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USA and WORLD-WIDE - International Music Prize for Excellence in Performance 2011. See here
UK - REGULAR SESSIONS
UK - Click here to find out What's on in the Brighton area for this week
UK - Andy Woon Hot 5 at the Albion, Church Rd, Hove, from 2pm - 5pm every Monday.
UK - Jam session at the Bee's Mouth, backed by Luke Rattenbury - guitar, Rikki Borkum - bass, Loz Thomas - drums, at 10 Western Road, Brighton at 9pm every Monday.
UK - Jazz at the Snowdrop, South Street, Lewes at 8.30pm every Monday night.
UK - Jazz at the Hare and Hounds, Portland Rd, Worthing at 8.30pm every Monday.
UK - Ian Price, Luke Rattenbury and Rikki Borkum at the Dorset, 28 North Rd, Brighton at 8.30pm every Tuesday.
UK - Ian Price, Luke Rattenbury and Rikki Borkum at the Dorset, 28 North Rd, Brighton at 8.30pm every Tuesday.
UK - Stablefish - gypsy jazz swing band, featuring Alex Dalton (violin) at the Royal Albion Hotel, Brighton at 8.30pm on every Tuesday.
UK - Billl Phelan's Muskrat Ramblers, 7-piece trad jazz band every 2nd and 4th Tuesday in the month at the Hassocks Hotel, admission £5 at 8pm .
UK - Caravan Swing Quartet or Stablefish at the Royal Albion Hotel, Brighton on every Tuesday at 8.30pm - better check this.
UK - Terry Hellier Big Band, every Wednesday at Lille Langtry's, George St, Hastings.
UK - New weekly boosa nova and samba extravaganza featuring Maria Contreras (vocals), Tristan Banks (drums), Bjorn Dahlberg (sax), Andre Fry (bass), Luke Rattenbury (guitar) at Bradshaws Bar (opposite the providence), 5-6 Western Rd, Hove at 8.30pm and 11pm
UK - Funk bands at the Casablanca Jazz Club, 3 Middle St, Brighton from 9.30pm - 2am every Wednesday.
UK - Cookie Jones Trio (Cookie Jones - drums, John Banks -bass, Ray D'Inverno - piano) at the Silk Road Restaurant, 11 Arcade Rd, Littlehampton at 8.30pm on some Thursdays.
UK - The Broadway Band and guest, hosted by trombonist Martin Nicholls at the Grey Lady Music Lounge, 70-72 The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells every first Thursday of the month.
UK - The Geese Jazz Sessions every Thursday night from 9pm - Pete Davison (trumpet), Wayne McConnell (piano), Eddie Myer (bass), Loz Thomas (drums) at 9pm every Thursday.
UK - Blue Train jazz and blues duo accoustic jam at the Red Lion, Arundel - other musicians invited to play along, every first Thursday of the month.
UK - Blue Train at the Eagle, Arundel on the third Thursday of the month.
UK - Luke Rattenbury - guitar, Tristan Banks - drums, Andre Fry - bass at the Half Moon Inn, Plumpton at 8pm every Thursday. Check first to see if it is on.
UK - Blue Train jazz and blues duo at the Red Lion, Arundel on every Thursday.
UK - Jailhouse Blues Experience - Live Blues with Nick Lipton (sax), Will Hall (piano/vocals) and guest musicians at the Arundel Town Hall Cells, admission £5, on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
UK - Casablanca Jazz Club, 3 Middle St, Brighton , admission £5/4 from 9.30pm - 3am every Friday.
UkBrighton Jazz Club on Fridays. Check the programme here
UK - Late night jazz jam session run by Global Music Foundation and led by UK's top jazz musicians from midnight to 2am every Friday at the New Pizza Express, Dean St, London, free for musicians (show MU card) and music studens. £5 for listeners.Be there by 11.30pm.
UK - Jazz Duo with Lawrence Jones at Dal Maestro Restaurnat, Carlisle Rd, Eastbourne at 7.30pm on Saturdays.
UK - Various Latin Bands at the Casablanca Jazz Club, 3 Middle St, Brighton, admission £5/4 from 9.30pm- 3am on Saturdays.
UK - Blue Train - late night jazz and blues at South Lodge Hotel, Lower Beeding from 10.30pm - 1am on Saturdays.
UK - Miss Mandy Duo at Buddies, 46-48 Kings Rd, Brighton on Saturdays.
UK - Norman Evans, tenor, Terry Whitney, piano, Gerry Higgins, bass, at the Havana Restaurant, Duke St, Brighton, evenings, every Saturday.
UK - Cuban Latin Jazz at the bar in Trafalgar St, Brighton every Saturday from 9-11pm.
UK - South Coast Stompers at the Hilton Metropole Restaurant, Kings Rd, Brighton, 12.30pm every Sunday.
UK - Jazz at the 6-bells, Chiddingly, every Sunday lunchtime.
UKJazz at the Ravenswood Hotel, Sharpthorne, near Horsted Keynes, featuring the Pete Mabey Band, The Alan Sanderland Band, the Roger Hind Bamd and others.
UK - Jazz duo (Diego Parada plus one other) at Xuma, Seven Dials, Brighton from 8-10 on every Sunday.
UK - Diego Parada Duo at Xuma, Seven Dials, Brighton from 8-10pm every Sunday.
UK - Brighton Jazz All Stars at the Lion and Lobster, Bedford Place, Brighton at 8pm every Sunday
UK - Sussex Jazz Orchestra play at the Branch Tavern, London Rd, Brighton on the 4th Sunday of every month from 4-6pm
UK - Straight No Chaser big band with vocalist at the Hassocks Hotel, Station Approach East, Hassocks, at 7.30pm every second Sunday of the month.
UK - Alan Sanderland at the Ravenswood Hotel, Sharpthorne near Horsted Keynes north of Lewes every 2nd Sunday of the month from 12.30-3pm.
UK - Details of Richmond and Twickenham Jazz Club Address: The CROWN Bar and Kitchen, 174 Richmond Road, Twickenham TW1 2NH (great food available). Admission: £9 /8 concs. Times: Thursdays, 8-10.30pm. Info: 0208 286 3242. Bookings: 0208 892 5896 Hosted by Leslie and Kelvin Christiane and featuring the Kelvin Christiane Quartet.
UK - Details of what on at the Watermill Jazz Club, Dorking, see here
UK - Details of jazz in Hastings, see here.
UK - Contact Terry Seabrook, on terryseabrook@jazzinbrighton.com for more details of what's on in Brighton.
UK - Click here for what's on in London
WORLDWIDE - For details of jazz festivals in many different countries, click here
AUSTRALIA - Jazz at the Pint - the Michael Cousins Band at The Pint and Pickle Tavern, 448A Nepean Hwy, Frankston - 9770 2880 Mel 102 C2, every Monday from 8pm to 12pm.
FRANCE - Edouard Ferlet quartet - Filigrance. Edouard Ferlet (piano), Airelle Besson (trompette), Sophie Bernado (basson, voix) Fabrice Moreau (batterie) dimanche 22 mair 16h l'Onde, espace culturel, 8 bis av Louis Breguet, 78140 Velizy-Villacoublay 01 34 58 03 35 labilletterie@londe.fr/www.londe.fr
FRANCE - Le Male Entendu, texte et musique - Jean-Philippe Viret, Edouard Ferlet, Fabrice Moreau. Theatre petit Hebertot, 78 bis boulevard des Batignolles, 75015 Paris (www.melisse.fr) lundi 30 mai 2011 - 20h 30
FRANCE - Mélisse présente Parhélie, le premier album du trio Sphère - Jean Kapsa - piano, Oliver Degrabriele - contrebasse, Maxime Fleau - batterie en concert, le dimanche 29 mai 2011 au Théátre petit Hebertot, 78 bis bd des Batignolies, Paris 17 à 20h30
HUNGARY (Budapest) Information about gigs at the Columbus Jazzklub, see here.
HUNGARY - Jazz nightly at 8pm in the Columbus Jazzklub situated on a permanently-moored boat on the Pest side of Budapest with outstanding views of the city and wonderful food.
USA (FLORIDA) - for all gigs check out www.JazzBluesFlorida.com
USA - Contacts for jazz clubs in New York (click on clubs underlined for websites):
Minton's Playhouse, 208 118th St (+212 252 9377)
St Nick's Pub, 773 St Nicholas Blvd (+212 283 9728)
Bill's Place, 148 West 133rd St (reservations: swoman@juno.com, Fridays and Saturdays)
Lenox Lounge, 288 Lenox Ave (+212 427 0253)
Cleopatra's Needle, 2485 Broadway (+212 769 6969)
Smoke, 2751 Broadway (+212 864 6662)
Birdland, 315 West 44th St (+212 581 3080)
Iridium, 1650 Broadway (+212 582 2121)
Blue Note, 31 West 3rd St (+212 475 8592)
55 Bar, 55 Christopher St (+212 929 9883)
Fat Cat, 75 Christopher St (+212 675 7369)
Smalls, 183 West 10th St (+212 675 7369)
Village Vanguard, 178 Seventh Ave South
(+212 255 4037)
Jazz Gallery, 290 Hudson St (+212 242 1063)
Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard St (+212 219 3132)
(My thanks to the Guardian newspaper for this list. If anyone lets me know about any more, I'll gladly include them.)
17th August 2011 - A new tutorial can be found at the end of the tutorials.
31st May - Some new big band charts are now free.
17th May 2011 - Have now finished putting videos of my big band with music from the Watermill Jazz Suite and the Brighton Jazz Suite on the Projects pages, so if you want to hear the whole arrangement you can. Might be better if you shut your eyes! Please remember that we only had a few rehearsals before playing these complex charts and the recording equipment was very basic. Also, my conducting is very unclear at times, so blame me for the mishaps, not the musicians. If you want to hear pristine recordings of bands which have been produced in a studio and "doctored" there are plenty of these about. But if you want to hear some spirited performances by some under-rated musicians, have a listen.
17th May - Please note that there are 2 music competitions you can enter. One is listed at the top of this page. The other one for pianists is in Vilnius and is listed at the bottom of the solo piano page.
Your chance to plug your CD free of charge. Don't forget to say where it can be obtained.
Contact me here
Jacques Pellarin Trio's new Album - SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA., featuring Jacquest Pellarin - jazz accordian/composer,Diego Fano - Soprano and alto sax and clarinet, Yann Pajean - percussion). More details from www.myspace.com/jacquespellarin
MARK BASSEY'S TELLING STORIES - The superb trombone player, Mark Bassey, with Dave Frankel, piano, Simon Thorpe - bass and Sean Randle, drums playing some of Mark's originals. Available from: www.markbassey.com
NOW HEAR THIS and THE STORY SO FAR - 2 CD's by Terry Seabrook's Cubana Bop are now available from the Cubana Bop website: www.cubanabop.com/music. Both have had rave reviews.
HIGH WIRE - jazz vocalist, Brennie Richards with Pete White, piano, Terry Pack, bass, Sam Glasson, drums, Paul Christmas, trumpet, and Stan Robinson, tenor. Jazz and standards, including Sugar, Pretty Eyes, Blue in Green, The Gentle Rain, Moonlight in Vermont. For more details, click on www.brennierichards.co.uk.
WHAT HAPPENS NOW - Terry Pack's new CD out soon on Symbol Records, featuring Terry Pack, Phil Hudson, Ian Price, Frances Knight, Dave Storey, Rob Leake, Will Fry and Enrico Pinna. Terry Pack plays double-bass and bass guitar and is a composer and teacher in the jazz, rock and pop fields. Tel. 10323 738529 and mobile, 07801 482984 (East Sussex area).
SAME AIR - New CD from Jan Ponsford (vocals), with Frances Knight (piano), Terry Pack (bass) and Winston Clifford (drums), includes 4 of Jan's originals. CD released by Symbol Records
