{"title": "Jean Toussaint Quintet Opening: Nnamdi Nnachi-Cole Quartet", "start": "2026-11-13T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "World Heart Beat", "address": "3 Ponton Rd, SW11 7BD London", "price": "£20/£22.50/£30", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "30.00", "tickets_url": "https://worldheartbeat.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173690578/events", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A jazz double bill at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, opening with a young London quartet and headlined by a quintet led by a Grammy Award-winning saxophonist. Nnamdi Nnachi-Cole Quartet opens the night: the young pianist, trained at the Julian Joseph Jazz Academy, leads a band with Ellis Gates on drums, Hass Richards on bass and Kassa Green Jaksci on alto saxophone. Headlining is Jean Toussaint's JT5, blending swinging, soulful, bluesy and funky contemporary jazz, drawing on Toussaint's years with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and his standing as a composer, bandleader and educator.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/jean-toussaint-quintet-opening-nnamdi-nnachi-cole-quartet-61795/", "official_url": "https://worldheartbeat.org/whats-on/event/jean-toussaint-quintet-opener-nnamdi-nnachi-cole-trio/", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-13T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "World Heart Beat", "address": "3 Ponton Rd, SW11 7BD London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Emmet Cohen Quintet", "start": "2026-11-02T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£18–£50", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "50.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611021930", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A jazz concert by the Emmet Cohen Quintet at Wigmore Hall. 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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": "EFG London Jazz Festival: Spice Jazz Soho: Sophie Alloway Quartet", "start": "2026-11-13T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Crazy Coqs", "address": "Sherwood Street 21, W1F 7ED London", "price": "£20 incl. fees", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/events/efg-london-jazz-festival-spice-jazz-soho-sophie-alloway-quartet", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/contemporary-jazz"], "description": "An evening of world-class contemporary jazz at the EFG London Jazz Festival. Drummer Sophie Alloway leads an all-star quartet with Ross Stanley on piano, Mornington Lockett on sax and Laurence Cottle on bass. The group performs music by iconic composers such as Pat Metheny, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock. Alloway is a sought-after musician who has appeared with high-profile artists and events including Later With Jools Holland, the Mercury Music Prize and Glastonbury Festival.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/efg-london-jazz-festival-spice-jazz-soho-sophie-alloway-quar-69755/", "official_url": "https://efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/events/efg-london-jazz-festival-spice-jazz-soho-sophie-alloway-quartet", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1d95d29d3927b8e45c3fdfffe823081ffe01fbcf8b5afd6a7c891c47c71de15b-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Jochen Rueckert New Quartet", "start": "2026-11-06T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £20 / Vortex Members £18 / Students & UC beneficiaries £16", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/jochen-rueckert-new-quartet-tickets-7CQVWK?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Jochen Rueckert New Quartet is a jazz concert at Vortex Jazz Club with two sets of music. Drummer Jochen Rueckert leads his new New York City quartet, a band of standout young musicians decades his junior who champion the next generation. The line-up features Kevin Sun on tenor saxophone, Alexandra Ridout on trumpet and Hamish Smith on double bass. 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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. 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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": "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": "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": "Miles & Coltrane at 100", "start": "2026-11-02T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Wigmore Hall", "address": "Wigmore Street 36, W1G 9RG London", "price": "£50, £43, £33, £27, £18", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "50.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611021930", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A jazz concert celebrating the centenary of John Coltrane and Miles Davis. Pianist Emmet Cohen leads an all-star quintet with bass, drums, tenor saxophone and trumpet to explore the fundamental questions that shaped the two jazz architects' artistry. Guided by the spirit of the infinite, Cohen continues their journey, seeking deeper truths through sound and reimagining the music that forever changed the course of jazz.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/miles-coltrane-at-100-81024/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611021930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d8faa481623b3dd8ab9a24ace4fbf7886df13aaef1214abc91c55bd7274ac0da-600.webp"}, {"title": "Jeremy Pelt Quintet", "start": "2026-11-12T17:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club", "address": "Frith Street 47, W1D 4HT London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A jazz concert by trumpeter Jeremy Pelt and his quintet at the Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. Pelt marks his 50th year with a European tour presenting music from his latest project, Woven, an album that fuses traditional 21st-century jazz with electronic synthesised sound, showing his artistry as both instrumentalist and composer.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/jeremy-pelt-quintet-61685/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/da50e5e98fa43a11fdb6111799816e8928412587c08a95e3d3a8c855d231896c-600.webp"}, {"title": "Soner Ersen", "start": "2026-11-06T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "President Hotel", "address": "56-60 Guilford St, WC1N 1DB London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Friday Night Jazz at the Atrium Bar & Restaurant presents an evening of jazz standards, original compositions, swinging grooves and inspired improvisation. Internationally acclaimed guitarist Phil Robson performs, joined by Soner Ersen on piano, Andy Cleyndert on bass and Eric Ford on drums. Robson is one of the UK's most respected jazz guitarists, a multi-award-winning player and composer, and co-founder of the acclaimed group Partisans.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/soner-ersen-61098/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0639f27d67b09f39490483f91e68e8ebd97bce5dcb9e9bf8c473c50bad8e9c98-600.webp"}]}