Terrace, London NW3 4AX 0207 794 4288 Dec 5 Romy Summers & Bob Stuckey 12 Viviana Zarbo Duo 19 Rosanna Brandi Trio 31 Marco Marconi Brasserie Toulouse Lautrec 140 Newington Butts, Kennington, London SE11 4RN 020 7582 6800 Dec 1 Dave O’Higgins w Jason Lyon Trio 9pm 5 Chico Chica 9pm 8 Gareth Lockrane w Jason Lyon Trio 9pm 15 Shireen Francis w Jason Lyon Trio 9pm 22 Anita Wardell w Jason Lyon Trio 9pm

Bulls Head 373 Lonsdale Road, Barnes, London SW13 9PY 020 8876 5241 Dec 12 Zeeteah w Sophie Alloway/ Arnulf Lindner/ Matt Holland & Simon Bates 8.30pm 18 Samuel Eagles Quartet 8pm 19 Art Themen 8pm 21 Bill Posters Will Be Band 8pm 22 Ali Maas Band 8pm 23 Peter Miles & Duncan Lamont Quartet 8pm 26 Zoot Money 8pm 27 Soul Sugar 8pm 28 Papa George Band 2pm 28 Bill Posters Will Be Band 6pm 29 Back To The Flamingo Club 8pm 30 Groove Warriors 8pm 31 Undiminished NYE Extravaganza 10pm Cafe OTO 18-22 Ashwin Street, Dalston, London E8 3DL 020 7923 1231 Dec 2 Plus-Minus + Alexander Schubert/Kit Downes + Moondog 8pm 7 London Improvisers Orchestra 8pm Crazy Coqs 20 Sherwood Street, London W1F 7ED 020 7734 4888 Dec 5 Leon Garner & Friends 10.30pm 6 Jon Weber 10.30pm 12 Mike Hobart’s Urban Jazz Collective 13 Georgina Jackson 10.30pm 19 Laura Zakian 10.30pm 20 Ian Shaw 10.30pm Dascalzo Bar & Restaurant 2a Elizabeth Street, London SW1W 9RB 020 7730 5498 Dec 20 Wild Card 7.30pm Front Room at the Queen Elizabeth Hall South Bank Centre, Upper Ground, London SE1 8XX 020 7960 4242 Dec 5 Henry Spencer & Juncture 5.30pm Gunnersbury Tavern 590 Chiswick High Road, London W4 5RP 0208 742 7466 Dec 14 Jay Craig & His Orchestra 12.30pm 28 National Youth Jazz Orchestra 12.30pm Hideaway 2 Empire Mews, Streatham, London SW16 2ED 020 8835 7070 Dec 6 Wayne Hernandez 14 Hot Waffle Big Band 22-23 Courtney Pine

28 Vince Dunn Orchestra 31 Soul Street NYE Party Jamboree Courtyard of Cable Street Studios, 566 Cable Street, London E1W 3HB 07931 474 379 Dec 4/11/18 Ewan Bleach Presents: Golden Era of Jazz 7pm - 11pm Kings Place 90 York Way, London N1 9AG 020 7520 1490 Dec 6 Tommaso Starace Quartet Italian Short Stories 8pm 8 Lisa Simone All is Well UK Album Launch 8pm 13 John Martin Quartet Plus Support - Metamorphic 8pm Lauderdale House Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill, London N6 5HG 020 8348 8716 Dec 4 Christine Tobin Trio The Music of Leonard Cohen 8.30pm Long White Cloud 151 Hackney Road, London E2 8JL 0207 033 4642 Dec 4 Splatter plus Martin Speake/Malcolm Earle-Smith 8.30pm 11 Andrew Oliver Quintet 8.30pm 18 Rowland Sutherland Double Trio 8.30pm Mau Mau Bar 265 Portobello Road, London W11 1LR 020 7229 8528 Dec 4 Preston Glasgow Lowe Olivers 9 Nevada Street, Greenwich, London SE10 9JL 020 8858 5855 Dec 2&4 Beats In The Bar Free evening jazz sessions f guest artists alongside Trinity Laban jazz students 7.30pm Orford House Social Club 73 Orford Road, London E17 9QR 07930 544 312 Dec 17 E17 Large Ensemble 8.30pm Pheasantry 152 Kings Road, London SW3 4UT 020 7351 5031 Dec 11 Clare Teal Festive Fiesta Pizza Express Jazz Club 10 Dean Street, London W1D 3RW 08456 027017 Dec 1-3 Euge Groove 8.30pm 4 Bobby Avery Group 5-8 Antonio Forcione 9 Gabrielle Ducomble 8.30pm 10-12 Jessy J with The

Grainger Brothers 13-23 Acoustic Alchemy 27-30 G-Funk 31 James Taylor Quartet Plough Inn 297 Northfields Avenue, Ealing, London W5 4XB 020 8567 1416 Dec 13 Wild Card 9pm Purcell Room South Bank Centre, Upper Ground, London SE1 8XX 08703 800400 Dec 6 Science Fiction Re:Scored 7.45pm 12 Ian Shaw p Madeline Bell 7.45pm Red Lion 92-94 Linkfield Road, Isleworth TW7 6QJ 020 8560 1457 Dec 1 Dick Pearce w Mornington Lockett/John Critchinson/Tim Wells/Trevor Tomkins 8.30pm 8 Roger Beaujolais w Robin Aspland/Simon Thorpe/Trevor Tomkins 8.30pm 15 Quentin Collins w Mike Coates/John Horler/Andrew Cleyndert/Trevor Tomkins 8.30pm 22 Simon Spillett w Nigel Price/Ross Stanley/Dave Green/Trevor Tomkins 8.30pm 29 Martin Shaw 8.30pm Rich Mix 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, Tower Hamlets, London E1 6LA 020 7613 7498 Dec 10 Soumik Datta 7.30pm Ronnie Scott’s 47 Frith Street, London W1D 4HT 020 7439 0747 Dec 1-3 Motown Review w Natalie Williams’ Soul Family 4-5 Joe Stilgoe Band 6 Robin Jones 7 James Langton’s Solid Senders 8-10 Motown Review w Natalie Williams’ Soul Family 11-12 Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra 13-14 Curtis Stigers 16-23 Ray Gelato 21 Ronnie Scott’s Blues Explosion!

26-27 Liane Carroll 29-30 Ray Gelato 31 Black Tie New Year’s Eve Party w Georgie Fame/ Ray Gelato/Ronnie Scott’s All Stars Royal Albert Hall: Elgar Room Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP 020 7589 8212 Dec 11 Theo Jackson Trio 9.45pm 18 Alexander Stewart 9.45pm

Royal Festival Hall Clore Ballroom South Bank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX 0844 875 0073 Dec 12 Nicky Schrire 5.30pm Ryans 181 Stoke Newington Church Street, London N16 0UL 020 7275 7807 Dec 2 Astrakan 8.30pm Silver Bullet 5 Station Place, London N4 2DH 020 7619 3639 Dec 2/9/16/23 Bukky Leo Quartet Jazz Jam St James Theatre Studio 12 Palace Street, London SW1E 5JA 0844 264 2140 Dec 5 Joanna Eden/ Mark Crooks & Chris Ingham Jazz at The Movies Swinging Christmas The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden, London NW1 7NL 020 7383 7808 Dec 4 Bad Ass Brass 8pm 14 Pete Churchill & The London Vocal Project 1pm The Vortex Dalston Culture House, 11 Gillett Square, London N16 8AZ 020 7254 4097 Dec 1 Adrian Crowley 8pm 2 Dead Neanderthals 8pm 3 ARQ 8.00pm 4 9Bach 8pm 5 Alan Skidmore p The Steve Melling Trio 8pm 7 Saxoctopus & Alphabets 8.00pm 8 Olie Brice/Achim Kaufmann 8.30pm 9 John Butcher/Guillaume Viltard/Eddie Prevost 8pm 10 Avishai Cohen’s Triveni 8pm 11 Pigfoot 8pm 12 Annie Whitehead Workshop Band 7.30pm 13 Barb Jungr & Mari Wilson 8pm 14 London Jazz Orchestra 3.30pm 15 Hon 8pm 16 Liam Noble Trio 8pm 17 Kairos 4tet 8pm 18 Evan Parker 8pm 19 Arun Ghosh 8pm 20 Instant Composers Pool Orchestra 8pm 22 Alice Zawadzki + Mark Lockheart/Laura Jurd Quartet 8pm 23 Juwon Ogungbe 8pm 27 Zoe Francis & Jim Mullen 8pm 28 Christine Tobin & Phil Robson 8pm 29 Sarah Moule & Simon Wallace 8pm

30 Estelle Kokot 8pm 31 Ian Shaw New Year Party 8pm Tommy Flynns 692 High Road Leytonstone, London E11 3AA 020 8989 8129 (East Side Jazz Club) Dec 2 John Horler 9 Julian Siegel 16 John Etheridge Union Chapel The Vestry, Compton Avenue, London N1 2XD 020 7226 1686 Dec 9 John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme Re-envisioned f Rowland Sutherland & Orphy Robinson WM Jazz The O2, Greenwich, London SE10 0DY 07961 247 139 Dec 4 Samuel Eagles Quartet 8pm

North East Cleveland Blue Bell Lodge Acklam Road, Acklam, Middlesbrough TS5 7HL 01642 593939 Dec 28 Tees Valley Jazzmen 8pm Grand Hotel Swainson Street, Hartlepool TS24 8AA 01429 266345 Dec 7 Pocket Jazz Orchestra Oxbridge 17 Oxbridge Lane, Stockton on Tees TS18 4AW 01642 678129 Dec 4/11/18 New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band 8.30pm Park Inn Park Road, Hartlepool TS26 9HU 01429 233126 Dec 7/14/21 Musicians Unlimited 12noon 14 Djangologie 4pm Saltburn Community Hall & Theatre Albion Terrace, Saltburn-by-theSea TS12 1NN 01287 624007 Dec 5 New Orleans Heat 7.30pm

Co Durham Devonport Hotel 16-18 The Front, Middleton One Row, Darlington DL2 1AS 01325 332255 Dec 6&20 Tees Valley Jazzmen 1.30pm Empty Shop 35c Framwellgate Bridge, Durham DH1 4SJ Dec 4 Live Jazz 8pm

Forum Music Centre Borough Road, Darlington DL1 1SG 01325 363135 Dec 7 Jazz Tones Quintet 5.30pm 14 Durham Alumni Big Band 5.30pm

Andrews 8pm

Gala Theatre Millennium Place, Durham DH1 1WA 03000 266 600 Dec 19 Zoe Gilby Quartet 1.00pm

Bridge Hotel Castle Garth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1BQ 0191 2326400 Dec 7 Shiver 8pm 14 Live Jazz Music 8pm

New Inn 29 Church Street Head, Durham DH1 3DN 0191 384 7308 Dec 2/9/16/23 Gavin Lee 9.00pm

Caedmon Hall Central Library, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead NE8 4LN 0191 388 8776/0191 488 4353 (jazz info) Dec 4&18 Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society 5pm

St Augustine’s Parish Centre Larchfield Street, Darlington DL3 7TG 01325 469046 (jazz info) Dec 6 Savannah Jazz Band 12.30pm Travellers Rest 2 West Auckland Road, Cockerton, Darlington DL3 9ER 01325 382 676 (Opus 4 Jazz Club) Dec 19 Dougie Pugh Quartet 8.00pm Ushaw College Durham DH9 7HL 0191 373 8501 Dec 12 Djangologie 7.30pm

Northumberland Elephant Newbiggin Road, Ashington NE63 0SZ 01670 813983 (jazz info) Dec 3 Keith Stephen’s Hot Club Trio w Caroline Irwin 8pm Matfen Village Hall Southside, Matfen NE20 0RP Dec 12/19/31 Zoe Gilby 7.30pm Queens Hall Arts Centre Beaumont Street, Hexham NE46 3LS 01434 652477 Dec 11 Live Jazz 8pm

Tyne & Wear All Saints Church Sunderland Road, Cleadon SR6 7UR 0191 5190515 Dec 2 Customs House Big Band w Ruth Lambert 7.30pm Bell & Bucket 37-39 Norfolk Street, North Shields NE30 1NQ 0191 2570680 Dec 2/9/16/23 Paul’s New Orleans Music Show 1.00pm Black Bull Bridge Street, Blaydon on Tyne NE21 4JJ 0191 414 2846 Dec 21 Roly Veitch/Jeremy McMurray Quartet w Steve

Black Horse 68 Front Street, Monkseaton NE25 8DP 0191 243 6931 Dec 5/12/19 Rendezvous Jazz 1pm

Cherry Tree Restaurant 9 Osborne Road, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 2AE 0191 2399924 Dec 3/10/17 Live Jazz Music 8pm Chillingham 89-91 Chillingham Road, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 5XL 0191 2655915 Dec 3/10/17 Take It To The Bridge 8pm Cullercoats Crescent Club 1 Hudleston, Cullercoats NE30 4QS 0191 253 0242 Dec 1 Jazz In The Afternoon 1pm 3/10/17/24/31 Vieux Carre Jazzmen 1pm 8/15/22/29 Jazz In The Afternoon 1pm Globe 11 Railway Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 7AD 0191 222 2222 Dec 3 Samuel Eagles Quartet 8.15pm 6 The Budtones 8pm 13 Jazz Soul Moment 8pm 19 Alter Ego 8pm 21 Pjanto Mates & The Diminished 7 8pm Hoochie Coochie 54-56 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6SF 0191 222 0130 Dec 11 Collective 8pm 18 Pilgrim Street Set 8pm 21 Strictly Smokin’ Big Band 5pm Jazz Cafe 25 Pink Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 5DW 0191 222 9882 Dec 2&16 Jam Session 8pm 5 Paul Edis Trio 9pm 6 Zoe Gilby 9pm 12 Preston Glasgow Lowe 9pm 17 Ruth Lambert Trio 8pm Jesmond Royal British Legion

West Jesmond Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 3EX 0191 2810736 Dec 2 Maine Street Jazzmen 8.30pm 2/9/16/23 Maine Street Jazzmen 8.30pm King’s Hall International Centre for Music Studies (ICMuS), Armstrong Building, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU Dec 5 Olie Brice/Achim Kaufmann 8pm 16 New Century Ragtime Orchestra 1.10pm Millstone Haddricks Mill Road, South Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 1QL 0191 2853429 Dec 4/11/18 Vieux Carre Jazzmen 1pm Newcastle Arts Centre 67 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1SG 0191 2615618 Dec 20 Strictly Smokin’ Big Band 8pm

NE9 7RP 0191 416 9747 (jazz info) Dec 3/10/17 Levee Ramblers New Orleans Jazz Band 9pm St Joseph’s CMS Parish Centre Birtley Lane, Birtley DH3 1LJ 0191 4102541 Dec 4 Live Jazz Gig 8.15pm The Lit & Phil 23 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1SE 0191 2320192 Dec 3 Lickety Split 7.30pm 5 Matt Anderson w Paul Edis 1pm 8 Porter Quartet 7.30pm Victoria 244 Whitley Road,Whitley Bay NE26 2TE 0191 251 3753 Dec 16&23 Jazz Machine 8pm

North West Cheshire

Newcastle City Hall Northumberland Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8SF 0191 277 8030 Dec 3-4 Jools Holland R&B Orchestra 7.30pm

Cheshire Yeoman Ledsham Road, Little Sutton, Ellesmere Port CH66 4QR 0151 3393106 Dec 7/14/21/28 Roy Potts Five & a Penny 1.00pm

No.28 27-29 Nelson Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 5AN 0191 232 2005 Dec 4 Live Jazz 8.30pm

Dog & Partridge 97 Palmerston Street, Bollington, Macclesfield SK10 5JX 01625 572177 Dec 8 Annie’s Saints & Sinners

Porthole 11 New Quay, North Shields NE29 6LQ 0191 257 6645 Dec 3 Jazz Esquires 1pm 10/17/24 Jazz Esquires 1pm

Horseshoe Sandbach Road, Alsager ST7 3RA 01270 876070 Dec 4/11/18/25 Giants Of Jazz

Potter’s Wheel Sunniside, Gateshead NE16 5EE Dec 4/11/18 Maine Street Jazzmen 8.30pm

Mill Hotel Milton Street, Chester CH1 3NF 01244 345635 Dec 1/8/15/22/29 Walled City Jazz Band & Irene Martyn

Red House Farm Hepscott Drive,Whitley Bay NE25 9XJ 0191 251 0824 Dec 7 Vieux Carre Jazzmen 8pm

Pierpoint & Bryant Recreation Club Thelwall Lane, Latchford, Warrington WA4 1NQ 01925 634083 Dec 1/8/15/22/29 Harry Goulden Big Band

Sage Gateshead St Marys Square, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead NE8 2JR 0191 443 4661 Dec 6 Play Jazz! workshop 2pm 11 Big Chris Barber Band 8pm Sandpiper Farringdon Road, Cullercoats NE30 3ER 0191 253 5050 Dec 6 Rendezvous Jazz 8.30pm Springwell Village Hall Fell Road, Springwell, Gateshead

Players Theatre 59 Church Street, Davenham, Northwich CW9 8NF 01606 74502 Dec 18 Zoe Gilby Quartet 8pm Poynton Royal British Legion Georges Road West, Poynton SK12 1JY 01625 873120 Dec 18 Mart Rodger Manchester Jazz Vagrants Club

Newcastle Road,Willaston, Nantwich CW5 7EP 01270 623940 (jazz info) Dec 9 Bryan Jones Big Band

The Gables, Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 6QL 0161 3302653 Dec 17 Tame Valley Stompers

M20 2ZY 0161 4455347 Dec 4 Tame Valley Stompers 11 Savannah Jazz Band 18 Chicago Teddy Bears

Widnes Rugby Union Football Club Heath Road,Widnes WA8 7NU 0151 4242575 Dec 2/9/16/23/30 Savoy Jazzmen

Big Hands 296 Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9NS 0161 2727779 Dec 31 Robin Sunflower Band

Dunscar Conservative Club Hardmans Lane, Bromley Cross, Bolton BL7 9HJ 01204 303661 Dec 1 Chicago Teddy Bears Society Jazz Band 15 Tame Valley Stompers

Wilbraham Arms Sandbach Road North, Alsager ST7 2AX 01270 877970 Dec 7&21 Willy’s Weepers Wilmslow Conservative Club 15 Grove Avenue,Wilmslow SK9 5EG 01625 528336 Dec 2 Howard Murray / Masked Jazzman & Tom Kincaid Trio 8.30pm 9 Shades of Shearing 8.30pm 16 John Hallam w Tom Kincaid Trio & Mike Hall 8.30pm 23 Little Jo & Her Jazzmen 8.30pm 30 Tom Kincaid All Stars 8.30pm

Cumbria Zeffirellis Compston Road, Ambleside LA22 9AD 01539 433845 Dec 6 Trefor Owen Quartet 13 Preston Glasgow Lowe 20 Steve Oakes Quartet 27 Quay Change

G Manchester Albert Tennis & Bowling Club 39-41 Old Lansdowne Road, Didsbury M20 2PA 0161 4451056 Dec 1 Jazz OD w Alexandra Lennon Arden Arms 23 Millgate, Stockport SK1 2LX 0161 4802185 Dec 1/8/15/22/29 Louisiana Highway Bakers Arms Market Place, Stockport SK1 1ES 0161 477 7312 Dec 2/9/16/23/30 Live Jazz Music Band on the Wall 25 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JZ 0161 2375554 Dec 9 Bobby Avery Group w Miguel Zenon/Ben Monder/ Alice Zawadzki 11 London Community Gospel Choir Christmas 20 Haggis Horns 23 Baked A La Ska Beaconsfield Conservative Club

Brackley Conservative Club Hazlehurst Road,Worseley, Manchester M28 1JU 0161 7941735 Dec 4/11/18 Ronnie Hayes Big Band Bridgewater Hall Lower Mosely Street, Manchester M2 3WS 0161 907 9000 Dec 11 RNCM Jazz Collective 28 Glenn Miller Orchestra Broadoak Hotel Broadoak Road, Ashton-underLyne OL6 8QD 0161 3302764 Dec 2 Loretta Scott w Vinnie Parker Trio Cheadle Hulme Conservative Club Mellor Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle Hulme SK8 5AT 0161 4851087 (jazz info) Dec 4 The Sinatra Swingers 8.30pm 19 New Lights Big Band Cinnamon Club The Bowdon Rooms,The Firs, Altrincham WA14 2TQ 0161 926 8992 Dec 2 Cinnamon Club Open Mic/Jam Night w South City Music 8.00pm 4 Makuini 7.30pm 11 Soul & Motown Christmas Party 7.30pm 17 Barb Jungr & Mari Wilson 22 Ian Shaw & Liane Carroll 31 Alison Wonderband New Year’s Eve Gala Ball De La Salle RUFC Lancaster Road, Salford M6 8FX 0161 7892261 Dec 9 Terry’s Dead Good Boys Delph Band Club Lawton Square, Delph, Oldham OL3 5DT 01457 874465 Dec 5/12/19 Spirit of New Orleans Denton West End Social Club Grosvenor Street, Denton M34 3WN 0161 3363171 Dec 9 Tony Greenwood Big Band Didsbury Cricket Club Wilmslow Road, Manchester

Fuel Cafe Bar 448 Wilmslow Road, Withington, Manchester M20 3BW 0871 2076787 (jazz info) Dec 11 Noise Upstairs free improv jam session High Lane Conservative Club 23 Buxton Road, High Lane, Stockport SK6 8DG 0161 4499495 Dec 1 Mart Rodger Manchester Jazz Hillary Step 199 Upper Chorlton Road, Whalley Range, Manchester M16 0BH 0161 8811978 Dec 7 Rubber Duck Orchestra 14 M6 Jazz Band 21 Paddy Steer 28 Jolly Jock Hyde Cricket & Squash Club Werneth Low Road,Werneth Low, Hyde SK14 3AD 0161 3683078 Dec 5/12/19/26 Dave Hodges & Vinnie Parker Trio w Guests Klondyke Club Burnage Range, Manchester M19 2HQ 0161 224 4122 Dec 4 Atlas Forge Leigh Liberal Club Church Street, Leigh WN7 1AY 01942 743153 Dec 1/8/15/22/29 Brian Ward Big Band Lowry Pier 8, Salford Quays, Manchester M50 3AZ 0870 7875780 Dec 6 Gregory Porter Matt & Phred’s Jazz Club 64 Tib Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester M4 1LW 0161 8317002 Dec 1 Blues Jam w Franny Eubank 2 Stuart McCallum 3 The Blues Duo 4 The Angry Men 5 Lauren Housley 6 Dreamer 8 Jazz Jam w Johnny Hunter 9 Rioghnach Connolly 10 Dave Luvin Group

11 The She Qrt 12 Mr Wilson’s Second Liners 13 Mama Freedom 15 New Orleans Jam w The Night Creatures 16 Gypsies of Bohemia 17 Velody & The Basement Blues 18 Beverley Beirne 19 Taylor Jackson 20 Speakeasy Bootleg Band 22 Soul Jam 23 Boogie Williams Trio Grande 27 Ukebox 29 Blues Jam w Franny Eubank 30 Kyla Brox 31 Mardi Gras Extravaganza w The Night Creatures Newtown National Club 3 Nixon Street, Rochdale OL11 3JN 01706 640713 Dec 7 New Orleans Heat 21 Chicago Teddy Bears Society Jazz Band Palace Sports Bar Mill Lane, Stockport SK6 1QH 0161 494 0093 Dec 15 New Lights Big Band Petit Bijou 9 Massie Street, Cheadle SK8 1BW 07746 784949 (jazz info) Dec 11 Cheadle Jazz Guitar Club w Trefor Owen Railway 74-76 Wellington Road North, Stockport SK4 1HF 0161 4773680 Dec 2 Steve Oakes Quartet 7 Munch Manship Quartet 9 Paul Hartley p Paul Kilvington 14 Andrzej Baranek 16 HRA6 Big Band w Debbie Wilson 23 Paul Hartley w guests 28 Steve Pimlott RNCM Studio Theatre 124 Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9RD 0161 907 5555 Dec 10 RNCM Big Band Sedgley Park Rugby Union Football Club Park Lane,Whitefield, Manchester M45 7DZ 0161 766 5050 Dec 7/14/21/28 Gerry Tomlinson Trio w guests 1.00pm Slug & Lettuce 651 Wilmslow Road, Didsbury M20 6QZ 0161 4341011 Dec 2 Prestwich Deluxe 9 M6 Jazz Band 16 Tim Franks Quartet 23 Quinta 30 JazzWorks Smiths Restaurant 1-3 Church Road, Eccles, Manchester M30 0DL 0161

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7887343 Dec 2/9/16/23/30 Jeremy Sassoon & Friends St Margarets Church Rufford Road,Whalley Range, Manchester M16 8AE 0161 2261289 Dec 6 Olie Brice/Achim Kaufmann 8pm Stockport Masonic Guildhall 169 Wellington Road South, Stockport SK1 3UA 0161480 6531 Dec 3/10/17/24 Double B Jazz Orchestra Thirsty Scholar New Wakefield Street, Manchester M1 5NP 0161 236 6071 Dec 3/10/17/24 Jazz Fraternity Jazz Jam Unicorn Hotel 26 Church Street, Manchester M4 1PW 01942 671938 (Manchester Jazz Society) Dec 4/11/18 Record Recitals Whelley Ex-Serviceman’s Club 180 Vauxhall Road,Wigan WN1 3LU 01942 241583 Dec 28 Wigan Youth Jazz Orchestra w Wigan Youth Big Band/Wigan Schools Swing Band 12.30pm Woodhouses Working Mens Club 62 Medlock Road, Failsworth, Manchester M35 9WN 0161 6813562 Dec 1 George Galway Quartet 6 Paul Hartley Trio 15 Debbie Wilson Woodley Methodist Churc Hyde Road, Stockport SK6 1NK 0161 4945118 Dec 19 George Galway Manchester Swing Band Christmas Concert

Lancashire Ashley Conservative Club Victoria Road East,ThorntonCleveleys FY5 5HQ 01253 854284 Dec 1/8/15/22/29 Alan Riley Big Band Atrium Clitheroe Castle, Castle Hill, Clitheroe BB7 1BA 01200 442630 Dec 5 Alan Barnes Quartet Bayley Arms Avenue Road, Clitheroe BB7 9QB 01254 826478 Dec 12 Lyn Fairbanks w

Mark Lewis Trio Bitter Suite 53 Flyde Road, Preston PR1 2XQ 01772 827007 Dec 11 Silver Bell Band Garstang & District Arts Centre The Old Grammar School, Croston Road, Garstang PR3 1HQ 01995 606648 Dec 5/12/19/26 John Towers Big Band Grand 18 York Street, Clitheroe BB7 2DL 01200 421599 Dec 12 Djangologie 12.00pm 19 Lyn Fairbanks & Mark Lewis Trio 12.00pm KSC Club 10 Forest Street, Nelson BB9 7NB 01282 616883 Dec 1/8/15/22/29 Forest Jazz Band Monterey Beach Hotel 20-22 North Promenade, St Annes-on-Sea FY8 2NQ 01253 721317 Dec 1/8/15/22/29 Ray Gordon’s Big Band New Continental South Meadow Lane, Preston PR1 8JP 01772 499425 Dec 14 Preston Glasgow Lowe Robert Gillow 64 Market Street, Lancaster LA1 1HP 01524 360092 Dec 7/14/21/28 Sun Street Stompers 12.30pm

Ye Olde John O Gaunt 53 Market Street, Lancaster LA1 1JG 01524 65356 Dec 1/8/15/22/29 Jazz Unlimited

Merseyside Alma de Cuba St Peters Church, Seel Street, Liverpool L1 4BH 0151 7027394 Dec 4/11/18 Musica en Vivo 10.30pm Frederiks 32 Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9AX Dec 9 Duncan Eagles Quartet 8.30pm Grapes 35 Knight/Roscoe Street, Liverpool L1 9BW 07950 828674 (jazz info) Dec 28 Jazz Confusion 9.30pm Liverpool Cricket Club Aigburth Road, Liverpool L19 3QF 0151 4272930 Dec 1/8/15/22/29 Merseysippi Jazz Band Maghull Town Hall Hall Lane, Maghull L31 7BB 0151 5201633 (jazz info) Dec 11 Chicago Teddy Bears Royal British Legion Rose Lane, Mossley Hill, Liverpool L18 5EA 0151 7245753 Dec 2/9/16/23 Blue Magnolia Jass Orchestra

Spread Eagle Inn Sawley, Clitheroe BB7 4NH 01200 441202 Dec 7 Ribble Valley Jazz Club Band

Royal Clifton Hotel The Promenade, Southport PR8 1RB 01704 541790 Dec 14 Alan Barnes Octet 2pm 14 Harry Hussey 5pm 14 Dave Newton w Alan Barnes/Simon Thorpe 8.30pm

St Teresa’s Catholic Club College Road, Up Holland, Skelsmerdale WN8 0PY 1695 622186 Dec 4 Chicago Teddy Bears

Shrimper Fylde Road, Southport PR9 9XP 01704 833 159 (Jazz at the Shrimper) Dec 3/10/17/24 Live Jazz Music trad jazz

Station Tavern Station Square, Lytham St Annes FY8 1RF 01253 734252 Dec 2/9/16/23/30 Jazz Aces

St Helens Bowling Club Regents Road, St Helens WA10 3HU 01744 230093 Dec 14 Jazz Gentlemen

Swan With Two Necks 2-4 Holinshead Road, Chorley PR7 1EP 01257 266649 Dec 7/14/21/28 Rae Owen Quintet 2pm - 5pm Wings Club 135 Victoria Road West,Thornton, Cleveleys FY5 3LA 01253 852709 Dec 4/11/18 Wyre Levee Stompers

Studio 2 Parr Street Studios, 33-45 Parr Street, Liverpool L1 4JN 0151 7073727 Dec 2/9/16/23/30 Parr St Studio Jazz

Wirral Boathouse 1 The Parade, Parkgate CH64 6RN 0151 336 4187 Dec 2/9/16/23/30 Parade Jazz Band

Gallaghers Pub & Barbers 20 Chester Street, Birkenhead CH41 5DQ 0151 6499095 Dec 14 Wirrorleans Jazz Band Heswall Royal British Legion 78 Pensby Road, Heswall CH60 7RF 0151 3421297 Dec 2&16 Peninsula Jazzmen Melrose Hall Melrose Avenue, Hoylake CH47 3BU Dec 21 Terry Perry’s Big Easy Old Wallaseyans Club 140 Grove Road,Wallasey CH45 0JF 0151 6392832 Dec 4/11/18 Tuxedo Jazz Band Royal British Legion 289 Teehey Lane, Bebington CH63 8QS 0151 6082270 Dec 3/10/17/24 Freddie Smith Big Band Ship Inn Market Street, Hoylake CH47 3BB 0151 6324319 Dec 1/8/15/22/29 Savoy Jazzmen

Scotland Edinburgh Jazz Bar 1A Chambers Street, Edinburgh EH1 1HR 0131 220 4298 Dec 10 Preston Glasgow Lowe Shore Bar & Restaurant 3 Shore, Leith, Edinburgh EH6 6QW 0131 553 5080 Dec 2/9/16/23/30 John Elliot Trio 8.30pm

Glasgow Glasgow Art Club 185 Bath Street, Glasgow G2 4HU 0141 2485210 Dec 11 Preston Glasgow Lowe

South East Berkshire Global Cafe 35-39 London Street, Reading RG1 4PS 0118 958 3555 Dec 16 Fleur Stevenson hosts Jazz Singers Night w Chris Neill/Nick Hill/Ben Robins 9pm - 11pm Jagz Club at the Station Station Hill, Ascot SL5 9EG 01344 878100

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Dec 7 Nigel Price Trio 1pm 14 Don Weller Quartet 1pm 21 John Critchinson Christmas Party w Jacqui Hicks/Art Themen/Dave Green/Dave Barry 1pm Progress Theatre The Mount, Christchurch Road, Reading RG1 5HL 0118 960 6060 Dec 19 Alan Barnes/Bruce Adams plus Trio South Hill Park Arts Centre Ringmead, Bracknell RG12 7PA 01344 484123 Dec 5 Sue Richardson w Simon Cook Trio 8pm/ support band 7.30pm

Buckinghamshire Stables Laine Dankworth Centre, Wavendon, Milton Keynes MK17 8LU 01908 280800 Dec 2 AJ Brown Trio 8.45pm 4 Euge Groove 8pm 11 Cleo Laine Christmas Show 8pm 12-13 Cleo Laine Christmas Show 8pm

E Sussex Brewers Arms Gardner Street, Herstmonceux BN27 4LB 01323 832226 Dec 1/8/15/22/29 Alan Jeff’s Jazz Jam

Hampshire Bent Brief 17-19 Lodge Road, Southampton SO14 6RP 023 8032 2151 Dec 7 Samuel Eagles Quartet 9pm Talking Heads 320 Portswood Road, Southampton SO17 2TD 023 8067 8446 Dec 9 Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion 8pm Turner Sims University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ 02380 595151 Dec 5 Susheela Raman 8pm

Isle of Wight Quay Arts Centre Sea Street, Newport Harbour PO30 5BD 01983 528825 Dec 6 Kate Daniels Quartet 8pm

Kent 4-4-Two Club Featherby Road, Gillingham ME8

6AN 01634 405037 (jazz info) Dec 11 Donn Barcott Band f Elaine Dyan 8.30pm Cross Keys 236/238 St Johns Road,Tunbridge Wells TN4 9XD 01892 536516 Dec 11 Kate Daniels Quartet 8.15pm Langley Park Social Club 2 Hawkesbrooke Lane, Beckenham BR3 3SR 01245 420475 Dec 4 Jo Fooks Quartet 8.30pm 11 Blue Harlem 8pm Mrs Jones’ Kitchen 60-61 Palace Street, Canterbury 01227 787786 Dec 4 Olie Brice/Achim Kaufmann 8.30pm Tower Theatre North Road, Folkestone CT20 3HL 01303 260330 (Folkestone Jazz Club) Dec 7 Skelton/Skinner AllStars 8.30pm 11 Jeff Hooper 8.30pm 16 Colrose 7 8.30pm

Middlesex Anne Boleyn Hotel 29 The Hythe, Staines TW18 3JD 01784 435396 Dec 14 Harri’s Jazz Christmas Festive Jazz Lunch 1.30pm - 4.30pm Brunel University Roberts Room Uxbridge Campus, Faculty Of Arts, Uxbridge UB8 3PH Dec 12 Frank Griffith Trio 1pm Dugdale Centre Ziggy’s World Jazz Club, 39 London Road, Enfield EN2 6DS Dec 3 Steve Taylor Big Band Ickenham Village Hall Uxbridge UB10 8DG Dec 13 Andy Mears Octet f Enrico Tomasso/Richard Shepherd 7.15pm (doors) Pinner Parish Church Church Lane, Pinner, Harrow HA5 3AA 020 8421 0946 Dec 13 Gwilym Simcock Trio 8pm

Oxfordshire Bullingdon Arms Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1UE 01865 244516 Dec 2 Stuart Henderson Quartet 8.30pm (doors) 9 Alvin Roy’s Reeds Unlimited 8.30pm (doors) 16 Hugh Turner Band 8.30pm (doors)

23 Stuart Henderson Quartet 8.30pm (doors) 30 Guitar Summit 8.30pm (doors) Carswell Golf & Country Club Carswell Home Farm, Faringdon SN7 8PU 01367 718903 / www.oxfordlivejazz.com Dec 12 Lee Gibson Quartet Hacketts Wine Bar Wesley Walk,Witney OX28 6ZJ 01993 700858 Dec 14&28 Alvin Roy Trio 1pm Oxford Wine Cafe 38 South Parade, Summertown, Oxford OX2 7JN 01283 619184 Dec 7 ARQ 6.30pm 14 Hugh Turner Quartet f Brandon Allen 6.30pm 21 Law of Three plus Ben Holder 6.30pm St Giles Church 10 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HT Dec 5 Tommaso Starace Quartet 7.30pm 13 Gypsy Fire 7.30pm Wheatsheaf 129 High Street, Oxford OX1 4DF 01865 243276 Dec 4 Tom Allan w The Spin trio 8.30pm 11 Time is of the Essence 8.30pm 18 Polly Gibbons & James Pearson w The Spin trio 8.30pm

Surrey G Live London Road, Guildford GU1 2AA 0844 770 1797 Dec 8 Gregory Porter The Electric Theatre Onslow Street, Guildford GU1 4SZ Dec 16 ARQ 7.30pm

W Sussex North Hall Guildford Road, Loxwood, Billingshurst RH14 0SE 01403 752954 Dec 11 Simon Bates Quartet Christmas Party f Harry The Piano w Special Guests Julie & Alvin Stardust 8.00pm Ravenswood Hotel Horsted Lane, Sharpthorne RH19 4HY Dec 4 The South Coast Big Band 8pm Ropetackle Centre Little High Street, Shoreham-bySea BN43 5EG 01273 464440

Dec 7 Mike Hatchard Sunday Mornng Jazz w Peter Fisher 11.00am 26 Mike Hatchard Boxing Day Jazz Breakfast w Bobby Worth & Bobby Wellins 11.00am

South West Bristol St George’s Bristol Great George Street, off Park Street, Bristol BS1 5RR 0117 923 0359 Dec 17 Clare Teal The Bear 261 Hotwells Road, Bristol BS8 4SF 0117 9877796 Dec 5 Benn Clatworthy Quintet 9pm 12 Laura Jurd Quartet 9pm 19 Silverado 9pm

Cornwall Western Hotel Royal Square, St Ives TR26 2ND 01736 796082 (St Ives Jazz Club) Dec 2 Annika Skoogh Quartet 8.30pm 9 Stekpanna w Steve Waterman 8.30pm 16 Pedalmania Christmas Party Dance Extravaganza 8.30pm

Devon Barnfield Theatre Barnfield Road, Exeter EX1 1SN 01392 270891 Dec 12 Clare Teal Festive Fiesta Beaver Inn Irsha Street, Appledore EX39 1RY 01237 474822 Dec 8 Stekpanna 8.30pm Royal British Legion Club Tailyour Road, Crownhill, Plymouth PL6 5DH 01752 721179 (jazz info) Dec 7 Charlie Hearnshaw Quintet 7.30pm 21 Kevin Grenfell’s Giants of Jazz 7.30pm 31 Enjoy Yourself Jazz Band Plymouth Jazz Club New Year’s Eve Party 7.30pm

Dorset Captains Club Hotel Wick Ferry,Wick Lane, Christchurch BH23 1HU 01202 475111 Dec 28 Zoe Schwarz Trio 12.30pm - 3.30pm Dean Park Inn 41 Wimbourne Road, Bourne-

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mouth BH2 6NB 01202 552941 Dec 29 Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion 8.30pm Plume of Feathers Half Moon Street, Sherborne DT9 3LN 01935 410881 (Sherborne Jazz Club) Dec 6 ARQ 7.30pm

Somerset Ilminster Arts Centre at the Meeting House East Street, Ilminster TA19 0AN 01460 54973 Dec 12 Steve Graham’s Classic Jazz 8.00pm Mount Summerset Lower Henlade,Taunton TA23 5NB 01823 442500 Dec 26 Zoe Schwarz & Rob Koral 12.30pm - 2.30pm

Wiltshire Wiltshire Music Centre Ashley Road, Bradford-on-Avon BA15 1BX 01225 860100 Dec 1 Jazz Factory 8pm 14 GBH Big Band p Cantamus Chamber Choir 7.30pm

Wales Powys Theatr Brycheiniog Canal Wharf, Brecon LD3 7EW 01874 611622 Dec 16 Little Rumba Quartet 8.00pm

Swansea St James Social Club St James Crescent, Swansea SA1 6DR 07802 912789 (Swansea Jazzland) Dec 3 Hot Club Gallois 8.30pm 10 Simon Allen Quintet 8.30pm 17 Xmas Party w Alan Barnes 8.30pm

West

Midlands Staffordshire National Brewery Centre Horninglow Street, Burton-onTrent DE14 1NG 01283 532 880 Dec 17 Rob Terry Trio w guest Ben Holder 8.00pm

W Midlands Arena Theatre Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1SE 01902 321 1321 Dec 4 Arun Ghosh Sextet South Asian Suite 8pm Bartons Arms 144 High Street, Aston, Birmingham B6 4UP 1213335988 Dec 13 Jonathan Silk Big Band 7.45pm Birmingham Conservatoire - Arena Foyer Paradise Place, Birmingham B3 3HG 0121 236 5622 Dec 5 Bobby Avery Group Birmingham Town Hall Victoria Square, Birmingham B3 3DQ 0121 780 3333 Dec 16 BBC Big Band A Swinging Christmas w Clare Teal/Matthew Ford 7.30pm Bramall Hall Foyer University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT Dec 11 Laura Jurd Quartet 5pm CBSO Centre Berkley Street, Birmingham B1 2LF 0121 7676 4050 Dec 5 Bobby Avery Group Hare & Hounds 106 High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7JZ 0121 4442081 Dec 11 Hypnotic Brass Ensemble 8pm Symphony Hall Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA 0121 7803333 Dec 17-18 Jools Holland R&B Orchestra 27 Glenn Miller Orchestra Symphony Hall Foyer Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA 0121 7803333 Dec 5 Women in Jazz Showcase 5pm 12 Indigo Kid II 5.00pm 19 Sax In The City w The Notebenders 5pm The Crossing South & City College, High Street, Birmingham B5 5SU Dec 12 Delano Mills’ Grover Washington Tribute 7.30pm Yardbird Paradise Place, Birmingham B3 3HJ 0121 2122524 Dec 4 Blue Eyed Hawk 8.00pm

Warwickshire The Chapel - No. 1 Shakespeare Street

1 Shakespeare Street, Stratfordupon-Avon CV37 6RN 01789 264787 Dec 2 Interplay 8pm 10 Christian Garrick & John Etheridge Christmas Special Concert 8pm

Worcestershire Bank House Hotel Bransford Road,Worcester WR6 5JD 01905 748124 (jazz info) Dec 1 Pete Kelly’s Blues/All That Jazz 8pm

Yorkshire E Yorkshire Lairgate Hotel 30-32 Lairgate, Beverley HU17 8EP 01482 882141 Dec 5 Climax Jazz & Blues Band 8pm

N Yorkshire National Centre for Early Music St Margaret’s Church,Walmgate, York YO1 9TL 01904 658338 Dec 3 Alec Dankworth World Spirit ‘World Spirit’ 7.30pm

S Yorkshire Millennium Hall 520 Eccleshall Road, Sheffield S11 8PY www.wegottickets.com Dec 5 Neon Quartet 8.30pm

Leeds College of Music - The Venue 3 Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7PD 0113 2223434 Dec 10 Bobby Avery Group Sela Bar 20 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU 0113 2429442 Dec 2 Samuel Eagles Quartet 9.30pm 9 Preston Glasgow Lowe Seven Artspace 31(a) Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, Leeds LS7 3PD 0113 2626777 Dec 4 Neon Quartet 8.30pm 14 Autumn Jazz Cafe 1.30pm Square Chapel Centre for the Arts 10 Square Road, Halifax HX1 1QG 01422 349422 Dec 4 Tom McConville & Andy Watt 8.00pm 14 Belshazzar’s Feast 7.30pm Wakefield Sports Club College Grove, Eastmoor Road, Wakefield WF1 3RR 01977 680542 (Wakefield Jazz) Dec 5 Paul Booth’s Patchwork 8.30pm 12 Steve Melling Trio 8.30pm Wardrobe 6 St Peter’s Buildings, St Peter’s Square, Leeds LS9 8AH 0113 3838800 Dec 6 Soul Rebels Christmas Party featuring London Afrobeat Collective plus Tantz & Soul Rebels DJs 9.30pm

W Yorkshire Boston Spa Village Hall High Street, Boston Spa LS23 6AA 01937 842636 (Jazz in the Spa) Dec 6 Swing Commanders 8pm 13 Djangologie 8pm 20 Harlem Hot Stompers 8pm Caroline Social Club Caroline Street, Saltiare, Bradford BD18 3JZ 7443333110 Dec 12 Tarantismo 8pm Fox & Newt 9 Burley Street, Leeds LS3 1LD 0113 2454505 Dec 19 Cole/Smith/Molloy Trio 8.30pm Inkwell Arts 31 Potternewton Lane, Leeds LS7 3LW 0113 30 70 108 Dec 7 Robin Porter Quartet 1.30pm 21 Nicola Farnon Trio Xmas Party 1.30pm

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