Monday 3rd - Tuesday 4th September
Claire Martin and Sir Richard Rodney Bennett 
Sophisticated, top-drawer vocal duo featuring peerless jazz singer Martin, and hugely gifted composer, pianist and knight of the realm, Bennett. United by their love of great songs and with just their two voices and a piano, this promises to be an intimate, charming and hugely enjoyable exploration of the Great American Songbook and beyond, as heard to great effect on their superb recent album Witchcraft.
Wednesday 5th - Thursday 6th September
The Jay Phelps Big Band featuring special guest vocalist Clare Teal 
Young trumpeter and band leader Phelps knows his history. One time co-band leader of hell-raising jazz radicals Empirical, his debut solo album 'Jay Walkin' displays a thorough knowledge and love of the golden age of big band jazz. Award winning jazz vocalist Clare Teal will join his all-star 17-piece band to present some of the great jazz classics from legendary leaders Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Jimmy Lunceford, Dizzy Gillespie and Lionel Hampton in an exuberant night of swing, blues and be-bop. One of the pioneering creative forces in UK contemporary jazz, his new band and some iconic jazz landmarks recreated afresh - expect sparks to fly!
'The young bandleader shows great maturity in his choice of music, his arrangements and his ability to control 17 different jazz musicians while also delivering some exceptional solos of his own'.
Bruce Lindsay - All About Jazz
'The young bandleader shows great maturity in his choice of music, his arrangements and his ability to control 17 different jazz musicians while also delivering some exceptional solos of his own'.
Bruce Lindsay - All About Jazz
Sunday 9th September
Jason Rebello Band feat. Joy Rose 
Sublimely gifted British piano player, perhaps best known for his work as a sideman for Sting, Jeff Beck as well as jazz luminaries Wayne Shorter, Art Blakey and Branford Marsalis, brings an all-star band for an evening of powerful jazz, funk and fusion. With Jason Rebello on keyboards, hard-driving drummer Troy Miller, fine bassist Karl Rasheed-Abel, guitarist Paul Stacey and superb vocalist Joy Rose.
Wed 19th and Thur 20th September LATE LATE SHOW SPECIAL (10.45 Doors)
THE ESTABLISHMENT 
The Establishment. Live at Ronnie Scott's. Keith Allen presents a late-night show of hard-core comedy and cabaret. Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th September. 11.30pm.
Founded by Peter Cook in 1961, "The Establishment" was the Soho club from which the satire boom was launched. Featuring uncensored, live, stand-up comedy, it gave a platform to radical, political, and anarchic performers (everyone from Lenny Bruce to Barry Humphries), and was the inspiration for "That Was the Week That Was" (first broadcast in 1962), and Beyond The Fringe which ran for 18 months on Broadway...
Founded by Peter Cook in 1961, "The Establishment" was the Soho club from which the satire boom was launched. Featuring uncensored, live, stand-up comedy, it gave a platform to radical, political, and anarchic performers (everyone from Lenny Bruce to Barry Humphries), and was the inspiration for "That Was the Week That Was" (first broadcast in 1962), and Beyond The Fringe which ran for 18 months on Broadway...
Every Friday 10-11pm!
The Ronnie Scott's Radio Show on Jazz FM
The Ronnie Scott's Radio Show on Jazz FM
Every Friday night between 10-11pm Jumoke Fashola presents the Ronnie Scott's Radio Show, featuring some classic Jazz, back stage interviews, all topped off with exclusive live recordings from the club.
THIS WEEK: Al Jarreau Special
Seven-time Grammy Award winning singer Al Jarreau is our very special guest on this weeks Ronnie Scott's Radio Show, after a one off sold out performance at the club. The only person to ever win a Grammy for best jazz, best pop and best R'n'B vocals at separate points in his career, Al Jarreau's recording career spans an enormous five decades, and he gave Jumoke Fashola an exclusive, very entertaining and rather moving interview backstage before the show. Music comes from Jarreau's latest album featuring the Metropole Orchestra, some classic live performances, and of course a personal choice of Al Jarreau's.
You can tune in tonight online at www.jazzfm.com, on DAB Digital Radio, on Sky channel 0202 or Freesat channel 729. Past shows can be heard on-demand: (at this link).
The Ronnie Scott's Radio Show. Every Friday night at 10pm. On Jazz FM.
The Ronnie Scott's Radio Show. Every Friday night at 10pm. On Jazz FM.
Sunday 23rd September
Funmi Olawumi 
Traditional and contemporary Yoruba music combine in the soulful voice of Funmi Olawumi, the founder of the Yoruba Women Choir, who creates Faaji music from a refreshing mix of influences, from juju, highlife and afrobeat to fuji. Faaji is a Nigerian-Yoruba word for having a good time and Funmi Olawumi and her 12-piece band create hypnotic dance music that galvanizes and uplifts in a remarkable way.
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