this weekend. great line-up, tonight looks particularly good. i’ve seen stan tracey several times, my fave memory is of him pounding a rather tired upright in leeds cathedral at the world duke ellington conference. stan’s probably the british jazz legend - if you’ve seen the BBC documentaries you’ll know all about the ronnie scott’s house pianist who would amaze visiting jazz superstars from the US. superb band including guy clarke (surely the UKs most talented jazz trumpeter) and stan’s son, guy clarke, kicking up a storm on drums. visit the website

i’d be there, but… we’re setting off for a week’s break. james (james@electricangel.co.uk) will be returning from a weekend throwing himself down mountains in scotland and, any broken limbs permitting, popping into the studio at various points so leave a phone message or send an email if you need us.