About us
London Loves Jazz is an open forum for jazz lovers, musicians and artists, jazz venues and promoters to share their love of jazz and live music in all its varied forms. Please note there is a one-off £5 contribution when you join the group. Membership to LLJ is free thereafter.
As a member of LLJ, you can start going to amazing gigs with likeminded people and find out about the wide range of jazz on offer across London, from young bands starting their career to iconic jazz musicians passing through town, including a well of London based artists dedicated to playing great music.
LLJ also plays a part in supporting jazz artists in London. If you are a jazz musician, artist, promoter or venue, you are welcome to list your gigs on the LLJ calendar.
Listing gigs on LJM is free, it gives your event great visibility to a large group of jazz lovers. In return we ask that you arrange for a clearly signposted reserved space for LJM members who attend your gig. This is to ensure that LJM members can gather and socialise together. Please ask me for more details about how to list and host your event on LJM.
So introduce yourself and share why you joined. And if you see a gig that you’d like to go to and it is not on the calendar, you can post a message on LLJ to see who’s interested in going. If there are a few, you can become an event host for the night.
By becoming a member you confirm that you have read, understood and agree with LLJ our group rules below.
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LLJ GROUP RULES
LLJ is an inclusive group, we expect our members to feel safe when they attend events. Please be respectful and considerate.
When you sign to an event, it is your responsibility to purchase your own ticket for the performance, your own travel and pub expenses. Please only RSVP that you are attending an event, once you have bought a ticket for the performance.
It is your responsibility to find and arrive at the meeting place on time if you want to enjoy the gig with other LJM members. If you are late, please notify the event host. However it is up to the event host how long the group can wait for you.
Event hosts do not charge for organising and hosting events, they volunteer their time and energy to make everyone feel welcome. Please make it your responsibility too.
Please amend your RSVP to “not attending” if for any last minute reason you are unable to attend the event. It is important for the event host to have an accurate number of people attending the event, so they don’t have to wait unnecessarily.
Please contribute to our forum in any way you can, by sharing your ideas or making suggestions. Why not even organise an event once in a while? You have a choice to become a one-off or a regular 'event host'.
DISCLAIMER
LLJM events are free and community-driven.
LLJM members are a group of friends, not a business.
LLJM calendar offers different types of activities. Any LJM member may organize an event and you can too!
LLJM is not organized by a business nor any entity with commercial purposes. Any event details, instructions and other content in our group merely represent our shared personal knowledge, research and suggestions to enable members to get together and have a great time. As this is no business, there is no "product", "service" or "event leader". Each LLJM member is expected to arrange their own travel to and from the gig venue. Each LLJM member is responsible for their own safety and attendance, for meeting the group at the meeting location specified by the event host and at the time specified. Even hosts will not assume responsibility for anyone arriving late, getting lost, any kind of injury, damage or loss that may happen.
Upcoming events
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Jonny Liebeck Quintet @ The Crypt
The Crypt, 81 Camberwell Church Street, London, GBJonny Liebeck Quintet Friday 29th May 2026 - 8:00 pm
The Crypt | Music Charge: ££16.95 Book Now“There is almost certainly no other musician on the London music scene … who has found such instinctively musical ways to combine jazz and electronic dance music. It is almost as if he is creating a new art form." UK Jazz News
Mixing 20th century influenced jazz & fusion with electronic dance music, keyboardist & bandleader Jonny Liebeck has crafted a sound that captures the zeitgeist of this moment. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music & Trinity Laban, he’s had gigs all over London, performing at London venues including the Southbank Centre (Purcell Room), Royal Albert Hall, Pizza Express, Toulouse Lautrec, Rich Mix, 91 Living Room & many more, as well as playing alongside Cuban Jazz legend Omar Puente & Soul legend Mica Paris. Joining Jonny on the stand are four outstanding musicians who have played with Questlove, Mark Ronson, Jamie Cullum, Grace Jones & more and are acclaimed in their own right: Donovan Haffner-sax, Ezekiel Ajie-bass, Owen Snider-guitar & Andrew McLean-drums. The quintet will be performing new work, as well as some tunes from previous albums/EP's 'Influences', 'The Next Chapter' & 'Mellow Mind'.
JONNY'S WEBSITE
Band Line-up
Jonny Liebeck (piano, keys)
Donovan Haffner (alto saxophone)
Owen Snider (guitar)
Ezekiel Ajie (bass)
Andrew McLean (drums)
Listen To Jonny's New single: https://terrasolare.bandcamp.com/album/sunset-islands-sunrise-islands
Note: For a reserved table with the London Loves Jazz MeetUp group bookings must be confirmed by bookings in advance of the gig directly with the venue. For a comprehensive list of jazz gigs subscribe to Jazz London Live which lists over 5,000 gigs annually in 250 venues.3 attendees
Kim Cypher
Ronnie Scott's, 47 Frith St, Soho,, London W1D 4HT, GB# Kim Cypher
31st May @ Ronnie Scott’s 12:00
“ Kim Cypher is a rare musical treasure.”
— Jazz FM
“A Latin jazz party that exudes love and happiness.”
— Bebop Spoken Here9th May 2026, 19.30pm
Kim Cypher presents a Funky Latin Jazz Party, featuring Ashley Slater - an uplifting, vibrant show full of positive energy and feel-good vibes.
Ticket prices
£25 – £35 → Bookings
Line-up
KIM CYPHER – saxophones & vocals
FAYYAZ VIRJI – trombone
CHRIS COBBSON – guitar
ALEX STEELE – piano
ROBERT RICKENBERG – bass
MIKE CYPHER – drums
A welcome return for one of the country’s most exciting saxophonists, vocalists and composers Kim Cypher, together with her band of top UK jazz musicians. Kim Cypher’s Funky Latin Jazz Party is the sequel to her hugely successful 2025 ‘LIVE and Smiling’ tour, which included sell-out shows across the country, including Ronnie Scott’s. Fresh from a return performance at the hugely prestigious Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Kim and Ashley reunite ahead of his UK tour in June with his own band, Heptet.
Kim Cypher is a firm favourite on the UK jazz scene, renowned for her charismatic, vivacious style and warm stage presence. With four highly acclaimed albums, award-winning music videos, performancs in New York and sell-out shows across the country, Kim has firmly secured her reputation as a leading figure in contemporary jazz.
Special guest Ashley Slater, the dynamic frontman of acid jazz/funk band Freak Power and hugely respected for his work with Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim, Loose Tubes, George Russell and Carla Bley as well as being a composer, producer and bandleader in his own right, adds his distinctive vocal style and vibrant trombone playing to the mix.
The band features Chris Cobbson on guitar, Alex Steele on piano, Rob Rickenberg on bass, Mike Cypher on drums who between them, have worked with some of the most highly respected artists and bands including: Courtney Pine, Curtis Stigers, Sheila Ferguson (The Three Degrees), Ray Gelato, Osibisa, Liane Carroll, Pee Wee Ellis, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, Monty Alexander, Spike Robinson, Van Morrison, and Paloma Faith.
YOUTUBE VIDEO @ CHELTENHAM JAZZ FESTIVALNote: For a reserved table with the London Loves Jazz MeetUp group bookings must be confirmed by bookings in advance of the gig directly with the venue. For a comprehensive list of jazz gigs in London and environs subscribe to Jazz London Live which lists over 5,000 gigs annually in 250 venues.
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