Young saxophone wizard Rob Lavers, after many years in London, returns to York with a bang. With his two residencies in Little Stonegate (Wednesdays at the Bobo Lobo and Sunday afternoon family sessions at Kennedy's Caf Bar), Rob has now upped the ante with an ambitious Jazz Day on Sunday.

As his contribution to York's Music Live Festival, Rob will present a day of workshops, talks and performances by professional jazz musicians. Starting at 12.30pm and running throughout the afternoon until 6.30pm, Rob will be joined by Steve Berry (ex-Django Bates), John Perry (Georgie Fame) and Yorkshire-based piano whiz Andy Chollerton.

Kennedy's is one of the few venues in York where families with children are welcome and the Jazz Day is funded by City of York Council and Jazz Yorkshire.

So, a leisurely Sunday family lunch with an afternoon of top class jazz entertainment. Details from Kennedy's on 01904 620222.

York pianist Karl Mullen has instituted a jazz piano night every Friday at the Jacobean Lodge, Wigginton, and the venue's quality piano tempts York's best players. Karl also alternates with Nina Zagorski every Tuesday at the Last Drop Inn, Colliergate, York.

Singer and educator Louise Gibbs has moved north to work at the Royal Northern College of Music and Leeds College of Music. Tonight at Wakefield Jazz she is joined by the Jonathan Gee Trio and Italian saxophonist Renato D'Aiello, details from 01977 680542.

Tomorrow night the Old Fashioned Love Band will play New Orleans-style at Jazz In The Spa. The venue is the Trustees Hall, High Street, Boston Spa, details from 01937 842544.

The late Geoff Laycock employed most of the region's musicians at one time or another at various East Coast seaside resorts, notably at the Scarborough Spa.

Scarborough bass player Bob Malinowski has taken over the leadership of the band, landed a booking at the Hull Jazz Festival on July 30 and has instituted monthly concerts at the Old Town Hall at the Bell Hotel, Driffield.

The next date at Driffield is this Sunday evening, when the 18-piece band, with two singers, will be joined by Octopus, an eight-piece group from Hull. Call Bob for more details on (01723) 351546 or 351305.

For the adventurous jazz traveller, the iconoclastic American jazz piano trio The Bad Plus come to the Sage, Gateshead on Sunday. At the Leeds Wardrobe last year their programme had Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit rubbing shoulders with Ornette Coleman's Street Woman and We Are The Champions from Queen. An exciting piano jazz trio but, as you see, not quite as we know it. Details from the Sage, 0191 443 4661.

Scarborough Jazz continues on Tuesday night with charismatic tenor saxophonist Riche Binns. Featured on many BBC sessions, Richie's influences are Ronnie Scott and Hank Mobley. Details from 01723 379818.

A new jazz record label, Kind Of Blue, has emerged from the USA with two contrasting releases. Do we need another album of Antonio Carlos Jobim's music? On the strength of a line-up which lists Randy Brecker and Joe Lovano, yes please. However, the headline vocalist is the weak link and the normally fiery Brecker and Lovano are subdued.

The album is Maucha Adnet, The Jobim Songbook. The Brazilian Ms Adnet is endorsed by Jobim himself and her pitching on the well-loved songs Insensatez, Agua de Beber, Desifinado, etc, is fine so long as she keeps notes short. On longer notes her voice assumes an unfortunate tremor, rather than a vibrato. Immaculate playing from the band, but for Jobim completists only.

The second album, The Django Festival Live at Birdland, Gypsy Swing, is a resounding success. While being a respectful tribute to the great Reinhardt, it is a joyful and boisterous session, with a changing roster of players from the 14 listed musicians from track to track.

Guest reed players are James Carter and Ken Peplowski.

The group hits the ground running with an exhilarating Swing Gitan. On Minor Swing and Stompin' At Decca, Carter's tenor bustles in honking and bending notes, sort of Coleman Hawkins in a jocular, squiffy mood.

Peplowski rides the up tempo China Boy to the manner born and the whole album is a truly festive affair.