SHOWS OF NOTE. FEBRUARY 2024 GIG LISTINGS.
A BIG thanks to the London Jazz Guitar Society for compiling this list. You can find more here:
Saturday 3 February: The improvised and experimental music night Ad-Lib features two trios (one featuring Julian Woods on guitar) at OPEN Ealing, W5 2TD. Details: https://www.facebook.com/events/615030860754596
Saturday 3 February: Reiss Ellis Beckles Group (Torin Davies on guitar) at The Vortex, Dalston. 7.45pm. £17.50 standard / £15 Vortex members / £12.50 students and UC. Details and booking: https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/reiss-ellis-beckles-group-3/
Saturday 3 February: Ciyo Brown presents 'Jazz Meets Neo-Soul' feat. Rikette Genesis. Doors 7.30pm. Music 8pm. £15-£20. Details and booking: https://hampsteadjazzclub.com/whats-on/ciyo-brown-presents-jazz-meets-neo-soul-feat-rising-star-vocal-sensation-rikette-genesis/
Sunday 4 February: London Jazz Orchestra (Nick Costley-White on guitar) feat. Peter Hurt and Henry Lowther at The Vortex, Dalston. 3pm. £12.50 standard / £10 Vortex members / £8 students and UC. Details and booking: https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/ljo-vortex-sessions-featuring-pete-hurt-and-henry-lowther/
Monday 5 February: Nick Costley-White Quartet at Jazz at The Parakeet, Kentish Town. Doors 8pm. Music 8.30pm. £12 standard / £7 students. Details and booking: https://jazzattheparakeet.com
Tuesday 6 February (and every Tuesday): Alec Harper Quartet (Nick Costley-White on guitar) at Eastcheap Records. 8pm to 10.30pm. Free entry. Details: https://www.eastcheaprecords.com/whats-on/
Tuesday 6 February: Empirical, with special guests Ivo Neame on piano and David Preston on guitar, at Ronnie Scott's, Soho. Doors 6pm. Music 7.30pm. £30-£45. Details and booking: https://www.ronniescotts.co.uk/find-a-show/empirical
Tuesday 6 February: Mario Bakuna and Andria Antoniou present 'Females Voices of Brazil' at The Pheasantry, Chelsea. 8pm. £15. Details and booking: https://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/whats-on/mario-bakuna-andria-antoniou-presents-female-voices-of-brazil
Wednesday 7 February: Ciyo Brown's 'Guitar World' feat. Chris Cobbson at Hampstead Jazz Club. Doors 7.30pm. Music 8pm. £15-£20. Details and booking: https://hampsteadjazzclub.com/whats-on/ciyos-jazz-guitar-world-project-ft-fellow-jazz-guitarist-and-composer-chris-cobbson/
Wednesday 7 February: Andy Davies and Nigel Price host the jam session upstairs at Ronnie Scott's, Soho. Doors 9pm. Music 10pm. £10 otd. Details and booking: https://www.ronniescotts.co.uk/find-a-show/ronnie-scotts-jazz-jam-2
Thursday 8 February: Paul Moran's SB3 jazz organ trio (Jim Mullen on guitar) feat. Jacqui Hicks at The 606 Club, Chelsea. 8pm. £16. Details and booking: https://www.606club.co.uk/events/view/paul-moran-sb3-jazz-organ-trio-featuring-jacqui-hicks/
Thursday 9 February: Deirdre Cartwright and organist Pete Whittaker play duo upstairs at Ronnie Scott's, Soho. Doors 6pm. Music 7pm. £10 adv / £12 otd. Details and booking: https://www.ronniescotts.co.uk/find-a-show/two-for-the-road-26
Thursday 9 February: Shez Raja feat. Guthrie Govan at Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho. 8pm. £20. Details and booking: https://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/whats-on/shez-raja-ft-guthrie-govan
Friday 9 February (and every Friday): Ozzy Duzenli Trio at The Hemingway Pub, 84 Victoria Park Road, E9 7JL. 7.30pm to 10pm.
�Saturday 10 February: Gene Calderazzo Quartet (James Kitchman on guitar) at MU, Dalston. Sets at 7.30pm and 9pm. https://mu-ldn.com/listings/
Monday 12 February: Stan Brunt Quartet at Jazz at The Parakeet, Kentish Town. Doors 8pm. Music 8.30pm. £12 standard / £7 students. Details and booking: https://jazzattheparakeet.com
Tuesday 13 February: Luke Bacchus + Tom Remon & David Lyttle at Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho. 8pm. £15. Details and booking: https://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/whats-on/luke-bacchus
Wednesday 14 February: Heidi Vogel, James Kitchman and Bruno Heinen at The Vortex, Dalston. Shows at 7.30pm and 9.30pm. £20 standard / £30 with a glass of champagne. Details and booking: https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/events/
Thursday 15 February: Dominic Ashworth and Colin Oxley play duo upstairs at Ronnie Scott's, Soho. Doors 6pm. Music 7pm. £10 adv / £12 otd. Details and booking: https://www.ronniescotts.co.uk/find-a-show/two-for-the-road-27
Friday 16 February: Henry Spencer's 'The Defector' (Ant Law on guitar) at The Vortex, Dalston. 7.45pm. £17.50 standard / £15 Vortex members / £12.50 students and UC. Details and booking: https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/henry-spencer-the-defector/
Friday 16 February: Ed Bentley Quartet (Jim Mullen on guitar) at Jazzlive at The Crypt, Camberwell. Doors 8pm. £10 standard / £8 students. Details and booking: https://www.jazzlive.co.uk/guide.html
Friday 16 February: Alex Garnett Quartet (Nick Costley-White on guitar) at Ladbroke Hall. Doors 6.30pm. Music 7.45pm. £15 standing / £30 table seating. Details and booking: https://ladbrokehall.com/live-programme/jazz/alex-garnett-blues-for-sweet-poppa-lou/
Saturday 17 February: Paul Booth Quintet (Francis Tulip on guitar) at The 606 Club, Chelsea. 9pm. £20. Details and booking: https://www.606club.co.uk/events/view/paul-booth-3/
Wednesday 21 February: Lars Danielsson's Libretto (John Parricelli on guitar) at Ronnie Scott's, Soho. Shows at 6.30pm and 9.15pm. £30-£45. Details and booking: https://www.ronniescotts.co.uk/find-a-show/lars-danielssons-liberetto-presents-cloudland
Thursday 22 February: Nina Clark and Sam Dunn celebrate the Ella Fitzgerald-Joe Pass duets at Ronnie Scott's, Soho. Doors 6pm. Music 7pm. £10 adv / £12 otd. Details and booking: https://www.ronniescotts.co.uk/find-a-show/two-for-the-road-11
Thursday 22 February: Tineke Postma 'Aria' Group (Ben Monder on guitar) at The Vortex. 7pm. 1 set of music. £17.50 standard / £15 Vortex members / £12.50 standards and UC. Details and booking: https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/tineke-postma-aria-group/
Thursday 22 February: The GAB Trio (Clement Regent and Gianluca Corona on guitars) celebrate the launch of their debut album with special guests, including Rosie Frater-Taylor) at The 606 Club, Chelsea. 8pm. £16. Details and booking: https://www.606club.co.uk/events/view/clement-regerts-gab-trio-album-launch/
Friday 23 February: Floating Circles (Matt Hurley on guitar) launch new album 'Spectrums' at The Vortex, Dalston. 7.45pm. £15 standard / £12.50 Vortex members / £10 students and UC. Details and booking: https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/floating-circles-spectrums-album-launch/
Friday 23 February: The Brandon Allen Groove Band (Mike Outram on guitar) at Jazz Cafe Posk, Hammersmith. Doors 7.30pm. Music 8.30pm. £15. Details and booking: https://www.jazzcafeposk.org/event/the-brandon-allen-groove-band/
Friday 23 and Saturday 24 February: Denny Ilett's Electric Lady Big Band play Jimi Hendrix at Ronnie Scott's, Soho. Shows at 6.30pm and 9.15pm. Details and booking: https://www.ronniescotts.co.uk/find-a-show/denny-iletts-electric-lady-big-band-play-jimi-hendrix
Saturday 24 February: Sheldon Agwu Vtet at at MU, Dalston. Sets at 7.30pm and 9pm. https://mu-ldn.com/listings/
Saturday 24 February: Jo Harrop and the Artie Zaitz Trio at Hampstead Jazz Club. Doors 7.30pm. Music 8pm. £15-£20. Details and booking: https://hampsteadjazzclub.com/whats-on/artie-zaitz-jo-harrop-with-bassist-lorenzo-morabito/
Saturday 24 February: Marta Mathea Radwan Quintet (Jakub Klimiuk) at Jazz Cafe Posk, Hammersmith. Doors 7.30pm. Music 8.30pm. £15. Details and booking: https://www.jazzcafeposk.org/event/marta-mathea-radwan-quintet/
Sunday 25 February: Zoe Francis featuring Jim Mullen at The 606 Club, Chelsea. 1.30pm. £14. Details and booking: https://www.606club.co.uk/events/view/zoe-francis-featuring-jim-mullen-9/
Wednesday 28 February: Elina Duni and Rob Luft Band at Ronnie Scott's, Soho. Doors 5.30pm. Music 6.30pm. £25-£40. Details and booking: https://www.ronniescotts.co.uk/find-a-show/elina-duni-rob-luft
Thursday 29 February: Chris Cobbson and Dominic Grant play duo upstairs at Ronnie Scott's, Soho. Doors 6pm. Music 7pm. £10 adv / £12 otd. Details and booking: https://www.ronniescotts.co.uk/find-a-show/two-for-the-road-5
Thursday 29 February: London Django Collective (Harry Diplock, Adrien Tarraga and Mathieu Chatelain on guitars) at Pizza Express Jazz Club, Soho. 8pm. £20. Details and booking: https://www.pizzaexpresslive.com/whats-on/london-django-collective