1 BARB JUNGR: WALKING IN THE SUN
The thinking person’s cabaret singer explores America’s blues and gospel tradition on her latest album, Haunting. Old Museum Arts Centre, College Square North, Belfast (028-9023 5053), Fri
2 ELLINGTON AT ELY
Pete Long’s excellent band Echoes of Ellington joins the Cambridge Philharmonic Society Chorus and the Ely Choral Society for a performance of the Duke’s Second Sacred Concert. Ely Cathedral (01353 659668), Sat
3 OJOS DE BRUJO
One of the cult world music successes of the past couple of years, the psychedelic, Barcelona- based collective throws everything into the blender. Warwick Arts Centre, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry (www.warwickartscentre.co.uk 024-7652 4524), Thur
4 ROSEANNA VITRO AND HER TRIO
The stylish New York-based swing-to-bop singer whose material ranges all the way from golden age standards to Randy
Newman ballads. Wakefield Sports Club, Eastmoor Road, Wakefield (www.wakefieldjazz.org.uk 01977 680542), Fri
5 CLAIRE MARTIN AND SIR RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Old friends reunited as Martin explores vocal standards alongside the elegant, much-travelled composer, pianist and raconteur. Pizza on the Park, Knightsbridge, SW1 (www.pizzaonthepark.co.uk 020-7235 5273), Sat