The Women of the World Festival Istanbul in the run-up to International Women's Day is to feature Yazz Ahmed and Melisa Yıldırım. Online from 5-7 March check full details – here
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Stop shilly-shallying and head straight to Zodiac from pianist Chris Pattishall, who makes his debut so auspiciously with this Mary Lou Williams-themed release based on The Zodiac Suite from the mid-1940s. Certainly absorbing and inspiring Pattishall is with trumpeter Riley Mulherkar, saxophonist Ruben Fox, bassist Marty Jaffe, drummer Jamison Ross and programming wiz Rafiq Bhatia who all deliver mightily. An album that swerves away from being too much of a period piece and finds its own wonderful sense of poise and neat elegance. Next? Go listen to Mary Lou.