every thursday + sunday

from 4pm

Improv Lounge Jam Sessions – live from the basement, every Thursday!

Come along with your instrument (or just yourself) and get stuck into a relaxed night of jamming. Whether you're here to play or just enjoy the tunes, everyone's welcome.

To keep these sessions free to attend, we just ask that you support the night by grabbing a drink or a bite while you're here – every purchase at the bar helps us keep the jams going.

No need to drink alcohol if that's not your thing – we've got loads of soft drinks and some cracking empanadas too.

See you down there!

wednesday 14/01/2025

Loom is a London/Birmingham-based duo made up of Olivia Petryszak (recorders) and Jonno Gaze (percussion). Drawing eclectically from folk, experimental and improvised music, the duo weaves together contrasting traditions into new and unfamiliar soundworlds.

Olivia Petryszak - British-Polish recorder player Olivia Petryszak works across early music, contemporary creation and cross-genre collaboration. She graduated from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with First Class Honours and the Concert Recital Diploma, later continuing her studies at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and the Kraków Academy of Music with Erik Bosgraaf.

Olivia performs widely across Europe in projects involving early music, jazz, film, folk and electronic music. Her recent work includes recordings with cross-genre ensembles, involvement in Thom Yorke’s latest album, a Gambian-fusion project and residencies with musicians from Portugal, Ukraine, the UK and beyond. She regularly commissions new pieces and contributes to contemporary recorder publications, expanding how the instrument is used today.

Jonno Gaze - Jonno Gaze is a percussionist, composer and improviser living in Birmingham, UK. He has collaborated with artists such as Deepa Shakthi, Nifeco Costa and Didier Kisala and groups including Tephra, Ideasthesia and Dreamscapes alongside leading his own trio and quintet - with notable performances at The Royal Albert Hall, Glastonbury Festival and Birmingham Symphony Hall. Currently, he plays with artists such as Germa Adan and Georgia Morgan-Turner and is a member of groups such as Abyssal and Fèy Lajwa.

Drawing from folk, electronic and improvised music, Jonno is an emerging voice on the experimental and fusion scenes. He currently has two releases - Umbra for solo drums and The Birds Still Sing.

wednesday 21/01/2026

photo credit | Adelina lliev

Noah Ojumu is a London-based jazz drummer and composer whose quartet is defined by strong rhythmic melodies and dynamic interplay. His original music reflects the groove-oriented music he grew up with, merged with his later passion for jazz and the avant-garde, resulting in a vibrant and exploratory sound.

Lineup:

Noah Ojumu – Drums

Klara Devlin – Trumpet

Sonny Caplan-Higgs – Alto Saxophone

Tom Sheen – Double Bass

wednesday 04/02/2026

Born and raised in East London from Caribbean parents, JNR Williams grew up in a creative household Influenced by R&B and introduced to jazz by his grandmother, he found inspiration in legends like Louis Armstrong Diana Washington and Nina Simone along with contemporary artists such as Frank Ocean, Tyler the Creator, Nick Hakim, and James Blake. His musical style combines jazz, soul and experimental featuring gospel-layered vocals.

JNR Williams reworked Washington's jazz standard "What a Difference a Day Makes,"a rendition that garnered attention when it was played on Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show Future Sounds leading to major label interest.

In 2017, JNR signed with Insanity Records, under which he released two EPs, "Where We Start" and "Withers On The Vine." He embarked on a European support tour and performed four sold-out headline shows. JNR's track "What A Difference" earned BBC Introducing Track of the Week and MistaJam's Jam Hot on BBC Radio 1Xtra.

JNR has also had the pleasure of collaborating with some of the most respected artists on the scene such as Celeste, Jungle,Theophilus London,Joy Crookes, MJ Cole, Loyle Carner, Kojey Radical, Swindle, Kay Young,Olivia Dean, Anais and Anushka. He has also featured on chart topping albums such as Loyle Carner's “Hugo",with the track Homerton Jungle's Volcano with the track Good at Breaking Hearts and on Swindle's "New World with the track Lost.

JNR is currently working on new music to be released later this year.