EFG London Jazz Festival 2013 Souvenir Magazine

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MORE THAN 280 PERFORMANCES. OVER 60 VENUES. THE PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE OF JAZZ

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PENGUIN CAFE

BEN L’ONCLE SOUL

Union Chapel

Wednesday 4 December Scala

Friday 14 & Saturday 15 February

GET THE BLESSING Wednesday 5 March

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Village Underground

LUDOVICO EINAUDI

Sunday 9 March

TORD GUSTAVSEN

Wednesday 22 January

Barbican / Milton Court Concert Hall

AHMAD JAMAL

Wednesday 12 March

Hammersmith Apollo

ROBERT GLASPER & FRIENDS

Monday 27 January

Hammersmith Apollo

ZARA McFARLANE

Tuesday 8 April

Royal Festival Hall

SALIF KEITA: ACOUSTIC

Saturday 8 February

Barbican

YOAV

Monday 19 May

XOYO

Sunday 9 February Purcell Room

CHICK COREA: SOLO Barbican

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remieres, talks, talent development, family events, 21 commissions, workshops. Superb free concerts right across London. It’s our 21st year, and London’s biggest city-wide music festival is celebrating in style.

At the heart of the EFG London Jazz Festival is the music and the audience. This year’s programme is in large part about celebrating the legacy of jazz; John McLaughlin, Archie Shepp, Carla Bley, Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, Hugh Masekela and Stan Tracey are just a handful of Festival artists who have had a profound influence on the evolution of the genre (as, of course, has the incomparable Wayne Shorter, whose 80th birthday we are marking with an exuberant day-long celebration). But it’s also about tomorrow’s greats, and performances from artists such as Sons of Kemet, Pedrito Martinez, Nik Bärtsch and Laura Jurd promise to shine with the creative energy that marks today’s jazz generation.

Since its earliest days, the Festival has always been about taking jazz and the music that surrounds it to the widest possible audience. This year we are embarking on Looking East, a journey to uncover the jazz being born through Eastern Europe and the Middle East to India. You can learn all about it – and the history of the festival, not to mention the unmissable gems in this year’s programme – in these pages.

So read on, enjoy, and we’ll see you there.

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High five

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Q&A

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The EFG London Jazz Festival team

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with Angelique Kidjo, Lo’Jo, Dub Colossus Dub Band and Mokoomba Fri 13 Dec

Amerıca THE SOUND OF

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Songlines Music Awards Winners’ Concert

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RICHARD HAVERS SHARES THE INSPIRATION BEHIND HIS RECENT BOOK ON THE STORY OF VERVE RECORDS

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IT WAS AT THE TAIL END OF 1955 that Norman Granz decided to form Verve Records. He did so for Ella Fitzgerald; he already managed her career, but felt he knew how to make the kind of records the singer should be making – and history has proved he was right.

But the story of Verve begins a decade or more before, rooted in Granz’s ambition to take jazz out of the clubs and into concert halls, as well as in Clef and Norgran, the record labels he had been running for several years.

On 2 July 1944, the 25-year-old Granz staged his first Jazz at the Philharmonic concert. From the outset, Granz had a clear vision of what he wanted to achieve by taking jazz into more “respectable” music venues such as New York City’s Carnegie Hall.

Besides introducing the genre to an expanding audience, Granz was fighting racial segregation (a fight that cost him both professionally and personally).

And as the Jazz at the Philharmonic tours grew more extensive, Granz developed the template for modern touring that is replicated today by just about every kind of artist,

across jazz, rock and every other musical genre.

Putting it into words

It’s an oft-repeated notion that jazz is America’s one true art form. On the inner bag of every Verve long-playing

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SEVENTY YEARS AFTER GRANZ DECIDED TO TAKE JAZZ OUT OF THE CLUBS AND INTO THE CONCERT HALLS, THE MUSICAL REVOLUTION HE FOUNDED CONTINUES TO FLOURISH full career retrospective of Ella Fitzgerald – from her release with Chick Webb’s Orchestra in 1935 to her very last recordings in 1989 – and a collector’s series of 12 vinyl reissues in the original album art, including LPs by Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, Oscar Peterson and Billie Holiday.

richard Havers’ new book contains original album art from artists such as Billie Holiday

the full circle

Verve is now part of Universal Music Group. Under the leadership of David Foster, it not only reissues from its treasury some of the great jazz records, but also thrives as a label for modern artists: Diana Krall, Trombone Shorty, Lizz Wright and Smokey Robinson, to name just a few. Seventy years after Granz decided to take jazz out of the clubs and into the concert halls, the musical revolution he founded continues to flourish. Nat King Cole was among the artists who appeared at the very first Jazz at the Philharmonic concert in 1944; in 2013, one of Verve’s releases has been an album

by Nat King Cole’s daughter: Natalie Cole en Español. The wheel has turned full circle.

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jazz greats such as charlie parker recorded on verve records

record released during the 1960s was written: “The Jazz of America is on Verve”. It follows, therefore, that “the sound of America” was on every record issued by the label. That, at least, is the reasoning that inspired Verve: The Sound of America. The book includes a programme of reissues, beginning with a five-CD box set that traces the story of the label through 100 of its single releases. There’s also a 10-CD box set that is the very first

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For Granz, starting a record company was a way of expanding his Jazz at the Philharmonic franchise – but almost immediately the artists appearing in his concerts recognised the opportunity to make studio recordings. By the late 1940s and early 1950s the artists Granz recorded for his Clef and Norgran labels included Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Lester Young, Count Basie and Stan Getz. Soon after founding Verve, Granz placed Clef and Norgran under the umbrella of his new company, a move that gave

became further conduits for converts – and the label helped spread the jazz word around the world.

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a golden age

his fledgling label a roster of artists and recordings representing much of the best of jazz’s golden era. New artists were signed to Verve and, as the company expanded, many new fans discovered jazz.

In 1960, Granz sold Verve to MGM Records. Soon Creed Taylor was running the label and taking it in a new direction; with records by Getz and Charlie Byrd, Getz and João Gilberto, and of course, Gilberto’s wife Astrud, the label benefited enormously from the bossa nova jazz craze sweeping in from South America. Jazz was still cool, but it was also in the charts, and more popular than ever. Verve signed new artists, including Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery, who

When and where Celebrating Jazz at the Philharmonic SUNDAY 17 NOVEMBER, 7.30PM Barbican/Milton Court Concert Hall

NORMAN GRANZ DEVELOPED THE TEMPLATE FOR TOURING THAT IS REPLICATED TODAY ACROSS EVERY MUSICAL GENRE

Verve: The Sound of America is out now, published by Thames & Hudson

Devised by über-producer Norman Granz back in the 1940s, Jazz at the Philharmonic brought together the music’s mainstream with the radical forces of bebop, leading to the evolution of a jazz record label, Verve, and a touring network that took jazz into concert venues and on to festival stages.

This concert centres on James Pearson’s trio, and galvanises a cast from the full spectrum of today’s scene to baptise the Barbican’s new hall, Milton Court.

Celebrating Jazz at the Philharmonic will feature a 2013 response to the essence of Granz’s vision, where the spirit of the jam session finds its way to the concert hall.

Special guests include Peter King, Nigel Hitchcock and Byron Wallen, and French pianist Jacky Terrasson will make a long overdue UK appearance.

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AS THE EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL COMES OF AGE, ROSEANNE HANLEY ASKS THE DIRECTORS OF SERIOUS TO REFLECT ON JUST HOW FAR IT’S COME IT ALL BEGAN IN CAMDEN, in the 1970s, when the organisers of the borough’s well-regarded annual festival decided to append a Jazz Week to their programme.

camden’s jazz Week focused on the music of local jazz stars such as london-born courtney pine

It was an unqualified success, running every spring at famous Camden landmarks – the Roundhouse, Shaw Theatre, Logan Hall, Bloomsbury Theatre – and for many years appearing for a second time in the autumn, too.

While household names from across the Atlantic tended to play the more established Capital Jazz Festival, the Camden event looked largely to Europe, and especially homegrown UK artists.

It had an active commissioning policy; many of those making their debuts in Camden went on to number among the genre’s greats. As John Cumming, one of the three directors of Festival producer Serious, remembers, “Camden epitomised a changing jazz universe, reflecting the new energy emerging from the UK and European scene alongside the African-American tradition of the music.”

That philosophy served it well.

Although the Camden festival itself had ceased to be by the early 1990s,

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from left to right: david jones, claire Whitaker and john cumming, directors of the efg london jazz festival 2013

the Jazz Week continued for some years, and in 1992 the decision was made to create a stand-alone festival, celebrated not just in Camden but across the whole of the capital. The ambition from the start was to build on the achievements with Camden and extend those throughout the city, with an event that was international in scope, to celebrate the massive role that the

the different communities that define London’s social and cultural fabric.”

Twenty-one years on, London is as much a star of the Festival as the music; venues are chosen to span the capital, from Streatham to Highgate and Richmond to Hackney Wick.

There’s also a notable combination of establishment venues – the city’s major concert spaces at the Southbank Centre,

“CAMDEN EPITOMISED A CHANGING JAZZ UNIVERSE, REFLECTING A NEW ENERGY” jazz community plays throughout the year in London.

From the very beginning, the London Jazz Festival wasn’t just a festival in London – it was about London. “Supporting the image of London as a jazz city was important,” acknowledges Cumming. There was also, he adds, “a sense of history – jazz has successfully inhabited the city for decades, interacting and responding to

Barbican and Wigmore Hall, for instance – and newer, fresher locations. Many, such as Shoreditch’s XOYO and Village Underground, aren’t the kinds of places you’d typically associate with jazz, but that in itself is important. Underpinning the Festival from the beginning has been a kind of fluidity; a willingness to embrace all aspects of the genre, including the new and the more tangential, and to keep doing so as the genre continues

“It’s personally provided me opportunities to play in front of audiences for the first time and support artists like David Sanborn.

The city becomes alive with jazz and it’s an important connection point for artists.”

SOWETO KINCH, MUSICIAN

“From the tiniest bar to the biggest concert hall, there is something for everyone. The Festival is exciting… I love it.”

IAN SHAW, VOCALIST

“The Festival is one of my favourite times of the year.

It’s reached 21 and is getting bigger and better all the time, giving a great platform to amazing musicians from all over the world.”

GUY BARKER, COMPOSER/ ARRANGER/CONDUCTOR

“The most exciting thing that happens in jazz all year in this country – a most wonderful, exciting event”

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JOHN FORDHAM, JOURNALIST

Hugh Masekela Hugh Masekela is appearing at the royal festival Hall, southbank centre, on 15 november

“The festival is like a University of Jazz: the moment when the jazz world comes to London” ALEX WEBB, PRODUCER

“I defy anyone who has a love for great music, vocal artistry and orchestration not to enjoy Jazz Voice – a joyous celebration of jazz and its influence on the popular song.”

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to evolve. It’s a place for by-the-book classic jazz, of course, but it also provides a platform where jazz that’s a little (or a lot) different can be heard.

“The Festival celebrates jazz and the music it’s touched by and the music it touches,” says Cumming, and he’s backed up by his two co-directors. As David Jones puts it, the Festival “has a style that emphasises how important it is to reach out to other styles of music”. Claire Whitaker adds: “One of the strengths of the Festival over the past 21 years is that it’s not a static museum piece. It’s a living, breathing thing.”

The other critical part of this desire to work outside the traditional jazz space is the Festival’s emphasis on fostering engagement. Year after year, the team at Serious has worked at bringing more people to jazz, opening up the genre to those who don’t instinctively feel an affinity with it. The Festival is more than a series of concerts drawing international jazz icons to the city. It’s also an event that nurtures home-grown talent, provides a stage for emerging artists, creates and commissions collaborative projects, and manages countless education and outreach initiatives.

“We are really proud of our learning and participation programme,” says Whitaker, adding that this has continued to grow and now pervades “every nook and cranny” of the Festival.

The decision to offer over a quarter of all performances for free is just one way

JOHN WILLIAMSON, CEO, EFG INTERNATIONAL

robert glasper taking a breather

neil cowley performing at the natural History Museum

of making it easy for people to find a way into the music that works for them; the Festival aims to, as Whitaker puts it, “take people on a journey, show them a different side of music they might not have experienced and instil confidence in the young people we’re involved with”. The ambition, adds Jones, is to let people “soak themselves in the music, ideas and attitudes of jazz”.

The drive to get people interested, and keep them engaged once they are, means it’s crucial for the Festival to move with the times. An emerging area of interest is the relationship between jazz and various kinds of media, something Cumming sees as

“THE FESTIVAL IS NOT A STATIC MUSEUM PIECE. IT’S A LIVING, BREATHING THING”

“really important. This year, for example, we have a much bigger film element with the Barbican; the programme is fantastic.” What future programmes might focus on is anyone’s guess, but as the Festival looks to its next 21 years, one thing’s for sure: it will continue to evolve.

Of course, as much as the Festival reflects the changing face of the outside world, a large part of its value lies in offering a respite from mundane concerns, bringing together people who might not normally interact. “Jazz is a world music,” says Cumming. “It’s a really important statement in itself – it transcends familiar stereotypes of race, culture and generation through the curiosity of its artists, and the impulse to communicate, that defines its spirit.”

“Within our festival, jazz is the dominant music for 10 days of the year,” adds Jones. “For those 10 days, London is about jazz, right across the city, in more than 50 venues – and I think that’s just wonderful.”

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Paolo Conte performs at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall on 16 November. On 17 November, the Wayne Shorter Quartet plays the Barbican. John McLaughlin performs with Zakir Hussain as part of Remember Shakti at Southbank Centre on 21 November.

On 22 November, Matthew Herbert plays Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall; and the Carla Bley Trio, featuring Steve Swallow and Andy Sheppard, performs on 24 November at Wigmore Hall.

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David Sanborn Clockwise from top left: Paolo Conte by Cesare Cicardini; The Carla Bley Trio by Bernd Thissen/Corbis; John McLaughlin by Thomas Dorn; Matthew Herbert by Helen Woods; Zakir Hussain; and Wayne Shorter

Photographed by Tom Le Goff (Corbis). Sanborn is appearing at the Barbican on 16 November, with pianist Bob James

Esperanza Spalding

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On 16 November, Evan Parker performs as part of the Schlippenbach Trio at Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room. Geri Allen performs alongside Esperanza Spalding and Terri Lyne Carrington at the Barbican on 17 November.

The Barbican is also the location for performances by Courtney Pine with Monty Alexander, on 19 November, and Brad Mehldau, who along with Mark Guiliana makes up Mehliana; the duo can be seen playing on 21 November with Sons of Kemet, featuring Shabaka Hutchings.

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Esperanza Spalding in New York, 2008. Photographed by Philippe Levy-Stab (Corbis). Spalding is appearing as part of ACS at the Barbican on 17 November

Clockwise from above: Courtney Pine by Gary Wallis; Evan Parker by Caroline Forbes; Geri Allen by Shonna Valeska; Brad Mehldau by Michael Wilson; Shabaka Hutchings by Emile Holba

Clockwise from top left: lee Konitz; tigran Hamasyan, by Vahan Stepanyan; Madeleine peyroux from The Blue Room cover by Rocky Schenck; john surman by Ann Iren Odeby; christine tobin by Bob Barkany

take five: europe edition ii by emile Holba

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High five SERIOUS’ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHEME, TAKE FIVE, CONTINUES TO GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH AT THE EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL 2013 ON SUNDAY 24 NOVEMBER, Take Five, Serious’ hugely successful professional development scheme, will take over the Front Room at the Southbank Centre with several performances to delight a jazz-loving audience.

Lee Konitz can be seen at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall on 18 November. On 19 November Tigran Hamasyan performs at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, and Christine Tobin is in Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room.

On Sunday 24 November, Stan Tracey and John Surman play the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Madeleine Peyroux plays the Royal Festival Hall.

First up, European Sunrise.

The band showcases the talents of 10 composer-performers, all participants in our Take Five: Europe programme; they hail from France (Airelle Besson and Guillaume Perret), the Netherlands (David Kweksilber and Marcos Baggiani), Norway (Daniel Herskedal and Per Zanussi), Poland (Marcin Masecki and Piotr Damasiewicz) and the UK (Arun Ghosh and Chris Sharkey).

Then it’s time for three groundbreaking Franco-British collaborations, featuring previous Take Five participants who are also part of the Jazz Shuttle programme.

Sonsale features Andy Champion and Corey Mwamba; Dors includes

Chris Sharkey and Christophe de Bezenac; and Of Gauls and Gaels brings together Fraser Fifield and Benjamin Flament, who met via Take Five: Europe last year and were commissioned by French festival Jazz sous les Pommiers.

We will also be announcing the artists who will participate in the ninth edition of Take Five: UK, taking place next year.

Across the EFG London Jazz Festival 2013, you will be treated to many and various performances by bands led by previous Take Five alumni, including groups from the UK (Take Five: UK), France, the Netherlands, Norway and Poland (Take Five: Europe), as well as Switzerland (Take Five: Switzerland).

Artists who have benefited from Serious’ other professional development programmes – Air Time, for jazz artists working in Scotland, and Move On Up, for artists working in African and Caribbean music – will also be performing.

The verve and drive of the musicians who participate in these

professional development schemes (and, of course, their success) is a continuing source of pride for Serious.

We’d like to thank the forward-thinking funding organisations who are our partners in this ongoing adventure.

More information can be found at serious.org.uk/about/artists/artistdevelopment.

For a full list of supporters of Festival performances, see the Festival Supporters page (page 35), and for information on how you can support Serious’ artist development work, turn to page 19.

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WHAT BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE THE EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL’S 21ST BIRTHDAY THAN TO GET INVOLVED?

HERE AT SERIOUS, learning and participation are central to our Festival and year-round programming.

To prove it, let us take you on a whistlestop tour through this year’s programme. You’ll find activities for the very young to the more mature Festival fans; we’ve got something for you all!

little ones and school years

Bring a toddler or two along to one of our popular Jazz for Toddlers workshops taking place around the city. This year hosted by alto saxophonist Nathaniel Facey and drummer Moses Boyd, Jazz for Toddlers is the perfect place to go if

When & where FULL DETAILS OF ALL SHOWS CAN BE FOUND AT WWW. LONDONJAZZFESTIVAL.ORG.UK Way in to the Way Out SATURDAY 16 NOVEMBER (PART 1), 5PM SUNDAY 17 NOVEMBER (PART 2), 5PM

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you want to listen to wonderful jazz up close, learn rhythms and songs with your little one, and even go home with some enjoyable musical games to try!

We’re also incredibly excited about our special commission by Brazilian percussionist Adriano Adewale: Catapluf’s Musical Journey. This wonderful concert for Key Stage 1 children takes you on a magical voyage of discovery of music from countries and cultures around the world. To ensure children and teachers alike get the most from it, we’ve developed this concert in partnership with Hanover Primary school in Islington and Latchmere Primary School in Kingston.

Children of secondary age, meanwhile, will benefit from smallgroup tuition led by artists performing in this year’s Festival – including drummer Cheryl Alleyne and trumpeter Airelle Besson – at our weekend workshops for young players.

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If that all feels a bit too much, sit back, relax and let the artists do the work!

YOU’LL BE ABLE TO TRY YOUR HAND AT IMPROVISATION IN THE JAZZ VOCAL WORKSHOPS Brendan Reilly and Cecilia Stalin, run on both Sundays of the Festival; you’ll be able to try your hand at improvisation and scatting, as well as learning some well-loved standards.

Or make EFG London Jazz Festival history by taking part in one of our celebratory “21 Commissions”, supported by our new music commissions fund, created especially for our 21st birthday.

Whether a novice or a self-confessed pro,

Festival favourite Way In to the Way Out returns with another two-part talk on the history of jazz, as interpreted by the younger generation. This year you can expect plenty of banter and energy as history is explored and enthusiastically retold by a Geordie double-act: guitarist Chris Sharkey and bassist Andy Champion. It’s also well worth dropping into a talk from our pre-concert series Hear Me Talkin’ To Ya.

Way in to the Way out is a twopart talk on the history of jazz

neil Charles SATURDAY 16 NOVEMBER, 11AM Cheryl alleyne SUNDAY 17 NOVEMBER, 11AM airelle Besson SATURDAY 23 NOVEMBER, 11AM Chris Montague SUNDAY 24 NOVEMBER, 11AM

SATURDAY 16 NOVEMBER, 12.30PM

Discover, Stratford Rich Mix MONDAY 18 NOVEMBER, 2PM

Artsdepot WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER, 11AM

Kings Place SATURDAY 23 NOVEMBER, 2PM

Southbank Centre SUNDAY 24 NOVEMBER, 11AM/2PM

Celebrate

Join us for a day of fun for the whole family on Sunday 24 November as the Southbank Centre comes alive with a celebration of all things jazz for the Festival’s 21st birthday. Hosted by broadcaster Hardeep Singh Kohli (patron of Serious Trust), the Clore Ballroom promises a great line-up of free music, with Bold as Brass starting at midday.

There’s so much more to discover than we can share with you here. Check the Festival website for the full birthday party schedule and more information on our Learning and Participation programme. Please do join us for what looks set to be our biggest and most ambitious Festival programme to date!

SERIOUS TRUST

Each year Serious relies on the support of a broad range of sponsors, partners and donors to make the EFG London Jazz Festival possible. Serious Trust launched the Key to the Future Appeal to commission new music, develop talent and provide opportunities for people of all ages to engage with music. If you’d like to get involved in this work and support the next generation of music and musicians, find out how by visiting www.serious.org.uk/support-us

If you’re a more seasoned student, or simply want to delve deeper, why not sign up for one of our weekend masterclasses? These exclusive events provide a wonderful opportunity to hear all about the technique and career paths of two Festival heavyweights, bassist Peter Ind and saxophonist John Surman.

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THE LEARNING TEAM AT SERIOUS

Mastering the art

Jazz Workshops for Young Players

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Discover jazz

Serious Big Sing with…

Carleen anderson SATURDAY 16, SUNDAY 17 AND SUNDAY 24 NOVEMBER, 1PM

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Cecilia Stalin SUNDAY 17 NOVEMBER, 2PM

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Brendan Reilly SUNDAY 24 NOVEMBER, 2PM

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Family friendly matinees Brass Jaw with Gwyneth Herbert SATURDAY 16 NOVEMBER, 3PM

Wigmore Hall

adriano adewale: Catapluf’s Musical Journey TUESDAY 19 NOVEMBER, 10.30AM/1.30PM

Southbank Centre Jazz toons: Scottish national Jazz Orchestra SATURDAY 23 NOVEMBER, 3PM

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Masterclasses

Southbank Centre Peter ind SATURDAY 16 NOVEMBER, 3PM John Surman SATURDAY 23 NOVEMBER, 3.30PM EFG london Jazz Festival 21st Birthday Party SUNDAY 24 NOVEMBER, FROM MIDDAY

Southbank Centre See www.londonjazzfestival.org.uk

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we have produced two special projects that need you to take part! If singing is your bag, join our Serious Big Sing residency, for which Carleen Anderson has written sensational new material for 50 voices. If you’d rather pick up an instrument, Bold as Brass is for you: more than 100 brass and percussion players of all ages and abilities will come together to perform new work by composer and saxophonist Jason Yarde.

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This year’s Festival programme includes several matinee performances, including Jazz Unravelled by 2011 Parliamentary Jazz Awards “Ensemble of the Year” Brass Jaw. Starring guest vocalist Gwyneth Herbert, Jazz Unravelled fuses jazz tradition and exciting new music in an interactive concert guaranteed to be fun and energetic. It may even go some way to demystifying all that jazz!

If you and your family really want to get involved, why not try a Serious Big Sing workshop? These 90-minute jazz vocal workshops, led by Festival artists

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KEVIN LEGENDRE EXPLORES THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF THE EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL 2013

FOR FESTIVAL DIRECTOR JOHN CUMMING, the process is largely organic. “The funny thing about themes in festivals is that you don’t necessarily think of them until you’ve started programming,” he says.

“It’s partly opportunistic, but there’s a memory bank that says, ‘We can make connections here, a series of links that take the audience on a different journey.’”

The Festival makes the English capital, for 10 days, one of the most vibrant places in the world – and never more so than this year, when a key focal point is music from the East. Concerts by John McLaughlin (Remember Shakti, featuring Zakir Hussain), Arun Ghosh, Trilok Gurtu’s new band and Open Souls (the trio comprising Ranjana Ghatak, Jason Singh and Seb Rochford) are must-see events. And all these artists have strong links with the Festival, underlining Cumming’s point about the existence of a “memory bank” that often helps inform the Festival’s planning.

Culture shift don’t miss arun ghosh at rich Mix

British and British-Asian musicians play a pivotal role in the rich dialogue between jazz and Eastern traditions.

“A relationship began to emerge in the

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1960s when American jazz artists like John Coltrane and the UK’s Joe Harriott became fascinated by Eastern culture,” says Cumming. “Not just for musical connections: there were cultural or religious connections, too. It stemmed from finding that there were other cultures out there that stretch back to ancient civilisation and have evolved a sophisticated musical tradition as rooted in improvisation as jazz itself.”

Defining the east

India looms large in the Festival programme – but East is, of course, a broad term, and it would be crude to define it first and foremost as what is culturally different to West. As well as Asia, one also has to take into account substantial parts of the Mediterranean and Europe; musicians as disparate

as Gilad Atzmon, the graceful Persian musician Hossein Alizadeh, and the inventive Armenian pianist Tigran Hamasyan. Cumming highlights the “wonderful” Albania-born, Switzerlandbased Elina Duni – who sings music derived from Albanian folk songs – as one of his current favourites.

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“I thought, let’s see what happens when we look from the Balkans and Eastern Europe and into that area that is part-Europe, part-Asia, and see how those cultures are responding to jazz,” he adds. “It’s like creating a journey – we’re looking at where artists face eastwards as well as westwards. John McLaughlin’s longstanding association with Zakir Hussain was an obvious starting point, and helped trigger a strand that takes the Festival from the eastern shores of the Mediterranean into the riches of the lands beyond.”

Beautiful beats from zakir Hussain (left) as he performs alongside john Mclaughlin; Hossein alizadeh (above right) plays some persian tunes; elina duni (below) sings her native albanian folk music

East on stage DON’T MISS THESE INSPIRED PERFORMANCES

BY ARTISTS FROM ACROSS EUROPE, THE MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA Hossein alizadeh + Pejman Hadadi FRIDAY 15 NOVEMBER, 7.30PM Southbank Centre/Queen Elizabeth Hall arun Ghosh SATURDAY 16 NOVEMBER, 3PM Rich Mix tigran Hamasyan + Elina Duni TUESDAY 19 NOVEMBER, 7.30PM Southbank Centre/Queen Elizabeth Hall John Mclaughlin and Zakir Hussain: Remember Shakti THURSDAY 21 NOVEMBER, 7.30PM Southbank Centre/Royal Festival Hall Gilad atzmon THURSDAY 21 NOVEMBER, 7.30PM Southbank Centre/Queen Elizabeth Hall arun Ghosh’s arkestra Makara SUNDAY 24 NOVEMBER, 8PM The Albany trilok Gurtu + Open Souls SUNDAY 24 NOVEMBER, 7.30PM Southbank Centre/Queen Elizabeth Hall

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Featuring Ralph McTell, Martin Simpson, Bernard Butler, Martin Carthy, Lisa Knapp and Pentangle’s Jacqui McShee and Danny Thompson.

Tuesday 3 December

SINEAD O’CONNOR

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Tuesday 10 December

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Transatlantic Sessions Monday 3 February

Bill Callahan

Extra date added due to demand

Friday 7 & Saturday 8 February

Christy Moore With Declan Sinnott

Thursday 17 & Friday 18 April

Anoushka Shankar Friday 23 Mayval Hall

Also coming up: Martin & Eliza Carthy Isabella Rossellini Stewart Lee A Vintage New Year’s Eve CapercailliE

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Friday 15 November

Southbank Centre/ Queen Elizabeth Hall

Hossein Alizadeh (tar/setar/lute) Pejman Hadadi (percussion)

Paolo Conte 7.30pm

Zoe Rahman is performing at the Barbican

This show is two sets, with an interval

JAZZ VOICE 7.30pm This show is two sets, with an interval

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VIVE Emily Dankworth, Lewis Daniel, Martynas Vilpisauskas, James Rose, Sam Robson Trumpets Nathan Bray Tom Rees-Roberts Pat White Martin Shaw Trombones Barnaby Dickinson Andy Wood Mark Frost

Horns Dave Lee Jim Rattigan Violins Sonia Slany Julian Tear Harriet Davies Debbie Preece Lucy Waterhouse Dai Emmanuel Warren Zeilinski Neil McTaggart Simon Smith Anna Szabo Jonathan Truscott Alison Dodds Yu Yasuoroko Finch Clare Connors

Violas Steve Tees Jon Thorne George Robertson Elisa Bergersen

Solo saxophone Stan Sulzmann

Bass Chris Hill

Musical director/ conductor Nick Smart

Drums Ralph Salmins Guitar Mitch Dalton Percussion Paul Clarvis

Dave Manington (bass) Sebastiaan de Krom (drums)

Zena Edwards (vocals) Kevin Mark Trail (guitar)

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HUGH MASEKELA & LARRY WILLIS

Saxophone Paul Towndrow Konrad Wiszniewski Allon Beauvoisin

Piano Dave Newton

KAI HOFFMAN 6pm FREE

ZENA EDWARDS 7.30pm

Trumpet Ryan Quigley

STAN SULZMANN’S NEON ORCHESTRA

Barbican FreeStage

Southbank Centre/ Royal Festival Hall

BRASS JAW 7.45pm

Cellos Nick Cooper Sophie Harris Nick Holland Joely Koos

Harp Helen Tunstall

Kai Hoffman (vocals) Gunther Kurmayr (piano)

Southbank Centre/Purcell Room

Hugh Masekela (flugelhorn/ vocals) Larry Willis (piano)

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Trumpets Tom Walsh Henry Lowther George Hogg Freddie Gavita Nick Smart

Trombones Mark Nightingale Robbie Harvey Mark Bassey Sarah Williams

Vibraphone Jim Hart

Reeds Martin Hathaway Mike Chillingworth Josh Arcoleo Pete Hurt James Allsop

Piano Nikki Iles

Guitar Alex Munk

Bass Steve Watts Drums Tim Giles

Paolo Conte performs on stage in 2011 in Barcelona

Barbican ZOE RAHMAN quartet 7.30pm Alec Dankworth (bass) Gene Calderazzo (drums)

Zoe Rahman (piano) Idris Rahman (clarinet/ saxophone)

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BOB JAMES AND DAVID SANBORN Bob James (piano) David Sanborn (saxophone)

Steve Gadd (drums) Scott Colley (bass)

Southbank Centre/Front Room CELINE BONACINA 5.30pm FREE

Barbican FreeStage

Céline Bonacina (saxophone/vocals) Leila Martial (vocals) Illya Amar (vibraphone) Romain Labaye (bass) Hary Ratsimbazafy (drums) Nicolas Leyroy (percussion)

BRUUT! 3pm FREE

Southbank Centre/ Clore Ballroom TROGON 1pm FREE Nick Smart (trumpet/flugelhorn) Alex Munk (guitar) Kishon Khan (piano) Denny “Jimmy” Martinez (bass) Dave Hamblett (drums) Pete Eckford (percussion)

Maarten Hogenhuis (saxophone) Folkert Oosterbeek (Hammond)

Thomas Rolff (bass) Felix Schlarmann (drums)

DASH! FREE Alex Oele (bass) Eric Hoeke (drums) Ranjana Ghatak (vocals) Shabaka Hutchings (clarinet)

Hilary Jeffery (trombone) Maarten Ornstein (saxophone/bass clarinet)

KAPoK FREE Morris Kliphuis (French horn) Timon Koomen (guitar)

Remco Menting (drums)

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Vocals Liam Bailey Eska Jane Monheit Clare Teal Krystle Warren Annabel Williams

Reeds Jamie Talbot Sam Mayne Phil Todd Graeme Blevins Alan Barnes

Paolo Conte (vocals) Nunzio Barbieri (guitar) Lucio Caliendo (oboe/bassoon/percussion/keyboard) Claudio Chiara (saxophone/flute/accordion) Daniele Dall’Omo (guitar) Daniele Di Gregorio (drums/percussion/marimba/piano) Luca Enipeo (guitar) Massimo Pizianti (accordion/bandoneon/clarinet/saxophone/ piano/keyboard) Piergiorgio Rosso (violin) Jino Touche (double bass/electric guitar) Luca Velotti (saxophone/clarinet)

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Saturday 16 November

Southbank Centre/ Queen Elizabeth Hall

Southbank Centre/ Clore Ballroom

REISjEGER/FRAANJE/SYLLA 7.30pm

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Ernst Reisjeger (cello) Harmen Fraanje (piano/vocals) Mola Sylla (vocals/percussion)

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Southbank Centre/Purcell Room SCHLIPPENBACH TRIO 7.45pm Alex von Schlippenbach (piano) Evan Parker (saxophone) Paul Lovens (drums)

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NOSZFERATU Ivo de Greef (piano) Finn Peters (saxophone/flute) Damien Harron (drums)

Southbank Centre/ Front Room

Dainius Pulauskas (piano/synthesisers) Valerijus Ramoska (trumpet/flugelhorn) Liutauras Janušaitis (tenor saxophone) Kestutis Vaiginis (alto saxophone) Domas Aleksa (bass) Linas Buda (drums)

BENET McLEAN Benet McLean (vocals/piano) Duncan Eagle (saxophone) Max Luther (bass) Mark Mondesir (drums)

EMPIRICAL Nathaniel Facey (saxophone) Tom Farmer (double bass) Shane Forbes (drums) Lewis Wright (vibraphone)

STAN SULZMANN Stan Sulzmann (saxophone) Ross Stanley (Hammond) Tim Giles (drums) Nick Smart (trumpet)

KENTISH TOWN INSTANT ORCHESTRA 1pm FREE F-IRE COLLECTIVE 2pm FREE

Barbican

Wigmore Hall

Dorian Ford (piano) Jonny Phillips (guitar)

BRASS JAW WITH GWYNETH HERBERT: FAMILY FRIENDLY MATINEE 3pm

Fred Thomas (bass/drums/piano) Zac Gvi (piano/saxophone)

Trumpet Ryan Quigley

Jonathan Bratoëff (guitar) Andrea Dibiase (bass)

Vocals Gwyneth Herbert Saxophone Paul Towndrow Konrad Wiszniewski Allon Beauvoisin

Geri Allen (piano) Terri Lyne Carrington (piano)

Esperanza Spalding (bass)

WAYNE SHORTER QUARTET 8pm Wayne Shorter (saxophone) Danilo Pérez (piano)

John Patitucci (bass) Brian Blade (drums)

Conducted by Clark Rundell

2nd violins Michael Gray Matthew Elston David Beaman Sarah Freestone Rustom Pomeroy Violas Timothy Welch Robin Del Mar Nigel Goodwin Jacqueline Lloyd Cellos Benjamin Hughes, Katharine O’Kane, Matthew Lee, Josephine Abbott

Flutes Ileana Ruhemann Sophie Johnson Oboe Adrian Rowlands

JAZZ CUBANO 7.30pm interval

BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA

Double basses Dominic Worsley, Stacey-Ann Miller

Southbank Centre/ Queen Elizabeth Hall Alfredo Rodriguez (piano)

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1st violins Cynthia Fleming Charles Mutter Rebecca Turner Peter Bussereau Chereene Allen

Ruben Fox (saxophone) Mark Kavuma (trumpet) Mark Lewandowski (bass) Shane Forbes (drums) Rick Simpson (piano)

Trumpets Catherine Moore David McCallum

Pedrito Martinez (percussion/lead vocals) Ariacne Trujillo (keyboard/lead vocals) Alvaro Benavides (bass/backing vocals) Jhair Sala (bongos/bell/backing vocals)

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Trombone James Casey

Ramón Valle (piano) Javier Colina (bass) Ernesto Simpson (drums)

Timpani/ Percussion Alasdair Malloy

Southbank Centre/Royal Festival Hall

Cor Anglais Victoria Walpole Clarinet Michael Pearce Bassoons Margaret Pollock Jane Sibley Horns Kira Doherty Tom Rumsby

JULIA BIEL 7.30pm Julia Biel (vocals/piano/guitar) Idris Rahman (electric bass/vocals) Saleem Raman (drums/vocals)

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PATTY GRIFFIN Patty Griffin (vocals) John Deaderick (piano/percussion) Craig Ross (bass/guitar/percussion) David Pulkingham (bass/guitar/percussion)

Southbank Centre/Purcell Room Barbican/Milton Court Concert Hall CELEBRATING JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC 7.30pm James Pearson (piano) Jacky Terrasson (piano) Peter King (saxophone) Nigel Hitchcock (saxophone) Alex Garnett (saxophone)

Byron Wallen (trumpet) Jacqui Dankworth (vocals) Gary Husband (drums) Sam Burgess (bass)

CHARLIE PARKER ON DIAL 3pm and 7.45pm Alex Webb (piano) Nathaniel Facey (saxophone) Freddie Gavita (trumpet) Moses Boyd (drums) Neil Charles (bass) Sirena Riley (compère) Winston Rollins (trombone) Jo Caleb (guitar)

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Arild Andersen (bass) Tommy Smith (saxophone) Matthieu Michel (trumpet) Marcin Wasilewski (piano) Patrice Heral (drums)

RUBEN FOX AND MARK KAVUMA 5.45pm FREE

ACS 4pm dainius pulauskas group

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2pm FREE

Sunday 17 November

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Tuesday 19 November

Wednesday 20 November

Thursday 21 November

Southbank Centre/ Queen Elizabeth Hall

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MONTY ALEXANDER: HARLEM KINGSTON EXPRESS 7.30pm

Pablo Held Trio 7.30pm

MEHLIANA 7.30pm

KENNY WHEELER QUINTET 7.30pm

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Kenny Wheeler (trumpet) John Taylor (piano) Chris Laurence (bass)

Stan Sulzmann (saxophone) Martin France (drums)

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LEE KONITZ WITH DAN TEPFER

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MICHÈLE DREES TAP PROJECT 7.45pm

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COURTNEY PINE: HOUSE OF LEGENDS Courtney Pine (soprano saxophone/EWI) Michael “Bammi” Rose (saxophone) Eddie “Tan Tan” Thornton (trumpet) Trevor Edwards (trombone)

Robert Fordjour (drums/Dube) Cameron Pierre (guitar) Chris Cobbson (guitar) Vidal Montgomery (bass) Samuel Dubois (steel pan) Oscar Martinez (percussion)

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Southbank Centre/Queen Elizabeth Hall ZARA McFARLANE 7.30pm Max Luther (bass) Binker Golding (saxophone)

Zara McFarlane (vocals) Peter Edwards (piano) Moses Boyd (drums)

Jess Murray (tap) Shanti Paul Jayasinha (trumpet) John Crawford (piano) Steve Rose (bass)

Michèle Drees plays the drums at 7.45pm

Dianne Reeves (vocals) Peter Martin (piano) Romero Lubambo (guitar) Reginald Veal (bass) Terreon Gully (drums)

ELINA DUNI quartet 7.30pm Patrice Moret (double bass) Norbert Pfammatter (drums)

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TIGRAN HAMASYAN QUINTET Charles Altura (guitar) Areni Agbabian (vocals) Arthur Hnatek (drums)

Tigran Hamasyan (piano/vocals) Chris Tordini (bass)

Southbank Centre/Purcell Room GEORGIA MANCIO 7.45pm Photo: Adrian Weinbrecht

Georgia Mancio (vocals) Gareth Lockrane (flute)

Geoff Gascoyne (bass)

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Southbank Centre/Purcell Room A TRIBUTE TO ABRAM WILSON 7.45pm This show is two sets, with an interval

Reuben James (piano) Dave Hamblett (drums) Jason Marsalis (drums) Keith Loftis (saxophone) Peter King (saxophone)

Jean Toussaint (saxophones) Trevor Mires (trombone) Mark Lewandowski (bass) Alphonso Horne (trumpet)

CHRISTINE TOBIN Dave Whitford (bass) Christine Tobin (vocals) Phil Robson (guitar) Huw Warren (accordion) Adriano Adewale (percussion)

Southbank Centre/Front Room VERNERI POHJOLA 6pm FREE Verneri Pohjola (trumpet) Aki Rissanen (piano)

Joonas Riippa (drums) Antti Lötjönen (bass)

Southbank Centre/Front Room NARCISSUS 6pm FREE Pete Lee (piano) Tom Varrall (guitar) Huw Foster (bass)

Ali Thynne (drums) Josh Arcoleo (saxophone)

Seb Rochford (drums) Oren Marshall (tuba)

REMEMBER SHAKTI 7.30pm

DIANNE REEVES

Southbank Centre/Queen Elizabeth Hall Elina Duni (vocals) Colin Vallon (piano)

Shabaka Hutchings (saxophone) Tom Skinner (drums)

Southbank Centre/Royal Festival Hall interval

This show is two sets, with an interval

Michèle Drees (drums) Andrew Nemr (tap) Junior Lanyon (tap) Scott Cripps (tap)

SONS OF KEMET

Southbank Centre/Front Room LLUIS MATHER 6pm FREE Lluis Mather (saxophone) Holly Thomas (vocals) Dan Nicholls (piano) Euan Palmer (drums)

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John McLaughlin (guitar) Zakir Hussain (tabla) Shankar Mahadavan (vocals)

U Shrinivas (mandolin) V Selvaganesh (kanjira/ ghatam/mridangan)

Southbank Centre/ Queen Elizabeth Hall GILAD ATZMON 7.30pm Line up to be confirmed

Southbank Centre/ Purcell Room KETIL BJØRNSTAD AND KARI BREMNES 7.45pm

Ketil Bjørnstad (piano) Kari Bremnes (vocals)

Southbank Centre/Front Room LAURA JURD 6pm FREE Laura Jurd (trumpet) Lauren Kinsella (voice) Alex Roth (guitar) Corrie Dick (drums)

Chris Batchelor (trumpet) Colm O’Hara (trombone) Mick Foster (saxophone)

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Karl Wright (rock drums) Leon Duncan (bass) Earl Appleton (keyboard) Andy Bassford (guitar)

Jonas Burgwinkel (drums)

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Lee Konitz (saxophone) Dan Tepfer (piano)

Monty Alexander (piano) Caterina Zapponi (vocals) Obed Calvaire (drums) Dezron Douglas (acoustic bass)

This show is two sets, with an interval

Pablo Held (piano) Robert Landfermann (bass)

Brad Mehldau (piano/keyboard) Mark Guiliana (drums)

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Friday 22 November

Southbank Centre/Queen Elizabeth Hall

Saturday 23 November

Line up previous listing, plus Brian Kellock (piano)

HELLO SKINNY 7.30pm

HAL WILLNER: AMARCORD NINO ROTA 8pm

Dave O’Higgins (saxophone) Ian Shaw (vocals) Trudy Kerr (vocals) plus the Guildhall School Big Band

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Matthew Herbert (band leader/electronics) Sam Beste (keyboard) Tom Skinner (drums) Yann Seznec (electronics)

TOUMANI DIABATE & TRIO DA KALI 7.30pm This show is two sets, with an interval

Toumani Diabaté (kora) Hawa Kasse Mady (vocals) Lassana Diabate (balfon) Mamadou Kouyaté (bass) Mariam Kouyaté (vocals/dance)

Mark Lockheart (saxophone) Liam Noble (piano) Jasper Hoiby (bass) Seb Rochford (drums)

Finn Peters (saxophone) James Allsop (clarinet) Margrit Hasler (viola)

Southbank Centre/Purcell Room TROYKESTRA 3pm Guitar Chris Montague

Noel Langley Imogen Hancock

Southbank Centre/Purcell Room

Keyboard Kit Downes

LORDS OF THE LOWER FREQUENCY 7.45pm

Drums Joshua Blackmore

Trombones Kieran Stickle McLeod Patrick Hayes Tom Green Courtney Brown

Gary Crosby (bass) Peter Ind (bass) Dave Green (bass)

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black saint and the sinner lady Peter Edwards (musical director/piano) Nathaniel Facey (alto saxophone) Binker Golding (saxophone/sop) Will Gibson (baritone clarinet/flute)

Theon Cross (tuba) Rosie Turton (trombone) Byron Wallen (trumpet) Sheila Maurice-Grey (trumpet) Giorgio Serci (guitar) Gary Crosby (bass) Eddie Hicks (drums)

Southbank Centre/Front Room TOMORROW’S WARRIORS 5.30pm free

Southbank Centre/Royal Festival Hall

ELLINGTON IN ANTICiPATION

Dylan Jones (trumpet) Cassie Kinoshi (saxophone) Nubya Garcia (saxophone) Shirley Tetteh (guitar)

David Mrakpor (vibraphone) Inga Eichler (bass) Patrick Boyle (drums) Cherise Adams-Burnett (vocals)

Southbank Centre/ Clore Ballroom PETER JOHNSTONE 1pm free

Peter Johnstone (piano) Brodie Jarvie (bass) John Lowrie (drums)

Reeds Mike Chillingworth Nadim Teimoori Sam Miles James Allsop

Conductor Nick Smart

Carleen Anderson will wow audiences with her singing

Trumpets Reuben Fowler Alex Bonney

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MARCUS MILLER Marcus Miller (bass/ clarinet) Adam Agati (guitar) Brett Williams (piano/ keyboard)

Robert “Sput” Searight (drums) Alex Han (saxophone) Lee Hogans (trumpet)

Southbank Centre/Queen Elizabeth Hall JAZZ TOONS: SCOTTISH NATIONAL JAZZ ORCHESTRA 3pm Musical director/ reeds Tommy Smith Reeds Martin Kershaw, Ruaridh Pattison, Konrad Wiszniewski, William Fleming

Trumpets Tom Walsh Cameron Jay Lorne Cowieson Tom MacNiven Trombones Christopher Greive, Phil O’Malley, Michael Owers, Kevin Garrity

Drums Alyn Cosker Piano Steve Hamilton Brian Kellock Bass Calum Gourlay Brodie Jarvie Vocals/jazz toons Jacqui Dankworth

Royal Academy of Music Big Band featuring John Hollenbeck 7.45pm Composer/drums John Hollenbeck Director Nick Smart Vocals Jacob Collier Reeds Alex Hitchcock, Matthew Sulzmann, Greg Barker, Ronan Perrett, Sam Rapley

Trumpets Louis Dowdeswell James Copus Ben Rodney Dan Walton Trombones Owen Dawson Oliver Martin Quinn Parker Courtney Brown Piano Nathan Morson

Guitar Rob Luft Vibraphone/ percussion Ralph Wyld Bass Misha Mullov-Abbado, Fergus Ireland Drums JJ Wheeler

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john hollenbeck CLAUDIA QUINTET John Hollenbeck (drums) Matt Moran (vibraphone) Red Wierenga (accordion)

Chris Speed (clarinet/saxophone) Drew Gress (acoustic bass)

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GEOFF GASCOYNE’S 50TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION 7.30pm

Al Cherry (guitar) Simon Lea (drums)

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Geoff Gascoyne (bass) Tom Cawley (piano) Enzo Zirili (drums) Martin Hathaway (saxophone) Martin Shaw (trumpet)

Carleen Anderson (vocals) James Pearson (keyboard) Sam Burgess (bass)

MATTHEW HERBERT

Kate St John (oboe) John Etheridge (guitar) Karen Mantler (glockenspiel/ organ/harmonica) Max Baille (violin) Anna de Bruin (violin) Vince Greene (viola) Emma Black (cello) Mike Gibbs (conductor/arranger) Giancarlo Vulcano (conductor/arranger) Steve Beresford (conductor/arranger)

Southbank Centre/Royal Festival Hall CARLEEN ANDERSON 7.30pm

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Carla Bley (piano) Marc Almond (vocals) Nitin Sawhney (piano) Steven Bernstein (trumpet) BJ Cole (lap steel guitar) Steve Swallow (bass) Alec Dankworth (double bass) Ian Thomas (drums) Hugh Wilkinson (percussion) Tom Rees-Roberts (trumpet) Barnaby Dickinson (trombone) Andy Wood (trombone) Julian Siegal (saxophone) Sam Mayne (saxophone) Andy Grappy (tuba) Rowland Sutherland (flute) Dai Pritchard (clarinet)

Hugh Jones (laptop)

Tom Skinner (drums) Shabaka Hutchings (saxophone/clarinet)

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scottish national jazz orchestra 7.30pm

Southbank Centre/Clore Ballroom JAZZ IN THE ROUND 2pm free

Sunday 24 November Archie Shepp leads the Attica Blues Orchestras

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MADELEINE PEYROUX 7.30pm

DORS Midday free

Liam Noble (piano) Chris Batchelor (trumpet) Oren Marshall (tuba) Paul Clarvis (drums)

Darren Beckett (drums) Sylvia D’Avanzo (violin) Sonia Slany (violin) Stephen Tees (viola) Nick Cooper (cello)

Yuko Oshima (drums) Eve Risser (piano) Christophe de Bezenac (saxophone) Chris Sharkey (guitar)

SONSALE 1pm free

Southbank Centre/Queen Elizabeth Hall

CARLEEN ANDERSON

STAN TRACEY AND JOHN SURMAN 2pm

Carleen Anderson (vocals/piano)

John Hollenbeck (drums) Matt Moran (vibraphone) Red Wierenga (accordion) Chris Speed (clarinet/ saxophone) Drew Gress (acoustic bass)

Barbican ARCHIE SHEPP: ATTICA BLUES ORCHESTRAs 7.30pm Saxophone/vocals Archie Shepp

Bass Reggie Washington

Vocals/piano Amina Claudine Myers

Saxophones François Théberge Virgile Lefebvre Raphaël Imbert Olivier Chaussade Jean-Philippe Scali

Piano Tom McClung John Hollenbeck on drums for the Claudia Quintet

KENNY WHEELER QUINTET Kenny Wheeler (trumpet) John Taylor (piano) Chris Laurence (bass) Stan Sulzmann (saxophone) Martin France (drums)

Southbank Centre/Front Room

Vocals Marion Rampal Denise King

Drums Famoudou Don Moye

Southbank Centre/Clore Ballroom

STAN TRACEY QUINTET Mark Armstrong (trumpet) Andrew Cleyndert (double bass)

Stan Tracey (piano) Clark Tracey (drums) Simon Allen (saxophone)

Viola Antoine Carlier

Trilok Gurtu (drums/vocals/ percussion) Frederik Köster (trumpet)

Trombones Sébastien Llado Michael Ballue Simon Sieger Romain Morello

Violins Steve Duong Manon Tenoudji

Southbank Centre/Purcell Room

Barbican FreeStage

Midday free

NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ COLLECTIVE RHYTHM STICKS: THE NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA OF SCOTLAND

TIM WHITEHEAD: TURNER AND THE THAMES

EAST LONDON CREATIVE JAZZ ORCHESTRA AND GUESTS SONS OF KEMET

Tim Whitehead (saxophone/clarinet) Jonathan Gee (piano) Oli Hayhurst (double bass) Winston Clifford (drums)

RONNIE SCOTT’S BIG BAND IN A DAY ZAPP 4

Jesse Milliner (piano/keyboard) Jonathan Cuniado (bass)

BOBO RONDELLI AND L’ORCHESTRINO 7.15pm Bobo Rondelli (vocals) Fabio Marchiori (keyboard/ melodica) Simone Padovani (drums) Daniele Paoletti (drums)

We will be screening Paolo Virzi’s film L’Uomo che aveva picchiato la testa, starring Bobo Rondelli (pictured), at 7.15pm

Guillaume Perret (saxophone) Marcin Masecki (piano) Marcos Baggiani (drums) Per Zanussi (double bass) Piotr Damasiewicz (trumpet)

(vibraphone) Gilles Coronado (guitar) Gildas Etevenard (drums)

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Cello Louise Rosbach

Guitar Pierre Durand

Airelle Besson (trumpet) Arun Ghosh (clarinet) Chris Sharkey (guitar) Daniel Herskedal (tuba) David Kweksilber (clarinet/ saxophones)

Fraser Fifield (bagpipe/whistles) Benjamin Flament

Ranjana Ghatak (vocals) Seb Rochford (drums) Jason Singh (beatboxer)

TRILOK GURTU

EUROPEAN SUNRISE 3.45pm free

OF GAULS AND GAELS 5.45pm free

OPEN SOULS 7.30pm

Trumpets Stéphane Belmondo Izidor Leitinger Quentin Ghomari Olivier Miconi

ESSENTIALLY ELLINGTON (DJ SET) 10pm free Orphy Robinson (turntables) Cleveland Watkiss (turntables)

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Sylvain Darrifourcq (drums) Valentin Ceccaldi (cello)

Dimitri Grechi Espinosa (saxophone) Giuseppe Scardino (saxophone) Filippo Ceccarini (trumpet) Tony Cattano (trombone)

Southbank Centre/Clore Ballroom KORMAC AND HIS BIG BAND Midday free Cormac O’Halloran (DJ) Phil West (vocals) Ben “Koaste” Manchester (vocals) Sean Kennedy (trumpet) Lorcan Brennan (trombone)

ZAPP 4 3.15pm free Oene van Geel (violin) Jasper le Clercq (violin) Emile Visser (cello) Jeffrey Bruinsma (violin)

Wigmore Hall CARLA BLEY TRIO 7.30pm Carla Bley (piano) Steve Swallow (bass) Andy Sheppard (saxophone)

Simon Gilligan (drums) Conor O’Connor (bass) Stephen Synnott (keyboard) Gavin Warren (tuba) Jeremy Morgan (vocals) Barry Finn (vocals)

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Stan Tracey (piano) John Surman (saxophone)

Andy Champion (bass) Corey Mwamba (vibraphone)

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Madeleine Peyroux (vocals/guitar) Jon Herington (guitar) Jason Rebello (keyboards) Barak Mori (bass)

PIGFOOT

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Festival Supporters

All that jazz

The Festival would like to thank its headline sponsor for its crucial support of the overall programme, and Arts Council England, which has supported the Festival since it began in 1992.

john cumming (right) with ornette coleman

SERIOUS DIRECTOR JOHN CUMMING REFLECTS ON THE SPIRIT AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL – AND THE MUSIC IT REPRESENTS Jazz is here in London throughout the year. You can find it in intimate

clubs, in tiny rooms in pubs, in arts centres in the suburbs and in major concert halls. It’s also in the huge range of schools, colleges and community organisations that help take the inspiration of jazz to many young people.

The UK jazz scene is intensely creative; the artists, who play the music day-in and day-out, are the heartbeat of the Festival. We place

huge value in those relationships and we’re always keen to commission new work and respond to new ideas.

There’s a tendency for jazz to be seen as a niche area of music. I think the Festival proves this is far from true. It’s established in London’s musical year and is now the capital’s most extensive city-wide music festival. It also plays a part in the International Jazz Festivals Organization and has become a meeting point for the jazz community worldwide.

If I had to pick any other jazz festival to attend, it would be Jazz sous les Pommiers in Coutances.

It involves what seems to be most of the population of a small Normandy town, with jazz legends rubbing shoulders with hordes of young bands from across the region. There’s a great atmosphere.

But any jazz festival worth its salt has its

own place in its country or community, and plays a crucial part in ensuring the music’s future.

If I could choose one artist to play at the Festival, it would have been Duke Ellington.

Technology is a wonderful thing.

The internet is helping jazz reach more people than ever before. This year, 40 hours of the Festival’s performances are scheduled to be broadcast on BBC Radio 3, and listeners from anywhere on the planet will be able to listen via the BBC website.

I love watching artists follow the path from unknown debutant to becoming an innovative force.

Nik Bärtsch, Robert Glasper, Shabaka Hutchings and Trish Clowes all come to mind, but there are many others. And, of course, there’s always a special place for the jazz masters, such as Sonny Rollins and Ornette Coleman; they’ve provided high points for me in recent years.

Moments of surprise form the essence of jazz. We’ve had our fair

share of those. I remember Joe Lovano and Joshua Redman tearing into an

the festival is only possible as a result of the support of our many partners and We Would like to thank the folloWing:

impromptu tenor battle... Then there’s the late-night jams at Ronnie’s, with Festival stars rubbing shoulders with precocious local talent – or the reaction of the audience when an unexpected guest arrives on stage or an unknown singer takes Jazz Voice by storm.

The EFG London Jazz Festival demonstrates the sheer diversity of music that touches or is touched by jazz. We’ve grown as

jazz has evolved, and we’ve also helped stimulate that evolution. But along the way we’ve remained true to the original vision: of an event that reflects London’s international standing and celebrates the role of the jazz community within the city’s rich mix of cultures.

duke ellington poses for a portrait at the piano in the early 1930s

in addition to the organisations listed above, We Would also like to thank the folloWing for their support of performances in the festival.

We Would like to acknoWledge the folloWing organisations:

and the folloWing, for their support of serious’ Work

The Esmeé Fairbairn Foundation, The Garfield Weston Foundation, Alexander Landia, Ann Grant, Sandra Pepera

We Would also like to acknoWledge our partners Who are presenting Work across the festival

A Centre of @Tension, conexions, Fiona Talkington for Scene Norway 2, Hampstead Arts Festival, Jazz Warriors International, Jazzlines, Kapa Productions, Kazum!, Metropolis Music, Morley College, Mwalimu Express, Nava Arts, Ponderosa Music & Arts, Rare Noise, Somethin’ Else, Soundcrash, The Local

the festival is proud to be a member of the europe Jazz netWork and the international Jazz festivals organization

EFG has been supporting the London Jazz Festival since 2008, when together they created the EFG Excellence Series – a programme of four world-class performances from some of the leading lights in jazz today, now in its sixth year.

EFG is proud to become headline sponsor of the Festival in 2013, supporting the overall programme of the EFG London Jazz Festival.

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