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THE DAYS AND WEEKS AHEAD

1) Dwell gigs

Wednesday 3 January – Donovan Haffner Quintet are on the Vortex

Wednesday 3 January – Saxophonist Fraser Smith & his band play music from his report ‘Tip Prime’ on the 606

Thursday 4 January – Richard Pite Quartet with Sandra-Mae Lux are at Spike’s Place Jazz Membership – Membership Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR

Thursday 4 January – Mark Aston on reeds and Nick Mills on trombone are on the Hedsor Jazz Membership on the Hedsor Bar, Bourne Finish SL8 5ES

Thursday 4 January – Simon Spillett is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Membership EN2 8AS

Thursday 4 January – Django Bates is on the Vortex

Thursday 4 January – Mike de Souza’s Chrysalis Group is on the SoundCellar in Poole

Thursday 4 January – Pianist James Pearson & his Trio showcase the music of Oscar Peterson are on the 606

Friday 5 January – Basia Bartz: “Out of the Woods” – EP launch are at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Friday 5 January – Nat Steele Quartet is at Loopy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Friday 5 January – John Harriman, Roger Carey & Tony MacDonnell at Barnaby’s Lounge Hastings TN34 1HL

Friday 5 January – The Patchwork Orchestra are on the Vortex

Friday 5 January – Australian vocalist Simone Dee (former member of the Fabulous Singlettes) & her “Stax of Soul” present are on the 606 in Chelsea

Saturday 6 January – Saxophonist Brandon Allen (Omar, Kyle Eastwood) & his jazz quartet are on the 606

Saturday 6 January – Havana Good Time Latin Huge Band are at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 6 January – Betty Accorsi Quartet is on the Pheasantry

Saturday 6 January – Riley Stone-Lonergan / Rick Simpson / Dave Whitfield / Will Glaser are on the Vortex

Sunday 7 January lunchtime – Matt Skelton’s Jazz Tendency that includes Alex Harper are on the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Sunday 7 January lunchtime – Singer & pianist Eriko Ishihara & her quartet ft guitarist Colin Oxley

Sunday 7 January – Equinox are enjoying on the MAP in Kentish City

Sunday 7 January – Ruby Robinson is at Loopy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Sunday 7 January – The Music of Artwork Blakey and the Jazz Messengers feat. Lester Brown on trumpet, Paul Silver on saxophone, Terence Collie on piano, Paul Michael on bass and Matthew Skipping on drums. Riverside Arts Centre, Sunbury.

Monday 8 January – Splash Level Jazz Membership Adam Glasser , with Miles Danso , Sam Glasson + Neal Richardson at The View, Southdown Rd Seaford BN25 4JS

Tuesday 9 January – Rory Ingham’s Blakey Sextet are on the East Jazz Membership Leytonstone

Tuesday 9 January – Alex Garnett, John Pearce, Andy Cleyndert, Matt Skelton are at Spike’s Place Jazz Membership – Bardswell Social Membership, Weald Street, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ

Tuesday 9 January – Andy Williams Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Street, Worthing, BN11 1QG

Tuesday 9 January – Guitarist John Parricelli (in-demand studio & session participant, founding member Unfastened Tubes) along with his Trio on the 606

Tuesday 9 January – Liane Carroll is at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ

Wednesday 10 January – Nineteen Sixties SOUL JAZZ: THE MUSIC OF HORACE SILVER & THE ADDERLEY BROTHERS on the Pavilion in Guildford

Wednesday 10 January – Hidden gems from the American Songbook, vocalese & scat ft. award-winning vocalist Louise Balkwill is on the 606

Wednesday 10 January – Guildhall Studio Orchestra Performs Bacharach at Milton Court docket

Thursday 11 January – Acclaimed jazz/latin pianist Neil Angilley (Right down to the Bone) & his Trio is on the 606

Thursday 11 January – Steve Waterman is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Membership EN2 8AS

Thursday 11 January – Lulu Pierre is with Tony Kofi and the Alex Webb Trio at Pixxa Specific Dean St Soho

Thursday 11 January – Alex Garnett, John Pearce, Andy Cleyndert, Matt Skelton are at Spike’s Place Jazz Membership – Membership Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR

Thursday 11 January – Jasper Hoiby’s Three Parts are at World Coronary heart Beat Embassy Gardens 3 Ponton Street, 9 Elms, London SW11 7BD

Thursday 11 January – Frank Walden on reeds and Ben Cummings on trumpet are on the Hedsor Jazz Membership on the Hedsor Bar, Bourne Finish SL8 5ES

Friday 12 January – Nicola Emmanuelle Quartet is at Loopy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Friday 12 January – Mark Crooks / Nat Steele Sextet play Stan Getz & Carl Tjader Tribute at Chichester Jazz Membership, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, Chichester

Friday 12 January – Nominee, ‘Finest Blues Act’ Jazz FM Awards, singer/harmonica participant Errol Linton & his band is at 606

Friday 12 January – Imogen Ryall sings the Charles Mingus/Joni Mitchell Songbook at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 13 January – Funkessence! feat. Lily Dior are at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 13 January -Rachel Sutton & The Roland Perrin Trio are at Loopy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Saturday 13 January – The Blue Room on the Garden, Lincoln LN1 3BU have Matt Ratcliffe’s ‘Beatles’ Quintet that includes Helen Gayle

Saturday 13 January – Award-winning saxophonist Ed Jones (George Benson, Dianne Reeves, Incognito) & his quartet are on the 606

Sunday 14 January lunchtime – Tony Kofi Quartet are on the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Sunday 14 January lunchtime: Brazilian vocalist Luna Cohen & her quartet is on the 606

Sunday 14 January – Julian Costello’s Vertigo, that includes Natalie Rozario (cello/vocals), Stefanos Tsourelis (oud/guitar), Sophie Alloway (drums)

Sunday 14 January night: Jazz vocalist Anita Wardell “Stolen Moments’ – the music of Mark Murphy is on the 606

Monday 15 January – UK jazz pianist Terence Collie launches his new album “384,400” ft Italian saxophonist Roberto Manzin are on the 606

Monday 15 January – Abbie Finn Trio, Stotties For Three Album Launch, Pizza Specific Jazz

Monday 15 January – Erskine & Kavuma are at Manchester, NQ Jazz

Tuesday 16 January – Tony Kofi and the Organisation are on the East Facet Jazz Membership in Leytonstone

Tuesday 16 January – Lawrence Jones Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Street, Worthing, BN11 1QG

Tuesday 16 January – Vasilis Xenopoulos, Graham Harvey, Matyas Hofecker, Steve Brown are at Spike’s Place Jazz Membership – Bardswell Social Membership, Weald Street, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ

Tuesday 16 January – Jazz pianist Barry Inexperienced & his Trio ft. saxophonist Iain Ballamy & bassist Dave Inexperienced are on the 606

Tuesday 16 January – New Focus Duo:The Classical Connection.Euan Stevenson & Konrad Wiszniewski are at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ

Wednesday 17 January – Uruguayan guitarist Guille Hill & his band play modern and conventional Instrumental music from South America

Thursday 18 January – Garland/Rebello/Locke are at Birmingham Conservatoire

Thursday 18 January – Tony Kofi & Quartet Play Monk – Re-issue launch occasion of their BBC Award-winning album are on the 606

Thursday 18 January – Theo Travis’ Double Speak feat Mike Outram is on the SoundCellar in Poole

Thursday 18 January – Duncan Lamont on reeds and Matthew Hill on trumpet with Stuart Barker on bass are on the Hedsor Jazz Membership on the Hedsor Bar, Bourne Finish SL8 5ES

Thursday 18 January – Julian Stringle is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Membership EN2 8AS

Friday 19 January – Alina Bzhezhinska & Tony Kofi are at Loopy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Friday 19 January – Mainstream jazz led by Bruce Adams, trumpet/cornet & Particular Visitor Alan Barnes, sax on the 606

Friday 19 January – Garland/Rebello with particular visitor Joe Locke are at The Winter-Hotter Set, St Martin In The Fields

Friday 19 January – Footprints are at Babel Artwork Home in Stoke Newington

Friday 19 January – Erskine & Kavuma are at Sheffield, Crookes Social Membership

Friday 19 January – Jakub Cywiński Quintet feat. Irene Serra are at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 20 January – Alice Zawadzki Trio are at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 20 January – Trendy jazz quintet “5-Manner Cut up” ft. Quentin Collins, trumpet & Vasilis Xenopoulos, sax are on the 606

Saturday 20 January – Value/Ratcliffe/Wooden Stamford Arts Centre PE9 2DL

Sunday 21 January lunchtime – Tony Woods Undertaking are on the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Monday 22 January – Pianist/singer Dom Pipkin & his All Star New Orleans Trio are on the 606

Tuesday 23 January – Kate Williams Quartet ft Mike Outram are on the East Facet Jazz Membership in Leytonstone

Tuesday 23 January – Mark Crooks, Colin Oxley, Jeremy Brown, Mark Taylor are at Spike’s Place Jazz Membership – Bardswell Social Membership, Weald Street, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4TJ

Tuesday 23 January – Saxophonist Dan Reinstein & his fashionable jazz quintet ft. Tim Lapthorn, piano are on the 606

Tuesday 23 January – Mike Carey’s Huge Home Band at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Street, Worthing, BN11 1QG

Tuesday 23 January – Sam Braysher Quartet performs Kurt Weill at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ

Wednesday 24 January – Rob Deal with Andy Scott , Liam Noble and Paul Clarvis album launch on the Vortex

Wednesday 24 January – Jazz pianist Emile Hinton & his Trio are on the 606 in Chelsea

Wednesday 24 January at Raffles in Whitehall – solo piano for afternoon tea from Dave Newton

Wednesday 24 January – Roger Beaujolais (vibraphone) with Neal Richardson (pno/vox), Miles Danso (bass), Alex Eberhard (drums) at Worthing Pavilion Atrium (on the Pier), Marine Parade, BN11 3PX

Thursday 25 January – Shirley Good & Robert Mitchell are at Loopy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Thursday 25 January -Anthony Kerr – is at Googlies Jazz, Botany Bay Cricket Membership EN2 8AS

Thursday 25 January – vocalist/hammond organist John East & his septet ft. Nigel Value, guitar & Dave Lewis, sax are on the 606

Thursday 25 January – Vasilis Xenopoulos, Nigel Value, John Williamson, Billy Pod are at Spike’s Place Jazz Membership – Membership Langley, 2 Hawksbrook Lane, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3SR

Friday 26 January – Erskine & Kavuma are at Bristol, Stranger Brew

Friday 26 January – Brandon Allen’s Groove Band are at Guildford Jazz

Friday 26 January – Germana Stella La Sorsa is on the Vortex Jazz Membership

Friday 26 January – Omar Puente Charanga Jazz Sextet are at World Coronary heart Beat Embassy Gardens 3 Ponton Street, 9 Elms, London SW11 7BD

Friday 26 January – Alex Roth’s Minimize The Sky (with Wacław Zimpel and Hubert Zemler): “Esz Kodesz” – London album launch are at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 27 January – Anita Łazińska Trio are at Jazz Cafe POSK 238-246 King St, London W6 0RF

Saturday 27 January – Nigel Value, Alban Claret, Mekele Montolli, Steve Brown are at Spike’s Place Jazz Membership at The Jazz Centre UK, Beecroft Artwork Gallery, Victoria Ave, Southend, Essex SS2 6EX2

Saturday 27 January – The Wendy Kirkland Trio, with Wendy Kirkland (keyboard/vocals), Pat Sprakes (bass) and Steve Wyndham (drums)are showing for Burrough Jazz at Twyford village Corridor, LE14 2HU

Sunday 28 January lunchtime – Artwork Themen All Stars Quartet are on the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Sunday 28 January – Sentient Beings – Religion Brackenbury , John O’Gallagher , Tony Bianco and John Pope are at The Globe Newcastle

Sunday 28 January – Lance Ellington is at Loopy Coqs, Brasserie Zedel in Piccadilly

Monday 29 January – Sentient Beings – Religion Brackenbury , John O’Gallagher , Tony Bianco and John Pope are at Fusebox, Hyde Park Guide Membership, Leeds

Monday 29 January – Guitar celebrity duo Peter Bernstein & Jesse van Ruller are on the SoundCellar in Poole

Tuesday 30 January – Greg Heath Quartet at The Hare & Hounds, 79-81 Portland Street, Worthing, BN11 1QG

Tuesday 30 January – Emma Rawitz Quartet are on the East Facet Jazz Membership in Leytonstone

Tuesday 30 January – Neil Angilley Latin Jazz Trio are at Watermill Jazz,Betchworth Park Golf,Dorking RH4 1NZ

Wednesday 31 January – Sentient Beings – Religion Brackenbury , John O’Gallagher , Tony Bianco and John Pope are at Safehoust at The Rose Hill, Brighton

Wednesday 31 January – Nigel Value Organ Trio with Ross Stanley (organ) and Joel Barford (drums) at Eastbourne – Splash Level Jazz Membership, on the Fishermen’s Membership BN22 7AA

Thursday 1 February – Sarah Gillespie album launch at Pizza Specific Soho

Thursday 1 February – Sentient Beings – Religion Brackenbury , John O’Gallagher , Tony Bianco and John Pope are at Eastside Jazz Membership, Birmingham

Friday 2 February – Ineza & ‘Ladies’s Phrases, Sisters’ Tales’ is at Jazzlive at The Crypt, St. Giles Church, Camberwell Church Road, London SE5

Friday 2 February – Alex Clarke Quartet at Chichester Jazz Membership, The Pallant Suite, 7 South Pallant, Chichester

Saturday 3 February – Sentient Beings – Religion Brackenbury , John O’Gallagher , Tony Bianco and John Pope are at Bishop’s Fort City Corridor, Bishop’s Fort, Shropshire

Sunday 4 February lunchtime – Simon Spillett is on the Oval Tavern , Croydon

Monday 5 February in Eastbourne Fishermens Membership – an open rehearsal with Andi Panayi’s Huge Band

Tuesday 6 February – Sentient Beings – Religion Brackenbury , John O’Gallagher , Tony Bianco and John Pope are at Fringe In The Spherical at The Fringe, Bristol

Wednesday 7 February – Dennis Rollins is at Guildford Jazz

Thursday 8 February – Sentient Beings – Religion Brackenbury , John O’Gallagher , Tony Bianco and John Pope are on the Vortex

Friday 9 February – Shez Raja ft Guthrie Govan at Pizza Specific Dean Road

Friday 16 February – Toni Kofi Legacy Stamford Arts Centre PE9 2DL

Saturday 17 February – Erskine & Kavuma are at PizzaExpress Jazz Membership, Soho (album launch)

Saturday 17 February – Basil Hodge Quartet The Blue Room on the Garden, Union Street Lincoln LN1 3BU

Sunday 18 February – Sarah L King is at Pizza Specific Jazz Membership, Soho, London

Thursday 22 February – Mark Kavuna & Theo Erskine are at Guildford Jazz

Friday 23 February – Mark Kavuma & Theo Erskine are on the Verdict in Brighton

2) Dwell Streamed Timed Occasions – Listed in time order.

Thursday 4 January – Mike de Souza’s Chrysalis Group is on the SoundCellar in Poole https://soundcellar.org/occasions/

Saturday 6 January – Invoice Charlap is streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/

Saturday 6 January – David Sanchez is streaming from KeyStoneKorner in Baltimore https://www.keystonekornerbaltimore.com/calendar

Friday 12 January – Billy Childs is streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/

Monday 15 January – Mark Kavuma + Theo Erskine Ultrasound are streaming from NQ Jazz in Manchester https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on

Thursday 18 January – Theo Travis’ Double Speak feat Mike Outram is on the SoundCellar in Poole https://soundcellar.org/occasions/

Friday 19 January – Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Canine are streaming from Porgy & Bess Vienna https://www.porgy.at/occasions/upcoming

Friday 19 January – Billy Harper is streaming from Smokes in New York https://www.smokejazz.com/

Saturday 20 January – Norma Winstone and Package Downes are streaming from Porgy & Bess Vienna https://www.porgy.at/occasions/upcoming

Tuesday 23 January – Mary Halvorson Amaryllis Sextet are streaming from Porgy & Bess Vienna https://www.porgy.at/occasions/upcoming

Monday 29 January – Guitar celebrity duo Peter Bernstein & Jesse van Ruller are on the SoundCellar in Poole https://soundcellar.org/occasions/

Monday 29 January – Glowseeker are streaming from NQ Jazz in Manchester https://www.nqjazz.co.uk/whats-on

3) Residencies

Each Monday at Off The Cuff , Railton Street, Herne Hill, London, at 8.30 Roger Humbles Quartet adopted at 9.30 by a jam.

Each Tuesday – Silver Bullet Jazz Jam at The Evening Owl in Finsbury Park with Bukky Leo

Each Thursday , Friday and Saturday Leo Inexperienced hosts exhibits on the Center Eight bar WC2B 5BX

Each Thursday at The Nice North Wooden, 3 Knight Hill, Norwood, London, at 8.30 Roger Humbles Quartet adopted at 9.30 by a jam.

Each second Sunday of every month at 1.30pm Equinox are at Map Studio in Kentish City

Each Sunday 6.30-8.30 Ollie Usiskin Quartet at The Priory Tavern 250 Belsize highway north maida vale kilburn london NW6 4BT

Tuesday , Wednesday and Thursday 3pm-7pm Neal Richardson performs at Afternoon Tea Jazz in The Drawing Room Raffles Lodge on the OWO, 57 Whitehall,

3) NOT TIMED

Emmet Cohen has nonetheless received a weekly stream occurring Monday nights from his place https://www.fb.com/heyemmet/?hc_location=ufi

Smalls in New York are streaming each evening and when you enroll you get entry to their archive https://www.smallslive.com/

Sands Movie Studios concert events from the EFG London Jazz Competition are nonetheless obtainable – https://sandsfilms.co.uk/music-room-past-streams-watch-now.html

4) Radio and so forth

On every Tuesday in November, the Cinema Membership at Sands Movie Studios 82 Marychurch St SE16 4HZ will display documentaries on the theme of Jazz in Europe

Frank Griffith – “The Jazz Cavern” Thursdays at 9PM. Repeats at 6PM Sunday http://www.mykindamusic24.com

Liverpool Group Radio – “The Jazz Cavern” 106.7 FM. http://www.l-c-r.co.uk Airs on weekly Fridays-2PM, Saturdays- 4PM, Tuesdays- 4PM

The European Jazz Hour with Peter Slavid – https://www.mixcloud.com/ukjazz/ or on hayesfm 91.8 FM

Wednesdays at 10pm on Radio Deal – Jazz on the Seashore with Adam Sieff https://www.dealradio.co.uk/exhibits/jazz-on-the-beach

Marlow FM’s longstanding Jazz Present “Swing That Music” (www.marlowfm.co.uk) 6pm Sunday now will get a