September 2018 Gig Guide

Saturday                    

1 Sirkis and Bialas International Quartet 

Globe, 11 Railway Street, Newcastle upon Tyne

1 Brandon Allen Quartet    

606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10

1 David McAlmont   

Hideaway, 2 Empire Mews, Stanthorpe Road, London SW16

1 China Moses         

Ronnie Scott’s, 47 Frith Street, London W1

1 Mia Webb and Roy Willis 

New Ship Inn, 403 Sunderland, Cleadon

1 John Etheridge and Vimala Rowe Quartet       

Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, London W1

1-2 Chapel Allerton Village Jazz Festival: Julian Arguelles, Tiptoe, Ancient Infinity Orchestra and more

Various venues, Leeds

1 Pablo Held Trio     

Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1

German pianist Pablo Held launches his 10th album Investigations (Edition Records) with help from his long-time bandmates bassist Robert Landfermann and drummer Jonas Burgwinkel. This is a rare chance to hear this rising star of European jazz this side of the Channel.

Sunday                       

2 John Bennett Band          

The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, London N16

2 Natalie Williams Soul Family (evening) Iain Mackenzie with Swing City (lunchtime)        

Ronnie Scott’s, 47 Frith Street, London W1

2 Georgia Mancio plus Kate Williams (evening) Sophie Alloway (lunchtime)

606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10

2 Vieux Carré Jazzmen       

Black Horse, Front Street, Monkseaton

2 Denny Ilet Jr          

Pangbourne Jazz Club, PWMC Rosewood Hall, 1 Whitchurch Road, Pangbourne

Monday                      

3 Henry Lowther and Pete Hurt     

Milford Arms, Isleworth, Middlesex

3-8 Georgie Fame with the Guy Barker Big Band           

Ronnie Scott’s, 47 Frith Street, London W1

3 Dino Baptiste        

606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10

Tuesday                     

4 Sam Leak Trio        

St Ives Jazz Club, Western Hotel, Royal Square, St Ives

4 Johannes Berauer's Hourglass      

Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf Club, Reigate Road, Dorking

Wednesday                

5 Paul Edis    

Lubetkin Theatre, East Durham College, Willerby Drive, Peterlee

5 Blas Rivera

606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10

5 Gwilym Simcock and Joe Locke plus Hourglass Quintet      

Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1

5 Elt   

The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, London N16

5 Julian Arguelles    

Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, London W1

5 New Orleans Z'hulus       

Amersham Jazz Club, Football Club, Beaconsfield

Thursday                   

6 Simon Purcell Quartet     

606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10

6 Tina May and Brian Kellock        

Blue Lamp, 121 Gallowgate, Aberdeen

6 Nigel Price Organ Trio with Vasilis Xenopoulos          

Gosforth Civic Theatre, Regent Farm Road, Newcastle upon Tyne

6 Jeremy McMurray and the Pocket Jazz Orchestra       

Arc, Dovecote Street, Stockton on Tees

6 John Nugent         

Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, London W1

Friday             

7-8 Nick Pride and the Pimptones 

Hoochie Coochie, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne

7 Chilly Gonzales    

Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1

7 Rachael Calladine 

606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10

7 Matt Chandler Organ Trio

1000 Trades, 16 Fredrick Street, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham

7-8 Claire Martin and Liane Carroll

The Pheasantry, 152 Kings Road, London SW3

Two of the UK’s best vocalists pair up to celebrate songs from the Great American Songbook as well as their favourite tunes from the likes of Tom Waits, Joni Mitchell, Richard Rodney Bennett and more. Expect relaxed yet brilliant entertainment from two incredibly talented musicians.

7 Clare Teal   

The Cinnamon Club, The Bowdon Rooms, The Firs, Altrincham

Saturday                    

8 Clark Tracey Band

606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10

8 Dinosaur plus Leafcutter John  

Jazz Cafe, 5 Parkway, Camden, London NW1

8 Chilly Gonzales    

Grand Theatre, Howard Assembly Room, 46 New Briggate, Leeds

8 Wendy Kirkland    

The Grimsby Central Hall, Duncombe Street, Grimsby

8 Niffi Osiyemi Trio 

Globe, 11 Railway Street, Newcastle upon Tyne

8 Jeff Barnhart and Spats Langham         

St Augustine's Parish Centre, Larchfield Street, Darlington

Sunday                       

9 Lindsey Webster   

The Pheasantry, 152 Kings Road, London SW3

9 Judith Owen (evening) Elaine Delmar (lunchtime)     

Ronnie Scott’s, 47 Frith Street, London W1

9 Wendy Kirkland    

Parkway Theatre, Flemingate, Beverley

9 Derek Nash and Noel McCalla (evening) Remembering Steve (lunchtime) 

606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10

9 We Are Leif

Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, London W1

9 Prohibited Strangers        

Inkwell Arts, 31 Potternewton Lane, Chapel Allerton, Leeds

Monday                      

10 Tribute to Don Weller with Art Themen, Andy Cleyndert, Mornington Lockett and more          

606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10

10 Chilly Gonzales  

Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1

10 Martin Shaw and Karen Sharpe

Milford Arms, Isleworth, Middlesex

10 Paul McCandless and Charged Particles        

St Ives Jazz Club, Western Hotel, Royal Square, St Ives

10 Lindsey Webster 

Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, London W1

Tuesday                     

11 NATENAJAR       

St Ives Jazz Club, Western Hotel, Royal Square, St Ives

11 Dan Reinstein plus Dill Katz     

606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10

11 A Tribute to Toots Thielemans with Gregoire Maret, Kenny Werner Quartet

Ronnie Scott’s, 47 Frith Street, London W1

11 Chilly Gonzales  

Royal Northern College of Music, 124 Oxford Road, Manchester

11 Matt Carmichael Quartet

The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, London N16

11 Joshua Redman

Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, Marylebone, London W1

11 Triptych   

Fox Inn, West End Terrace, Hexham

11 Elftet         

Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, London W1

Wednesday                

12 Julian Stringle Quartet  

Moreton Jazz Club, Redesdale Hall, High Street, Moreton in Marsh

12 Lancaster Jazz Festival: Morpher        

Lancaster Brewery, Lancaster Leisure Park, Wyresdale Road, Lancaster

12 Guille Hill 

606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10

12-13 Wayne Krantz Trio    

Ronnie Scott’s, 47 Frith Street, London W1

12 Binker and Moses           

Jazz Cafe, 5 Parkway, Camden, London NW1

12 Banshee   

The Flute and Tankard (upstairs), 4 Winsor Place, Cardiff

12 Phil Meadows      

The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, London N16

12 Babelfish 

Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, London W1

12 Bob Dwyers Bix and Pieces      

Amersham Jazz Club, Football Club, Beaconsfield

Thursday                   

13 LJF: LJF Binge   

The Gregson Centre, 33 Moorgate, Lancaster

13 Monica Vasconcelos      

Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, London W1

13 Jean Toussaint All-Star 6tet     

Band on the Wall, 25 Swan Street, Manchester

Friday             

14 Alan Barnes Quartet      

Burford Jazz, Warwick New Hall, Church Green, Burford

14-15 Salena Jones 

Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, London W1

14 YolanDa Brown

Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1

14 Dave Lewis 1 Up 

606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10

14-15 Ian Shaw         

Ronnie Scott’s, 47 Frith Street, London W1

14 Tassos Spiliotopoulos  

1000 Trades, 16 Fredrick Street, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham

14 LJF: Roller Trio, Taupe and Juggernaught    

Lancaster Brewery, Lancaster Leisure Park, Wyresdale Road, Lancaster

14 Maria Chiara Agiro Group         

St Ives Jazz Club, Western Hotel, Royal Square, St Ives

14 Rick Simpson Trio          

The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, London N16

14 Dave Newton and Dean Stockdale       

Traveller's Rest, West Auckland Road, Darlington

14 Derek Nash          

Goring Village Hall, High Street, Goring on Thames

14 Juliet Kelly (evening)     

Gosforth Civic Theatre, Regent Farm Road, Newcastle upon Tyne

14 Juliet Kelly (lunchtime) 

Gala Theatre, 1 Millennium Place, Town Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne  

Saturday                    

15 The Don Paterson Situation     

St James, 11A John’s Place, Edinburgh

15 LJF: Skeltr, World Service Project, Let Spin and more         

Various venues, Lancaster

15 Tina May, Frank Griffith and Colin Anthony  

Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport

15 Alex Garnett        

606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10

15 Yaron Herman

Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1

15 Federico Monetta Quartet (lunchtime)

Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, London W1

Sunday                       

16 Johnny Mansfield           

Seven Arts, 31A Harrogate Road, Leeds

16 Let Spin   

The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, London N16

16 Alan Law Trio with James Birkett        

Black Bull, Bridge Street, Blaydon

16 LJF: Kit Downes, Ubunye, Mosaic and more 

Various venues, Lancaster

16 Ronnie Scott's Jazz Orchestra (evening) The Fallen Heroes (lunchtime)

Ronnie Scott’s, 47 Frith Street, London W1

16 New York All-Stars feat Eric Alexander and Harold Mabern 

Band on the Wall, 25 Swan Street, Manchester

16 Jeremy Stacey Steely Dan Project (evening) 606 Gospel Gig (lunchtime) 

606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10

16 Polly Gibbons with Strictly Smokin' Big Band          

Hoochie Coochie, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne

16 Moss Freed          

The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, London N16

16 Joe Louis Walker, Bruce Katz and Giles Robson (evening) Wild Card (lunchtime)

Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, London W1

16 Simon Hurley and Andy Watson          

The Bell Hotel, Market Hill, Clare, Suffolk

Monday                      

17 Calum Gourlay's Big Band       

The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, London N16

17 Soweto Kinch     

Ronnie Scott’s, 47 Frith Street, London W1

17 Paul Jourdanous and Josh Kemp       

Milford Arms, Isleworth, Middlesex

17 Jeremy Stacey Steely Dan Project        

606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10

17-19 New York All-Stars feat Eric Alexander and Harold Mabern        

Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, London W1

Tuesday                     

18 Kathrine Windfeld Big Band     

Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf Club, Reigate Road, Dorking

18 Dimitri Howald Ilja          

The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, London N16

18 Kamaal Williams and Moses Boyd Exodus Live

York Mediale Festival, Theatre Royal, York

18 RMG         

606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10

18 Wendy Kirkland  

Annie’s Jazz, Thorpe Hall Golf Club, Southend-on-sea

18 Michel Legrand and the Philharmonic Orchestra      

Ronnie Scott’s, 47 Frith Street, London W1

18 Ayo Vincent Trio 

The Flute and Tankard (upstairs), 4 Winsor Place, Cardiff

18 Ronnie Scott's Allstars  

St Ives Jazz Club, Western Hotel, Royal Square, St Ives

18 Juliet Kelly           

Forest Arts Centre,Hawbush Road, Wallsall  

18 Robert Mitchell's Epiphany 3    

The Stables, Stockwell Lane, Wavendon, Milton Keynes

Wednesday                

19 Kathrine Windfeld Big Band     

Turner Sims, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton

19 Hugh Coltman    

Ronnie Scott’s, 47 Frith Street, London W1

19 Bev Pegg Railroad Skiffle Group         

Amersham Jazz Club, Football Club, Beaconsfield

19 Alaias       

The Flute and Tankard (upstairs), 4 Winsor Place, Cardiff

19 Robert Mitchell's Epiphany 3    

The Lescar, Sharrowvale Road,Sheffield

Thursday                   

20 Julian Arguelles Quartet

Eastside Jazz Club, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham

20 Simon Currie Six Plus One        

Oxford Golf Club, Hilltop Road, Oxford

20 Babelfish 

Jazz Café, 25 Pink Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne

20 Jazz Jamaica All Stars

Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1

20-22   Henry Butler and the Jambalaya Band     

Ronnie Scott’s, 47 Frith Street, London W1

20 New York All-Stars feat Eric Alexander and Harold Mabern 

Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Silk Street, London EC2

20 Hot Club du Nord

St James & St Basil's Church, Fenham Hall Drive, Fenham, Newcastle upon Tyne

20 Hand to Mouth    

Hotspur, Percy Street, Newcastle upon Tyne

20 Sounds of Denmark: Janne Mark         

Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, London W1

20 Geoff Eales and Andy Findon  

1901 Arts Club, 7 Exton Street, London SE1

Friday             

21 London African Festival: Kasai Masai

The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, London N16

21 Gabrielle Ducomble       

The Hunter Club, 6 St Andrew’s Street S, Bury St Edmunds

21 Thomas Gould, Diasy Chute, Kevin Glasgow and Jamie Murray    

Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1

21 Gilad Atzmon and the Orient House Ensemble         

1000 Trades, 16 Fredrick Street, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham

21 Giorgio Serci and Jonny Phillips’ Guitar Journey     

The Forge, Churchill Way East, Basingtoke

21-23   Margate Jazz Weekend: Courtney Pine, Omar Puente, Bansangu Orchestra and more       

Olby’s Soul Cafe and Music Rooms, 3-5 King Street, Margate

21 Wayne Hernandez          

606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10

21 Claire Martin and Ray Gelato    

Huddersfield Jazz, The Lawrence Batley Theatre, Queen Street, Huddersfield

21 SOD: Kathrine Windfeld Big Band (evening) Athletic Progression (late show)

Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, London W1

21 Robert Mitchell's Epiphany 3    

The Courtyard, Friar Gate, Derby

Saturday                    

22 Ruby Turner        

Arc, Dovecote Street, Stockton on Tees

22 Tad Newton and Friends           

Central Hall, Duncombe Street, Grimsby

22 Jim Dawson and Callum Au     

606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10

22 James Birkett and Emma Fisk  

St Cuthbert's Church, Shadforth

22 SOD: Girls in Airports    

Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, London W1

Sunday                       

23 LAF: Kodjovi Kush plus Afrospot All Stars   

The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, London N16

23 Vein          

Colchester Arts Centre Jazz Club, Church Street, Colchester

23 Gabrielle Ducomble       

Pizza Express Live, 99 High Holborn, London WC1

23 Tammy Weis        

606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10

23 Ronnie Scott's Blues Explosion (evening) Tina May (lunchtime)   

Ronnie Scott’s, 47 Frith Street, London W1

23 SOD:Mathias Heise Quadrillion (evening) Live Foyn Friis (lunchtime)      

Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, London W1

23 John Williamson Quartet          

Inkwell Arts, 31 Potternewton Lane, Chapel Allerton, Leeds

Monday                      

24 Quentin Collins and Christian Brewer

Milford Arms, Isleworth, Middlesex

24-25 Marcia Ball      

Ronnie Scott’s, 47 Frith Street, London W1

24 The Cratediggers

606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10

24 Lionel Louke Group       

PIzza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, London W1

Tuesday                     

25 Jo Fooks Big Band        

Watermill Jazz, Betchworth Park Golf Club, Reigate Road, Dorking

25-26 Partisans        

The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, London N16

25 Babelfish 

St Ives Jazz Club, Western Hotel, Royal Square, St Ives

25 Lionel Louke Group       

The Pheasantry, 152 Kings Road, London SW3

25 Nigel Price Organ Quartet         

The Cinnamon Club, The Bowdon Rooms, The Firs, Altrincham

Wednesday                

26 Brigitte Behara and Barry Green          

The Flute and Tankard (upstairs), 4 Winsor Place, Cardiff

26 The Brotherhood of Breath      

100 Club, 100 Oxford Street, London W1

26-27 Charlie Hunter

Ronnie Scott’s, 47 Frith Street, London W1

26 Tim Garland and Jason Rebello           

606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10

26 Southern Revival New Orleans Band  

Amersham Jazz Club, Football Club, Beaconsfield

26 Robert Mitchell's Epiphany 3    

Pizza Express Jazz Club, Dean Street, London W1

Thursday                   

27 Daniel Karlsson Trio      

1000 Trades, 16 Fredrick Street, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham

27 Tim Garland Quartet      

Jazz Steps, Bonnington Theatre, High Street, Arnold, Nottingham

27 Appleton  

606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10

27 Jean Toussaint All-Star 6tet     

Cambridge Modern Jazz, Hidden Rooms, 7b Jesus Lane, Cambridge

Friday             

28 Daniel Karlsson Trio      

Jazz Café, 25 Pink Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne

28-30 Stacey Kent    

Ronnie Scott’s, 47 Frith Street, London W1

28 Scarborough Jazz Festival: Henry Lowther, Jo Harrop, Terry Seabrook and more

Various venues, Scarborough

28 Josephine Davies Satori

1000 Trades, 16 Fredrick Street, Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham

28 Brian Molley Quartet      

Catstrand, High Street, New Galloway, Castle Douglas

28 Samara     

606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10

28 LAF: Kadialy Kouyate and Niran Obasa         

The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, London N16

28 Zoe Gilby Quartet           

St Cuthbert's Centre, Church Hill, Crook

28 Celebrating Salena Jones

Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1
Globally renowned jazz singer Jones marks her seventh decade as a performer with this commemorative concert. Exporing songs that traverse jazz, blues and soul, she’s accompanied by an 18-piece orchestra conducted by composer Keith Mansfield.

28 Jean Toussaint All-Star 6tet     

Hermon Chapel Arts Centre, Chapel Street, Oswestry

The expat sax titan hits the road in support of his new album, Brother Raymond, with an extensive series of dates this month and into the autumn. Expect tough, hard swinging tunes and virtuosity of the highest order from Toussaint and his high-calibre band. See our feature on page 24.

Saturday                    

29 Gilad Atzmon      

606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10

29 SJF: Dave Newton and Alan Barnes, Matt Ridley Quartet, Vimala Rowe and more

Various venues, Scarborough

29 Sarathy Korwar

Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1

29 Wendy Kirkland  

The Verdict, 159 Edward Street, Brighton

29 LAF: Wiyaala       

The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, London N16

29 David McAlmont 

Saffron Hall, Audley End Road, Saffron Walden

Sunday                       

30 Tara Minton         

The Bell Hotel, Market Hill, Clare, Suffolk

30 Gregg Karukas    

The Cinnamon Club, The Bowdon Rooms, The Firs, Altrincham

30 Bradley Johnston           

Fire Station, High Street West, Sunderland

30 SJF: Gareth Lockrane Big Band, Nerija, Nigel Price and more        

Various venues, Scarborough

30 Hamish Stuart 10 Piece Band   

606 Club, 90 Lots Road, London SW10

30 LAF: Moonlight Benjamin         

The Vortex, 11 Gillett Square, London N16

30 Pyjaen      

Jazz Cafe, 5 Parkway, Camden, London NW1

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