Birmingham jazz and improvised music promotions: Led Bib + Diddy Sweg (Hare & Hounds, 18 September), Evan Parker solo and with Mark Sanders Percussion Ensemble (MAC, 26), Last Dream Of The Morning: John Butcher, John Edwards and Mark Sanders (Centrala, 28), James Baldwin Celebration with I Am Not Your Negro screening and Neil Charles’s Dark Days project (MAC, 2 October), Jason Palmer Quartet (Eastside Jazz Club, 16), Tim Berne’s Capatosta (Eastside Jazz Club, 23), Paul Dunmall Invites: Steve Swell (Eastside Jazz Club, 6 November), Laura Jurd (MAC,14), Paul Dunmall Invites: Nikki Yeoh (Eastside Jazz Club, 4 December), Larry Stabbins Trio (MAC, 12). Birmingham various venues, times and prices.