Page 9 of Jazz UK 57, May/June 2004. A round-up of news stories continues, looking forward to the final acts appearing at the Vortex Club in Stoke Newington before it closes, tours by Oxford guitarist Pete Oxley and his band Curious Paradise, and Arnie Somogyi's Anglo-Hungarian group Improvokation, gigs promoted by East Yorkshire promoters J Night, and congratulating Yorkshire's Savannah Jazz Band on 25 years of performing. The editorial for the issue also features, focusing on an evening of performances celebrating the songs of Billie Holiday held at the Barbican.