What’s on
Ronnie Scott’s, London www.ronniescotts.co.uk
Soulful saxophone and up-market crooning from club regular Curtis Stigers
Pizza Express Jazz Club, London www.pizzaexpresslive.co.uk
Urban Voices Collective fuse traditional gospel, with R&B beats and indie/soulful harmonies. They played the closing ceremony at last year’s London Olympics
Vortex, London www.vortexjazz.co.uk
MY Duo on the edge live in Dalston: choice solstice night in store from the cutting edge duo of Andrew McCormack and Jason Yarde
606, London www.606club.co.uk
Colombian singer Martha Acosta’s salsa band Manteca return to Lots Road
Charlie Wright’s, London www.charliewrights.com
Estrangeiros reprise Maria Rita, Jorge Ben, Paula Lima, Sergio Mendes and more
Bull’s Head, London www.thebullshead.com
Lazy night by the Thames with the Undiminished R&B Band
Quecumbar, London www.quecumbar.co.uk
Gypsy swing from Steve Aston and Kurosh Kanani
Hippodrome, London www.hippodromecasino.com
Bringing the sounds of Cab Calloway into the 21st century with Jay’s Jitter Jive
Pheasantry, London www.pizzaexpresslive.co.uk
Peter French sings Nilsson
Hideaway, London www.hideawaylive.co.uk
Stevie Wonder tribute night
The Yardbird, Birmingham www.livebrum.co.uk/venues/the-yardbird
Rock the Jazbah plus DJs
Swing, Glasgow www.swingltd.co.uk
Quintet Liquid Jazz + Katy Dye + Tim McDonald at this new Glasgow jazz and dance club
Jazz Bar, Edinburgh www.thejazzbar.co.uk
Hard bop courtesy of the Keith Edwards Quintet, and a late set from The Number Nine
Matt & Phred’s, Manchester www.mattandphreds.com
Street funk and more from Mamma Freedom
Jagz, Ascot www.jagz.co.uk
Soul and funk from J-Flat and The Sharps
The Verdict, Brighton www.verdictjazz.co.uk
The Kavanagh/Neale quintet featuring the mainstream guitar of Dave Cliff
JJ Smyth’s, Dublin www.jjsmyths.com
Blues from the Gerry Hendrick band featuring PJ Salmon
Duc des Lombards, Paris www.ducdeslombards.com
Laurent de Wilde plus guest China Moses
Sunset Sunside, Paris www.sunset-sunside.com
Lots going on. Sets on the hour from 6pm from Elizabeth Caumont + Nils Frechilla + Chloe Cailleton + Lou Tavano Quartet + Fanny Werner trio + Adèle Belmont trio + Chloe Deyme
Bimhuis, Amsterdam www.bimhuis.nl
Samba from Roda de Samba and Forrozada O.L.V. Nelson Latif
Blue Note, Milan www.bluenotemilano.com
Branford Marsalis hits Milan
Jamboree, Barcelona www.masimas.com/jamboree
Singer guitarist Juan Perro and his band
Hotclube de Portugal, Lisbon www.hcp.pt
Bassist Demian Cabaud’s trio
Blue Note, Poznań www.bluenote.poznan.pl
Polish jazz great Janusz Muniak makes his way from his own club in Kraków over to Poznań’s Blue Note
A-Trane, Berlin www.a-trane.de
Percussionist Samuel Torres’s quartet from 7pm; and singer Dwight Thompson later in the evening with his band
Unterfahrt, Munich www.unterfahrt.de
Triosence, a long running piano trio with Bernhard Schüler (p), Matthias Nowak (b), and Stephan Emig (d)
Village Vanguard, New York www.villagevanguard.com
Stellar quartet led by Warne Marsh influenced Mark Turner on saxophone, with trumpeter Avishai Cohen, bassist Joe Martin, and Marcus Gilmore on drums
Blue Note, New York www.bluenote.net
Sadao Watanabe quartet in residence
Jazz Standard, New York www.jazzstandard.net
The swinging Freddy Cole and his quartet
Birdland, New York www.birdlandjazz.com
Singer Stacey Kent previews songs from new album The Changing Lights
Smalls, New York www.smallsjazzclub.com
Mike diRubbo quintet has the 10.30 slot
Smoke, New York www.smokejazz.com
The Milesian sounds of the Freddie Hendrix quintet
The Stone, New York thestonenyc.com
Ned Rothenberg and John Zorn at 8pm
Jazz Gallery, New York www.jazzgallery.org
Philip Dizack group are in the house
Dizzy’s, New York www.jalc.org/dizzys
The Eric Alexander/Harold Mabern quintet at Dizzy’s in J@LC
Iridium, New York www.theiridium.com
A Keystone Korner night with Myles Mancuso and his band
Blues Alley, Washington DC www.bluesalley.com
The great Monty Alexander back in DC
Bohemian Caverns, Washington DC www.bohemiancaverns.com
Hugely talented drummer EJ Strickland and his band
Regatta Bar Cambridge, Mass. www.regattabarjazz.com
Formidable Cuban pianist Harold Lopez-Nussa currently on his first US tour
Green Mill, Chicago www.greenmilljazz.com
The Moutin Reunion Quartet are on from 9pm
Jazz Showcase, Chicago www.jazzshowcase.com
No nonsense trumpet from Nicholas Payton with Vicente Archer and Lenny White
Blue Whale, Los Angeles www.bluewhalemusic.com
Kendrick Scott and Oracle playing tunes from the superb Conviction
Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Seattle www.jazzalley.com
The jazz singer to hear: Gregory Porter live in Seattle tonight, tomorrow and Sunday
Jay Phelps appearing at the Hippodrome Casino, London above