Courtney Pine, Mates of State, the Medicine Show Players and Dee Palmer are our picks of the performers this week.

COURTNEY PINE, Dome Concert Hall, Church Road, Brighton, July 25. The man who brought jazz into the mainstream returns to treat us with the first airing of material from his soon-to-be released album. His debut LP, Journey to the Urge Within, released 15 years ago was the first serious jazz album to make it into the top 40 and he has since collaborated with artists as diverse as Talvin Singh, Ronnie Size and Mick Jagger. Starts 8pm, tickets £12.50-£15. 01273 709709.

MATES OF STATE, Freebutt, Phoenix Place, Brighton, July 29. This husband-and-wife team from San Francisco play a breezy brand of pop with an organ, drums and vocal set-up. Originally from Kansas, Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel have been the talk of the US Press due to their romance and eccentricity. This month they release their debut LP My Solo Project on TSK!TSK! records, the people who brought Erase Errata to our shores. Starts 7.30pm, tickets £4/£3.50. Call 01273 603974.

THE MEDICINE SHOW PLAYERS, The Greys, Southover Street, Brighton. The Medicine Show is half-way between a good-time Wild West travelling show and the Lollapalooza Festival in your front room. The players are a group of multi-instrumental musicians performing as three separate acts: Phil Lee And The Troubadour Assassins with Jake Berger, NSS & His Bargain Bin Band, Mark Dean's No Comebacks plus the Honky Tonk Jukebox. Tickets: £10. Call 01273 680734.

DEE PALMER, The Greys, Southover Street, Brighton. The Greys has seen some musicians with a story to tell perform on its tiny stage but few can have led as intriguing a life as Dee Palmer.

For starters, Dee was formerly David Palmer of Jethro Tull. Few, too, can have learned their craft in as auspicious company or be as respected for their mastery of their craft. Palmer enrolled in the Household Cavalry and learned to be a musician at the Royal Military School of Music. Tickets: £8. Call 01273 680734.