Don Weller
Don Weller has a beautifully worn, buffed sound on the tenor sax that is a simple, old-fashioned delight. Go to hear standards played in a way that Prez and Bean would have recognised.
The Vortex
Feb 10, 8.45pm
Lew Soloff and Joe Locke
Soloff's masterly trumpet has featured on countless albums, but dates as a leader are too rare. This is his second UK appearance in a quartet that contrasts his straightforward approach with the vivid palette of Joe Locke's vibraphone.
Ronnie Scott's
Feb 19-21
Neil Cowley Trio
A new UK piano trio who glance at rock and angular rhythms with grace and intelligence. Less flashy than EST or The Bad Plus, they provide leaner meat to chew on.
The Liverpool Philharmonic, Feb 9; The Pizza Express Jazz Club, London, Feb 12 and 13; Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton, Feb 17; Sussex Arts Club, Brighton, Feb 23
Joe Lovano
The tenor sax tradition oozes from Lovano's friendly, warm sound - to be heard here in the company of a nonet revisiting the Birth of the Cool era, with support from Toots Thielemans, the legendary (almost the only) jazz harmonica-player.
Barbican, London
Feb 16, 8pm
McCoy Tyner Septet
One of the most influential pianists of the past 40 years, McCoy Tyner and his septet celebrate the music of Impulse Records, the label that nurtured John Coltrane, Charles Mingus and Archie Shepp and supported experimental jazz in the 50s and 60s. Impulse may have been, as a recent book title called it, 'The House that 'Trane Built'. But 'Trane could not have done so without Tyner, whose declarative open, modal chords helped define Coltrane's A Love Supreme and My Favourite Things, and still sound fresh today.
Barbican, London
Feb 26, 7.30pm
My Name is Albert Ayler
This film, seven years in the making, takes its name from a 1963 recording by the tenor saxophonist. Ayler was one of the strangest and fiercest advocates of the avant garde, and was found dead in New York's East River in 1970 aged only 34. "If people don't like it now, they will," said Ayler of his mixture of New Orleans, free jazz, wails, grunts and wide vibrato. Friends, family and band members explain his life, which began in Ohio, and musical journey, which included a period in Sweden.
The ICA, London
Feb 9-15, times vary
Mark Murphy:
Love Is What Stays
At 74, Murphy is still one of the great jazz vocalists. This disc is less raucous and risk-taking and more contemplative than one would expect, but he's still on fine form, particularly on Stolen Moments, a number he virtually owns.
Miles Davis:
The Very Best of the Warner Bros Sessions 1985-1991
A good overview of Miles's last years. The electric soundscapes created for him by Marcus Miller alienated some, but his trumpet was as haunting as ever. And Miles wrong was still better than most others right.
Michael Garrick:
Yet Another Spring
An illustrious composer and pianist from the 60s onwards, Garrick's work has always been marked by an inventiveness and a very British mix of whimsy and introspection that remain undimmed. Here with his big band and singer Norma Winstone.
Tubby Hayes Quartet:
Commonwealth Blues
This previously unreleased BBC session from 1965 shows why the late Tubby Hayes was considered the UK's answer to Hank Mobley and Stan Getz. His tenor sax bites on the hard bop numbers and caresses the ballads.
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