Saturday 3 March  6.00 -7.00pm Front Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Belvedere Road SE1 8XX

Just before the Nu Civilisation Orchestra take the stage in the Purcell Room, four young musicians from Norway's Voss Jazzskule will perform with and alongside the Tomorrow's Warriors Youth Jazz Orchestra in the Front Room at the QEH. It's a free event and will give Londoners a first chance to hear the highly rated young saxophonist Elisabeth Lid Trøen.

Excerpts from 1) Blues Ostinata (Peter Edwards), 2. Maenad's Suite (Binker Golding), 3. Ebony Concerto (Stravinsky)

• Saturday 3 March at 7.45pm  Purcell Room, Southbank Centre SE1 8XX
• Saturday 28 April at 8.00pm  Turner Sims, Southampton SO17 1BJ

Firebird makes its London debut at the Southbank Centre and the Turner Sims Concert Hall at the University of Southampton following two hugely succesful performances by the Nu Civilisation Orchestra in Manchester and Sheffield during Autumn 2011. This exciting programme features a remodeled version of Stravinsky's Ebony Concerto, NCO MD Peter Edwards' Blues Ostinata and his arrangement of Steve Williamson's How High The Bird, Maenads Suite by Binker Golding and more.

Firebird is where jazz and classical music meet. It's a fusion of the musical worlds of 20th-century icon Igor Stravinsky and jazz superstar Charlie Parker. It's going to be a spectacular event, so book early!

Thursday 8 December at 8.00   Mau Mau Bar 265 Portobello Road W11 1LR

Our esteemed leader and Tomorrow's Warriors' Artistic Director Gary Crosby will be performing in a rare trio lineup with the excting young past and present Warrriors Nathaniel Facey (alto saxophone) and Moses Boyd (drums). If you don't know already, the weekly jazz:refreshed gig is one of the live music highlights of the week - their website is here and will have more information nearer the date. Tickets only £5.00 before 9.00pm.

It's Coleridge Goode's 97th birthday today! The legendary double bassist, renown for his long association with Joe Harriott and performing and recording with Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, was born on 29 November 1914. He came to the UK from Jamaica in 1934 and has been a major influence on the development of British Jazz. Coleridge is pictured here in a 'our history - our future' shot with (L-R): double bassist Alex Davis, drummer Moses Boyd and alto saxophonist Tyrone Isaac-Stewart. 

Photo: Gary Crosby

Chanelle Hall and TWYJO  Photo: Howard Denner

Tuesday 6 December at 6.00pm  Front Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall SE1 8XX

TWYJO play an early 45-minute set where they will debut exciting new arrangements of Morcheeba's Rome Wasn't Built In A Day by Max De Lucia and a mix of Flying Lotus' Infinitum and Frank Loesser's If I Were A Bell by Tyrone Isaac-Stuart. They'll also be performing some Jazz Jamaica charts and with guest vocalists Kwabena Adjepong and Chanelle Hall taking part, this will be a great way to kick off a Tuesday evening. And as always at the Front Room, it's free admission!

Elisabeth Lid Trøen is an exciting young talent and a student at the Voss Jazz School in Norway, the home of the Nordic Warriors. She's seen here performing at Evans Jazz Club with Rod Youngs on drums and double bassist Steinar Raknes.

Our good friend Howard Denner was shooting at our Annual Showcase at the Clore Ballroom earlier this month. Here are his pictures featuring our Youth Jazz Orchestra, Biggish Band and Youth Development Band plus Kuumba Youth Music, the Royal Academy of Music's Junior Academy, Mayhem Theatre Arts, Verse Dance Arena and special guest Omar Puente.

It's always good news when a Tomorrow's Warriors alumnus starts making headlines, and Zara McFarlane has been receiving rave reviews for her new album Until Tomorrow, recently released on Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Recordings. And with a band featuring Tomorrow's Warriors and Nu Civilisation Orchestra mainstays Peter Edwards and Binker Golding, the live reviews have been just as enthusiastic. Visit Zara's website for upcoming gigs and to listen to tracks from the album.

The superb saxophonist and former Jazz Warrior Tony Kofi was also a member of Nu Troop and recently said the following about Tomorrow's Warriors founder and Nu Troop bandleader Gary Crosby: 

"Gary Crosby gave us (Nu Troop) all a great kick start in the right direction back then, we owe him so much for taking us under his wing and allowing us to speak in our own language. The language of truth."- Tony Kofi  2011