Gig Guide

12 Gypsy Jazz
Vortex Jazz Club, Gillett Street, London N16

12 Barry Green Trio
The Oxford Pub, Kentish Town Road, London NW5

12 Jam Session
Matt & Phred’s Jazz Club, Tib Street, Manchester

12 Pete Atkins
606 Club, Lots Road, London SW10

12 Julie Edwards
Wilmslow Conservative Club, Grove Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire

Crossley Gallery, Dean Clough, Halifax
see 16.05.08 John McLaughlin 4th Dimension

Barbican Hall, London EC2
see 31.05.08 Maja Osojnik Sextet

Pizza on the Park, Knightsbridge, London SW1
see 15.05.08

North Sea Jazz Festival Books Led Bib, Finn Peters and Acoustic Ladyland

The biggest jazz festival in Europe, the North Sea Jazz Festival, now based in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, has this year booked a raft of leading UK jazz acts for the festival set to take place from 11-13 July. 15.05.08

Guy Barker Wins CD of The Year At The Parliamentary Jazz Awards

Mozart and film noir-inspired double album The Amadeus Project (Global Mix) by trumpeter Guy Barker (pictured) won jazz CD of the year at last night’s Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Singer Liane Carroll was announced as musician of the year. 14.05.08

Soweto Kinch, Trevor Watkis and Cleveland Watkiss conduct Roundhouse improv workshop

Groundwork, an afternoon jazz improvisation workshop at Camden’s The Roundhouse for singers and all instrumentalists, is to take place during the London Songwriters Week on 20 May. 13.05.08