October looks like a busy/wide ranging month for cabaret/jazz here in London and New York, especially as vocal group the New York Voices are at Ronnie's and the unique Steve Ross at The Pheasantry, plus a new voice Samara Joy should have a full house at Dizzys in New York. All that plus Album of the month from an extraordinary singer Judy Niemack and two very contrasting pianists

in The Piano Bar, Fred Hirsch and Cy Walter.