Hilario Duran Trio
Say what you like about Castro, Cuba continues to produce a stream of virtuoso pianists blessed with a particularly Latin majesty and grace. This is the first UK visit for Duran, who honed his chops as a sideman for Arturo Sandoval and Dizzy Gillespie.
Pizza On The Park, 15, 16 Mar
Joe Zawinul
The Viennese keyboard maestro ventures into ever more strange world music territory these days, but expect some references to his days in Weather Report and with Miles Davis.
Jazz Cafe, 19, 20, 21 Mar
Geoff Gascoyne
Best known now as part of Jamie Cullum's trio, Gascoyne has long been one of the UK's first call double bassists and leads a swinging modern band of his own.
Wakefield Jazz Club, 23 Mar
Momentum: Graham Fitkin and Tim Garland
Contemporary music composer Fitkin and saxophonist Garland come together for a concerto grosso, featuring classical performers and a top flight jazz quartet that includes bassist John Patitucci, pianist Geoff Keezer and vibes man Joe Locke.
Durham Gala Theatre, 15 Mar
Ambleside Zeffirelli's, 16 Mar
Exeter Phoenix, 18 Mar
Manchester Royal Northern College of Music, 19 Mar
London Purcell Room, 20 Mar
Basingstoke The Anvil, 21 Mar
Wakefield Jazz Club, 23 Mar
Jimmy Scott:
All The Way
A lifetime of heartbreaking tragedy is omnipresent in the high feminine voice of 'Little' Jimmy Scott, a singer whose ultra-slow delivery and quavery vibrato result in the most extraordinarily affecting sound. This is a re-release of the 1991 comeback album that earned Scott, by then 67, a Grammy nomination and ended the years during which he'd had to take jobs as a hospital porter and hotel elevator operator. With exquisite support from pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Ron Carter and David 'Fathead' Newman on sax, this is essential listening.
Ronnie Laws
Saxophonist Ronnie Laws rode the 70s wave of instrumental R'n'B and funk to great commercial, if not critical, success, with hits including Always There and Fever, as well as gigging with Quincy Jones, Ramsey Lewis and Earth, Wind and Fire. It may not be heavyweight, but it's great fun, and his passion for the music of the late Eddie Harris shows that Ronnie Laws's heart is definitely in the right place.
Jazz Cafe, 27, 28 Mar
Carlos Santana and Wayne Shorter Band:
Live in Montreux
At last! The 1988 collaboration between these two musical giants has finally been released on both DVD and CD. There's some filler, but at its best the combination of Santana's rock axe and Shorter's dense, laconic tenor sax is thrilling.
Martin Taylor:
Freternity
Acoustic guitarist Taylor could be considered the UK's answer to Pat Metheny. Here he's to be found in a joyous, straight-ahead, laidback outing with top sidemen including trumpeter Guy Barker and pianist Dave Newton.
Wynton Marsalis:
From the Plantation to the Penitentiary
More overtly political than in the past, trumpeter Marsalis covers topics such as 'Supercapitalism' and the direction of black youth, but musically he stays in the same homespun, New Orleans-influenced style he's favoured in recent years.
Anjali Perin:
First Reflection
New UK vocalist whose attractively unforced sound and forays into scatting should make her a name to look out for. An encouraging debut with room for growth.
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