Tomorrow night is one of those Fridays filled with choices.

* The early evening is easy – just head for the Symphony Hall foyer bar and let Big Man Clayton do the rest. The barrelhouse pianist and singer adds his Birmingham Blues Friends for this gig, which runs from 5.30pm to 7pm and is free.

Then the choices are yours: big band swing, more big band swing or virtuoso world guitar:

* In the town hall, the BBC Big Band is joined by clarinettist Ken Peplowski for a concert celebrating the master of the licourice stick, Benny Goodman. It’s called Sing Sing Sing, and Peplowski really is the right man to do that.

He will be joined by Clare Teal for this Radio 2 Big Band Special recording. It starts at 7.30pm, and tickets are from £12.50. Book on 0121 780 3333 or at thsh.co.uk

* Over in the Lichfield Garrick Theatre Benny Goodman’s music is also being celebrated, along with old favourites from the Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw and Billy May band books.

This time it’s the Syd Lawrence Orchestra doing the playing, or, more accurately, Chris Dean’s Syd Lawrence Orchestra, since Dean took over the helm from Lawrence in ’96. This also starts at 7.30pm, tickets are from £17.50, and you can book on 01543 412121 or at lichfieldgarrick.co.uk

* For those of us who prefer to live in the present, the guitarist Antonio Forcione is at the Warwick Arts Centre with what he calls his Greatest (Almost) Hits concert.

The Italian brings all manner of music to life through his acoustic guitar: jazz, flamenco, bossa, African music… it’s all there, played with astonishing virtuosity.

Starts at 7.30pm. Tickets: £16 on 024 7652 4524 or warwickartscentre.co.uk

* The Supersonic Festival also starts tomorrow but specific jazz interest is on Saturday when pianists Steve Tromans and Dan Nicholls revive the wild and free Fender Rhodes duo that enlivened the CBSO Centre foyer at the Harmonic Festival earlier in 2010.

This time they are at the Custard Factory, but a specific time I am unable to give you. Just head for Supersonic and look out for them among such other performers as Wizzleteat and Necro Deathmort. More at capsule.org.uk/supersonic

* The last Wednesday of the month means it’s Jazz Club at the Rainbow in Digbeth and to celebrate the event’s fifth birthday there’s Golden Age Of Steam, the trio of James Allsop on saxophone, Kit Downes on organ and Tim Giles on drums. It starts at 9pm; tickets are £4 on the door. More at birminghamjazz.co.uk