• Billy Marrows and Grande Família Pizza Express Jazz Club, London Monday 13 May

Playing music from guitarist Billy Marrows' poignant album, Penelope.

• Shell’s Belles Beeston Library, Nottingham Mon 13 May

Singer Jeanie Barton joins the swinging big band.

• Alex Webb, Tony Kofi, Dave Green, Clark Tracey, Alan Barnes & others plus the Jam Collective Watermill, Dorking Tuesday 14 May

Ben Webster celebrated - sold out.

• Tao Glad Cafe, Glasgow Tues 14 May

Drummer Roan Anderson with Ewan Johnston on keys, Simon Herberholz on saxophone, and Chris Quinn on bass.

• Simon Spillett, Alex Garnett, Frank Harrison, Stuart Barker, Elliot Toms ​​​​​​​ Royal British Legion Hall, Marlow Tues 14 May

• Vasilis Xenopoulos and Paul Edis Quartet Pinder Hall, Cookham Wednesday 15 May

• Anna Chandler The Cask, Scarborough Wed 15 May

• Jon Scully Seven, Leeds Wed 15 May

• Awen Ensemble Vortex, London Wed 15 May

Cadair Idris has proved one of the best UK jazz albums so far in 2024. Named after a mythology rich peak of Snowdonia you don't have to be a Welsh speaker at all to appreciate it. Partly because beyond the Welsh lyrics that are further interspersed with spoken word in English there is plenty of instrumental prowess on display - 'Ionawr' from Cadair Idris was a track of the week on marlbank in February. Leeds based, this ''alternative folk jazz collective'' - the word ''Awen'' in their name means ''poetic inspiration'' - is infused by Amy Clark's fine Lauren Kinsella-esque vocals and yet these are only one element in a portfolio of approaches that the band come up with. Guitarist Ruari Graham is certainly impressive on 'Idris' and when Clark sings in English on 'Unsettled' you'd swear counter intuitively that there's even an influence of Madonna in the timbre of her voice. 'Zorny' is the greatest of the tracks from a committed jazzhead's perspective. So, amen to an album that doesn't tightrope walk on eggshells among jazz and folk genres but proves more of the good mixer dipping in and out and not getting too hung up on what genre their explorations happen to land in. Ultimately the spoken word of 'Upon Leaving the Dream' - you can't but not think - is pure poetry.

• Mike Stern Band featuring Dennis Chambers, Leni Stern, Hadrien Feraud & Bob Franceschini Ronnie Scott's, London Wed 15 May, Thursday 16 May

• Stuart McCallum Quartet Matt and Phred's, Manchester Thurs 16 May

Manchester guitar legend Stuart McCallum with trumpeter Neil Yates, bassist Pete Turner and drummer Luke Flowers.

• Steve Taylor’s Fusion Phew The Marrs Bar, Worcester Thurs 16 May

GIG OF THE WEEK

• Fergus McCreadie Trio The Blue Lamp, Aberdeen Thurs 16 May

The highest profile Scottish jazz musician since Tommy Smith first emerged, Scottishness is important in the grace notes, accents and naturalistic influences that pianist-composer Fergus McCreadie weaves in to his piano trio settings. Look no further on new album Stream (Edition) than 'Driftwood' for proof. A very solid release up there with Cairn, McCreadie is a natural and newcomers can start right here or go back to his most acclaimed recording Forest Floor for more. David Bowden on double bass and Stephen Henderson on drums again excel within team McC. The hymnal 'Mountain Stream' is just one of several tracks that reward repeated play.

• Neil Angilley Trio The Boiler Room, Guildford Friday 17 May

Pianist Neil Angilley with bassist Davide Mantovani - known for his work with Alex Wilson - and drummer Davide Giovannini of Trypl.

• Free For All Scott's, Belfast Fri 17 May

• TJ Johnson Band The Bear, Luton Saturday 18 May

• Joanna Eden Peggy's Skylight, Nottingham Sat 18 May

Last year we heard singer/songwriter-pianist Joanna Eden at Ronnie's and thought that there was a certain sepia tinted quality to the 1970s latin-jazz style of Eden who was appearing with guitarist Guillermo Hill. He is in Eden's band for this Nottingham show, the quartet completed for next week's show by bassist Andrés Lafone and by drummer George Double. Eden's latest album is Love Quiet. Live Eden presses and cajoles chords in accompaniment to her flexible surprisingly high often quite soulful lilting voice choosing songs that she wrote for instance on a trip to Uruguay or while in Italy in Bologna, writing there as a ''cure'' for her melancholy. Songs of summer and covers including a well aimed treatment of The Isley Brothers classic 'Summer Breeze' and Wayne Shorter's 'Footprints' were included in a very persuasive performance. The little finger of Eden's left hand often acted as a lever to allow her hand to dive into a chord often favouring samba-like rhythmical accents as well as more 1970s singer-songwriter type settings. Set highlights during that Ronnie's gig upstairs included as unlikely as it sounds a fairly jolly take on Fran Landesman and Tommy Wolf's 'Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most' first recorded by Jackie and Roy in the 1950s that certainly exhibited a glimpse of the width of interpretations possible in the classic song. Eden's originals have a thoughtful blissed out quality to them especially 'Love Quiet' the title track of her fine album.

• Tommy Halferty Arthur's, Dublin Sat 18 May

Jazz-rock guitarist Tommy Halferty has a new record out called Contrasts.

• Threeway Irish Centre, Huddersfield Sunday 19 May

• Andrea Vicari trio The Globe, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Sun 19 May

Adventurous pianist Andrea Vicari appears with bassist Andy Champion and drummer Russ Morgan.

Joanna Eden, pictured, plays Nottingham on the 18th