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Gig listing no 11 - November 2024

Welcome to what promises to be an exceptionally busy November! Jazz festivals aplenty and lots of gigs in the run-up to the festive season.

Check out some of these venues and events below, especially those featuring past guests on the Harmonious World podcast:




Saturday 9 November: Jazz at St Giles', Oxford
Sax player, clarinettist and composer Tom Thorp brings his Ilumetris ensemble to perform tracks from Here, There Be Monsters, alongside Neil Yates (trumpet and Flugelhorn, Andy Stamatakis-Brown (piano), Grant Russell (bass) and John Arnesen (drums). Click here for tickets & info

Friday 8 to Sunday 24 November: Cambridge Jazz Festival
Too many artists to list, but Pat Metheny, Brand New Heavies, Dennis Rollins, Rob Luft and Tim Boniface will be appearing. You really need to take a look. Click here for tickets & info

Thursday 14 November, The Tung Auditorium, Liverpool
Sax player, clarinettist and composer Tom Thorp brings his Ilumetris ensemble to perform tracks from Here, There Be Monsters, alongside Neil Yates (trumpet and Flugelhorn, Andy Stamatakis-Brown (piano), Grant Russell (bass) and John Arnesen (drums). Click here for tickets & info

Friday 15 November: Zeffirellis, Ambleside
Sax player, clarinettist and composer Tom Thorp brings his Ilumetris ensemble to perform tracks from Here, There Be Monsters, alongside Neil Yates (trumpet and Flugelhorn, Andy Stamatakis-Brown (piano), Grant Russell (bass) and John Arnesen (drums). Click here for tickets & info

Friday 15 to Sunday 24 November: EFG London Jazz Festival
There are some incredible gigs coming in already for this year's London Jazz Festival, including a raft of great options at Cadogan Hall.

Saturday 23 November 2024: Café POSK, 238-246 King Street, Hammersmith W6 0RF
Lulu Pierre & Tony Kofi: Celebrating Billie Holiday and Ben Webster.  Drawing on their shared love of jazz history, Kofi and Pierre play an affection tribute to these Swing giants with Alex Webb (piano), Hamish Moore (bass) and Dan Hester drums).  Part of the EFG London Jazz Festival 2024.  For tickets & info: Events for październik 2024 – Polski Ośrodek Społeczno-Kulturalny (posk.org)

Thursday 28th November: Epsom Jazz Club, Comrades Club, Surrey, KT18 5BT
Ineza & ‘Women’s Words, Sisters’ Stories’ with Alex Webb (piano), Myra Brownbridge (bass) and  Katie Patterson (drums).  For tickets & info: Epsom Jazz Club - Ineza & the Alex Webb Trio: ‘Women’s Words, Sisters’ Stories' at Comrades Club event tickets from TicketSource

Saturday 14th December: The Vortex,11 Gillett Square, Dalston N16 8AZ
The Pocket Ellington, a seven-piece celebration of the Ellington repertoire with Alan Barnes (reeds), Tony Kofi (tenor), Andy Davies (trumpet), David Lalljee (trombone), Dave Green (bass) and Winston Clifford (drums).  As well as clever adaptations of Ellington classics by pianist / MD Alex Webb, the group also plays music from arranger/composers influenced by the Duke, including Mingus, Monk and Gil Evans.  For tickets & info: Upcoming Events | Events | Vortex Jazz Club

Sunday 12th January 2025: Soul Mama, Gantry Hotel, 40 Celebration Ave, East Village, Stratford E20 1DB
Coltrane and Hartman on Impulse! feat. Denys Baptiste and Marvin Muoneke.  Revisiting the famous album when John Coltrane teamed up with vocalist Johnny Hartman to explore their favourite romantic standards, tenor sax boss Denys Baptiste is joined by the extraordinary vocalist Marvin Muoneke and a top-flight rhythm section of Gary Crosby (bass), Alex Webb (piano) and Noah Ojumu (drums).  For tickets & info: Denys Baptiste and Marvin Muoneke - Events - Universe

Friday 10 January 2025: Soul Mama, Gantry Hotel, 40 Celebration Avenue, East Village, Stratford E20 1DB
Down for the Count presents their Swing That Music show. Click here for tickets & info

pcoming jazz club shows!


Saturday 18th January 2025: Soul Mama, Gantry Hotel, 40 Celebration Ave, East Village, Stratford E20 1DB
Ineza & ‘Women’s Words, Sisters’ Stories’ comes to Yolanda Brown’s new jazz venue in east London.  For tickets & info:  Ineza - Women’s Words, Sisters’ Stories - Events - Universe

Friday 24th January 2025: Brasserie Toulouse Lautrec, 140 Newington Butts, Kennington, London SE11 4RN
The Pocket Ellington, a seven-piece celebration of the Ellington repertoire with Alan Barnes (reeds), Tony Kofi (tenor), Simon Finch (trumpet), David Lalljee (trombone), Dave Green (bass) and Winston Clifford (drums).  As well as clever adaptations of Ellington classics by pianist / MD Alex Webb, the group also plays music from arranger/composers influenced by the Duke, including Mingus, Monk and Gil Evans.  For tickets & info: Jazz Club: Upcoming Main Events London - Toulouse Lautrec

Friday 31st January 2025: Brasserie Toulouse Lautrec, 140 Newington Butts, Kennington, London SE11 4RN
It Takes Two: Lulu Pierre and Marvin Muoneké revisit the great jazz duets.  Sarah Vaughan & Billy Eckstine, Ella & Louis, Ray Charles & Betty Carter – jazz has a rich history of romantic and swinging duets.  Stellar vocalists Marvin Muoneké and Lulu Pierre have a magical chemistry together, and recreate some of the greatest of these duets with the Alex Webb Trio.  For tickets & info: Jazz Club: Upcoming Main Events London - Toulouse Lautrec

Tuesday 18 February 2025: Pizza Express Holborn
Down for the Count presents a Motown special. Click here for tickets & info

Wednesday 30 April to Monday 5 May 2025: Cheltenham Jazz Festival
David Gray, Jools Holland, Amadou & Mariam, Nubya Garcia and Corrine Bailey Rae with the Ronnie Scott's Orchestra confirmed for six day event which returns in the spring. Click here for tickets & info

Ongoing

* My newest discovery is Jazz Cafe Posk in Hammersmith: a great, relaxed venue

* Check out one of my favourite venues - London's marvellous 606 Club

* In Milton Keynes, there's also the Stables Theatre, which often features live music

* Different venues, plus lots of music on offer at Boisdale in Belgravia and Canary Wharf

* Lots to see and hear at Kings Place, right next to Kings Cross and St Pancras

* Don't forget Ronnie Scott's, which has a range of jazz to suit all tastes

* Just a little further north in Soho is Pizza Express on Dean Street, which also has sister venues in Holborn and on the Kings Road.

* A blatant plug for the fabulous Club 85 in my home town of Hitchin. They've just launched a GoFundMe appeal to ensure that live music continues, so please take a look
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