Enter in: Around the EU clubs when you see such incredible activity spanning the continent - and we are only scratching the surface - you just realise unless wilfully deluded once again that it is nonsense to go on about the riches in any one scene through any sense of misinformed national pride and lack of information. Look out for more round-ups and links regularly to indicate the pockets of top activity if nothing else. Great jazz can happen anywhere whether in a fashionable address or just as often not
- Jorge Rossy Vibes trio Blue Note Milan tonight
Joining the Brad Mehldau classic trios dots here: Jorge ''Art of the Trio'' Rossy on vibes rather than drums or piano with Jeff ''Day Is Done onwards'' Ballard on drums and the Pablo Held bassist Robert Landfermann completing the sound. In two words: Puerta bliss.
Vincent Meissner trio Tonne Dresden 31 March
Stéphane Mercier, Lee Meehan, Dave Redmond, Darren Beckett Arthur's Dublin 31 March
Yuri Honing's Peace Orchestra Bimhuis Amsterdam 5 April
Giovanni Mirabassi quartet Sunset Paris 7-9 April
Stacey Kent Fasching Stockholm 9-10 April
Joe Satriani Klub Stodoła Warsaw 11 April
Nicole Mitchell & Silvia Bolognesi Le Périscope, Lyon 19 April
PILLARS OF THE DISESTLABLISHMENT: The Puerta band - l-r: Jorge Rossy, Robert Landfermann, Jeff Ballard - play Milan tonight. Photo: press
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