{"title": "MARK BUCKINGHAM BIG BAND: THE MUSIC OF DUKE ELLINGTON!", "start": "2026-11-06T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Jazz Cafe Posk", "address": "King Street 238-246, W6 0RF London", "price": "£15 on the door and Eventbrite", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mark-buckingham-big-band-the-unforgettable-music-of-duke-ellington-tickets-2001778213523?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/big-band"], "description": "A big band evening at Jazz Cafe Posk dedicated to the music of Duke Ellington. The Mark Buckingham Big Band, formed during lockdown by selected professional musicians, performs Ellington's original arrangements, including \"Concerto for Cootie\", \"Agra\", \"Blue Goose\" and \"Caravan\". Its players evoke the stars who performed with Ellington, such as Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, Cootie Williams, Ray Nance and Russell Procope. The band has previously streamed events on YouTube and performs the works of great big band leaders such as Woody Herman and Thad Jones, and now presents the works of \"The Duke\".", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mark-buckingham-big-band-the-music-of-duke-ellington-36724/", "official_url": "https://jazzcafeposk.org/event/mark-buckingham-big-band-the-unforgettable-music-of-duke-ellington/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f9f05d99a8ff97de6177c283f9f924b30bbcc91dd7cc761013f67d43a73c383e-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-06T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Jazz Cafe Posk", "address": "King Street 238-246, W6 0RF London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "06.11| The Mark Buckingham Big Band: “Love You Madly” – The Unforgettable Music of Duke Ellington!", "start": "2026-11-06T20:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Polish Social and Cultural Association", "address": "King Street 238-246, W6 0RF London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mark-buckingham-big-band-the-unforgettable-music-of-duke-ellington-tickets-2001778213523?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/big-band"], "description": "The Mark Buckingham Big Band: “Love You Madly” – The Unforgettable Music of Duke Ellington! is a big band concert. The MB Big Band brings the unforgettable music of Duke Ellington, with selectively chosen professional musicians emulating stars that performed with Ellington, such as Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Harry Carney, Cootie Williams, Ray Nance and Russel Procope. Their programme includes original arrangements of Concerto for Cootie, Agra, Blue Goose and Caravan, mixed with connoisseur material. The band was created during lockdown, streamed many events on YouTube, and has since performed evenings with the works of great big band leaders like Woody Herman and Thad Jones; it now presents the works of The Duke.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/0611-the-mark-buckingham-big-band-love-you-madly-the-unforge-78960/", "official_url": "https://posk.org/event/06-11-the-mark-buckingham-big-band-love-you-madly-the-unforgettable-music-of-duke-ellington/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c765f55e7c1fe395d4e1411952da8898ac3d0ff4a4ad860f0ddad783b0bbbb7f-1200.webp"}, {"title": "The Big Firkin Band", "start": "2026-11-08T13:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T16:00:00Z", "place": "The Fox & Firkin", "address": "Lewisham High Street 316, SE13 6JZ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/big-band"], "description": "The Big Firkin Band is a big band performing classic Big Band music at The Fox & Firkin, a pub in Lewisham. It is the pub's own collective of world class jazz musicians based in Lewisham and South East London, who come together once a month. They play tunes from the golden age of jazz and swing made famous by the great bands of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Buddy Rich, Thad Jones, Stan Kenton and Woody Herman. The afternoon performances are relaxed and comfortable, with food available, and are family and dog friendly.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-big-firkin-band-43996/", "official_url": "https://foxfirkin.com/event/the-big-firkin-band-11/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/455631daec2627b4544a39f2ed8462a0a49166b7ac290b3920e3af21cf02deb9-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Twickenham Jazz Club - Dominic Howles’ Big Birthday Septet", "start": "2026-11-04T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Cabbage Patch", "address": "London Road 67, TW1 3SZ Twickenham", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dominic-howles-big-birthday-septet-tickets-2002936244224", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "Twickenham Jazz Club presents Dominic Howles’ Big Birthday Septet, a jazz concert at The Cabbage Patch. It stars Dominic Howles, a highly respected and much-loved Bristolian double bass player who has performed with many of the greats and released three critically acclaimed albums. The evening features beautiful arrangements of well-known classics and pieces from Bristolian Thoroughfare, centred on Dominic’s passion for the music of Duke Pearson and Oliver Nelson, whose compositions and arrangements will be celebrated. Among the musicians honoured, Pearson was a pianist and arranger who composed ‘Jeannine’, while Nelson was a saxophonist, arranger and composer whose album The Blues and the Abstract Truth is regarded as one of the most significant recordings of its era.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/twickenham-jazz-club-dominic-howles-big-birthday-septet-70536/", "official_url": "https://www.cabbagepatch.co.uk/whats-on/twickenham-jazz-club-dominic", "image": "https://noky.io/images/afb887be6d38de6b1a1d98e7270adf6f19cc182e5c35724d88ab856769527031-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Shane Hampsheir & His Big Band", "start": "2026-11-07T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Jazz @ Pizza Express", "address": "Dean Street 10, W1D 3RW London", "price": "£40", "price_from": "40.00", "price_to": "40.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/big-band"], "description": "Shane Hampsheir & His Big Band is a jazz show at Pizza Express Jazz Club. After a sell-out show in February, the singer returns with his 17-piece jazz orchestra celebrating swing and jazz classics. The programme features romantic standards by Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Michael Bublé alongside punchy arrangements popularised by Harry Connick, Jr., Joe Williams and Sammy Davis, Jr. It also includes new arrangements by Evan Jolly and Graeme Taylor from Shane's debut big band album and his iTunes Jazz Chart Number 1 singles.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/shane-hampsheir-his-big-band-36748/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/41719a21b756f4dc0db048ce2ae5c8dd4434b8ccff473a33d6e0d922fbfe6b53-1200.webp"}, {"title": "A Lunch Gig With Ewan Bleach & The Fleeting Paradise Orchestra", "start": "2026-11-01T12:15:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Jamboree", "address": "St Chad's Place 6, London", "price": "£14 / £11 (earlybird) £9 advance", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "14.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.jamboreevenue.co.uk/events/live-afternoon-jazz-and-swing-in-london-17", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/big-band"], "description": "A Sunday lunchtime concert of live jazz and swing at Jamboree, a Kings Cross venue for jazz, world music and European folk. It features clarinettist and bandleader Ewan Bleach with his big band, The Fleeting Paradise Orchestra. The ten-piece-style ensemble plays arrangements of popular songs and original blues and jazz numbers from the 'territory' bands of late 1920s and early 1930s America, such as Benny Moten, Charlie Johnson, Fess Williams and Duke Ellington. They also perform material from Canadian and British dance bands like Guy Lombardo and Bert Ambrose, alongside Ewan Bleach's own compositions and arrangements, with Middle Eastern fusion food available from the venue's 'Zer' kitchen.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/a-lunch-gig-with-ewan-bleach-the-fleeting-paradise-orchestra-49157/", "official_url": "https://www.jamboreevenue.co.uk/events/live-afternoon-jazz-and-swing-in-london-17/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d1a5c5d15a426b89d18cd29eb1da5fe9bc0b80df35438e91def0fb70e6f7658b-600.webp"}, {"title": "Louis Dowdeswell – 'Out of Print' Album Launch", "start": "2026-11-02T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Cadogan Hall", "address": "Sloane Terrace 5, SW1X 9DQ London", "price": "£59.50, £47, £34.50", "price_from": "34.50", "price_to": "59.50", "tickets_url": "https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/out-of-print-louis-dowdeswell-album-launch/book/1339434", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/big-band"], "description": "A concert launching trumpeter, producer and bandleader Louis Dowdeswell's new album 'Out of Print', classical music reimagined for big band and symphonic brass by arranger Callum Au. Thirty musicians perform the album in full, with pieces like Danse Macabre, Clair de Lune and Nessun Dorma scored where strings become screaming trumpets and the line between classical and jazz blurs. It also marks Louis' last UK solo appearance for the foreseeable future, promising a once-in-a-lifetime concert from one of the world's most original brass voices.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/louis-dowdeswell-out-of-print-album-launch-35202/", "official_url": "https://cadoganhall.com/whats-on/out-of-print-louis-dowdeswell/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d7fc034899e9beaa959c306f7c887b9c1b068b358d1fe6bc7c57b6ba40e3fe25-1200.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": "https://wegottickets.com/f/28135#tickets", "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": "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. Pianist Emmet Cohen leads the group with Joey Ranieri on bass, Joe Farnsworth on drums, Tivon Pennicott on tenor saxophone and Benny Benack III on trumpet. In celebration of the centenary of John Coltrane and Miles Davis, the all-star quintet explores the fundamental questions that shaped their artistry. The concert runs approximately 90 minutes without an interval, and prices range from £18 to £50.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/emmet-cohen-quintet-65988/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202611021930", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b76cb26a3a5abb5a3d721fffac3dfd45eb03b34b36894f9f7a9b2676c96a93b0-1200.webp"}, {"title": "London Jazz Orchestra Vortex Sessions: The Pianists of the LJO", "start": "2026-11-01T15:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T18:00:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £15 / Vortex Members £10 / Students & UC beneficiaries £8", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/london-jazz-orchestra-vortex-sessions-the-pianists-of-the-ljo-tickets-MYR2L9?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/big-band"], "description": "London Jazz Orchestra Vortex Sessions: The Pianists of the LJO is a jazz concert at the Vortex Club's monthly session. The London Jazz Orchestra, a unique big band of top soloists and writers directed by Scott Stroman, performs new music up-close-and-personal. This session features John Taylor, Pete Saberton, Nikki Iles and Alcyona Mick, the four pianists who have held the keyboard chair in the band, all original voices as players and writers. Their compositions and arrangements of their music by other band members are showcased.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/london-jazz-orchestra-vortex-sessions-the-pianists-of-the-lj-40186/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/london-jazz-orchestra-vortex-sessions-the-pianists-of-the-ljo/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c551b6677145fef5543d99646d56709841854f3f287624bc92210304919f3f49-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Northern Soul Orchestrated", "start": "2026-11-11T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Southbank Centre", "address": "Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX London", "price": "From £57", "price_from": "57.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/soul-funk/soul/northern-soul"], "description": "Northern Soul Orchestrated is a stomping celebration of British club culture, transporting audiences back in time. It brings together the BBC Concert Orchestra, presenter Stuart Maconie, conductor Joe Duddell and a superb line-up of singers. It is an event for ages 14 and over, presented by Southbank Centre at the Royal Festival Hall.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/northern-soul-orchestrated-61664/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Mark Guiliana", "start": "2026-11-03T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Jazz Cafe", "address": "Parkway 5, NW1 7PG London", "price": "Standing Tickets: £25, Restaurant Tickets: £25 - £55", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "55.00", "tickets_url": "https://secure.southbankcentre.co.uk/139153/139154", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "An evening of electro-jazz at The Jazz Cafe, built around live drums and electronics. Drummer Mark Guiliana, heard on David Bowie's Blackstar, leads his trio BEAT MUSIC with Nicholas Semrad on keyboards and Chris Morrissey on electric bass, with support from Colossal Squid. The trio shapes jazz and contemporary drumming into tightly structured beats with a sharp electronic edge. Synth textures and intricate rhythmic detail make the show a supercharged trip through outer space, defined by precision and otherworldly soundscapes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mark-guiliana-61268/", "official_url": "https://thejazzcafe.com/event/mark-guiliana-3/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e2bfa5343befc26d468ee5d15b90161e5351379dadeaad8c18c491d0b03ecceb-600.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": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://wegottickets.com/location/28239", "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": ""}]}