Collage Arts

Sunday Vegan Roast!
2023-06-18 13:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London) | Karamel N22, 4 Coburg Road, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom
The legendary Vegan Sunday Roast returns after 3 years absence, as chefs Kath and Roger take over the Karamel kitchen.
EVERY SUNDAY
Call 020 3988 3374 to book on the day! Or email karamel8775@gmail.com to reserve a table in advance
Karamel Vegan Sunday Roast , 1-6pm.
MENU
Almond Wellington Roast £15
Served with roast potatoes, roast parsnips, stuffing balls, swede and carrot mash, cabbage medley, Bavarian red cabbage and peas. Served with gravy.
*Gluten free option available without stuffing and pastry.
Sausage Roast £15
Two homemade sausages, served with roast potatoes, roast parsnips, stuffing balls, swede and carrot mash, cabbage medley, Bavarian red cabbage and peas. Served with gravy.
Sausage Mash and Gravy £12
Vegan Desserts £7
Choose from:
Mixed Berry Crumble with custard or vanilla ice cream;
Salted Caramel Cake;
Vegan Cheesecake.
You can also reserve your table by following the ticket link.

Noah Stoneman IMPROV
2023-06-15 20:00 - 22:30 | Karamel N22, 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom
Noah presents a monthly night of Improvisational freestyle jazz at Karamel.
Band line-up: Noah Stoneman (piano); Caius Williams (bass); Mark Sanders (drums).
Noah Stoneman is a 22 year old pianist and composer from North London. He is currently studying at the Royal Academy of music and is adept at a wide range of musical idioms. What binds these different languages together is improvisation; an art which Noah aims to master throughout his career. He regularly performs as a sideman for some of the finest musicians across the UK from all generations.
As a composer, Noah takes influence from all walks of music both contemporary and traditional. He is equally adept at subtly emotive synthesiser world-building as well as classic orchestral/chamber themes inspired by timeless predecessors. Noah’s music has been performed at music festivals and venues around the world, including Brainchild festival, Manchester Jazz Festival, La Petite Halle in Paris and Somersby Festival in Lisbon. Over the last 3 years he has taken up contemporary classical composition tuition with Ruth Byrchmore and Alex Hills at the Royal Academy of Music. Noah has composed and arranged for myriad ensembles ranging from Piano Trio, Big Band, Improvising Octet, String Quartet and recently had 2 original song cycles for piano and Opera Soprano performed at the RAM ‘Students Create’ festival. In 2022 Noah composed the original score for the mini series ‘Life in Love’ directed by Abel Rubinstein, which was broadcast on ITV and went on to be shown at the BFI London Film Festival.
In October 2021, Noah recorded his debut album at Livingston Studios, London, with his trio of Will Sach on bass and Luca Caruso on drums. Comprised of all original material and produced by long-time mentor and ECM recording artist Kit Downes, the record offers a fresh poetic statement that realises Stoneman’s compositional identity.

Doors open 7pm, music from 8pm.
A pre-show menu is available from 6.30pm. If you’d like to reserve a table, email karamel8775@gmail.com with your arrival time and group size.
Tickets £10
https://www.musicglue.com/karamel
VENUE: 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ
Come and join us for a delicious vegan meal and drinks, enjoy some live jazz, and meet new people who also love jazz!
We can’t wait to see you there!

AL'S LITTLE SINGERS
2023-06-13 10:00 - 23:00 | McQueens Theatre, 4 Coburg Rd, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom
Join Al under the trees for a music and movement session complete with dancing, percussion and bubbles!
Doors open at 9.45am. Music starts at 10am.
TUESDAYS 09:45–10:45 (Term time only)
0 months – 5 years
Our groups are very musical. Children and their grown ups learn about rhythmns and beats, call and response, rounds and harmonies. We start with a gentle warm before our easing into some nursery rhymnes and action songs. Then we enjoy the billowy parachute while the songs become folky. We do some traditional circle songs before getting out our percussion and play around with rhythmns before our bubbly finale!

Booking info & prices

Prices

Single Session: £6.00

Siblings & Discounts

Single Session: £2.00

Book on Happity
https://www.happity.co.uk/schedules/al-s-little-singers-wood-green-karamel-restaurant-rhythm-and-song

To get in contact:
07968869388
alslittlesingers.com

Sunday Vegan Roast!
2023-06-11 13:00 - 18:00, 2023-05-28 13:00 - 17:00 | Karamel N22, 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom

In All Languages: The Music of Ornette Coleman by Martin Speake Quartet
2023-06-08 20:00 - 22:30 | Karamel N22, 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom
We are delighted to welcome award-winning saxophonist Martin Speake, one of the most fluent and creative musicians and composers in the UK in a tribute to Ornette Coleman.
*Band line-up: Martin Speake (alto saxophone); Alyson Cawley (tenor saxophone); James Owston (double bass); Adam Merrell (drums); *
“A saxophonist with an unusual turn of phrase, a persuasively gentle sound … Martin Speake is not just a distinctive improviser but a striking composer too” – John Fordham, The Guardian
Video clip 1 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XegPkpHv8NE
Video clip 2 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odAp8l8dhwU
Martin Speake says: “I have been drawn to Ornette’s music since I began playing alto saxophone nearly 50 years ago. In 1974 after I had left school at 16, I was working in an office and saved up enough money to buy a saxophone after realising there must be more to life than filling out motor insurance claim forms and staring at the office clock hoping it would get to 5pm quickly each day.
Ornette was an early influence and the album Live At The Golden Circle was the first I purchased (along with Bird and Diz) and the tune Dee Dee was the first I tried to learn. The saxophone I bought was a white plastic Grafton alto as I had seen a photo of Ornette with one on those early Atlantic Records albums.
Over the years in my musical and personal development I have a returned to Ornette Coleman and Charlie Parker for further inspiration and each time discovering something new about them and deepening my connection with this music. I have had projects playing this music with like minded souls over the years.
I am going through an Ornette period again now and have transcribed many of these wonderful melodies. In fact working out these tunes has kept me going through this challenging period in our history. This new band are all more recent collaborators and is wonderful to hear how they interpret these melodies as inspirations for improvising together and telling their own story.
Many of Ornette’s melodies have become ‘standards’ being played by many musicians all over the world such as Lonely Woman, Ramblin’ and Law Years but there are many undiscovered gems that are not played as often or at all by others.
We have 90 tunes to draw on already and the repertoire is growing.
This music is endless. Ornette is the supreme melodist.”
Do not miss this special evening – “In All Languages”

Doors open at 7pm, and music starts at 8pm. Please book your tickets in advance.
Tickets £10
https://www.musicglue.com/karamel
VENUE: 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ
Come and join us for a delicious vegan meal and drinks, enjoy some live jazz, and meet new people who also love jazz!
We can’t wait to see you there!

Steve Fishwick Quartet
2023-06-01 20:00 - 22:30 | Karamel N22, 4 Coburg Road, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom
“…Steve Fishwick on trumpet reaches for inventive phrasing others would decline to persue, never going for an easy option or well worn cliché…” – (Roger Farbey, All About Jazz)
*Band Line-up: Steve Fishwick (trumpet), Leon Greening (piano), Matyas Hofecker (bass), Matt Home (drums). *
Steve Fishwick is widely considered to be one of the best jazz trumpet players ever to come from the UK, and is rapidly gaining a global reputation thanks to his flawless technique and his beautifully flowing, harmonically rich improvisations. He is one of an increasing number of trumpeters who have been heavily influenced by the melodic approach of the late great Kenny Dorham, a figure often overlooked (and undeservedly so) in the pantheon of Jazz Trumpet Legends. As well as “K.D.”, Steve cites Art Farmer, Miles Davis and Woody Shaw among his favourite players, but his style is very much his own. Trumpet great Wynton Marsalis recently said about him “Steve has his own style. He plays from the bottom to the top of the horn whilst maintaining the integrity of the chords. I can’t think of another trumpet player that can do what he does.” Legendary Jazz critic Ira Gitler had this to say ‘My question is where has Fishwick been hiding? Hip middle register melodious bebop, but when Steve lights his wick he becomes a flying fish, soaring above the waves, totally in control!’
Doors open 7pm, music from 8pm.

Tomorrow’s Warriors LDN RISING: Oreglo
2023-05-25 20:00 - 22:30 | Karamel N22, 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom
A unique season of music as Tomorrow’s Warriors goes on tour, taking the best rising jazz talent to four venues across the capital every month. IT’S TIME TO JOIN THE WARRIORS LDN RISING!
Oreglo are a four-piece London based collective whose musical journeys began at Tomorrow’s Warriors and Kinetika Bloco. Formed through a shared interest in the fusion of genres such as jazz, rock and reggae, their influences are diverse and reflect the backgrounds of each member. The group was born in the summer of 2022 and have played at The Albany, Southbank Centre and Jazz Cafe.
They bring the influences of artists such as Yussef Dayes, Herbie Hancock, Ezra Collective and more into their live performances, so get ready for a high energy show!
Band Line up: Drum kit – Nico Saggese; Electric guitar – Tbc; Keyboard – Sam Sessay; Tuba – Teigan Hastings.
More about Tomorrow’s Warriors.
Tomorrow’s Warriors is a pioneering talent development organisation, creative producer, learning and training provider, charity and consultancy specialising in jazz. Founded in 1991 by Queen’s Medal for Music recipient Gary Crosby OBE and Janine Irons MBE, Tomorrow’s Warriors helps aspiring young artists from diverse backgrounds discover their magic and achieve creative ambitions.
TW nurtures nascent talent and builds engaged, culturally diverse audiences and has been recognised both nationally and internationally, receiving over fifty awards, including the 2021 Impact Award from Jazz FM.
Their award-winning alumni include: Moses Boyd, Nubya Garcia, Sheila Maurice-Grey, Cassie Kinoshi and Nerija, Femi Koleoso and Ezra Collective, Binker Golding, Shabaka Hutchings and Sons of Kemet, ESKA, Denys Baptiste, Soweto Kinch, Ben Burrell, Zara McFarlane, Camilla George, CHERISE, Nathaniel Facey and Empirical, Peter Edwards… the list goes on and on.
“Tomorrow’s Warriors have changed the musical landscape of Britain. It’s as simple as that.” Cerys Matthews, Artist & Broadcaster
Find out more at www.tomorrowswarriors.org
Doors open 7pm, music from 8pm.

Poetry & Poppadums with Elvis McDonagall
2023-05-19 20:00 - 22:30 | Karamel N22, 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom
Greetings Poppadum pickers – we invite you to a side-splitting evening of comedy and musings at Karamel !
Collage Arts present Poetry and Poppadums on 19 May, featuring..
ELVIS MCDONAGALL Wonderful writing, tack-sharp humour & uncompromising politics….hilarious” – The List “Brilliantly anarchic, verbally agile, always a treat” – Joan Bakewell
WITH VERY SPECIAL GUESTS.
Hosted by Paul Lyalls.
Doors open at 6.30pm (for dining – see below).
Show starts at 8pm.
Suitable for mature 14s and older.
Dining (optional) in the Karamel restaurant from 6.30pm-8pm.
An Thali is available at £15 (pre-orders £12.50).
Please book a table for 6.30pm by emailing karamel8775@gmail.com with your party size and contact details.

Noah Stoneman presents freestyle jazz
2023-05-18 20:00 - 22:30 | Karamel N22, 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom
Noah presents a monthly night of freestyle jazz at Karamel.
Band line-up to follow.
Noah Stoneman is a 22 year old pianist and composer from North London. He is currently studying at the Royal Academy of music and is adept at a wide range of musical idioms. What binds these different languages together is improvisation; an art which Noah aims to master throughout his career. He regularly performs as a sideman for some of the finest musicians across the UK from all generations.
As a composer, Noah takes influence from all walks of music both contemporary and traditional. He is equally adept at subtly emotive synthesiser world-building as well as classic orchestral/chamber themes inspired by timeless predecessors. Noah’s music has been performed at music festivals and venues around the world, including Brainchild festival, Manchester Jazz Festival, La Petite Halle in Paris and Somersby Festival in Lisbon. Over the last 3 years he has taken up contemporary classical composition tuition with Ruth Byrchmore and Alex Hills at the Royal Academy of Music. Noah has composed and arranged for myriad ensembles ranging from Piano Trio, Big Band, Improvising Octet, String Quartet and recently had 2 original song cycles for piano and Opera Soprano performed at the RAM ‘Students Create’ festival. In 2022 Noah composed the original score for the mini series ‘Life in Love’ directed by Abel Rubinstein, which was broadcast on ITV and went on to be shown at the BFI London Film Festival.
In October 2021, Noah recorded his debut album at Livingston Studios, London, with his trio of Will Sach on bass and Luca Caruso on drums. Comprised of all original material and produced by long-time mentor and ECM recording artist Kit Downes, the record offers a fresh poetic statement that realises Stoneman’s compositional identity.
Doors open 7pm, music from 8pm.
A pre-show menu is available from 6.30pm, if you’d like to reserve a table, please email karamel8775@gmail.com with your arrival time, group size and preferred menu choices.

Karamel Vegan Sunday Roast!
2023-05-14 13:00 - 18:00, 2023-05-07 13:00 - 18:00, 2023-04-30 13:00 - 18:00, 2023-04-23 13:00 - 18:00 | Karamel N22, 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom
Calling all veggie lovers! Our Vegan Sunday Roasts are ready for you!
No need to book today, just come on over to Karamel on Coburg Road N22 6UJ and let’s feast together!
We’ll be so excited to see you, share our delicious roasts and local craft beer.

The legendary Vegan Sunday Roast returns after 3 years absence, as chefs Kath and Roger take over the Karamel kitchen every Sunday.

Karamel Vegan Sunday Roast , 1-6pm.
MENU
Almond Wellington Roast £15
Served with roast potatoes, roast parsnips, stuffing balls, swede and carrot mash, cabbage medley, Bavarian red cabbage and peas. Served with gravy.
*Gluten free option available without stuffing and pastry.
Sausage Roast £15
Two homemade sausages, served with roast potatoes, roast parsnips, stuffing balls, swede and carrot mash, cabbage medley, Bavarian red cabbage and peas. Served with gravy.
Sausage Mash and Gravy £12
Vegan Desserts £7
Choose from:
Mixed Berry Crumble with custard or vanilla ice cream;
Salted Caramel Cake;
Chocolate Cake;
Vegan Cheesecake.

Email karamel8775@gmail.com

Philip Clouts Quartet
2023-05-11 20:00 - 22:30 | Karamel N22, 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom
Melodic jazz with inspira3ons from around the world.
Cape Town-born pianist/composer Clouts’ South African roots have inspired a voyage of discovery that has led to him soaking up the joyful passion of Caribbean calypso, the bluesy melodies of middle eastern praise songs, the exuberant sway of Cuban dance music and the tuneful essence of Gospel while honouring jazz heroes including Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett, and Charles Lloyd.
As a key member of the popular London-based world jazz ensemble Zubop and its oﬀshoot ZubopGambia, with BBC World Music award-winner Juldeh Camara, Clouts created a solid body of work with African roots. Since moving to Dorset in 2006 he has responded to his new surroundings with impressionisti compositions that complement his world music interests, resona3ng with strong themes and packing a mighty rhythmical punch.
The latest CD from the Philip Clouts Quartet is one of the ﬁrst waves of releases on the new jazz imprint from prestigious label Odradek Records. On this album, titled Umoya (named from the Zulu word for life force), Clouts’ African inspirations extend beyond Cape jazz to Gnawa music and Afrobeat, and further to pan-European folksong and soul-jazz. Joined by rising star saxophonist Samuel Eagles, bassist Tim Fairhall and drummer Ted Carrasco, he brings his musical journey alive with superb musicianship and infectious vigour.
PRESS “The best of British jazz” Chris Phillips Jazz FM “Precise ebullience and relaxed funkiness” The Guardian “A revelatory experience” UK Vibe “Clouts’ compositions are strong and likable. The quartet’s playing is similarly engaging, a feeling of optimism pervading the tunes with a life force of its own” All About Jazz “It has a very infectious feel-good quality about it” Jazz FM “Clouts’ aﬀection for a gospel-powered earthiness emerges in the relaxed funkiness of his piano solo” The Guardian “Clouts’ compositions are highly melodic, rhythmically varied, and stylistically and culturally diverse. In this quartet, he has musicians capable of bringing his ideas to colourful and vital fruition” Ian Mann
LINKS Youtube Streaming Website
SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS Twitter: @philipclouts Facebook: @philipcloutsquartet

Loz Speyer's INNER SPACE
2023-05-05 20:00 - 22:30 | Karamel N22, 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom
LOZ SPEYER’S INNER SPACE Loz Speyer – trumpet, flugelhorn; Dee Byrne – alto sax; Special guest, Josephine Davies – tenor sax; Olie Brice – double bass; Gary Willcox – drums;
Inner Space plays Jazz of a rare warmth and immediacy – compositions for improvisers with roots in both jazz and free improv. Loz Speyer’s music for Inner Space comes with references from deep within the jazz tradition – swing, bebop, free jazz and all the way back to New Orleans – arranged in such a way as to give the group space to explore new areas and discover where the music might GO. Each piece evolves its own unique form, feeling and direction, five highly distinctive musicians working it all out in the here and NOW.
Inner Space has been touring over the last year with fresh sounds in the saxophone section, building on a band sound developed through some years of touring and recording, with bassist Olie Brice and drummer Gary Willcox. On this night at Karamel, Inner Space features the amazing Dee Byrne on alto sax – and as a special guest, the wonderful Josephine Davies on tenor sax. Josephine was Jazz instrumentalist of the Year in the 2019 Parliamentary Jazz awards and leads her own big band and the trio Satori.
Along with music from the album “Life on the Edge” (Leo Records 2017), Inner Space explores some extended forms in the shape of a growing set of Jazz Portrait compositions – with titles such as “Innate Ornette”, “Chimes for Grimes” and “Sun the One Ra the Far!” It may seems audacious to attempt to characterise in music such seminal and inspirational figures? – but it comes naturally enough from the musicians’ own lifelong relationship with their music, as a way to make sense of that legacy in our own TIME. The pieces inspired by actual encounters come with stories that emerge in the live situation – both musicians and audience can tap into deep sources of inspiration.
“The integrity they bring to the emerging free jazz push-pull structure of ’Space Music’ pilots the musicians further towards destinations unknown.” – Philip Clark, Jazzwise
“Superb outing, that effectively highlights the leader’s jarring and perceptively constructed compositions.” – Glen Astarita, All About Jazz
“Upon listening, I was hooked…. the contrapuntal moments when the horns venture just over the edge make me think that if ODJB had arrived 100 years later they may have sounded like this.” – Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here

: Sun the One Ra the Far – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGl0hctHYKU
album, Life on the Edge: https://spherical-records.bandcamp.com/album/life-on-the-edge
Doors open 7pm, music from 8pm.
A pre-show menu is available from 6.30pm, if you’d like to reserve a table, please email karamel8775@gmail.com with your arrival time, group size and preferred menu choices.

Tori Freestone Trio
2023-05-04 20:00 - 22:30 | Karamel N22, 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom
Photocredit: Rob Blackham.
The award-winning Tori Freestone performs with Alcyona Mick and Brigitte Beraha, as an Trio.
“Excellent saxophonist Tori Freestone makes for a very impressive listen. Robust tenor work.” (Jazzwise Magazine)
Band line-up: Tori Freestone – Saxophones/flutes/violin; Alcyona Mick – piano; Brigitte Beraha – vocals.
Freestone features in many of the UK’s most exciting ensembles: The UK All Star Big Band with Hermeto Pascoal, the Julian Siegel Jazz Orchestra, Ivo Neame’s Quintet/Octet, Andre Canniere’s Sextet, Rory Simmons, Neil Yates’ ‘Surroundings’, the Asaf Sirkis Quartet, the London Jazz Orchestra, ‘Compassionate Dictatorship’, Cuban group ‘Orquesta Timbala’ and a duo with pianist Alcyona Mick alongside musicians such as Iain Ballamy, Stan Sulzman, Norma Winstone, Dave Holland, Jim Hart, Julian Siegel, Jasper Hoiby, Jamie Cullum, Andy Sheppard and Jason Yarde.
Performances include the Cheltenham, Brecon, North Sea, Haskovo (Bulgaria), Elb, Sudtirol, Leibnitz, La Laguna (Spain) Jazz festivals, the Binhuis, Ronnie Scott’s, La Zorro y El Cuervo (Cuba), DB museum (Nuremberg) plus tours of the UK, Canary Islands, Portugal, Norway, Germany and Austria and recordings/interviews for Jazz FM, Radio 3, Radio 2, Loop, Edition and Whirlwind Recordings. She leads her own trio and their debut album (2014) and second album ‘El Barranco’ (2016) attracted wide acclaim in the UK and abroad. Tori composed a commission for the trio for the 2014 EFG London Jazz Festival which was performed at the QEH supporting Henri Texier and in she was shortlisted for the 2017 Arts Foundation Award for Jazz Composition and the Parliamentary Jazz Award for Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year 2017. ” Freestone has clearly listened widely, but her musicality and broad experiences have stirred all that input into an imposingly original sound”, John Fordham, The Guardian 4 star review
“a flute and reeds player of nicely sinuous melodic invention” – The Telegraph
Doors open 7pm, music from 8pm.
A pre-show menu is available from 6.30pm, if you’d like to reserve a table, please email karamel8775@gmail.com with your arrival time, group size and preferred menu choices.

Tomorrow’s Warriors Frontline
2023-04-27 20:00 - 22:00 | Karamel N22, 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom
Tomorrow’s Warriors Frontline is a formidable 8-piece line-up of some of our finest young Warriors musicians, championing the role of women in jazz.
Playing a selection of upbeat jazz standards, and developing their own compositions, Frontline is one of Tomorrow’s Warriors’ flagship development groups.
With a new line-up for 2023, Frontline is already booked to perform at venues across London, including a headline date with TW alum, and acclaimed saxophonist, Camilla George.
Tomorrow’s Warriors’ talent development programme has helped nurture an astounding list of award-winning alumni including Nubya Garcia, Shabaka Hutchings, Ezra Collective, Moses Boyd, Binker Golding and a whole host more. At the heart of this incredible musical movement is the ethos of ‘each one, teach one’, with each generation sharing their time and supporting the musicians that follow in their footsteps. The creative results are nothing short of inspiring and intoxicating, as witnessed in the new Tomorrow’s Warriors album, I Am Warrior.
Frontline are: *Miranda Radford (drums), Kezia Pollendine (piano), Amelia Wilding (bass), Tami Adebanjo (guitar), Hannah Clifton (trumpet), Klara Devlin, (trumpet), Mali Sheard (alto sax), Poppy Helmer (flute) * Find out more at www.tomorrowswarriors.org
Tickets £10
Doors open at 7pm, and music starts at 8pm.
Book a ticket in advance to avoid disappointment!

Moncada Trio
2023-04-21 20:00 - 22:00 | Karamel N22, 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom
Adriano Balducci Moncada from the Moncada Trio is a London based guitarist and composer with a degree in Popular Music from BIMM London in 2018 and a Master in Jazz at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in 2021. Over the years, he has played prestigious venues all around London like Pizza Express, The Barbican Centre, The Empire in Hackney and the Hampstead Jazz Club, to name a few.
His newest project, “Moncada Trio” was born in 2022 and they have recorded a four track EP called “Shades of What We Were” that ended up on well known Jazz playlists on the streaming platforms and gained recognition in the jazz music scene in London.
He is now releasing a live EP in April 2023, recorded at the Hampstead Jazz Club.
Adriano Moncada (guitar), Jack Tustin (double bass), Tom Potter (drums).
Tickets £10
Doors open at 7pm, and music starts at 8pm.
Book a ticket in advance to avoid disappointment!

Noah Stoneman 6tet
2023-04-20 20:30 - 22:30 | Karamel N22, 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom
We are delighted to announce the third gig in the Noah Stoneman residency at Karamel. A monthly gig of emerging & established jazz artists, musicians and composers, curated by Noah.
Band line-up: *Noah Stoneman (piano), Christos Stylianides (trumpet), Miles Mindlin (guitar), Ruta Sipola (flute), Dominic Ingham (violin), Caius Williams (Double bass). *
Noah Stoneman, 21-year old pianist and composer from North London, is studying at the Royal Academy of Music. Adept in a wide range of musical idioms, Noah says: “What binds these different languages together is improvisation” – an art which Noah aims to master throughout his career.
He regularly performs as a sideman for some of the finest musicians across the UK from all generations, including Jim Mullen, Mark Kavuma, Xhosa Cole, Alex Hitchcock and also leads his own trio, for which he composes and performs his original music.
As a composer, Noah takes influence from all walks of music, both contemporary and traditional. Noah has composed and arranged for a myriad of ensembles ranging from Piano Trio, Big Band, Jazz Octet, String Quartet and recently had an original song cycle for piano and Opera Soprano performed at the RAM ‘Students Create’ festival. In 2022 Noah composed the original score for the mini series ‘Life in Love’ directed by Abel Rubinstein, which was broadcast on ITV.
In October 2021, Noah recorded his debut album at the local Livingstone Studios, in Haringey London, with his trio of Will Sach on bass and Luca Caruso on drums. Comprised of all original material and produced by long-time mentor Kit Downes, the record offers a fresh poetic statement that realises Stoneman’s compositional identity.
Doors open at 7pm, and music starts at 8pm.
Book a ticket in advance to avoid disappointment!

Isa Levy: Making the Invisible Visible
2023-04-15 19:30 - 22:00 | Karamel N22, 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom
An evening of art, song and spoken word with Isa Levy (artist, writer). to coincide with the exhibition of Isa Levy’s art at Karamel.
The Female Resurrection. This Woman comes out of the Canvas to tell her story…. Making the Invisible Visible In her Memoir: Conversations with a Blank Canvas By Isa L Levy Available on Amazon
‘beyond poetic’ ….. ‘this is real’ ……. ‘great bravery’……
‘Isa teaches us a great deal about her own life, but also about our own lives too’
15 5 star reviews
She makes no apologies to a drab world and sings and paints her way onto each new canvas; and after an intense 15 year painting period and the creation of some 450 paintings. She closes the door on her studio and STOPS. She needed to find the words to express this miracle.
And now she has …….. in her Memoir:
CONVERSATIONS WITH A BLANK CANVAS (From Nowhere to Somewhere). Available on AMAZON
Doors and dining 6.30pm-8pm. Show of Readings, insights and music from 8pm.

Simon Purcell Quartet
2023-04-13 20:00 - 22:00 | Karamel N22, 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom
An evening of contemporary jazz with the Simon Purcell Quartet.
“Simon Purcell.…gifted contemporary jazz pianist” (Time Out)
Featuring: Julian Siegel – saxophone (Kenny Wheeler, Andrew Hill, Hermeto Pascoal, Mike Gibbs, Django Bates, John McLaughlin, John Taylor et al); Oli Hayhurst – bass (Pharaoah Sanders, Zoe Rahman, Pete Wareham Julian Siegel et al); Will Glaser – drums (Liam Noble, Soweto Kinch, Cleo Laine, Josephine Davies et al); Simon Purcell – piano (see www.simonpurcell.com/about).
Pianist Simon Purcell has performance credits as leader and sideman dating back to the mid 80’s, including appearances with the likes of Red Rodney, Kenny Wheeler, Eddie Henderson and Jean Toussaint. During the late 80’s and early 90’s his fluent and inventive playing could be heard with a wide variety of artists as well as his own bands, which have included the likes of UK artists Julian Arguelles, Christine Tobin and Steve Watts. In addition to being a performer of some skill and invention, Simon is also a well established and highly respected educator. Between 1987 and 2005 he was professor of jazz piano at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and was appointed Head of Jazz at Trinity Laban Conservatoire in September 2005 (retiring from that position late last year) and in 2006 received the prestigious Parliamentary Jazz Award for Jazz Educationalist of the Year.

Doors open 7pm, music from 8pm.
Tickets £10
https://www.musicglue.com/karamel
VENUE: 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ
Book a ticket in advance to avoid disappointment!

Pete Whittaker Quartet
2023-04-06 20:00 - 22:00 | Karamel N22, 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom
*Pete Whittaker *is a jazz organist based in London, UK. Originally a piano player, he migrated to organ after hearing the classic 1950s &60s Jimmy Smith records. As a result of immersing himself in the sound world of Jimmy Smith, Larry Young, Groove Holmes, Jack mcDuff, Jimmy McGriff etc., Pete has chosen to continue his musical journey in this hard-bop, soul jazz, funky tradition. After some years of touring with rock bands, Pete now focusses on jazz and is currently involved in projects with some of the UK’s leading musicians. These include Theo Travis’ Double Talk, The Filthy Six, John Etheridge’s Blue Spirits, Zoe Schwarz’ Blue Commotion and others. Despite his deep love of the vintage Hammond tonewheel consoles, Pete has always had one eye on the digital clones, though none have impressed him as much for authenticity as the Crumar Mojo which he now plays on the vast majority of his gigs and several recent recordings.

Doors open 7pm, music from 8pm.
Tickets £10
https://www.musicglue.com/karamel
VENUE: 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ
Book a ticket in advance to avoid disappointment!

Tomorrow’s Warriors presents Mali Sheard Quintet
2023-03-30 20:00 - 22:00 | Karamel N22, 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom
Tomorrow’s Warriors presents London based alto saxophonist *Mali Sheard *as she leads her new quintet for the first Warriors gig at Karamel for 2023.
As a musician Mali draws her inspiration from the great alto players like Phil Woods, Paul Desmond and Cannonball Adderley and her song writing compositions reference a broad spectrum from the Great American Songbook through to elements of traditional folk music.
With a repertoire of her own material and standards, Mali is an artist to watch and has already played Ronnie Scott’s, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Pizza Express Live Soho, Foyles Bookshop and the prestigious Dizzy’s Club at the Lincoln Centre in New York.
Band Line-Up: Mali Sheard-alto; Keira Chakraborty- flute; Kyle Osborne- piano; Luke McCarthy- drums; George Balmont- bass;
More about Tomorrow’s Warriors.
Tomorrow’s Warriors is a pioneering talent development organisation, creative producer, learning and training provider, charity and consultancy specialising in jazz. Founded in 1991 by Queen’s Medal for Music recipient Gary Crosby OBE and Janine Irons MBE, Tomorrow’s Warriors helps aspiring young artists from diverse backgrounds discover their magic and achieve creative ambitions.
TW nurtures nascent talent and builds engaged, culturally diverse audiences and has been recognised both nationally and internationally, receiving over fifty awards, including the 2021 Impact Award from Jazz FM.
Their award-winning alumni include: Moses Boyd, Nubya Garcia, Sheila Maurice-Grey, Cassie Kinoshi and Nerija, Femi Koleoso and Ezra Collective, Binker Golding, Shabaka Hutchings and Sons of Kemet, ESKA, Denys Baptiste, Soweto Kinch, Ben Burrell, Zara McFarlane, Camilla George, CHERISE, Nathaniel Facey and Empirical, Peter Edwards… the list goes on and on.
“Tomorrow’s Warriors have changed the musical landscape of Britain. It’s as simple as that.” Cerys Matthews, Artist & Broadcaster
Find out more at www.tomorrowswarriors.org
Doors open 7pm, music from 8pm.
Tickets £10
https://www.musicglue.com/karamel
VENUE: 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ

Poetry & Poppadums with John Hegley
2023-03-24 20:00 - 22:00 | Karamel N22, 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom
Greetings Poppadum pickers – we invite you to a side-splitting evening of comedy and musings at Karamel !
Collage Arts present Poetry and Poppadums on 24 March, featuring..
JOHN HEGLEY *A unique apologist for accessible, energetic & downright hilarious ‘verse’ – The Observer * “Delightfully inventive” – The Guardian
“Fabulously funny” – Time Out
With surprise Special guests.
Hosted By Paul Lyalls
‘Has an eye for the absurd’ The Daily Mail
‘Playfully comic’ – Glasgow Herald
Doors open at 6.30pm (for diners)
Show starts at 8pm.
Suitable for mature 14s and older.
Dining (optional) in the Karamel restaurant from 6.30pm-8pm (Indian Thalis available). Please book a table in advance by emailing karamel8775@gmail.com
Link to >>Pre show menu

Jakub Klimiuk Quintet
2023-03-23 20:00 - 22:00 | Karamel N22, 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom
Featuring in-demand musicians, associated with the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and Trinity Laban, Jakub Klimiuk Quintet combines modern jazz with influences from Scandinavian improvised music, Eastern European folk and contemporary classical pieces. The resultant repertoire, consisting of original compositions, is a highly energetic mix of scripted forms and free improvisation, drawing from various genres but at the same time staying deeply rooted in the jazz tradition.
Members of the band have performed at venues like Vortex, 606 or Ronnie Scott’s and have individually worked with Martin Speake, Tom Challenger, NYJO, Morsyca, Donovan Haffner and Húrra among others.
Quintet’s EP entitled „Reluctance” is a reflection on the uncertainty of current times, a way to express intertwining feelings of hope and skepticism. The album takes listeners on a journey through different sound worlds, from modern jazz inspired by New York scene to hip-hop grooves.

Line up:
Simeon May – Tenor saxophone
Jakub Klimiuk – Guitar/compositions
Cody Moss – Piano
Harry Pearce – Double bass
Adam Merrell – Drums

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Doors open at 7pm, music starts at 8pm. Please book a ticket in advance.

Marco Punzi Quartet
2023-03-17 20:00 - 22:00 | Karamel N22, 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom
”After the release of their debut album “Snow” by his Italian collective Eazy Quartet, Marco Punzi decided to put together his own quartet. The music is all original material, influenced by the knowledge he acquired whilst studying The Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where he graduated in 2018, as well as from his own Italian heritage. The result is a mixture of high-energy and exciting music, meditative ballads and a spice of odd time signature tunes “
Line up: Marco Punzi – Guitar; Jonny Mansfield – Vibes; Will Sach – Double Bass; Theo Guttenplan – Drums;
Graduated at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama studying with UK’s top teachers such as Colin Oxley and John Parricelli, Marco is active on the London music scene as a jazz and theatre performer. Marco moved to London in 2017 to study at the Guildhall after gaining a first class honours bachelor degree at “Civici corsi di jazz” in Milan, Italy.
Doors open 7pm, music from 8pm.

Noah Stoneman Trio
2023-03-16 20:30 - 22:30 | Karamel N22, 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom
We are delighted to announce the second gig in the Noah Stoneman residency at Karamel. A monthly gig of emerging & established jazz artists, musicians and composers, curated by Noah.
Band line-up: Noah Stoneman (piano), Tara Cunningham (guitar), Mark Sanders (drums).
Noah Stoneman, 21-year old pianist and composer from North London, is studying at the Royal Academy of Music. Adept in a wide range of musical idioms, Noah says: “What binds these different languages together is improvisation” – an art which Noah aims to master throughout his career.
He regularly performs as a sideman for some of the finest musicians across the UK from all generations, including Jim Mullen, Mark Kavuma, Xhosa Cole, Alex Hitchcock and also leads his own trio, for which he composes and performs his original music.
As a composer, Noah takes influence from all walks of music, both contemporary and traditional. Noah has composed and arranged for a myriad of ensembles ranging from Piano Trio, Big Band, Jazz Octet, String Quartet and recently had an original song cycle for piano and Opera Soprano performed at the RAM ‘Students Create’ festival. In 2022 Noah composed the original score for the mini series ‘Life in Love’ directed by Abel Rubinstein, which was broadcast on ITV.
In October 2021, Noah recorded his debut album at the local Livingstone Studios, in Haringey London, with his trio of Will Sach on bass and Luca Caruso on drums. Comprised of all original material and produced by long-time mentor Kit Downes, the record offers a fresh poetic statement that realises Stoneman’s compositional identity.
Doors open 7pm, music from 8:30pm.
Tickets £10
https://www.musicglue.com/karamel
VENUE: 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ
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Miguel Gorodi Quartet
2023-03-09 20:00 - 22:00 | Karamel N22, 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom
‘Supremely gifted trumpet and flugelhorn player’ (Jazz FM)
Miguel Gorodi is a London based composer, teacher and trumpet player performing across a broad spectrum of jazz and improvised music.
He leads and writes for the Miguel Gorodi Nonet, and co-leads the Gorodi/Ingamells duet ensemble and the Gorodi/Braysher Quartet. He is a member of the Barry Green Sextet, SEED Ensemble, the London City Big Band and the Dixie Ticklers, as well as regularly playing for the London Jazz Orchestra.
Born in Spain in 1990, Miguel also grew up in Saudi Arabia and Thailand before moving to England in 2006 upon winning a music scholarship at Wells Cathedral School in Somerset. Miguel moved to London in 2008 to study Jazz Trumpet at The Guildhall School of Music & Drama, graduating in 2012 with a first class honours degree and a Concert Recital Diploma, and stayed at Guildhall for a further two years as the Jazz department’s fellow.
Since moving to London, Miguel has become one of the city’s leading young jazz trumpet players. He was first picked up at the age of 19 by singer Ian Shaw to record his album The Abbey Road Sessions (featuring Peter Ind and Gene Calderazzo) in 2010. Miguel has continued a freelancing career as a sideman and featured soloist ever since, performing in Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Norway, Hungary, Ireland, Russia, and across the UK.
Miguel’s Nonet debut album, ‘Apophenia’, was released in Spring 2019 on Ubuntu Music.
Doors open 7pm, music from 8pm.
Tickets £10
https://www.musicglue.com/karamel
VENUE: 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London N22 6UJ
Book a ticket in advance to avoid disappointment!

TRISTAN MAILLIOT QUARTET: REMEMBERING CHICK COREA
2023-03-02 20:00 - 22:00 | Karamel N22, 4 Coburg Rd, Wood Green, London, N22 6UJ, United Kingdom
Join us for Tristan Mailliot Quartet: Remembering Chick Corea
Jazz Legend, Pianist and Composer Chick Corea, who passed away a year ago, has left a remarkable and unforgettable legacy. In his long career, he recorded close to 90 albums as a bandleader or co-leader and won 23 Grammys, and many of his compositions have become jazz standards, marked by his dreamy but brightly illuminated harmonies and ear-grabbing melodies.
Drummer Tristan Mailliot has assembled a quartet of top flight musicians, including BBC Young Jazz Musician finalist Tom Ridout on sax, who share a deep love of Chick’s music . Together they play a varied set of music drawn Chick’s huge legacy of compositions, from the popular Latin-influenced classics such as “Spain” and “Armando’s Rhumba” to the lesser known “Morning Sprite” , the introspective “Futures” and the modal jazz of “Humpty Dumpty” or “Dr Joe”.
An evening celebrating the music of this great and much missed musician, in the company of some of the stars of the current scene.
Featuring Tristan Mailliot – drums, Chris Eldred – piano, Tom Ridout – sax, Flo Moore – bass
Doors open at 7pm, and music starts at 8pm.
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Optional – Pre-gig meal available from the Karamel Kitchen!
