Chuck Israels PAVILION, GUILDFORD 8 Apr
Rare sighting in England of the Bill Evans legend double bassist Chuck Israels who turns 90 later this year. He’s at the Pavilion with saxist Fraser Smith, guitarist Jonas Metsäkylä and the drummer Steve Brown known for his work with Scott Hamilton. It’s part of a tour – with dates at Chelsea’s 606 on the 9th and Brighton spot The Verdict on the 11th.
Soft Machine ZEFFIRELLIS, AMBLESIDE 8 Apr
Touring the superb Thirteen this spring – as much jazz as it is prog.
Oddgeir Berg Trio SCOTT’S, BELFAST 10 Apr
Let Spin THE HIVE, SHREWSBURY 11 Apr
Daniel Casimir Big Band NORWICH ARTS CENTRE, NORWICH 11 Apr
Kurt Elling RONNIE SCOTT’S, SOHO 14, 15 Apr
The great singer from the States in Superblue along with the imaginative former Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy guitarist Charlie Hunter, keyboardist Kenny Banks Jr and drummer Marcus Finnie.
Buckley-Batchelor: Zone-B WOLVERHAMPTON ARTS CENTRE, WOLVERHAMPTON 16 Apr
Jo Harrop HIDDEN ROOMS, CAMBRIDGE 16 Apr
Gediminas Karkauskas WEXFORD ARTS, CENTRE, WEXFORD 17 Apr
Sophie Alloway + Hannah Horton Quartet HAVERHILL ARTS CENTRE, HAVERHILL 18 April
Mark Kavuma THE JAM HOUSE, BIRMINGHAM 22 Apr
Neil Cowley Trio, APEX, BURY ST EDMUNDS 23 Apr
Bill Frisell & Eyvind Kang CADOGAN HALL, CHELSEA 23 Apr
Liane Carroll Trio COWSHED JAZZ CLUB, ASHWELL 24 Apr
Knats THE GLAD CAFE, GLASGOW 1 May
Nigel Mooney Trio ARTHUR’S, DUBLIN 2 May
Georgia Mancio and Robin Aspland MAGY’S FARM, NEAR DROMARA 3 May
Makaya McCraven NATIONAL CONCERT HALL, DUBLIN 7 May
John Moriarty and Randy Ingram Quartet TRISKEL, CORK CITY 9 May (lunchtime)
Mark Nightingale + Hannah Horton Quartet HAVERHILL ARTS CENTRE, HAVERHILL 10 May
John Moriarty quartet feat. Randy Ingram MAGY’S FARM, NEAR DROMARA 10 May
The gig also includes a reading by Maggie Doyle from her new prose-poem diary, Magy’s Farm: Where Music Grows.
Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox ANVIL, BASINGSTOKE 13 May
Jon Regen trio UNITED CLUB, ST HELIER 14 May
American pianist and singer-songwriter Jon Regen’s 1996 hitherto unreleased piano trio album From Left to Right with bassist Earl May (1927-2008) and drummer Sunny Jain precedes this gig in Jersey with an April release. Read a 2016 review of Regen playing live in Soho spot Crazy Coqs.
Elina Duni & Rob Luft With Corrie Dick WOLVERHAMPTON ARTS CENTRE, WOLVERHAMPTON 14 May
GoGo Penguin EPIC STUDIOS, NORWICH 23 May
Cécile McLorin Salvant, Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, Oxford 28-29 May
Matt Benson CRESCENT ARTS CENTRE, BELFAST 30 May
Tomorrow’s New Quartet BREWERY ARTS, KENDAL 11 June
Shuteen Erdenebaatar Quartet Lime Tree Theatre, Limerick City 19 June
Quite a revelation in 2023 – Rising Sun from pianist Shuteen Erdenebaatar, a musician hailing from Mongolia where she studied in Ulaanbaatar later championed by the Goethe Institute and excelling academically in Munich, Erdenebaatar was joined by soprano saxophonist Anton Mangold who also plays flute on the record and by bassist Nils Kugelmann and by drummer Valentin Renner. Tunes are strong, often quite bittersweet and poignant in nature, with hints of folklore from her homeland as on the flute line on ‘An Answer From The Distant Hill’. Gentle and thoughtful it’s all highly distinctive and speaks to the heart. Further Irish touring dates in June – the band along with Shuteen are Simon Comté on sax,Kugelmann and drummerAmir Bresler – include Triskel, Cork city (20th); Siamsa Tíre, Tralee (21st); Sugar Club, Dublin (24th); Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray (25th); and Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny (26th).
Sarah Hanahan THE AMERICAN BAR, BELFAST 9 August
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis NATIONAL CONCERT HALL, DUBLIN 13 August
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis UNIVERSITY CONCERT HALL, LIMERICK 14 August
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