Trish Clowes, Byron Wallen, Shannon Barnett, Daniel Casimir, Romarna Campbell, Alina Bzhezhinska HipHarpCollective B: Jazz, Town Hall, Symphony Hall, Birmingham - Tuesday to Friday
Drummer Romarna Campbell made a great impact last year during the stellar A Great Day in London concert on the South Bank.
John J. Williamson trio + Emma Rawicz, East Side Jazz Club, Leytonstone - Tuesday
Janek Gwizdala Trio, Carole Nash Hall, Manchester - Tuesday
The great Curios player Tom Cawley is bass guitar fusion genius Gwizdala's keys head in the band for this top north-west England August show.
Steam Down Ronnie Scott's, Soho - Thursday
Emeli Sandé, Stanley Jordan quartet, Roberto Fonseca, Imelda May, Neil Angilley, Curtis Stigers, Rye International Jazz and Blues Festival, Sussex. Begins on Thursday.
Opening day acts also include the veteran Terry Seabrook and his trio. Soul singer Roachford, classic jazz singer Liane Carroll, and the bebopified Qow trio featuring Tubby Hayes veteran drummer Rev Spike Wells appear on the Saturday. Muddy Waters' son blues star Mud Morgenfield appears on the Sunday as does Jools Holland saxist Derek Nash. With the extraordinary 1980s guitar hero Stanley Jordan in his quartet is bass guitar wiz Laurence Cottle.
Ken Haddock The Cuan Strangford, County Down - Friday
While the context often shifts into the popular commercial song domain also an intuitive jazz singer the long time resident at Belfast's Empire Ken Haddock remains eminently listenable to singing from the phone or Real book regardless.
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