Stoke Newington jazz club highlights include: Shabaka & Pat Thomas (31 October), Riot Ensemble & Lucy Shelton play Arnold Schönberg’s Pierrot Lunaire and Hanns Eisler’s Fourteen Ways To Describe The Rain (3 November), Paul Dunmall/James Owston/Mark Sanders/Steve Swell (4), James Allsopp Stars And Sand album launch (7), John Edwards/Mike Gennaro/Alex Ward (12, 6:45pm), David Preston Mu Trio with Tom Cawley and Seb Rochford (12), Mopomoso matinee improvisations (16, 2pm), Gary Crosby's Africa Space (21), Ches Smith Clone Row (3 December, 7:30pm & 9:30pm), Larry Stabbins/Paul Rogers/Mark Sanders (9), Eddie Prevost/Binker Golding/Olie Brice (13), Thurston Moore & Mark Wastell (17), Annie Whitehead New 5tet (20), Mopomoso Solstice Special (21, noon). London The Vortex, various times and prices.