{"title": "GSMD Lunchtime Concert: Yamakozo", "start": "2026-11-12T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Jazz Social", "address": "Unit 4, 1 Ropemaker St, EC2V 9HT London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A free lunchtime concert by the band Yamakozo. The band is led by guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Alex Allen, whose members met while studying at Guildhall School of Music, and it fuses jazz improvisation with the grooves of funk and soul. It features Alex Allen on electric guitar, Mark McQuillan on double bass and Wisdom Udensi on piano. It takes place at The Jazz Social, a pop-up venue with mixed standing and seating.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/gsmd-lunchtime-concert-yamakozo-69746/", "official_url": "https://efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/events/gsmd-lunchtime-concert-yamakozo", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3442d9c08ef2776821adfd44378580f1c5ce07101bdcb2d5225a1e195c825dd4-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-12T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Jazz Social", "address": "Unit 4, 1 Ropemaker St, EC2V 9HT London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Sunday Unplugged Jazz: Joe Baz", "start": "2026-11-08T15:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T17:00:00Z", "place": "Next Door Records Two", "address": "Stoke Newington Road 182, N16 7UY London", "price": "Gratis", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Sunday Unplugged Jazz: Joe Baz is a jazz gig at Next Door Records Two, presented by Next Door Records and open to all ages. It features Joe Baz, a London saxophonist, composer and improviser and Royal Academy of Music graduate, whose own projects blend influences from 20th-century classical composers and folk musics from around the world. He leads his Quintet (featuring Scottie Thompson, Zaki Osahn, Finn Genockey and Toby Evans), which has played sold-out shows at venues such as KOKO and Earth Hackney, and he performs around London as a sideman with acts including the Afro-Beat band Kedu, folk rock band Running Standard and hip-hop duo Sonic Daze.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/sunday-unplugged-jazz-joe-baz-49239/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/727b83bf66c57b176b956aa2d20976aa8c4cc4bca232d959baf4bc838c5e9f05-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Bonney / Brice / Crowley / Giles", "start": "2026-11-11T18:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T20:15:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £12.50 / Vortex Members £6.25 / Students & UC beneficiaries £5", "price_from": "12.50", "price_to": "12.50", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/bonney-brice-crowley-giles-downstairs-tickets-28WBPD?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-jazz"], "description": "A jazz concert at Vortex Jazz Club in Dalston's Gillett Square, featuring one set of free jazz music. The performers are a British quartet: Alex Bonney on trumpet, Olie Brice on double bass, George Crowley on tenor saxophone and Tim Giles on drum kit. They play legendary free jazz repertoire by figures such as Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Albert Ayler and Paul Motian. Doors open before the music begins.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/bonney-brice-crowley-giles-40199/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/bonney-brice-crowley-giles/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4bdf63bec336549199e2fa15aeeec4b79bd00d23df71c105084847cd74cefe58-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Colin Webster / Matthew Grigg / Caius Williams / Fabian Neubauer", "start": "2026-11-06T18:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T20:15:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £12.50 / Vortex Members £6.25 / Students & UC beneficiaries £5", "price_from": "12.50", "price_to": "12.50", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/colin-webster-matthew-grigg-caius-williams-fabian-neubauer-downstairs-tickets-N3TZM8?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/improvisation"], "description": "An improvised music concert at the Vortex Jazz Club, a mixed seated and standing venue on Gillett Square, with one set of music. The line-up is a brand new quartet of highly regarded British and European improvisors: Colin Webster on alto saxophone, Matthew Grigg on guitar, Caius Williams on double bass and Fabian Neubauer on drum kit. Webster and Williams are two of London's most prolific improvisors, working with many key figures in experimental music, while Grigg is an exciting guitarist from Bristol creating his own language and style, and Neubauer, a Wuppertal-based multi-instrumentalist, combines electronics and acoustic drums.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/colin-webster-matthew-grigg-caius-williams-fabian-neubauer-40194/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/colin-webster-matthew-grigg-caius-williams-fabian-neubauer/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6981c06e2c5e869ac1cae7886b55daf889765921362ceb6171a92df1b13f1d65-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Stratos", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Grow, Hackney", "address": "Wallis Road 98, E9 5LN London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://growhackney.squarespace.com/faqs", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Stratos is the resident jazz band of Grow's weekly Thursday Jazz Jam, a long-standing night held at a canalside venue in Hackney Wick. The band is led by Mercury Prize-nominated bassist Rio Kai, with Dom Pusey on saxophone, Mike De Souza on guitar and Zoe Pascal on drums. Each set explores both the classic roots and boundary-pushing edges of jazz, with improvisation and connection at its centre. After the first set, the jam opens up to jazz musicians who want to join in, and entry is free for jammers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/stratos-61041/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8ab92d4ea34f2314ff21ec8fb489ed74f6b7751f43a641f05222815f38f44293-600.webp"}, {"title": "Jazz Jam in Hammersmith", "start": "2026-11-10T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Distillers", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://ticketing.designmynight.com/events/6978a3dc9a590330bd361512/tickets/selection?item-ids=6978a3dc9a590330bd361512", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A monthly jazz jam session held upstairs in the function room of The Distillers pub in Hammersmith. It is hosted by the resident Distillers House Trio — pianist Marcus James, bassist James Royan and drummer Alex Ellerington. Musicians and vocalists of all levels can bring an instrument and join in, or simply sit back and listen. The page describes a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere with no cover charge, and the trio plays jazz rooted in London's scene.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/jazz-jam-in-hammersmith-41354/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/29338c91332655c5e3dfb2d3e594e6ed6503ddd2fb55876446c44e33c7ca360e-600.webp"}, {"title": "Mark Lasis Quintet", "start": "2026-11-04T18:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T20:15:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £12.50 / Vortex Members £6.25 / Students & UC beneficiaries £5", "price_from": "12.50", "price_to": "12.50", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/mark-lasis-quintet-downstairs-tickets-D3R4CQ", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Mark Lasis Quintet play one set of music at the Vortex Jazz Club. London-based accordionist and composer Mark Lasis leads the quintet, with solly chappell on guitar, Artis Aleksejevs on drum kit, Alex Sibley on alto saxophone and Will Ewins on bass guitar. They perform original compositions inspired by the sounds of 70s fusion paired with Lasis's roots as a classical musician. Lasis, who studies at the Royal Academy of Music, aims to show the accordion's versatility in contemporary music.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mark-lasis-quintet-40189/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/mark-lasis-quintet/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3e18562adc7d4c381c08f0eb66a1066a9b83261e1bc82e2fdba58dfe8bb153ed-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Jazz L.A.B.", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Love Affair Basement", "address": "324 - 326 Hackney Road, E2 7AX, London, United Kingdom", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-jazz"], "description": "Jazz L.A.B. is a free jazz performance night held in the basement. It is curated by bassist Jason Simpson on the first Wednesday of every month. This edition features improvised electronic music with Klaus Bru on saxophone and pedals, Mawulikpimi Dossavi on percussion and Jason Simpson on moog synthesizer. Dinner is served during the show, with food from the kitchen of A Portuguese Love Affair, including the Portuguese francesinha or the vegan beetroot burger.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/jazz-lab-78888/", "official_url": "https://www.loveaffairbasement.co.uk/events/jazz-lab-jn5r7-n8c3x", "image": "https://noky.io/images/23b4cc5bcfede8d7eb0bd546e10bf51f6f9d7591e5ad28f3767f55d2817545c0-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Afternoon Show: Swing With The Prospective Collective", "start": "2026-11-01T15:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Jamboree", "address": "St Chad's Place 6, London", "price": "Free/donations", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/swing"], "description": "An afternoon show of swing and live jazz at Jamboree. The music is played by The Prospective Collective, a band of London-based jazz musicians performing a repertoire of old jazzy classics. Jamboree's 'Zer' kitchen serves Middle Eastern fusion food during the day for those who wish to eat.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/afternoon-show-swing-with-the-prospective-collective-36701/", "official_url": "https://www.jamboreevenue.co.uk/events/live-afternoon-jazz-and-swing-in-london-6/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/64d2dd1569de47a41b4a02b671ecd578e28f22b9171edb319faae6e2705d2630-600.webp"}, {"title": "Vortex Lates: Jochen Rueckert Quartet plays Jazz Classics", "start": "2026-11-05T22:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T00:15:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £12 / Vortex Members £10 / Students & UC beneficiaries £10", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "12.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/vortex-lates-jochen-rueckert-quartet-plays-jazz-classics-tickets-L402PY?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A late-night jazz concert at the Vortex Jazz Club, with drummer Jochen Rueckert leading his new New York City Quartet through one set of music. The band brings together standout young musicians – Kevin Sun on tenor saxophone, Alexandra Ridout on trumpet and Hamish Smith on double bass – decades Rueckert's junior, championing the next generation. Rueckert, known from the Kurt Rosenwinkel Quartet and Sam Yahel Trio and whose earlier quartet toured internationally for over 15 years, sees the group release its debut album \"How to Survive a Beheading\", his seventh as a bandleader.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/vortex-lates-jochen-rueckert-quartet-plays-jazz-classics-40193/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/vortex-lates-jochen-rueckert-quartet-plays-jazz-classics/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a4b05ff867af07000d23456439f73ac5959fb0412c04b18de259f875e1d03297-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Vortex Jam Session", "start": "2026-11-01T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £6 / Free entry for Vortex members & participating musicians", "price_from": "6.00", "price_to": "6.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/vortex-jam-session-september-october-tickets-R2WYBF?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Vortex Jam Session is a weekly Sunday-evening jam session at Vortex Jazz Club, where the house band is joined by visiting instrumentalists. It is hosted in rotation by four of London's finest musicians: guitarist Nick Costley-White, trumpeter Sean Gibbs, pianist Rick Simpson and tenor saxophonist Riley Stone-Lonergan. Instrumentalists who plan to play with the house band can attend for free, with no need to book in advance, and Vortex members also enter free of charge. The house band for this session is yet to be confirmed.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/vortex-jam-session-40176/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/vortex-jam-session-10-2026-09-06-2026-09-13/2026-10-25/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/33c3df52a2b153c5d511b2c9bb01a19d91f0cdb2b52abc2ae3641302b7f8ff00-1200.webp"}, {"title": "North London Jazz Collective", "start": "2026-11-03T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Green Note", "address": "Parkway 106, NW1 7AN London", "price": "£ 14.00", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "14.00", "tickets_url": "http://wegottickets.com/f/28135", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "North London Jazz Collective returns to Green Note for a special gig, continuing their collaboration with gifted fellow travellers from overseas. Co-founder, London drummer Robbie Ellison, teams up with NYC-based double bass titan Paul Sikivie, fresh from Samara Joy's band, and former London resident Ofer Landsberg, a world-class guitarist who has shared the bandstand with bebop giants such as Frank Hewitt and Jimmy Lovelace. Expect swinging grooves, pretty chords, elegant melodies and big vibes. The collective brings together some of the UK's finest jazz musicians, spanning swing, bebop, trad, manouche, fusion and contemporary jazz.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/north-london-jazz-collective-76550/", "official_url": "https://www.greennote.co.uk/production/north-london-jazz-collective/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5dff6f5593138caca302c201210fd9c5f7878d9a6a7a665305b8afb9a95f4cc5-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Andy Davies", "start": "2026-11-01T17:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "All Saints Church", "address": "All Saints Dr, Blackheath, SE3 0TY Windsor", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://wegottickets.com/highamsparkjazzclub", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A monthly jazz jam session and evening of live music, presented by Highams Park Jazz Club. It features trumpeter Andy Davies, one of the UK's most respected and versatile trumpet players and host of the famous Wednesday night jazz jams at Ronnie Scott's, known for his expressive tone, creative improvisation and ability to inspire musical encounters between performers and audiences. He is joined by Soner Ersen, Andy Cleyndert and Eric Ford. The club welcomes him back for what promises a fantastic evening of music, improvisation and collaboration.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/andy-davies-61228/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Jake Sherman", "start": "2026-11-04T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Fox & Firkin", "address": "316 Lewisham High St, SE13 6JZ Lewisham", "price": "£11.36", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "11.36", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/organ-jazz"], "description": "Organ Night with Jake Sherman is a live jazz session built around a real Hammond B3 organ, played in the round with no microphones, the sound coming straight from the Leslie speaker, guitar amp and drums. It is part of the Jake Sherman Organ Trio's autumn residency at the pub, joining 60's and 70's Hammond organ music with a sound that feels undeniably current. The trio began as a small gathering in North London that has grown into one of the most vibrant music scenes in the UK, and on this night Jake Sherman is joined by Charlie Hunter. The event is 18+.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/jake-sherman-69971/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2a90aa4d6618a9c9aa81262219b72cc7e2ca3d34aabebdce0cc9b740daec9621-600.webp"}, {"title": "Greg Surmacz", "start": "2026-11-07T20:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Upstairs @ Ronnie's", "address": "47 Frith St, W1D 4HT London", "price": "£25.00–£35.00", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "35.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/fusion"], "description": "Greg Surmacz performs live at Upstairs @ Ronnie's, blending jazz, post-rock and electronic music built from woodwind, analogue synth melodies, pulsating sub-bass and intricate rhythms. What began as a solo production project is now a full live band with some of the UK's finest musicians. His music has drawn support from Gilles Peterson, Jamie Cullum and others, and his band features players from acts including The Cinematic Orchestra and Nubiyan Twist. The evening draws on his fifth album Building Beyond The Sky and the EP Voices Through The Wall, with vocalists including Ruby Wood, Daudi Matsiko and Open Mike Eagle.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/greg-surmacz-61514/", "official_url": "https://halibuts.com/events/eventdetail/158732-353301-greg_surmacz-ronnie_scotts_jazz_club-7-Nov-2026-9.00pm", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fe58931b54303d46bbfe903ca5b1341dcc2c7f4642032a81037de3b7e50b3a94-600.webp"}, {"title": "Thurston Moore and Mark Wastell", "start": "2026-11-08T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T23:15:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £20 / Vortex Members £17 / Students & UC beneficiaries £15", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/thurston-moore-and-mark-wastell-tickets-V1CRMG", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-jazz"], "description": "A night of electric guitar and drums at a London jazz club, with two sold-out sets following a return by popular demand. The collaboration pairs Thurston Moore on guitar with Mark Wastell on percussion, two vastly experienced masters of the craft. Their show last December played to a full house and was described as deeply post-psychedelic and dreamlike in atmosphere, before expanding into the charming spasms of free jazz. The club expects another sell out.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/thurston-moore-and-mark-wastell-40197/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/thurston-moore-and-mark-wastell/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bd193a6e7a6bc39ef1fea7578ecf4fcc8b9078a0d14b20cf3803aa041b754d82-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Makoto Ozone Trio: TRiNFiNiTY", "start": "2026-11-08T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club", "address": "Frith Street 47, W1D 4HT London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.looge.co.uk/out/cf8b3040-f340-4967-8637-a235668589a9?surface=event", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Makoto Ozone Trio: TRiNFiNiTY is a jazz concert at Ronnie Scott's in Soho, London. Pianist Makoto Ozone continues his journey with his current trio, collaborating with Japan's rising star bassist Shimpei Ogawa and drummer Kunito Kitai.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/makoto-ozone-trio-trinfinity-61565/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/dcd0f7b2309911aa23bb129cb3e3cb582cb4b460e56e2006a7734c78ccee617c-600.webp"}]}