March at the NLT

March is here and the NLT programme truly kicked off in wonderful style last sunday with Gareth Lockrane's septet and Rick Simpson's luscious 'Wonder Women'.

The rest of the month will also be fantastic. We have bassist Chris Hyson and trumpet player Nick Malcolm bringing their bands to the NLT for the first time. Pablo Held has been referred to as "the German Kit Downes", and he's borrowing Kit's trio for his NLT gig, alongside Jim Hart's starry Cloudmakers Trio (Mike Janisch and Dave Smith). Finally the last gig of the month will be James Maddren's ridiculous quartet (Julian Siegel, Mike Chillingworth and Calum Gourlay) and the Royal Academy of Music Octet, directed by none other than Pete Churchill.

March:

11 - Chris Hyson Quartet + Nick Malcolm Group

18 - Jim Hart's 'Cloudmakers Trio' + Pablo Held Trio

25 - James Maddren Quartet + Royal Academy of Music Octet

As always, 7.30pm and a mere £5 entry. Nearest tubes: Kilburn / Brondesbury