10 years ago: Tony Coe/Tina May/Barry Green/Mick Hutton @ Vortex Jazz Club, London, 22nd January 2016

Curious Ear Presents ADRA Caius Williams Steve Malley/David Birchall The Peer Hat, Manchester. Monday 2nd March 2026 curiousear.net/upcoming/

Ad-lib Ealing improvised and experimental music concert series Steve Noble drums/percussion John Butcher saxophone Caius Williams bass Jamie Coleman trumpet OPEN Ealing. Saturday February 7th 2026

Carlos Zíngaro Ernesto Rodrigues Guilherme Rodrigues - 'Pataphysique Carlos Zíngaro violin Ernesto Rodrigues viola Guilherme Rodrigues cello released January 22, 2026 creativesources.bandcamp.com/album/pataphys…

Cecil Taylor New Unit - Words & Music The Last Bandstand Cecil Taylor piano, spoken words Harri Sjöström soprano saxophone, sopranino Okkyung Lee cello Tony Oxley electronics Jackson Krall drums released January 19, 2026 sluchaj.bandcamp.com/album/words-an…

"It's just a case of looking, of searching and searching through all the dark parts. I mean the whole message is really look inside yourself, see what you find. I want the world to be a better place, not a worse place." Happy Birthday Edward Ka-Spel born 23 January 1954

"Allen was crazy. You know how you have certain people in your life that you consider your best friend, well he was one too. But he was crazy. I don't mean 'crazy' crazy, but crazy for life." - Gary Rossington Allen Collins July 19, 1952 - January 23, 1990

"Yes well I've been in it a long time, see? I was playing as a soloist organ in the church and in concerts when I was 3 years old. I had my sister pumping the thing. So I've been playing as a soloist a long time." Happy Birthday Benny Waters born January 23, 1902

Alan Davie - The Mystery of The Blue Light, 1959, oil on paper laid to masonite

Day Listens: Peter Hall - The Estates The New Town Suite Duet No.1 For Guitar & Violin Organum - Submission Adam Bohman & Roger Smith - Reality Fandango Cornelius Cardew The Scratch Orchestra - The Great Learning

Steve Beresford & Faradena Afifi - for Steve Beresford's Belated Birthday Gig, 2 April 2025 youtu.be/etnnu8yvXYQ?si…

Peter Brötzmann, Derek Bailey and Han Bennink - Photo by Rob Sötemann