Gig choice UK scene 25 March-31 March

Damian Lewis Lighthouse, Poole Monday 25 March
Sun-Mi Hong Quintet The Yard, Manchester Mon 25 Mar
John Scofield’s Yankee Go Home feat. Vicente Archer, Jon Cowherd and Josh Dion Ronnie Scott's, London Mon 25 Mar and Tuesday 26 Mar
Sean Mason Quartet Band on the Wall, Manchester Tues 26 Mar
Joe Webb Flute and Tankard, Cardiff Tues 26 Mar
Ian Shaw and James Pearson Pizza Express Jazz Club, London Tues 26 Mar
MG4 + jam The Cask, Scarborough Wednesday 27 Mar
Joe Webb Cu Mumbles, Swansea Wed 27 Mar
Elchin Shirinov Trio Flute and Tankard, Cardiff Wed 27 Mar
Gaz Hughes Trio The Concorde, Eastleigh Wed 27 Mar
Ollie Weston, Andy Crowdy, Jez Cook The Green Room, Henley-on-Thames Wed 27 Mar
India Blue The Rum Shack, Glasgow Thursday 28 Mar

Azamiah singer India Blue's appealing lounge jazz is wrapped in generous vamps and circling motion. We chilled to their 2023 release In Phases. Expect new India Blue material at this launch of Arias, Vol. I & II.

Katharine Timoney Berts, Belfast Wed 27 Mar and also Good Friday 29 Mar
Nye Banfied Quartet Matt and Phred's, Manchester Thursday 28 Mar
Emma Rawicz Quintet Tap Social, Botley Thurs 28 Mar
Sophie Stockham Quartet Hen and Chicken, Bristol Thurs 28 Mar
Charlotte Glasson Quintet The Verdict, Brighton Good Fri 29 Mar
Groove Den Feat. James Morton and Alex Hutchings Peggy's Skylight, Nottingham Good Fri 29 Mar
Orlando Molina Quintet Scott's, Belfast Good Fri 29 Mar
Ray Gelato Quartet The Verdict, Brighton Easter Saturday 30 Mar
Georgia Mancio Quartet Vortex, London Easter Sat 30 Mar
Scott Flanigan Quartet Berts, Belfast Easter Sat 30 Mar
Alex Hitchcock 606, London Easter Sat 30 Mar
Jeremy Sassoon Peggy's Skylight, Nottingham Easter Sat 30 Mar 6pm show
Jam session Northlight, Leeds Easter Sunday 31 Mar in the afternoon
The Andy Urquhart Quartet The Jazz Cafe, Sandbanks Easter Sun 31 Mar in the afternoon
B. D. Lenz & Tom Clarke-Hill Lincoln Jazz Cafe, Lincoln Easter Sun 31 Mar
Liane Carroll 606, London Easter Sun 31 Mar
The Sazeracs Berts, Belfast Easter Sun 31 Mar

India Blue, pictured, plays Glasgow on Thursday night

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Accrual of the wider inner consciousness and the gaining of a sense of greater enlightenment rather than clinging to the cruellest of gloom in any Eliotian sense, this April there's a way-in to the way-out reaching the west because there is a fine post, post, post modernistic jazz trio tour in prospect that reaches, just past the time of the spring tide, the Clew Bay Hotel in Westport when the tour makes it eventually to County Mayo.

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Touring fairly extensively around Ireland, Danish guitar ace Mikkel Ploug and his trio known for his word of mouth work jamming with drummer Phelan Burgoyne in Copenhagen, has recorded for the Catalan label Fresh Sound New Talent including the highwater mark that is Ploug discography jewel Featuring Mark Turner recorded in 2006.

Appearing on tour with fellow Dane double bassist Jeppe Skovbakke and Irish drummer Seán Carpio from the Featuring Mark Turner line-up but sans sax ace Turner, expect Ploug tunes and interpretative responses to the work of the folk inspired seam of the great Danish classical composer Carl Nielsen (1865-1931).

Touring to Cork city (22 April), Dublin (24th), city of Limerick (25th), Westport (26th) and Wexford Town (28th)

Gig choice UK scene 25 March-31 March

April tour: the Mikkel Ploug trio in Ireland