JazzUK presents Gigs - March 2014

March 2014

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Tori Freestone Trio Toni Freestone Š Cat Munro

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Special gigs this month – anniversaries & charity concerts

Two types of gigs stand out this month – anniversary celebrations and charity concerts in aid of various causes. Congratulations to the clubs & venues celebrating their birthdays and all the best to all those donating their time and talent for charitable purposes. Go out, support live music and be generous!

Sabina Czajkowska Listings Editor

Watermill Jazz 20th Anniversary Concert 20th March: Sax Appeal. Come along for the premiere performance of “The Phoenix Suite” by Derek Nash.

Guilford Jazz celebrates its 3rd Anniversary 12th March: Steve Waterman Plays Benny Golson. The Cavern are currently holding a season of performances celebrating the music of famous jazz composers, and to mark their third anniversary, Steve Waterman will be playing a tribute to Benny Golson, one of the most popular and prolific jazz composers.

Boathouse Jazz in Broxbourne will turn 15 on 3rd April Special anniversary gig with a Superb Alto Sax led Matt Wates Quintet, featuring Steve Fishwick, Leon Greening, Julian Bury and Matt Skelton.

Charity gigs: Courtney Pine Presents Venus Warriors at the Hideaway, London on 5th March. Courtney Pine is

the creative catalyst behind this inspirational all-female line up. In the original spirit of the Jazz Warriors this project is a multicultural band of dedicated improvisers performing a mix of music of African origin with wide ranging roots (British, US, Latin American and Caribbean) all executed as varying styles of jazz.

Expect a uniquely provocative mix of jazz standards and original music.

This charity concert is in aid of the Mary Seacole Memorial Statue Appeal which aims to erect a statue of this pioneer nurse outside Saint Thomas hospital.

Georgina Jackson, vocalist and trumpeter, organises a charity concert to celebrate and raise funds for the launch of the Mount Vernon Breast Cancer Research Centre at the Watersmeet Theatre, Rickmansworth on 6th March. The band will be Ronnie Scotts’s Jazz Orchestra directed by Pete Long and featuring Georgina Jackson and many special guests. www. watersmeet.co.uk Georgina Jackson was herself diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009 aged 35 and she says she was very lucky to be diagnosed quickly and treated so well that she has been able to continue to follow her musical dreams. Georgina is organising this concert in collaboration with the consultants, doctors, scientists and nurses at the hospital in the hope that their research can help many more people continue to follow their dreams too.

Jazz at The Gunnersbury (London) On 9th March Space Fusion Big

Band plays a concert in aid of The Cystic Fibrosis Trust. www.jazzupstairs.comxa.com 23rd March, at the Exeter Hall, Kidlington, Oxfordshire. Organised by the Oxfordshire Jazz Federation on behalf of the Multiple Sclerosis Society, it will be the fourth annual concert in a series held for various charities that have taken place at this venue. Appearing this year will be Guitar Summit featuring the three guitars of Jez Cook, Terry Hutchins and Kevin Armstrong, backed by bass and drums. This is followed by the piano duo of Martin Pickett and Rory McInroy and topping the bill will be Alan Barnes featured with Alvin Roy’s Reeds Unlimited.

Tickets are £7 on the night, with the proceeds going to the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

The Rotary Club of Walsall is organising a jazz concert to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Care & Action for Children. The Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra & Clare Teal will play at the Methodist Central Hall in Walsall on 27th March.

30th March, London Swing Orchestra at St George’s Bristol A fundraising concert in aid of St George’s and the Trussell Trust, which runs four Food Banks around the city. From early Ragtime through the Roaring Twenties of New York and Chicago, the first half includes music by Berlin, Ellington, Cab Calloway and Goodman. The second half charts the Big Bands of Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw and the rise of the superstar crooners. Bobby Darin, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong

and of course Sinatra all feature in this programme of jazz and swing.

Donations of non-perishable food will be accepted on the night. www.stgeorgesbristol.co.uk

Festivals Bristol International Jazz & Blues Festival 7th – 9th March Highlights include Pee Wee Ellis & Fred Wesley, Zigaboo Modeliste, Get The Blessing, Andy Shepard, Iain Ballamy and Imelda May. Plus masterclasses, film screenings and more – check the details on www. bristoljazzandbluesfest.com Aberdeen Jazz Festival 12th – 14th March Highlights include Jan Garbarek with The Hilliard Ensemble, Tony Kofi Future Passed Trio, Zara McFarlane and Magnus Öström. www.aberdeenjazzfestival.com Guildhall Jazz Festival 22nd – 27th March @ Barbican, London Guildhall School presents the best of British jazz and improvised music in a week-long festival. Most of the events are free, so check our listings and make your way to the Barbican to listen to the great young talent and their professors. Distinguished guests include Julian Siegel, Paul Dunmall, Mike & Kate Westbrook and Claire Martin.

Two mini festivals at the London’s Pizza Express Jazz Club: Steinway 2 Pianos Festival 16th – 24th March Featuring the talents of Larry Willis & Albert Sanz, Leszek Możdżer & Gwilym Simcock, John Taylor & Richard Fairhurst and many more.

Thump Festival 26th – 28th March Presenting a varied programme, including GoGo Penguin and Richard Bona Quartet.

Check our listings for details and full line-ups.

Workshops Nottingham Jazz Workshops Continue every month at The Lion Inn, 44 Mosley St, New Basford, Nottingham NG7 7FQ, 0115 970 3506, contact Barb on 0115 875 8491 or nottinghamjazzworkshops@gmail. com. The next dates are: 5th March & 2nd April (Singers) and 12th March & 9th April (Instrumental), 7.00pm – 9.00pm, cost: £5.

Eduardo Niebla Masterclass 14th March at the Livepool Institute of Performing arts www.lipa.ac.uk Monday Jazz Workshops Continue at the Hideaway in London every week, all instruments and standards are welcome. Check what the current programme is on www. hideawaylive.co.uk/jazz-workshops Workshop starts at 7.30pm, £10 per week for musicians, free to audience; jam session from 9.00pm, free.

GMF London Jazz Workshops & Music Festival starts at Kings Place on 17th April – check the info on the venue’s website: www.kingsplace. co.uk

Events “All That Jazz: The Golden Age of British Popular Music 1919-1950” National Jazz Archive’s exhibition explores the social and cultural impact of jazz in Britain.

6th March – 29th April at the Barbican Music Library, Library floor, Level 2 (Access from Silk Street, nearest Tube: Barbican).

Exhibition opening times: Mon, Wed: 9.30am – 5.30pm; Tue, Thu: 9.30am – 7.30pm; Fri: 9.30am – 2pm; Sat: 9.30am – 4pm; closed on Sunday.

“All That Jazz” showcases rare and unique material including posters, programmes and photos from 1919 - 1950. Discover the social and cultural impact of jazz and its

relationship with the Second World War. Get to know the stories of the people behind the music, how a machine gun maker went on to form one of the country’s greatest jazz bands and learn of the untimely death of poor “Snakehips” Johnson.

Original material on display includes photos and programmes relating to The Original Dixieland Jazz Band, Humphrey Lyttelton and Glenn Miller. The Archive is lucky to be able to showcase photos from the personal collection of author Jim Godbolt and bandleader George Webb.

On Tuesday evenings staff from the National Jazz Archive will be on hand to offer visitors the unique opportunity to handle archive material. These sessions are free and there is no need to book.

Look Out for the Young & Talented!

Jess Gillam is a 15 year old saxophonist who organises concerts in her home town, Ulverston, Cumbria. This spring she invited Snake Davis & his band and Courtney Pine to come down and play for the local community. Check our online listings for details. Here’s a little bit more about the young player who is not only passionate about music, but also highly entrepreneurial, at the age of 15!

Jess began playing saxophone aged 7 and since then has grown a passion for the instrument and a great love for music. In 2012, she was the recipient of the Helen Sibthorpe Award from Awards for Young Musicians and this year, she was the recipient of the Edith Hemingway Award as the Best Young Musician in the North West, both of which she was delighted to receive. Jess was accepted into the Junior Royal Northern College of Music with an ABRSM

Scholarship in September 2011 where she studies saxophone and piano and has been awarded prizes and scholarships for demonstrating outstanding talent. She has recently attained the ABRSM Diploma, passing various elements of the exam with distinction and achieving a high pass overall. Jess performs for the Junior RNCM all over the North-West and performs in many local charitable events. She’s a regular at Zeffirelli’s in Ambleside.

She has also passed on her skills to beginners, teaching saxophone at the Barracudas Carnival Arts Centre and when the band finished, she carried on and continues to teach a boy with downs-syndrome, Lewis, and has taught him to performance level. Jess runs her own concert series in Ulverston, hosting famous saxophonists such as Snake Davis, the Apollo Saxophone Quartet and Tommy Smith. Jess has been invited to play with Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra this year. She is the youngest ever endorsee for Yanagisawa saxophone manufacturers.

Competition for young players The Reading Real Ale & Jazz Festival returns to the banks of the River Thames 17th – 19th July this year.

The organisers have launched a competition to find fresh new talent for one lucky jazz band or performer, to have the chance to play live at the festival.

Anyone over the age of 18, playing any form of jazz can upload a video as their audition performance to YouTube and then Facebook message (www.facebook. com/jazzandale), or tweet @ RdgRealAleJazz www.twitter.com/ RdgRealAleJazz) to enter.

The competition closes on 22nd March 2014. All video entries will be judged by a panel including festival organisers and established local jazz groups. Five entrants will be selected and invited to a special evening to perform live in front of an audience and the judges. At the end of the evening the winner will be revealed.

Bands touring with Jazz Services’ support this month include: Tori Freestone (cover), Rob Palmer’s Boink!, Jean Toussaint Quartet, Vitor Pereira Quintet and Zara McFarlane.

Tori Freestone Trio Saxophonist Tori Freestone has made a name for herself in a number of bands, turning several critics’ heads as co-leader of Compassionate Dictatorship and contributing significantly to the groups of Ivo Neame, Rory Simmons (Fringe Magnetic) and Andy Sheppard, amongst others. Recently signed to the Whirlwind Recordings label, with her own trio Freestone is in her element, with plenty of room to explore both the melodic and rhythmic possibilities afforded her by such a pared down, and notably chord-less set-up.

Her “robust tenor work” (Jazzwise) is well suited to both the standards and originals in the group’s repertoire, and the sense of balance between the three musicians is highly impressive. The trio features Tim Giles on drums and Dave Manington on double bass.

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East Midlands Derbyshire Breadsall Memorial Hall Breadsall, Derby DE21 5LF 01332 831577 Mar 23 Christine Tobin Trio “A Thousand Kisses Deep’’ Village Hall West Hallam, Ilkeston DE7 6GR 01159 303340 Mar 16 Christine Tobin Trio “A Thousand Kisses Deep’’ 7.30pm VoiceBox Kensington Mews, Forman Street, Derby DE1 1JQ 01332 606320 Mar 12 Rachel Musson/Liam Noble/Mark Sanders 7.30pm

Leicestershire Embrace Arts at the Richard Attenborough Centre University of Leicester, PO Box 138, Leicester LE1 7HA 0116 252 2455 All gigs at 8.00pm Mar 22 Claude Deppa with Afro-City Swingsters 28 Gareth Williams & Dave Green

Regent Sports & Social Club 102 Regent Road, Leicester LE1 7DA 0116 2238006 Mar 4 Marcus Joseph & Andy Kirkland & the band “Remember Duke Ellington” 8.00pm

Lincolnshire Drill Hall Free School Lane, Lincoln LN2 5AE 01522 873894 Mar 8 Modern Jazz Quartet Celebration: Jim Hart/Matt Ridley/Steve Brown/Barry Green 8.00pm

NE Lincolnshire Old Clee Club Clee Crescent, Grimsby DN32 8LS 01472 873730 (jazz info) Mar 19 Jean Toussaint Quartet 7.30pm

Nottinghamshire Bonington Theatre Arnold Leisure Centre, High Street, Nottingham NG5 7EE 0115 9670114 All gigs at 8.00pm Mar 6 Tori Freestone Trio 20 Gareth Williams & Dave Green Bill Evans/Scott LaFaro Project

Lakeside - Djanogly Recital Hall University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD 0115 846 7777 Mar 8 Tord Gustavsen Ensemble 8.00pm Nottingham Contemporary - The Space Weekday Cross, Nottingham NG1 2GB 0115 9489750 Mar 8 Vitor Pereira Quintet 9.00pm Southwell Library The Bramley Centre, King Street, Southwell NG25 0EH Mar 12 Nicola Farnon Trio 7.30pm West Bridgford Library Bridgford Road,West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 6BG 0115 9816506 Mar 13 Nicola Farnon Trio 7.30pm

Eastern Bedfordshire Ent Shed Castle Road, Bedford MK40 3QY 01234 409297 Mar 6 Chris Maddock Quartet plus jazz jam afterwards 7.30pm / jazz jam 10.30pm

Cambridgeshire Hidden Rooms The Basement, 7A Jesus Lane, Cambridge CB5 8BA 01223 514 777 or 07912 62 77 62; online@http://www.cambridgejazz.org Mar 6 Dan Forshaw Quartet 8.00pm 16 Kit Downes Quintet 7.30pm 27 Jean Toussaint Quartet 8.00pm

Derbyshire Kirk Langley Village Hall Kirk Langley, Ashbourne DE6 4NS 01332 824403 Mar 13 Christine Tobin Trio “A Thousand Kisses Deep’’ 8.00pm

Essex Chichester Old London Road, Rawreth SS11 8UE 07850 607075 (jazz info) Mar 5 Andrew & Ryan Linham Quintet 12 Jim Mullen, Reg Webb & Alan Clarke 19 Julian Stringle Dream Band & Jacqui Hicks 26 Mervyn Wright 20 Piece Orchestra

Colchester Arts Centre Church Street, Colchester CO1 1NF 01206 500900 Mar 16 Jean Toussaint Quartet 8.00pm Electric Palace King’s Quay Street, Harwich CO12 3ER 01255 553333 Mar 20 Ken Colyer Legacy New Orleans Jazz Band 8.00pm Harlow Cricket Club Chippingfield, Old Harlow CM17 0DJ 01279 414174 (jazz info) Mar 28 Clark Tracey Quintet 7.30pm (doors) Stoke by Nayland Hotel Golf & Spa, Keepers Lane, Leavenheath CO6 4PZ 01787 211865 (Fleece Jazz) All gigs at 7.30pm Mar 7 Kevin Flanagan’s Riprap Quartet 14 Tammy Weis & Tom Cawley 21 Ian Shaw 28 Renato D’Aiello International Quartet Ye Olde Smack 7 High Street, Leigh-on-Sea SS9 2EN 01702 476765 Mar 18 Josh Kemp’s Jazz Prophets 8.30pm

Hertfordshire Broxbourne Rowing Club Old Nazeing Road, Broxbourne EN10 6QU 01992 442263 Mar 6 Marlene VerPlanck 8.30pm Campus West - Hawthorne Studio The Campus,Welwyn Garden City AL8 6BX 01707 357117 All gigs at 7.30pm Mar 2 Martin Shaw w Clark Tracey Trio f Dave Newton & Mark Hodgson 9 Gareth Williams Trio 16 Roy Williams w Clark Tracey Trio f Richard Busiakiewicz & Dave Green 23 Jean Toussaint Quartet 30 Georgia Mancio Quartet Civic Centre High Street, Berkhamsted HP4 3HD 01442 228925 Mar 1 Dave O’Higgins Quartet 8.00pm Pump House Theatre & Arts Centre Local Board Road, Lower Watford High Street,Watford WD17 2JP 01923 467269 (jazz info) All gigs at 8.15pm Mar 6 Frog Island Jazz Band

13 Laurie Chescoe’s Reunion Band 20 Barry Palser’s Savoy Jazz Band 27 Millennium Eagle Jazz Band Watersmeet Watersmeet, High Street, Rickmansworth WD3 1EH Mar 6 Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra directed by Pete Long f Georgina Jackson & special guests; Concert to celebrate and raise funds for the launch of the Mount Vernon Breast Cancer Research Centre 7.30pm

N Lincolnshire Ropery Hall Maltkiln Road, Barton-uponHumber DN18 5JT 01652 660380 Mar 7 Slim Panatella & the Mellow Virginians 8.00pm

Norfolk Cottage Public House 148 Thunder Lane,Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich NR7 0JD Mar 11 Marlene VerPlanck Lakeside Country Club Quarry Lane, Lyng NR9 5RS

01328 863511 (Dereham Jazz Society) Mar 26 Ant Law Quartet 8.00pm Norwich Arts Centre Reeves Yard, St Benedicts Street, Norwich NR2 4PG 01603 660352 Mar 29 Polar Bear

Norfolk Pulam Market Village Hall The Green, Pulam Market IP21 4SU 01379 676610 Mar 7 Alan Barnes & the David Newton Trio plus Jazznav

Suffolk Apex 1 Charter Square, Bury St Edmunds IP33 3FD 01284 758103 Mar 12 Tord Gustavsen Quartet Cock Inn 3 Callis Street, Clare CO10 8PX 01787 237653 All gigs at 8.00pm Mar 2 Emily Dankworth

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16 Rosalie Genay 30 Maciek Pysz

Mar 18 Tori Freestone Trio 8.30pm

Hotel Hatfield The Esplanade, Lowestoft NR33 0QP 01502 568684 (Milestones Jazz Club) Mar 2 Josh Kemp’s Jazz Prophets 8.30pm

Artigiano 12 Belsize Terrace, London NW3 4AX 0207 794 4288 All gigs at 7.30pm Mar 7 Tina May Trio 14 Marco Marconi Trio 21 Graham Garside Trio 28 Rosanna Brandi Trio

Pulam Market Village Hall The Green, Pulam Market IP21 4SU 01379 676610 Mar 7 Alan Barnes & the David Newton Trio plus Jazznav

London

606 Club 90 Lots Road, London SW10 0QD 020 7352 5953 Mar 1 Gilad Atzmon Quartet 9.30pm 2 Pete Churchill & The London Vocal Project 1.30pm / Joanna Eden 8.30pm 3 Latin Underground 8.30pm 5 Vasilis Xenopoulos Quartet CD Launch 8.00pm / John Critchinson/Dave Cliff/Alec Dankworth 9.45pm 7 Sugar Kings Cuban Band 9.30pm 9 606 Gospel Group 1.30pm / Connie Lush Band 8.30pm 10 Morrissey/Mullen Legacy Band 8.30pm 11 Dan Reinstein Quintet 8.00pm / Dill Katz Quartet 9.45pm 13 Projection of Miles f Jay Phels, Soweto Kinch, Logan Richardson, Benet McLean & Shaney Forbes 8.30pm 15 Peter King Quintet 9.30pm 16 Royal College of Music Junior Big Band 1.30pm / Barb Jungr 8.30pm 18 Royal Academy of Music Night f Sam Rapley Band 9.45pm 19 Iain Ballamy Quartet 8.00pm /Nic France Trio 9.45pm 20 Noel Mccalla Trio 8.30pm 21 1 UP 9.30pm 22 Benn Clatworthy Quartet 9.30pm 23 Rachel Sutton Quartet 1.30pm / Sarah Jane Morris & Antonio Forcione Birthday Special 8.30pm 25 Barry Green Trio 10.15pm 26 Benet McLean Quartet 8.30pm 27 Musician Xchange f Triad Hungarian Modern Jazz Trio 8.30pm 28 Samara 9.30pm 29 Bobby Wellins Quartet f Liam Noble 9.30pm 30 Theo Jackson 8.30pm Amersham Arms 388 New Cross Road, London SE14 5BY 020 7732 8493

Barbican Centre Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS 020 7638 8891 Mar 9 Tord Gustavsen 7.30pm Bishopsgate Institute 230 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4QH 020 7392 9220 Mar 21 The Necks Vortex City Sessions 7.30pm Brasserie Toulouse Lautrec 140 Newington Butts, Kennington, London SE11 4RN 020 7582 6800 Mar 22 Peter Jones w trio 8.30pm Bulls Head 373 Lonsdale Road, Barnes, London SW13 9PY 020 8876 5241 All gigs at 8.30pm Mar 5 Westbrook Trio 12 Tim Whitehead Trio w Brigitte Beraha & John Turville 14 Katriona Taylor Band 19 TORUS 26 Tony Kinsey Quartet Cafe In The Crypt St Martins In The Field,Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 4JJ 020 7766 1158 All gigs at 8.00pm Mar 4 London Gospel Factory Choir 12 John Crawford Quintet 19 Red Stripe 26 TJ Johnson’s Bourbon Kick Cockpit Theatre Gateforth Street, Marylebone, London NW8 8EH 020 7258 2925 Mar 31 Jazz In The Round f Denys Baptiste Triumvirate, Mark Mondesir & Sam Leak, Alex Merritt Quartet 8.00pm Crazy Coqs 20 Sherwood Street, London W1F 7ED 020 7734 4888 All gigs at 10.30pm Mar 1 Natalie Williams w Tom Cawley 7 Judy Carmichael w Martin Wheatley 8 Judy Carmichael w Colin Oxley 21 David Newton/Colin Oxley/Andrew Cleyndert 22 Benoit Viellefon’s Hot Club 28 Rosalie Genay & Barry Green

Elixir Bar 162 Eversholt Street, London NW1 1BL 020 7383 0925 Mar 20 Catherine Lima & Wendy Lanchin w guests & Dave Colton 8.30pm Floridita 100 Wardour Street, London W1F 0TN 020 7314 4000 Mar 4 Flash Mob as part of Jazz & Jive Supper Club 5.30pm - 2.00am Front Room at the Queen Elizabeth Hall South Bank Centre, Upper Ground, London SE1 8XX 020 7960 4242 Mar 21 Tony Kofi & The Organisation 5.30pm Guildhall School of Music & Drama Silk Street, Barbican, London EC2Y 8DT 020 7628 2571 Guildhall Jazz Festival: Mar 22 Guildhall Jazz Band w Julian Siegel 7.30pm 23 Guildhall Jazz Faculty Concert 4.00pm / Guildhall Jazz Alumni Ensemble 7.30pm 24 Guildhall Jazz Composers Ensemble 1.00pm / Kate Williams Trio “Bill Evans and the Impressionists” w Guildhall School musicians directed by William Goodchild 7.30pm 25 Guildhall Improvised Music Ensemble f Paul Dunmall, Dave Kane & Mark Sanders 7.30pm 26 Guildhall Saxophone Ensemble w Mike Westbrook 1.00pm / Vintage Jazz Night directed by Martin Hathaway 7.30pm 27 Guildhall Jazz Ensemble w Mike Westbrook & Kate Westbrook 7.30pm 28 Guildhall Jazz Singers & Ensemble directed by Malcolm Edmonstone w Claire Martin 7.30pm Gunnersbury Tavern 590 Chiswick High Road, London W4 5RP 0208 742 7466 All gigs at 12.30 - 3.00pm Mar 2 Jay Craig & His Orchestra 9 Spice Fusion Big Band Charity concert in aid of The Cystic Fibrosis Trust 16 Richard Shepherd Big Band 23 Andy Mears Octet 30 Colin Mills Big Band Half Moon 93 Lower Richmond Road, Putney, London SW15 1EU 020 8780 9383 Mar 2&30 Elastic Band Hammersmith Apollo Queen Caroline street, Hammersmith, London W6 9QH 0870 606 3400 All gigs at 7.30pm

Mar 12 Robert Glasper Experiment 13 Rodriguez “Searching for Sugar Man” Tour plus support Hideaway 2 Empire Mews, Streatham, London SW16 2ED 020 8835 7070 Mar 1 Budapest Cafe Orchestra 9.00pm 2 Plum Busby Lunchtime Extravaganza 2.00pm 5 Courtney Pine Presents Venus Warriors (Charity concert in aid of the Mary Seacole Memorial Statue Appeal 9.00pm 6-8 Wayne Hernandez 8.30pm/ 9.00pm 13 Barabani Band f Lilia Iontcheva, Lee Crisp, Jonathan Andre & Hamish Balfour 8.30pm 15 Osibisa 9.00pm 16 NYJO 2.00pm 20 Neil Angilley Trio 8.30pm 21-22 DIVA: showcase of the finest vocal talent 9.00pm 27 Janette Mason 8.30pm 28-29 Ray Gelato Giants 9.00pm 30 Kai’s Cats 2.00pm Jazz Cafe 5 Parkway, Camden Town, London NW1 7PG 020 7916 6060 Mar 5 Get The Blessing f Adrian Utley plus EYOT 7.30pm Jazz Cafe POSK Polish Centre, 238-246 King Street, London W6 0RF 020 8741 1940 Mar 8 Emma Smith Quartet 15 Asaf Sirkis/Sylwia Bialas w Frank Harrison & Patric Bettison Karamel 4 Coburg Road,Wood Green, London N22 6UJ 020 8829 8989 Mar 26 Great Wee Band w special guest Stan Sulzman 8.00pm Kings Place 90 York Way, London N1 9AG 020 7520 1490 All gigs at 8.00pm Mar 13 Anthony Strong Band plus Julia Biel (double bill) Air Sessions 14 Magnus Ostrom plus Troyka (double bill) Air Sessions 15 Michael Wollny, Marius Neset, Daniel Herskedal, Tamar Halperin, Magnus Ostrom: Duets Air Sessions 22 Claire Martin w The Montpellier Cello Quartet 29 Chaos Orchestra Island Mentality Album launch Le QuecumBar and Brasserie

42-44 Battersea High Street, London SW11 3HX Mar 24 Matt Holborn’s Gypsy Jazz Quartet 8.00pm Lime Wharf Vyner Street, London E2 9DJ 0208 980 8080 Mar 7 Homespun 7.30pm Long White Cloud 151 Hackney Road, London E2 8JL 0207 033 4642 All gigs at 8.30pm Mar 6 Dave O’Brien Trio 13 Vitor Pereira Quintet 20 Colin Webster & Alex Bonney/Simon Roth 27 Ripsaw Catfish Millfield Theatre Silver Street, London N18 1PJ 020 8807 6680 Mar 14 Mica Paris 8.00pm Oliver’s 9 Nevada Street, Greenwich, London SE10 9JL 020 8858 5855 Mar 14 Vitor Pereira Quintet 9.00pm Omnibus 1 Northside, Clapham Common, London SW4 0QW 020 7498 4699 All gigs at 7.00pm Mar 9 Misha Mullov/Abbado Quintet 23 Man Overboard Oxford 256 Kentish Town Road, London NW5 2AA 020 7485 3521 Mar 10 Vitor Pereira Quintet 9.00pm Pizza Express Jazz Club 10 Dean Street, London W1D 3RW 08456 027017 Mar 1 Steve Oliver 2 Steve Oliver lunchtime 2 Filthy Six 3 Xantone Blacq Presents: Manuela Panizzo 4 Emilia Martensson w Barry Green & Adriano Adewale & Sam Lasserson plus the Fable String Quartet 5 Sugar Sisters 6-8 Gilad Atzmon & the Orient House Ensemble 9 Big Band Metheny (lunchtime) 11 Kath Haling Wonderstruck 13-15 Larry Willis/David O’Rourke Quartet Steinway 2 Pianos Festival: 16 Larry Willis & Albert Sanz: Art of the Duo 17 Ian Shaw & Liane Carroll 19 Joey Calderazzo & Gareth Williams 20 Robert Wells & Alice 21 Boogie Woogie Night w Bill Wyman/ Ben Waters & Axel Zwingenberger 22 Gwilym Simcock & Leszek

Mozdzer 23 Janette Mason & Dena DeRose / Frank Harrison & John Turville 24 John Taylor & Richard Fairhurst / Sam Leak & Dan Tepfer 25 Maciek Pysz Trio w special guest Tim Garland Thump Festival: 26 Quintette f Sophie Alloway plus Chris Draper’s Zetta 8.30pm 27 Gogo Penguin 8.30pm 28 Richard Bona Quartet plus The Jungle Drummer 6.30pm & 9.30pm 29 Richard Bona Quartet plus Mind The Baby (two shows) 30 Oli Silk hosts Fusion Sunday w Carl Stanley lunchtime 30 Quentin Collins/Brandon Allen Quartet play Wayne Shorter’s “Speak No Evil’’ Purcell Room South Bank Centre, Upper Ground, London SE1 8XX 08703 800400 All gigs at 7.45pm Mar 1 Fats Waller Anniversary Concert 24 Tunday Akintan Queen Elizabeth Hall South Bank Centre, Upper Ground, London SE1 8XX 020 7960 4242 Mar 24 James Taylor Quintet present material from Jimmy Smith’s classic Lalo Schifrinorchestrated album “The Cat” on the 50th anniversary of its release Ray’s Jazz at Foyles First Floor, Foyles Bookshop, London WC2H 0EB 020 7440 3205 Mar 27 Homespun 6.00pm Red Lion 92-94 Linkfield Road, Isleworth TW7 6QJ 020 8560 1457 All gigs at 8.30pm Mar 3 Trevor Tomkins w Dick Pearce, Mornington Lockett, John Critchinson & Tim Wells 10 Trevor Tomkins w Robbie Robson, Marin Hathaway, Malcolm Edmonstone & Alec Dankworth 17 Trevor Tomkins w Art Themen, John Donaldson & Paul Morgan 24 Trevor Tomkins w Vasilis Xenopolous, Nigel Price, Ross Stanley & Steve Watts 31 Trevor Tomkins w Dave O’Higgins, Mark Nightingale, John Horler & Dave Green Ronnie Scott’s 47 Frith Street, London W1D 4HT 020 7439 0747 Mar 1 Pee Wee Ellis & Fred Wesley

2 King Candy & The Sugar Push (lunchtime) / Ronnie Scott’s Soul Jazz Orchestra (evening) 3-4 Erik Truffaz Quartet 5-6 Claire Martin & Gareth Williams Trio 7-8 Leon Ware 9 Simon Thorpe’s Jivin’ Miss Daisy (lunchtime) / Zigaboo Modeliste & His Big Chiefs (evening) 10-11 Mayra Andrade 12-14 James Hunter 15 Jason Rebello 16 Ronnie Scott’s Blues Explosion!

17 Christine Tobin “A Thousand Kisses Deep’’ Album Launch 18 Jean Toussaint Quartet 19-20 James Pearson “Remembering Oscar Peterson” 21-22 London Super Sax Project Celebrating The Genius Of Charlie Parker 23 James Torme sings Astaire (lunchtime) / Natalie Williams’ Soul Family (evening) 24-26 Trilok Gurtu New Band 28-29 Jeff Lorber Fusion f Tim Garland, Jimmy Haslip & Sonny Emory 30 Tina May & Todd Gordon perform Ella & Frank (lunchtime)/ Natacha Atlas (evening) Royal Albert Hall - Cafe Consort Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP 020 7589 8212 Mar 30 Darius Brubeck Quartet 12.00pm Royal Albert Hall: Elgar Room Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP 020 7589 8212 All gigs at 9.45pm Mar 6 Benoit Viellefon’s Hot Club 20 Shirt Tail Stompers Royal Festival Hall South Bank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX 0844 875 0073 Mar 2 Michael Henderson & Norman Connors w special guest Carleen Anderson Royal Festival Hall Foyer Bar South Bank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX 0844 875 0073 Mar 28 Phil Stevenson Organ Trio 5.30pm Ryans 181 Stoke Newington Church Street, London N16 0UL 020 7275 7807 Mar 4 Astrakan plus Bitten by a Monkey 8.30pm The Forge 3-7 Delancey Street, Camden,

London NW1 7NL 020 7383 7808 All gigs at 8.00pm Mar 3 Camden Jazz Jam w Rob Cope’s “Gods of Apollo’’ 6 Darius Brubeck Quartet Journeys in Jazzlands 10 Camden Jazz Jam w William Rixon Quartet 12 Y.M.V. f Cleveland Watkiss, Orphy Robinson, Rizomorph 17 Camden Jazz Jam w Dice Factory 24 Camden Jazz Jam w Sam Braysher Quartet The Vortex Dalston Culture House, 11 Gillett Square, London N16 8AZ 020 7254 4097 Mar 3 Shatner’s Bassoon & World Sanguine Report 8.00pm 4 Kris Davis Trio f John Herbert & Tom Rainey 8.00pm 5 Alex Ward Quintet extended into a sextet w Steve Noble on drums in the second half 8.00pm 6 Lucky Ranku - African Composers Series 2 8.00pm 7 The Rhythms African Composers Series 2 8.00pm 8 Aubrei Woki & Kalahari African Composers Series 2 8.00pm 9 Pat Thomas/Mark Sanders/ Dominic Lash 8.00pm 11 Enzo Zirilli/Ross Stanley/ Fabio Zeppetella 8.00pm 12 Daphna Sadeh & The Voyagers plus Bows & Bellows as part of Blow the Fuse presents Tomorrow the World 8.45pm 17 Fringe Magnetic 8.00pm 19 Alexander Hawkins plus Wolfram Trio 8.00pm Union Chapel The Vestry, Compton Avenue, London N1 2XD 020 7226 1686 Mar 2 Tori Freestone Trio 3.00pm 3 Naturally 7 plus Chloe Charles 7.30pm Upstairs at Ronnie Scott’s 47 Frith Street, London W1D 4HT 020 7439 0747 Mar 16 Hackney Colliery Band WM Jazz The O2, Greenwich, London SE10 0DY 07961 247 139 Mar 8 Robin Nolan Trio 8.00pm 23 Barb Jungr 7.30pm 28 Darius Brubeck Quartet 8.00pm

N Ireland Belfast

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Crescent Arts Centre 2/4 University Road, Belfast BT7 1NT 02890 242338 Mar 28 Eduardo Niebla w Matthew Robinson 8.00pm

Co Antrim Ballymoney Town Hall 1 Townhead Street, Ballymoney BT53 6BE 028 2766 0230 Mar 26 Eduardo Niebla w Matthew Robinson 8.00pm

Co Armagh Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre Market Street, Armagh BT61 7BW 028 3752 1821 Mar 27 Eduardo Niebla w Matthew Robinson 8.00pm

North East Cleveland Blue Bell Lodge Acklam Road, Acklam, Middlesbrough TS5 7HL 01642 593939 Mar 30 Tees Valley Jazzmen 8.00pm Oxbridge 17 Oxbridge Lane, Stockton on Tees TS18 4AW 01642 678129 Mar Thu New Orleans Preservation Jazz Band 8.30pm Park Inn Park Road, Hartlepool TS26 9HU 01429 233126 Mar Sun Musicians Unlimited 12.00pm Town Hall Albert Road, Middlesbrough TS1 2QJ 01642 15181 (jazz info) Mar 19 BBC Big Band w Claire Martin 7.30pm

Co Durham Durham Amateur Rowing Club Green Lane, Durham DH1 3JU 0300 026 26 26 Mar 29 Snake Davis 7.30pm Forum Music Centre Borough Road, Darlington DL1 1SG 01325 363135 Mar Sun Live Jazz 5.30pm Gala Theatre Millennium Place, Durham DH1 1WA 0191 3324041 Mar 1 Big Band Experience 2.30pm & 7.30pm 21 Mo Scott Trio 1.00pm New Inn 29 Church Street Head, Durham DH1 3DN 0191 384 7308

Mar Tue Gavin Lee 9.00pm No.1 Champagne Bar 1 Market Place, Bishop Auckland DL14 7NJ 01388 665533 Mar 27 Tees Valley Jazzmen 12.30pm St Augustine’s Parish Centre Larchfield Street, Darlington DL3 7TG 01325 469046 (jazz info) Mar 2 Keith Stephen’s Hot Club Trio w Caroline Irwin 12.30pm Travellers Rest 2 West Auckland Road, Cockerton, Darlington DL3 9ER 01325 382 676 (Opus 4 Jazz Club) Mar 14 Zoe Gilby Quintet 8.00pm

Northumberland Barrels Ale House 59-61 Bridge Street, Berwick upon Tweed TD15 1ES 01289 308013 Mar 7 Amjazz Experience 9.00pm Elephant Newbiggin Road, Ashington NE63 0SZ 01670 813983 (jazz info) Mar 5 Brian Carrick Heritage Stompers 8.00pm Holy Cross Church Market Square, Haltwhistle NE49 0BL 01434 320260 (jazz info) Mar 29 Kel Elliott Band 7.00pm Maltings Theatre & Cinema Eastern Lane, Berwick upon Tweed TD15 1AJ 01289 330999 Mar 8 Fraser Fifield & Graeme Stephen 8.00pm 21 King Bee 8.30pm Queens Hall Arts Centre Beaumont Street, Hexham NE46 3LS 01434 652477 All gigs at 8.00pm Mar 5 Jazz Club 19 Zoe Gilby Whittingham Memorial Institute Whittingham NE66 4UP 01665 574964 Mar 30 Kel Elliott Band 7.30pm

Tyne & Wear Bell & Bucket 37-39 Norfolk Street, North Shields NE30 1NQ 0191 2570680 Mar Tue Paul’s New Orleans Music Show 1.00pm

Black Bull Bridge Street, Blaydon on Tyne NE21 4JJ 0191 414 2846 Mar 16 Roly Veitch Trio w James Birkett 8.00pm Black Horse 68 Front Street, Monkseaton NE25 8DP 0191 243 6931 Mar Wed Jazz Esquires 1.00pm Fri Rendezvous Jazz 1.00pm Bridge Hotel Castle Garth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1BQ 0191 2326400 All the gigs at 8.00pm Mar 2 Johnny Hunter Quartet 9 Tori Freestone Trio 16 Nick Svarc Organ Trio 23 Jam Session 30 Havana Club 5 Caedmon Hall Central Library, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead NE8 4LN 0191 388 8776/0191 488 4353 (jazz info) Mar 13&27 Gateshead Jazz Appreciation Society 5.00pm Cherry Tree Restaurant 9 Osborne Road, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 2AE 0191 2399924 Mar Mon Live Jazz 7.30pm Chillingham 89-91 Chillingham Road, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 5XL 0191 2655915 Mar Wed Take It To The Bridge 8.00pm Cullercoats Crescent Club 1 Hudleston, Cullercoats NE30 4QS 0191 253 0242 Mar Mon Jazz In The Afternoon 1.00pm Wed Vieux Carre Jazzmen 1.00pm Customs House Mill Dam, South Shields NE33 1ES 0191 4541234 Mar 21 Customs House Big Band w Ruth Lambert 7.45pm Gateshead Royal British Legion 142 Coatsworth Road, Gateshead NE8 4LL 0191 2623735 (jazz info) Mar Fri Live Jazz 8.30pm Hallgarth Social Club Garth Farm Road, Blaydon NE21 6DE 0191 414 3156 Mar 9 Jive Aces 7.00pm Hoochie Coochie 54-56 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6SF 0191 222 0130 All gigs at 7.00pm Mar 7 Jason Rebello 14 Gregory Porter

Jazz Cafe 25 Pink Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 5DW 0191 261 5618 All gigs at 9.00pm Mar Sat Live Jazz 14 Paul Edis Trio 25 Trio Riot Jesmond Royal British Legion West Jesmond Avenue, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 3EX 0191 2810736 Mar Tue Maine Street Jazzmen 8.30pm Millstone Haddricks Mill Road, South Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 1QL 0191 2853429 Mar Thu Vieux Carre Jazzmen 1.00pm New Crown Hotel Mowbray Road, South Shields NE33 3NG 0191 455 7323 Mar 4 Customs House Big Band Open Rehearsal 7.30pm No.28 27-29 Nelson Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 5AN 0191 232 2005 Mar 7 Live Jazz 9.30pm North Shore Charles Street, Sunderland SR6 0AN 01388 767208 (jazz info) Mar 1-2 Great North Big Band Festival Red House Farm Hepscott Drive,Whitley Bay NE25 9XJ 0191 251 0824 Mar 2 Vieux Carre Jazzmen 8.00pm Sage St Marys Square, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead NE8 2JR 0191 443 4661 All gigs at 8.00pm Mar 7 Ruby Turner 14 Glen Roughead 17 Naturally 7 plus Chloe Charles 28 Anth Purdy Salsa Cafe & Tapas Bar Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4AE 0191 221 1022 Mar 1 Debra Milne Ensemble 9.30pm Sun Jam Session 3.00pm 8 Safe Sextet 9.30pm 15 Dropping Bombs 9.30pm 22 Grace Ellen Quintet 9.30pm Sandpiper Farringdon Road, Cullercoats NE30 3ER 0191 253 5050 Mar 1 Rendezvous Jazz 8.30pm Springwell Village Hall Fell Road, Springwell, Gateshead NE9 7RP 0191 416 9747 (jazz info)

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Mar Wed Levee Ramblers New Orleans Jazz Band 9.00pm

623940 (jazz info) Mar 11 Bryan Jones Big Band

St Joseph’s CMS Parish Centre Birtley Lane, Birtley DH3 1LJ 0191 4102541 Mar 6 Rendezvous Jazz 8.15pm

Widnes Rugby Union Football Club Heath Road,Widnes WA8 7NU 0151 4242575 Mar Tue Savoy Jazzmen

The Lit & Phil 23 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1SE 0191 2320192 Mar 7 The Budtones 7.30pm 14 Ruth Lambert Trio 1.00pm

North West Cheshire Bollington Arts Centre Wellington Road, Macclesfield, Macclesfield SK10 5LW 01625 574410 Mar 29 Gambit Jazzmen Cheshire Yeoman Ledsham Road, Little Sutton, Ellesmere Port CH66 4QR 0151 3393106 Mar Sun Roy Potts Five & a Penny 1.00pm Dog & Partridge 97 Palmerston Street, Bollington, Macclesfield SK10 5JX 01625 572177 Mar 10 Annie’s Saints & Sinners Horseshoe Sandbach Road, Alsager ST7 3RA 01270 876070 Mar Thu Giants Of Jazz Mill Hotel Milton Street, Chester CH1 3NF 01244 345635 Mar Mon Walled City Jazz Band & Irene Martyn Pierpoint & Bryant Recreation Club Thelwall Lane, Latchford, Warrington WA4 1NQ 01925 634083 Mar 3 Harry Goulden Big Band Players Theatre 59 Church Street, Davenham, Northwich CW9 8NF 01606 74502 Mar 27 White Canvas Quartet 8.00pm Poynton Royal British Legion Georges Road West, Poynton SK12 1JY 01625 873120 Mar 20 Mart Rodger Manchester Jazz Vagrants Club Newcastle Road,Willaston, Nantwich CW5 7EP 01270

Wilbraham Arms Sandbach Road North, Alsager ST7 2AX 01270 877970 Mar 2&16 Willy’s Weepers 9 The Wabash 23 Harlem Hot Five 30 Chris Carmel’s Vintage Jazz Band Wilmslow Conservative Club 15 Grove Avenue,Wilmslow SK9 5EG 01625 528336 All gigs at 8.30pm Mar 4 Peter Carlton Bob Lloyd & Tom Kincaid Trio 11 Zoe Chiotis Dave Browning & Tom Kincaid Trio 18 John Hallam/Terry Brunt & Tom Kincaid Trio 25 Gilad Atzmon Alan Barnes & Tom Kincaid Trio

Cumbria Coronation Hall County Square, Ulverston LA12 7LZ 01229 587140 Mar 1 Snake Davis and the Suspicions w guest Jess Gillam 7.30pm Zeffirellis Compston Road, Ambleside LA22 9AD 01539 433845 Mar 1 John Bailey Quartet 8 Compass Quartet 15 Quay Change 22 The Angry Men 29 Paul Edis

G Manchester Albert Tennis & Bowling Club 39-41 Old Lansdowne Road, Didsbury M20 2PA 0161 4451056 Mar 3 Jazz OD w Alexandra Lennon Arden Arms 23 Millgate, Stockport SK1 2LX 0161 4802185 Mar Mon Louisiana Highway Bakers Vaults Market Place, Stockport SK1 1ES 0161 477 7312 Mar Tue Live Jazz 9.00pm Band on the Wall 25 Swan Street, Manchester M4 5JZ 0161 2375554 Mar 17 Greater Manchester Jazz Orchestra & Wigan Youth Jazz Orchestra 18 AMC Trio

20 Polar Bear 7.30pm 27 Jeff Lorber Fusion 28 George Porter Jr & The Runnin’ Partners Beaconsfield Conservative Club The Gables, Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 6QL 0161 3302653 Mar 19 Tame Valley Stompers Big Hands 296 Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9NS 0161 2727779 Mar 26 Robin Sunflower Band Brackley Conservative Club Hazlehurst Road,Worseley, Manchester M28 1JU 0161 7941735 Mar 6 Ronnie Hayes Big Band Broadoak Hotel Broadoak Road, Ashton-underLyne OL6 8QD 0161 3302764 Mar 4 Vinnie Parker Trio w Debbie Wilson Cheadle Hulme Conservative Club Mellor Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle Hulme SK8 5AT 0161 4851087 (jazz info) Mar 6 The Sinatra Swingers 8.30pm 28 Dr Jazz & the Cheshire Cats Big Band Cinnamon Club The Bowdon Rooms,The Firs, Altrincham WA14 2TQ 0161 926 8992 Mar 13 Marlene VerPlanck 7.30pm 21 52 Skidoo plus Horns plus Swingvasion dancers Cinnamon Club’s 11th Birthday party 7.30pm 27 Snake Davis Band 7.30pm (meal)/ 8.30pm (gig) De La Salle RUFC Lancaster Road, Salford M6 8FX 0161 7892261 Mar 11 Terry’s Dead Good Boys 25 Rae Owen’s Happy Five Delph Band Club Lawton Square, Delph, Oldham OL3 5DT 01457 874465 Mar Fri Spirit of New Orleans Denton West End Social Club Grosvenor Street, Denton M34 3WN 0161 3363171 Mar 11 Tony Greenwood Big Band Didsbury Cricket Club Wilmslow Road, Manchester M20 2ZY 0161 4455347 Mar 6 Tame Valley Stompers 13 Savannah Jazz Band

20 Chicago Teddy Bears 27 Harlem Hot Stompers Dunscar Conservative Club Hardmans Lane, Bromley Cross, Bolton BL7 9HJ 01204 303661 Mar 3 Dave Motts Jazz Classics 17 Savannah Jazz Band Fuel Cafe Bar 448 Wilmslow Road,Withington, Manchester M20 3BW 0871 2076787 (jazz info) Mar 10 Centrifuge - collection of improvising musicians from around the North 8.00pm 13 Noise Upstairs free improv jam session High Lane Conservative Club 23 Buxton Road, High Lane, Stockport SK6 8DG 0161 4499495 Mar 3 Mart Rodger Manchester Jazz Hillary Step 199 Upper Chorlton Road, Whalley Range, Manchester M16 0BH 0161 8811978 Mar 2 Prohibition Swing Club 9 Ed Barnwell 16 Dave Luvin Band 23 Annie Long 30 Dave Roberts Quartet Hyde Cricket & Squash Club Werneth Low Road,Werneth Low, Hyde SK14 3AD 0161 3683078 Mar Fri Dave Hodges & Vinnie Parker Trio w Guests Klondyke Club Burnage Range, Manchester M19 2HQ 0161 224 4122 Mar 6 Magic Hat Ensemble present Mix-Up Mcr Leigh Liberal Club Church Street, Leigh WN7 1AY 01942 743153 Mar Mon Brian Ward Big Band Matt & Phred’s Jazz Club 64 Tib Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester M4 1LW 0161 8317002 Mar 1 Kamikaze 3 Blues Jam w Franny Eubanks 4 Stuart McCallum 5 Lol Goodman Band 6 Ukebox 7 Mardi Gras Special 8 Gypsies of Bohemia 10 Jazz Jam w Johnny Hunter 11 Paul Farr Band 13 Cookin’ Pots 14 Ma Polaine’s Great Decline 15 Michael Kaeshammer

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17 New Orleans Jam w The Night Creatures 18 Kyla Brox 19 Stuart McCallum 20 Kyla Brox 21 Blueswater 22 Ray Harris 24 Soul Jam 25 Matt Holborn Quartet 26 Hi Ya Luv 27 Marley Chingus 28 Dreamer

Unicorn Hotel 26 Church Street, Manchester M4 1PW 01942 671938 (Manchester Jazz Society) Mar Wed Record Recitals

Palace Sports Bar Mill Lane, Stockport SK6 1QH 0161 494 0093 Mar 17 New Lights Big Band

Woodhouses Working Mens Club 62 Medlock Road, Failsworth, Manchester M35 9WN 0161 6813562 Mar Mon Live Jazz

Petit Bijou 9 Massie Street, Cheadle SK8 1BW 07746 784949 (jazz info) Mar 13 Cheadle Jazz Guitar Club w Trefor Owen Railway 74-76 Wellington Road North, Stockport SK4 1HF 0161 4773680 Mar 2 Suzanne Fonseca 4 Steve Oakes 9 Rod Mason 11 Paul Hartley w Harold Salisbury 16 Magic Hat Ensemble 18 M6 Jazz Band 23 Dave Roberts Quartet 25 Paul Hartley w Andrzej Baranek Royal Northern College of Music 124 Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9RD 0161 907 5555 Mar 7 Salsa Celtica 15 Tord Gustavsen Ensemble 19 Andy McKee 22 Tim Garland & the RNCM Big Band Sedgley Park Rugby Union Football Club Park Lane,Whitefield, Manchester M45 7DZ 0161 766 5050 Mar Sun Gerry Tomlinson Trio w guests 1.00pm Slug & Lettuce 651 Wilmslow Road, Didsbury M20 6QZ 0161 4341011 Mar 4 White Canvas 11 Flat 5 Quartet 18 Quinta 25 Mike Farmer Quartet Smiths Restaurant 1-3 Church Road, Eccles, Manchester M30 0DL 0161 7887343 Mar Tue Jeremy Sassoon & Friends Stockport Masonic Guildhall 169 Wellington Road South, Stockport SK1 3UA 0161480 6531 Mar Wed Double B Jazz Orchestra 8.30pm - 10.30pm

Whelley Ex-Serviceman’s Club 180 Vauxhall Road,Wigan WN1 3LU 01942 241583 Mar 30 Swingtime Big Band w Emma Holcroft 12.30pm

Lancashire Ashley Conservative Club Victoria Road East,ThorntonCleveleys FY5 5HQ 01253 854284 Mar 3 Alan Riley Big Band 10/17/24/31 Alan Riley Quintet Atrium Clitheroe Castle, Castle Hill, Clitheroe BB7 1BA 01200 442630 Mar 7 The Wonderful World Of The Cinema Organ 8.00pm Bitter Suite 53 Flyde Road, Preston PR1 2XQ 01772 827007 Mar 13 Silver Bell Band Garstang & District Arts Centre The Old Grammar School, Croston Road, Garstang PR3 1HQ 01995 606648 Mar Fri John Towers Big Band Hothouse 13-17 Devonshire Road, Morecambe LA3 1QT 01524 831997 Mar 22 Roller Trio 7.30pm (doors) KSC Club 10 Forest Street, Nelson BB9 7NB 01282 616883 Mar Mon Forest Jazz Band Monterey Beach Hotel 20-22 North Promenade, St Annes-on-Sea FY8 2NQ 01253 721317 Mar Mon Ray Gordon’s Big Band Robert Gillow 64 Market Street, Lancaster LA1 1HP 01524 360092 Mar Sun Sun Street Stompers 12.30pm St Teresa’s Catholic Club

College Road, Up Holland, Skelsmerdale WN8 0PY 1695 622186 Mar 6 Chicago Teddy Bears Station Tavern Station Square, Lytham St Annes FY8 1RF 01253 734252 Mar Tue Jazz Aces Swan With Two Necks 2-4 Holinshead Road, Chorley PR7 1EP 01257 266649 Mar Sun Rae Owen Quintet 2.00pm - 5.00pm Wings Club 135 Victoria Road West,Thornton, Cleveleys FY5 3LA 01253 852709 Mar 27 Wyre Levee Stompers Ye Olde John O Gaunt 53 Market Street, Lancaster LA1 1JG 01524 65356 Mar Mon Jazz Unlimited

Merseyside Alma de Cuba St Peters Church, Seel Street, Liverpool L1 4BH 0151 7027394 Mar Thu Gospel Brunch 1.30pm Capstone Theatre Liverpool Hope University Creative Campus, Shaw Street, Liverpool L3 8QB 0151 7093789/ 0844 8000 410 Mar 1 Olivia Moore’s Unfurl 1.30pm / The Weave 3.30pm / Jamil Sheriff Trio 5.30pm / Blue Touch Paper 7.30pm (Liverpool International Jazz Festival) 2 Stuart McCallum 1.30pm / ACV 3.30pm / HSQ+2 5.30pm / Get The Blessing 7.30pm (LIJF) 14 Loka/ Paddy Steer 22 The Lund Quartet 30 Martin Taylor Dobbies Garden World Bensons Way, Birkdale, Southport PR8 4HX 01704 552920 Mar 27 Tom Sykes Trio 5.00pm Grapes 35 Knight/Roscoe Street, Liverpool L1 9BW 07950 828674 (jazz info) Mar Sun Jazz Confusion 9.30pm Liverpool Cricket Club Aigburth Road, Liverpool L19 3QF 0151 4272930 Mar Mon Merseysippi Jazz Band Maghull Town Hall Hall Lane, Maghull L31 7BB 0151 5201633 (jazz info) Mar 13 Chicago Teddy Bears 27 Merseyside Big Band

Philharmonic Hall Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9PB 0151 7093789 Mar 15&16 Eduardo Niebla & Carl Herring 29 Jack Bruce & His Big Bluesband Philharmonic HallRodenwald Suite Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9PB 0151 7093789 Mar 29 Connie Lush Royal British Legion Rose Lane, Mossley Hill, Liverpool L18 5EA 0151 7245753 Mar Tue Blue Magnolia Jass Orchestra Royal Clifton Hotel The Promenade, Southport PR8 1RB 01704 541790 Mar 16 Dennis Rollins’ Velocity Trio 8.00pm Shrimper Fylde Road, Southport PR9 9XP 01704 833 159 (Jazz at the Shrimper) Mar Wed Live Jazz trad jazz St Helens Bowling Club Regents Road, St Helens WA10 3HU 01744 230093 Mar 9 Jazz Gentlemen Studio 2 Parr Street Studios, 33-45 Parr Street, Liverpool L1 4JN 0151 7073727 Mar 4 Munch Manship & jam session 8.30pm 11 Albie Donnelly & jam session 8.30pm 15 Jean Toussaint Quartet 8.00pm 18 Stuart McCallum & jam session 8.30pm

Wirral Boathouse 1 The Parade, Parkgate CH64 6RN 0151 336 4187 Mar Tue Parade Jazz Band Brewers Arms 1 Park Street, Neston CH64 3RP 0151 3361627 Mar 3 Alan Jeff’s Jazz Jam Gallaghers Pub & Barbers 20 Chester Street, Birkenhead CH41 5DQ 0151 6499095 Mar 9 Wirrorleans Jazz Band Heswall Royal British Legion 78 Pensby Road, Heswall CH60 7RF 0151 3421297 Mar 4/11/18 Peninsula Jazzmen Melrose Hall Melrose Avenue, Hoylake CH47 3BU Mar 16 Terry Perry’s Big

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Easy Old Wallaseyans Club 140 Grove Road,Wallasey CH45 0JF 0151 6392832 Mar 27 Tuxedo Jazz Band Royal British Legion 289 Teehey Lane, Bebington CH63 8QS 0151 6082270 Mar Wed Freddie Smith Big Band Ship Inn Market Street, Hoylake CH47 3BB 0151 6324319 Mar Mon Savoy Jazzmen

Scotland Aberdeenshire Hopeville Social Club 34 Harlaw Road, Inverurie AB51 4SR 01467 621478 Mar 28 Moray Jazz Club Music Hall Union Street, Aberdeen AB10 1QS 01224 641122 Mar 28 Scottish National Jazz Orchestra w Courtney Pine: Revisiting Coltrane

Ayrshire Gaiety Theatre Carrick Street, Ayr KA7 1NU 01292 288235 Mar 12 Eduardo Niebla & Carl Herring 7.30pm

Edinburgh Queens Hall Clerk Street, Edinburgh EH8 9JG 0131 668 2019 Mar 29 Scottish National Jazz Orchestra w Courtney Pine: Revisiting Coltrane

Glasgow Oran Mor Top of Byres Road, Glasgow G12 8QX 0141 357 6200 Mar 13 Eduardo Niebla & Carl Herring 8.00pm Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G2 3DB 0141 3325057 Mar 30 Scottish National Jazz Orchestra w Courtney Pine: Revisiting Coltrane

South East Berkshire Concert Hall Town Hall, Blasgrave Street, Reading RG1 4EH 0118 9571593

Mar 15 Naturally 7 plus Chloe Charles 7.30pm Jagz Club at the Station Station Hill, Ascot SL5 9EG 01344 878100 Mar 2 Branco Stoysin Trio 1.00pm Progress Theatre The Mount, Christchurch Road, Reading RG1 5HL 0118 960 6060 Mar 28 Roger Beaujolais Quartet 7.30pm Rising Sun Arts Centre 30 Silver Street, Reading RG1 2ST 01189 866788 Mar 29 Boink! 8.00pm South Hill Park Arts Centre Ringmead, Bracknell RG12 7PA 01344 484123 Mar 8 Boink! 8.00pm South Hill Park: Recital Room Ringmead, Birch Hill, Bracknell RG17 7PA 01344 484123 Mar 7 Frank Griffith w Simon Cook Trio 8.00pm

Buckinghamshire Beaconsfield Sycob Football Club Hall Barn, Holloway Park, Beaconsfield HP9 2SF 01296 425188 (Amersham Jazz Club) All gigs at 8.30pm Mar 5 Goff Dubber’s Dixieland Express 12 New Orleans Heat 19 Panama Cafe Orchestra 26 John Maddocks Jazzmen 29 50th Anniversary Concert Stables Laine Dankworth Centre,Wavendon, Milton Keynes MK17 8LU 01908 280800 Mar 23 Marlene VerPlanck

E Sussex Komedia 44 Gardner Street, Brighton BN1 1UN 01273 709709 Mar 26 Polar Bear 8.00pm

Hampshire Grosvenor Hotel 23 High Street, Stockbridge SO20 6EU 01264 810606 Mar 2 Thames Valley Jazz Quartet Inn Lodge Burrfields Road, Portsmouth PO3 5HH 023 9229 8161 (Portsmouth Jazz) Mar 10 Anita Wardell 8.00pm Turner Sims Concert

Hall University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ 02380 595151 Mar 14 Naturally 7 plus Chloe Charles 8.00pm 28 Projections of Miles

Kent Brook Theatre Brook Street, Chatham ME4 4SE 01634 338338 Mar 4 Josh Kemp’s Jazz Prophets 8.00pm H.G. Wells Centre St Marks Road, Bromley BR2 9HG 020 8466 1726 Mar 3 Mick Collins Modern Jazz Orchestra 8.30pm Kings Head 65 High Street, Bexley DA5 1AA 0208 467 1350 (Bexley Jazz Club) Mar 31 Marlene VerPlanck Masonic Centre Off St Johns Road,Tunbridge Wells TN4 9UY tickets on the door only Mar 7 Bob Dwyer’s Bix & Pieces 8.00pm Pizza Express 32 Earl Street, Maidstone ME14 1PS 0845 6027017 Mar 22 Sarah Moule & Shireen Francis w Geoff Castle “When Peggy Met Ella’’ 8.00pm Tunbridge Wells Hotel 58 The Pantiles,Tunbridge Wells TN2 5TD 01892 530501 Mar Sun Live Jazz 12.30 3.30pm Woodman Goathurst Common, Ide Hill, Sevenoaks TN14 6BU 01732 750296 Mar 12 Josh Kemp’s Jazz Prophets 8.30pm

Middlesex Botany Bay Cricket Club East Lodge Lane, Enfield EN2 8AS 01424 729174 (Googlies Jazz Supper Club Mar 9 Frank Griffith’s Nonorganic 3.00pm - 5.00pm Dugdale Centre Ziggy’s World Jazz Club, 39 London Road, Enfield EN2 6DS Mar 3 20 World Runners Orchestra f Josie Frater & Steve Taylor Three Kings 42 Heath Road,Twickenham TW1 4BZ 020 889 0050 Mar 1 Peter Jones’s Beatnik Jazz 8.30pm

Oxfordshire Broad Face Bridge Street, Abingdon OX14 3HR 01235 524538 Mar 28 Triple Echo f Dorothy Shaw, Esther Ng & Paul Goose plus guest vocalist 9.00pm Butchers Arms Shutford Road, Balscote, Banbury OX15 6JQ Mar 26 Swing Jazz Jam 8.30pm Carswell Golf & Country Club Carswell Home Farm, Faringdon SN7 8PU 01367 718903 / www.oxfordlivejazz.com Mar 21 Mark Bassey Quintet Plays Basie 8.30pm Cornerstone Arts Centre 25 Station Road, Didcot OX11 7NE 01235 515144 Mar 8 Ruthie Hensall 8.00pm Crooked Billet Newlands Lane, Stoke Row, Henley-on-Thames RG9 5PU 01491 681048 Mar 31 Simon Mayor & Hilary James Exeter Hall Oxford Road, Kidlington OX5 1AB 01865 372143 Mar 23 Alvin Roy’s Reeds Unlimited f Alan Barnes plus Guitar Summit f Jez Cook, Terry Hutchins & Kevin Armstrong plus Martin Pickett & Rory McInroy - Charity Concert in aid of the Multiple Sclerosis Society 7.30pm Goring Village Hall High Street, Goring-on-Thames RG8 9AG 01491 875758 (jazz info) Mar 14 Sax Appeal f Derek Nash 8.00pm Hacketts Bistro & Coffee Bar Wesley Walk,Witney OX28 6ZJ 01993 700858 Mar 23 Jazz Brunch w Alvin Roy Trio 1.30pm - 3.30pm Half Moon 17 St Clements, Oxford OX4 1AB 01865 247808 All gigs at 8.45pm Mar 5 Oxford Jazz Kitchen Jam Session 26 Trish Elphinstone Quintet Lamb 59 Mill Street,Wantage OX12 9AB 01235 766768 Mar 26 Dave Moorwood’s Rascals of Rhythm w guests 8.30pm New Inn

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111 Corn Street,Witney OX28 6AU 01993 703807 Mar 16 Jam Session 8.00pm Prince of Wales 16 High Street, Shrivenham SN6 8AF 01793 791043 (jazz info) All gigs at 8.30pm Mar 13 Martin Pickett Trio 27 Dave Newton Trio Red Lion The Street, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell OX10 0RT 01491 837373 Mar 3 Jazz Jam 8.00pm Summertown Wine Cafe 38 South Parade, Summertown, Oxford OX2 7JN 01865 558800 Mar 2 Julia George Trio 9 Remi Harris Trio 16 Simon Spillett & John Critchinson 23 Catherine Sykes 30 Denny Illett Trio Talbot Inn Oxford Road, Eynsham OX29 4BT 01865 881348 Mar 7 Thames Valley Jazz Quartet 8.00pm The Nag’s Head Bridge Street, Abingdon OX14 3XY 01235 536645 Mar Sun Alvin Roy’s Reeds Unlimited 4.30pm Tue Jazz Jam w Myles Madden 8.00pm - 10.30pm Wheatsheaf 129 High Street, Oxford OX1 4DF 01865 243276 Mar Thu Live Jazz 8.15pm

Surrey Fairfield Hall Park Lane, Croydon CR9 1DG 020 8688 9291 Mar 2 Suoer C Big Band w special guests Chuck Findley & Madeline Bell 7.00pm Farncombe Cavern The Freeholders, St Johns Street, Farncombe GU7 3EJ 01483 416741 Mar 12 Steve Waterman Plays Benny Golson - Huilford Jazz 3rd Anniversary Concert 8.30pm Friends Life Social Club Pixham Lane, Dorking RH4 1QA 07415 815784 (Watermill Jazz Club) Mar 2 Watermill Jazz Jam 2.00pm - 5.00pm 6 Jonathan Gee’s Skydive 8.30pm 13 Magnus Ostrom Quartet 8.30pm 20 Sax Appeal w premiere performance of The Phoenix Suite by Derek Nash - Wa-

termill Jazz 20th Anniversary Concert 8.30pm 27 Sarah Jane Morris & Antonio Forcione 8.30pm Maltings: Cellar Bar Bridge Square, Farnham GU9 7QR 01252 745444 Mar 20 Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion 8.30pm Riverhouse Barn Riverhouse Barn, Manor Road, Walton on Thames KT12 2PF 01932 253354 Mar 14 Jean Toussaint Quartet 8.00pm University Hall Music Department, Guildford GU2 7XH Mar 30 Live at University Hall - showcase of pop, rock & jazz bands

W Sussex Hare & Hounds 81 Portland Road,Worthing BN11 1QG 01903 230085 All gigs at 8.30pm Mar 4 Simon Bates Quartet 11 Terry Pack Quartet 18 Dave Murrell Trio 25 Ray D’Inverno Quartet Masonic Hall Pallant Suite South Pallant, Chichester PO19 1SY 01243 781466 (Chichester Jazz Club) Mar 21 John Crawford Quintet 7.45pm

South West Bristol Colston Hall - Foyer Performance Space Colston Street, Bristol BS1 5AR 0117 9223686 Bristol International Jazz & Blues Festival: Mar 7 Zen Hussies Dan Moore Trio / First Raitt Band / The Cable plus Jam Session from 5.30pm 8 Bristol University Big Band Greg Cordez Quintet / Emily Wright & the Royals/ George Cooper / Tammy Payne / Michelson Morley / John Pearce Quartet / James Morton Band plus Jam Session from 11.30am 9 Ben Abbotts Lady Nade & the Silhouettes / Mike Willox trio / Leonie Evans & Ben Sayer / Freight / Pete Gage/James Gardiner-Bateman Quartet / Conjunto Gringo plus Jam Session from 11.30am Colston Hall 1 Colston Street, Bristol BS1 5AR 0117 9223686

Bristol International Jazz & Blues Festival: Mar 7 Osibisa Bristol 7.00pm / Bruce/Ilett Big Band Swing Dance 9.30pm 8 Lillian Boutte Gospel concert 12.00pm / A Gershwin spectacular: Big Buzzard Band/ Jacqui Dankworth/Bristol Choirs 2.30pm / Zigaboo Modeliste 6.15pm / Pee Wee Ellis & Fred Wesley 9.00pm 9 Interplay ‘’Bill Evans & the Impressionists - Kate Williams trio, Bristol Ensemble, William Goodchild 2.30pm / Get The Blessing plus Indigo Kid 6.00pm / Imelda May 9.45pm Colston Hall: The Lantern Colston Street, Bristol BS1 5AR 0117 9223686 Bristol International Jazz & Blues Festival: Mar 7 Andy Sheppard/John Parricelli 5.45pm / Moscow Drug Club / Gypsyfire 8.10pm 8 Django a la Creole 12.45pm / Alan Barnes & Howard Alden Quintet 2.30pm / Beka Gochiashvili Trio 5.00pm / Elliot Randall Bristol 7.30pm 9 Festival All Stars 12.30pm / Jim Mullen Organ Trio 3.00pm / Bristol Composers Ensemble 5.15pm / Andy Sheppard & Michele Rabbia 7.50pm The Bear 261 Hotwells Road, Bristol BS8 4SF 0117 9877796 All gigs at 9.00pm Mar 14 Tori Freestone Trio 21 Vitor Pereira Quintet 28 Chris Biscoe The Crypt @ St George’s Bristol Great George Street, off Park Street, Bristol BS1 5RR 0117 923 0359 Mar 20 George Cooper Trio 10.30pm Thekla Old Profanity Showboat,The Grove, Bristol BS1 4RB 0117 9293301 Mar 22 Polar Bear 8.00pm

Cornwall Calstock Arts The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock PL18 9QX 01822 833183 Mar 22 Andy Sheppard & Kuljit Bhamra Falcon Hotel Breakwater Road, Bude EX23 8SD 01288 355254 (jazz info) All gigs at 8.00pm Mar 2 Gerry Brown & The Mission Hall Band 16 Slide By Slide

30 Brian Carrick’s Algiers Stompers Western Hotel Royal Square, St Ives TR26 2ND 01736 798061 (St Ives Jazz Club) All gigs at 9.00pm Mar 4 Maciek Pysz Trio 11 Laura Jurd Quartet 18 Dakhla 25 Nate Najar Trio

Devon Bancourt Hotel Avenue Road,Torquay TQ2 5LG 01803 295077 Mar 19 Bruce Adams & Tony Marshall & backing duo 8.30pm Royal British Legion Club Tailyour Road, Crownhill, Plymouth PL6 5DH 01752 721179 (jazz info) All gigs at 7.30pm Mar 2 Enrico Tomasso w the Craig Milverton Trio 16 Gittisham Hall Jazz Band

Dorset Blue Boar 29 Market Close, Poole BH15 1NE 01202 682247 Mar 6 Vitor Pereira Quintet 8.30pm Bournemouth International Centre Exeter Road, Bournemouth BH2 5BH 0844 5763000 Mar 9 Rodriguez “Searching for Sugar Man” Tour plus support 7.30pm Captains Club Hotel Wick Ferry,Wick Lane, Christchurch BH23 1HU 01202 475111 Mar 9 Zoe Schwarz Trio f Rob Koral & Ben Taylor 12.30pm -3.30pm Grand Hotel Burlington Road, Swanage BH19 1LU 01929 423353 Mar 6 Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion Swanage Blues Festival 8.30pm Plume of Feathers Half Moon Street, Sherborne DT9 3LN 01935 410881 (Sherborne Jazz Club) Mar 15 Tori Freestone Trio 8.00pm

Gloucestershire Everyman Studio Theatre Regent Street, Cheltenham GL50 1HQ 01242 572573 Mar 24 Jean Toussaint Quartet 8.00pm

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Trout Inn St John’s Bridge, Lechlade on Thames GL7 3HA 01367 252313 Mar 2 Swingtime Big Band 11 Po Boys 18 Judy Eames 23 Rhythm Kings Dance Band 25 Jazz Boat Victory Club Burlington House, Lypiatt Road, Cheltenham GL50 2SY 01242 234488 (Cheltenham Jazz) Mar 14 Dennis Rollins’ Velocity Trio 8.00pm

Somerset Mount Summerset Lower Henlade,Taunton TA23 5NB 01823 442500 Mar 30 Zoe Schwarz & Rob Koral 12.30pm - 2.30pm St George’s Great George Street, Off Park Street, Bristol BS1 5RR Mar 6 Jason Rebello & Ivo Neame Piano Duo Festival 7.30pm 13 Tord Gustavsen Ensemble 8.00pm 20 Gregory Porter 8.00pm 27 Salsa Celtica 8.00pm 30 London Swing Orchestra - A fundraising concert in aid of St George’s and the Trussell Trust 7.30pm

Wiltshire Baker Street 25-27 Wood Street, Old Town, Swindon SN1 4AN 01793 791043 (jazz info) All gigs at 8.00pm Mar 4 Miguel Martins Quartet 11 Graham Taylor Quartet 18 Kevin Figes Quartet 25 Emily Wright & the Royals Plough Inn 26 Devizes Road, Swindon SN1 4BQ 01793 522156 All gigs 3.00pm - 5.30pm Mar 2 Alvin Roy Trio 9 Wayne Elliot Trio 16 Ruth Hammond Trio 23 Bex Trio Latin jazz 30 George Cooper Trio

Wales Cardiff Dempseys Castle Street, Cardiff CF10 1BS 029 2049 6802 (Jazz at Dempsey’s) All gigs at 9.00pm Mar 5 Tori Freestone Trio 12 Vitor Pereira Quintet

Conwy

White Lion Inn Llanelian, Colwyn Bay LL29 8YA 01492 515807 Mar Tue Martin Higginson Quartet plus occasional special guests

Denbighshire Farmers Arms The Waen, St Asaph LL17 0DY 01745 582190 Mar 12 Freddie Garner Quartet w Andor Jensen 8.30pm

Flintshire Theatr Clwyd Cymu County Civic Centre, Mold CH7 1YA 01978 855052 Mar 25 Cubana Bop 8.00pm

Monmouthshire Kings Arms 29 Nevill Street, Abergavenny NP7 5AA 01873 855074 Mar 5 Kizzy Crawford 8.00pm

Pembrokeshire Fourcroft Hotel North Beach,Tenby SA70 8AP Mar 23 Sarah Smith Quartet 12.00pm -3.00pm

Powys Theatr Brycheiniog Canal Wharf, Brecon LD3 7EW 01874 611622 Mar 18 Debs Hancock w Dave Cottle Trio 8.00pm

Swansea St James Social Club St James Crescent, Swansea SA1 6DR 01792 380615 (Swansea Jazzland) All gigs at 8.30pm Mar 5 Josh Kemp’s Jazz Prophets 12 Esther Bennett/Duncan Lamont Quintet 19 Snake Davis Band 25 Jam Session 26 Bridgend Big Band

Wrexham Royal British Legion Watts Dyke, Llay LL12 0RL 01745 812260 (jazz info) All gigs at 8.30pm Mar 4 Casey Greene Quartet 11 Sarah Smith Quartet 18 Jam Session

West

Midlands Shropshire Hive Media & Arts Centre 5 Belmont, Shrewsbury SY1 1TE 01743 234970 Mar 22 Jean Toussaint Quartet 8.00pm

Staffordshire Bramshall Parish Hall Bramshall, Uttoxeter ST14 5DE 01889 565228 Mar 22 Christine Tobin Trio “A Thousand Kisses Deep’’ 7.30pm

W Midlands Arena Theatre Wulfruna Street,Wolverhampton WV1 1SE 01902 321 1321 Mar 16 Tord Gustavsen Ensemble 8.00pm Bramall Hall Foyer University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT Mar 13 Holly Thomas Quintet 5.00pm CBSO Centre Berkley Street, Birmingham B1 2LF 0121 7676 4050 All gigs at 8.00pm Mar 14 Tord Gustavsen Quartet 21 Jonathan Silk Big Band 28 Lluis Mather Nonet Drum 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham B6 4UU 0121 333 2440 Mar 8 Notebenders 7.00pm Hare & Hounds 106 High Street, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7JZ 0121 4442081 All gigs at 8.30pm Mar 6 Get The Blessing 27 Polar Bear Jam House 3-5 St Pauls Square, Birmingham B3 1QU 0121 2003030 Mar 11 Tom Hill’s ZeeZeeBop 8.30pm MAC: Theatre Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham B12 9QH 0121 446 3232 Mar 8 Dennis Rollins’ Velocity Trio 8.00pm Maxstoke Village Hall Maxstoke, Birmingham B46 2QP 01676 540693 Mar 14 Christine Tobin Trio “A Thousand Kisses Deep’’ 7.30pm

Methodist Central Hall Ablewell Sreet,Walsall WS1 2EQ Mar 27 Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra w Clare Teal - charity concert in aid of Macmillan Cancer Care & Action for Children 7.45pm Symphony Hall Foyer Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA 0121 7803333 Mar 7 Kevin Figes Octet 5.00pm 14 Ruth Angell/Sid Peacock 5.00pm 21 Arabella Sprot Quartet 5.00pm 22 Notebenders 1.30pm 28 Martin Trotman & the Just Groove Band 5.00pm

Warwickshire The Chapel - No. 1 Shakespeare Street 1 Shakespeare Street, Stratfordupon-Avon CV37 6RN 01789 264787 All gigs at 8.00pm Mar 12 Boink!

26 Maciek Pysz Trio

West Midlands Westley Hotel 88 Westley Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham B27 7UJ 0208 467 1350 Mar 9 Marlene VerPlanck w John Ruddick’s Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra

Worcestershire Fold Café Bransford,Worcester WR6 5JB 01886 833112 Mar 15 Christine Tobin Trio “A Thousand Kisses Deep’’ 8.00pm Great Witley Village Hall Great Witley,Worcester WR6 6HR 01299 896432 Mar 21 Christine Tobin Trio “A Thousand Kisses Deep’’ 7.30pm Hanley Castle High School Church End, Hanley Castle, Upton-upon-Severn WR8 0BL 01684 593794 (Friends of Upton Jazz) Mar 7 Magnificent Seven 8.00pm

Yorkshire E Yorkshire Lairgate Hotel 30-32 Lairgate, Beverley HU17 8EP 01482 882141 Mar 7&21 Jazz Collective

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8.30pm 14&28 Climax Jazz & Blues Band 8.00pm

N Yorkshire National Centre for Early Music St Margaret’s Church,Walmgate, York YO1 9TL 01904 658338 Mar 28 Martin Taylor 7.30pm

S Yorkshire Auditorium Students Union,Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TG 0114 222 8500 Mar 27 Get The Blessing 8.00pm Crucible Studio Crucible Theatre, 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield S1 1DA 0114 249 6000 Mar 14 Jay Phelps’ Projections of Miles 7.30pm Lescar Hotel 303 Sharowvale Road, Sheffield S11 8ZF 0114 2367570 (jazz info) Mar 5 Vitor Pereira Quintet 9.00pm Millennium Hall 520 Eccleshall Road, Sheffield

S11 8PY www.wegottickets.com All gigs at 8.30pm Mar 7 Modern Jazz Quartet: Jim Hart/Matt Ridley/Steve Brown/Barry Green - Celebration of the MJQ formed

by Michael Garrick a year before his tragic death in 2011 21 Jean Toussaint Quartet Over the Top 78 Kingfield Road, Nether Edge, Sheffield S11 9AU 0114 2584999 Mar 1 Coastguard All Stars with Jimmy Spaceman - live projections 8.00pm Worksop Library Memorial Avenue,Worksop S80 2BP 01909 535353 Mar 11 Nicola Farnon Trio 7.30pm

W Yorkshire Boston Spa Village Hall High Street, Boston Spa LS23 6AA 01937 842636 (Jazz in the Spa) All gigs at 8.00pm Mar 1 Frank Brooker’s Happy Chappies 8 Papa Pider’s Jazz Band 15 Jump Jive ‘n’ Wail 22 Amy Roberts/John Hallam/ Tom Kincaid Trio 29 Richard Leach’s Seven

Stars Of Jazz

Mar 11 Tori Freestone Trio

Fox & Newt 9 Burley Street, Leeds LS3 1LD 0113 2454505 Mar 28 ACV plus Richard Scott’s Lightning Ensemble 8.30pm

Seven Artspace 31(a) Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, Leeds LS7 3PD 0113 2626777 Mar 20 Jean Toussaint Quartet 8.00pm

Glyde House Glydegate, Bradford BD5 0BQ 01274 271114 Mar 7 Ben Crossland Quartet 8.30pm Howard Assembly Room 46 New Briggate, Leeds LS1 6NU Mar 18 Naturally 7 plus Chloe Charles 7.45pm

Wakefield Sports Club College Grove, Eastmoor Road, Wakefield WF1 3RR 01977 680542 (Wakefield Jazz) All gigs at 8.30pm Mar 7 Dennis Rollins’ Velocity Trio 14 Benet McLean Band 21 Gareth Williams & Dave Green Short Story 28 Jamil Sheriff Trio plus Microscopic [double bill]

Ilkley Playhouse Weston Road, Ilkley LS29 8DW 01943 609539 Mar 8 Slim Panatella & the Mellow Virginians 7.30pm

Wardrobe 6 St Peter’s Buildings, St Peter’s Square, Leeds LS9 8AH 0113 3838800 Mar 21 Polar Bear 7.30pm

Lawrence Batley Theatre Queen Square, Queen Street, Huddersfield HD1 2SP 01484 430528 Mar 29 Marlene VerPlanck

Wharf Chambers 23-25 Wharf Street, Leeds LS2 7EQ 0845 3457334 Mar 10 Tori Freestone Trio 8.30pm

Leeds College of Music - The Venue 3 Quarry Hill, Leeds LS2 7PD 0113 2223434

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