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Welcome ARE YOU READY FOR THE 2016 EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL? We’re back for 10 days this November with a line-up packed with fresh new talent including Kandace Springs, Christian Scott and Theo Croker, alongside jazz heavyweights including Wayne Shorter, The Cookers and Carla Bley’s Liberation Music Orchestra. Explore this guide and check out our website to discover the hundreds of artists performing as part of this year’s Festival. We’re thrilled to have so many great venues on board across London, making us the capital’s largest pan-city indoor music festival, so why not try something new? From glittering concert hall shows at the Barbican and Royal Festival Hall to standing gigs at Rich Mix and Scala, plus talks and workshops, and tons of free performances, there truly is something for everyone. Be inspired. Try something new. Take part in a workshop. Support your local venues. Follow the bright lights of this innovative, life-affirming music we call jazz, and wake with the buzz of the Festival still ringing in your ears. This is the EFG London Jazz Festival. Time to embrace your #jazzlife
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Listings Friday 11 November Jazz for Toddlers
Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room 11am FAMILY/TAKE PART Our hit workshop series returns with bassist Dave Kane and saxophonist Oliver Dover. Proving you are never too young to love jazz. Ages 2-5
Laura Zakian
National Portrait Gallery, 6.30pm FREE Laura Zakian’s eclectic and ingenious repertoire includes neglected standards and original versions of contemporary songs, with a focus on the timeless Sinatra songbook.
Samuel Eagles’ Spirit
Spice of Life, 8pm Saxophonist Samuel Eagles debuts music from his new Whirlwind recording, Ask, Seek and Knock.
Jazz for Toddlers
Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room 1.30pm FAMILY/TAKE PART See 11am for details.
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Royal Academy of Arts, 6.30pm Evan Parker’s solo saxophone concerts are mesmerising – the hugely influential musician plays, then discusses the connections between free improv and abstract expressionism with David Ryan. Evan Parker
Kings Place / Hall 1, 8pm Two shooting stars of French jazz – an elegant and passionate combination of accordion and saxophone. Rabbit Hole, 8pm New lyrical settings of music by Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock and McCoy Tyner, created by vocalist Anjali Perin.
Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom, 1pm FREE The double-bass phenomenon, multiinstrumentalist and YouTube sensation draws on modern jazz, rock and world music to create his own fascinating sound.
Evan Parker
Emile Parisien and Vincent Peirani + Nikki Yeoh
Anjali Perin’s Shorter Stories
Adam Ben Ezra
Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom 5.30pm FREE Original songs and compelling stage presence – Irene Serra’s voice fronts a fast-rising band previewing music from their new album – ‘deliciously original’ (London Jazz).
Emile Parisien and Vincent Peirani
Kandace Springs
Jazz Voice – Festival opening gala
Southbank Centre / Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm Guy Barker’s orchestra provides the setting for a stellar cast of vocalists in a spectacular celebration of the singer and the song. Hosted by Jay Rayner and starring Allan Harris, Jacob Collier, John Pizzarelli, Kandace Springs, Lizz Wright and Polly Gibbons.
Art Spiegelman, Phillip Johnston – Wordless!
Barbican, 7.30pm Comic art and the graphic novel, as seen through the eyes of one of the genre’s defining creators, fuse with a jazz score.
Joey Alexander
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 7.30pm Much anticipated London debut for the outrageously talented 13-year-old Grammynominated pianist, who demonstrates a profound command of the jazz tradition.
Forge, 8pm The afro/reggae/dub/funk stew that is Soothsayers joins forces with producer/bassist Wu-Lu and Hector Plimmer’s electronics.
Stephanie Trick & Paolo Alderighi
St James Theatre, 8pm Direct from the States, the brilliant piano duo play classic jazz from the swing era, and from the Harlem stride, blues and boogie tradition.
Remembering Gil Evans with Andy Sheppard
Rich Mix, 8pm Leader Laurent Cugny, his big band, and saxophonist Andy Sheppard revisit their 1987 collaboration with a seminal figure in big-band jazz.
Mike Walker, Iain Dixon, Guildhall Jazz Band and Choir
Barbican / Milton Court, 8pm Guildhall students are joined by members of The Impossible Gentlemen.
Julian Sartorius
Kings Place / Hall 2, 8pm Match and Fuse bring together artists in collaborations that stretch the imagination – led by the sonic brilliance of Swiss percussionist Julian Sartorius.
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Laurent Cugny leads a big-band tribute to Gil Evans at Rich Mix
BBC Radio 3 Jazz Line-up
Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom, 2pm FREE A live edition of the BBC Radio 3 show presented by Claire Martin and Julian Joseph, featuring sets from five Festival guests.
Jazz Record Requests
Barbican / FreeStage, 2pm FREE A live edition of the BBC Radio 3 show presented by Alyn Shipton, with the chance for requesters to introduce their selections in person.
Nick Costley-White + Mark Lewandowski
Takuya Kuroda & Makaya McCraven
Jazz Cafe, 8pm Trumpet maestro Takuya Kuroda goes head to head with Chicago’s star drummer Makaya McCraven in a double bill of new Stateside talents.
Kurt Elling
Imaani & Kevin Leo
606 Club, 9.30pm Incognito’s Imaani and Kevin Leo – two charismatic vocalists – join forces in a night that’s guaranteed to be strong on soul and groove.
BBC Jazz Now
Ronnie Scott’s, 8.15pm The Chicagoan’s rich baritone and technical mastery drives his Passion World project, exploring the language of love in a personal choice of songs from around the world.
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 11pm A live edition of the BBC Radio 3 show presented by Soweto Kinch, featuring live music from international Festival guests. Tickets are free but must be reserved via the BBC website.
Clark Tracey
Late-night jams
Vortex, 8.30pm Drummer Clark Tracey assumes the mantle of an English Art Blakey, leading a fiery quintet packed with precocious young talent.
Maciej Sikala
Polish Jazz Café POSK, 8.30pm The award-winning saxophonist looks back on four adventurous and expressive albums, with a band featuring dynamic drummer Asaf Sirkis.
Vole
I’klectik, 8.30pm Roland Ramanan’s Vole let fly with funking, punking improv played with all the raucous glee of naughty children, interspersed with two films by Miranda Pennell.
Down To The Bone
Hideaway, 9pm British jazz-funk institution celebrate the 20th anniversary of their Grammy-nominated album From Manhattan to Staten, with a fullforce live show.
Ant Law
The Crypt Camberwell, 9.15pm New music from the innovative guitarist, with a quintet bound to bring out the best in his ‘engaging, instantly memorable themes’ (The Herald).
The music continues with a latenight jam session/hang at Ronnie Scott’s and possibly other venues too. Check online or call the venues for the latest information.
Saturday 12 November Family Jazz All-Stars featuring Zoe Gilby
Cadogan Hall, 2pm FAMILY A sell-out triumph in previous years, this year will showcase the stunning vocals of Zoe Gilby in an unmissable and friendly show for all the family, from children to grandparents. Age 5+
I’klectik, 2.30pm Guitarist Costley-White explores the world of Jerome Kern and Cole Porter, while bassist Lewandowski creates fiery interplay with Liam Noble, Tom Challenger and Gene Calderazzo.
2 Pianos, 6 Pianists, 12 Hands & 60 Digits
St James Theatre, 2.30pm Improvised piano magic from six internationally renowned soloists – Paolo Alderighi, Darius Brubeck, Frank Harrison, Chris Ingham, Joe Stilgoe and Stephanie Trick.
Jazz for Toddlers
Discover, 2.30pm FAMILY/TAKE PART See Friday 11 November at 11am for details.
Festivals and the City
Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room 2.45pm FREE/ TALK Researcher-in-residence Dr Emma Webster chairs a panel exploring how festivals are shaped by cities and places and how festivals in turn shape them. With Mikey Martins and Steve Rubie.
Tord Gustavsen
Barbican / Milton Court, 3pm The Norwegian pianist/composer plays music from his lyrical ECM album What Was Said with Afghan singer Simin Tander and drummer Jarle Vespestad.
Ranjana Ghatak
Forge, 2pm Described by Quincy Jones as a ‘360-degree beautiful young cat’, drummer Ollie Howell combines punchy musicality and a sure touch as a composer.
Barbican / FreeStage, 3.45pm FREE Singer Ranjana Ghatak grew up within classical Indian vocal music, but has evolved a glorious style of her own that’s all about contemporary Britain. She's joined by Led Bib’s lyrical bass player Liran Donin.
Jazz and the City
Musicians in the City
Ollie Howell
Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room 2pm FREE/ TALK Researcher-in-residence Dr Emma Webster, and Professor George McKay of the University of East Anglia, explore today’s programme and their current AHRC project, The Impact of Festivals.
Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room 4pm FREE/TALK A chaired panel on life as a musician in the city, featuring saxophonist Andy Sheppard, pianist Sarah Tandy (Tomorrow's Warriors) and Charles Umney (Leeds Business School).
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Brad Mehldau and Joshua Redman play as a duo at Cadogan Hall
Barbican / FreeStage, 5pm FREE Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year winner, saxophonist Helena Kay performs with David Ingamells and Misha Mullov-Abbado.
Way In to the Way Out
Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room 5.30pm FREE/TALK Lauren Kinsella and Kit Downes illustrate their musical inspirations and way in to jazz in our celebrated talk series.
Trish Clowes
Barbican / FreeStage, 6pm FREE Intricate compositions juxtapose startling melodies with gnarly lines, skronking textures and earthy grooves in a new project with guitarist Chris Montague and pianist/organist Ross Stanley.
St Germain
Southbank Centre / Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm A massive figure in today’s electronic music, St Germain remains at the cutting edge, with a mix of deep house, African flavours, jazz and killer grooves. Lizz Wright sings at Cadogan Hall
Lizz Wright + Jasmine Power
Cadogan Hall, 7.30pm Emotional live presence and a terrific live band, exploring Wright's gospel and folk roots with the music from Freedom and Surrender.
Tord Gustavsen
Nell Bryden
Shoreditch Town Hall, 8pm After her BBC Radio 2 series, Nell Bryden explores the golden era of jazz vocalists, alongside music from her Wayfarer album.
Jacob Collier
Barbican / Milton Court, 7.30pm See 3pm for details.
Jacqui Dankworth: Shakespeare and All That Jazz
artsdepot, 7.30pm Shakespeare’s anniversary is marked by the gorgeous voice of Jacqui Dankworth, revisiting the album recorded by her illustrious parents.
Brooklyn Bowl, 8pm Astonishing multi-instrumental solo concept, fused with spectacular visuals, mentored by Quincy Jones, with an acclaimed new record, this is ‘jazz music’s new messiah’. (The Guardian).
John Pizzarelli
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 7.30pm Witty and wordly-wise, singer/guitarist John Pizzarelli is a consummate interpreter of the Great American Songbook and beyond. A rare entertainer of the old school.
Killer grooves from St Germain at Southbank Centre
Joshua Redman / Brad Mehldau duo
Barbican, 8pm Sparks fly as two towering figures in progressive jazz engage in a series of intimate saxophone/piano conversations.
The EFG London Jazz Festival hits The Streets this weekend, with FREE performances from artists in: Woolwich Kingston Ilford Leyton
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Artists include Allan Harris, Adam Ben Ezra, Natalie Williams, Perhaps Contraption, Polly Gibbons, Randolph Matthews, and Vimala Rowe and John Etheridge. Visit www.thestreets.london for full details.
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Alice Zawadzki and Jamie Safiruddin
Live At Zédel, 9pm Anglo-Polish singer and violinist Alice Zawadzki re-imagines the Joni Mitchell songbook together with pianist/composer Jamie Safiruddin.
Guitar Journey
The Crypt Camberwell, 9.15pm Two virtuosic acoustic guitarists – Sardinian Giorgio Serci and Jonny Phillips, leader of Latin-influenced band Oriole – share their passion for the guitar.
Saxophone Summit
Brass Funkeys bring some New Orleans flavour to Spice of Life
Kandace Springs
Rich Mix, 8pm After supporting Gregory Porter and with a new Blue Note album, Soul Eyes, Kandace Springs is rapidly emerging as a major new vocal talent.
Michael Wollny Trio + Andrew McCormack
Kings Place / Hall 1, 8pm Long-overdue London concert for an electrifying piano trio. Pianist and musical inventor, Wollny’s explosive impact on the European scene has been a jazz revelation.
Plaistow + Vyamanikal
Kings Place / Hall 2, 8pm Plaistow probe influences from minimalism to the Middle East, while Kit Downes and Tom Challenger set a transcendent dialogue between saxophones and harmonium.
Byron Wallen
Club Inégales, 8pm Trumpeter Byron Wallen meets Korean taegum flute player Hyelim Kim, with resident band Notes Inégales. Visit clubinegales.com for Academy Inégales, giving you the opportunity to play with these musicians.
Julie Sassoon + Hannes Riepler / Jasper Blom
Vortex, 8pm The transnational face of European jazz brings together Julie Sassoon’s pianistics with an international quartet, while guitarist Hannes Riepler teams up with the leading Dutch saxophonist.
Brass Funkeys
Spice of Life, 8pm The Funkeys roll from a New Orleans-fuelled exuberance into reggae, hip hop and swing, in a live show bursting at the seams with infectious energy.
Kutonoka + Tony Dudu
Forge, 8pm Angolan rhythms meet Afro-jazz, blues, funk and much, much more in a footstamping heady brew, fronted by guitarist Tony Dudu.
Darius Brubeck
St James Theatre, 8pm Darius Brubeck brings his quartet – featuring saxophonist Dave O’Higgins – in a set ranging through South African themes and the great Brubeck catalogue.
Kurt Elling
Ronnie Scott’s, 8.15pm See Friday 11 November at 8.15pm for details.
Terrace Martin and The Polly Seeds
Jazz Cafe, 8.30pm London debut for the notable rapper, producer, saxophonist – ‘This is jazz the way Glasper is jazz. Martin mixes pieces of the genre with others, setting a vibe that’s uniquely his’ (Pitchfork).
Samuel Hällkvist / Noel Taylor / Ruth Goller / Charles Hayward + Charlie Stacey
606 Club, 9.30pm Four fine saxophonists – Peter King, Jean Toussaint, Josh Arcoleo and Tom Harrison – play with the Robin Aspland Trio.
John Pizzarelli
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 10.30pm See 7.30pm for details.
Partisans
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 11.45pm A special set from Partisans, co-led by Phil Robson (guitars) and Julian Siegel (saxophone and bass clarinet), with Thad Kelly (bass) and Gene Calderazzo (drums).
Sunday 13 November Jazz for Toddlers
Kings Place / Hall 2, 11am FAMILY/TAKE PART See Friday 11 November at 11am for details.
Allan Harris
artsdepot, Midday FREE Brooklyn-born, Harlem-based Allan Harris is the real deal – the jazz tradition is alive and extremely well, in the hands and voice of a supremely gifted singer/guitarist.
Patchwork Jazz Orchestra
606 Club, 1.30pm ‘Plugged into the spirit of the current London scene’ (Julian Joseph), Patchwork features some of the most talented soloists and composers of the new generation.
I’klectik, 8.30pm High-energy rhythms awash with the thunderous drum’n’bass of Goller and Hayward, guitarist Samuel Hällkvist’s set is complemented by a solo set from pianist Charlie Stacey.
Martha High
Hideaway, 9pm Following decades on the road with James Brown and Maceo Parker, Martha High releases her solo soul album Singing for the Good Times.
See Partikel play at the PizzaExpress Jazz Club
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Kings Place / Hall 2, 1.30pm FAMILY/TAKE PART
See Friday 11 November at 11am for details.
Partikel
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 1.30pm Duncan Eagles and Ant Law front an acclaimed quartet whose multinational influences bring a 21st-century twist to contemporary jazz.
Jessica Radcliffe
Spice of Life, 1.30pm The Remembrance Project draw together poetry, music and documentary sources to create a contemporary evocation of the Great War.
Diz Watson and The Doormen
Hideaway, 2pm Steeped in the spirit of New Orleans, Diz ‘Honey Bear’ Watson is a treasure of British blues and jazz – ‘Diz is great’ (Dr John).
Ivo Neame & Maciek Pysz
Forge, 2pm Intricate interplay and instrumental brilliance are the hallmark of a skilled piano/guitar duo, in a repertoire of music by Hermeto Pascoal and their own compositions.
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Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom, 2pm FREE A showcase featuring RWCMD music students, where jazz alumni includes Dave Stapleton and Jonny Bruce.
Serious Sing with Gavino Murgia
Barbican / Frobisher Rooms, 2pm TAKE PART Explore new vocal styles in a fun, informal setting with this extraordinary Sardinian singer. Ninety-minute workshops for all abilities. Age 12+
Allan Harris appears at artsdepot and as part of The Streets
Twisted Toons
Cinema Museum, 2pm FAMILY/TAKE PART The wacky world of sonic slapstick and audio absurdity – Stuart Brown recreates the extraordinary musical backdrop to the cartoon antics of Bugs Bunny and Tom and Jerry.
Sam Walker’s Ballads in the Dark
Rabbit Hole, 3pm Saxophone and piano in total darkness explore a dynamic between sound and light – haunting melodies from the standard repertoire mixed with the influences of northern Scotland.
Pulcinella - Chat
Cockpit, 3pm FAMILY A cat roams Paris in search of freedom. Sparkling stories for children from five to 105, blending jazz, tango and eastern European sounds.
Jazz and Europe: David Toop
Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room, 3pm FREE/TALK Based on his recent book Into the Maelstrom, sonic experimenter David Toop explores the transition from jazz to free improvisation in post-war Europe.
Classical Meets Jazz
Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom, 3.30pm FREE An exploration of the intersection between classical music and jazz featuring young musicians from Hackney and tuba master Andy Grappy.
London Jazz Orchestra
Vortex, 3.30pm Major UK composers – Kenny Wheeler, John Taylor and Stan Sulzmann included – have written music for this big band, led by Scott Stroman and celebrating 25 years.
The Jan Garbarek Group perform at Southbank Centre
WordTheatre – And All That Jazz Redux
St James Theatre, 4pm Pianist James Pearson improvises an original score, and an array of singers and actors illuminate the story of jazz as told by its greatest personalities.
Adam Hughes + Seed + Alexandra Ridout
I’klectik, 4pm The jazz future is here – three bands and more than 20 talented young players play their way through the myriad of influences that defines jazz today, as part of the JazzNewBloodALIVE series.
Vein
Barbican / FreeStage, 4pm FREE Beguiling and harmonious, spiky and occasionally anarchic – Swiss trio Vein create sublime sounds with major saxophone talent Greg Osby – a rare and unmissable combination.
Jazz and Europe: Francesco Martinelli
Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room 4.30pm FREE/TALK Journalist, historian, producer and promoter Francesco Martinelli leads a discussion focusing on his book The History of European Jazz, along with Duncan Heining, author of the England entry.
(Im)Possibilities
Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom 4.45pm FREE New music from (Im)Possibilities in a collaboration with leading vibraphonist Orphy Robinson.
Mark Lockheart
Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom 6pm FREE A major new jazz/orchestral project featuring the Trinity Laban Shapeshifter Ensemble conducted by John Ashton Thomas alongside Liam Noble, Seb Rochford, Tom Herbert and John Parricelli.
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Jazz and Europe: Fiona Talkington
Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room, 6pm FREE/TALK Fiona Talkington, founding presenter of Late Junction, leads a discussion about the growth of the Norwegian jazz scene with The Sound of the North author Luca Vitali.
John Cervantes
Forge, 6.30pm Flamenco jazz to lift the spirits – an intoxicating mesh of hand-clapping, foot-stamping exuberance, with pianist John Cervantes, flautist Gareth Lockrane and dancer Jesus Olmedo.
Bruno Heinen and Kristian Borring
Rabbit Hole, 7pm Musical empathy and telepathy characterise a series of piano/guitar duets inspired by the classic recordings of Bill Evans and Jim Hall.
Jan Garbarek Group featuring Trilok Gurtu
Southbank Centre / Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm Hymnal and sparse, playful and serious, the Norwegian saxophonist returns with his long-established quartet, featuring the effervescent polyrhythms of percussionist Trilok Gurtu.
Elza Soares
Barbican, 7.30pm ‘The Queen of Brazil’ (Gilles Peterson) walks a musical tightrope between avant-rock and dirty samba, drawn from her album, The Woman at the End of the World.
Re-imagining Sondheim
Barbican / Milton Court, 7.30pm Homage and celebration, pianist Anthony de Mare plays from his superb ECM album – specially commissioned pieces inspired by Sondheim, from Steve Reich to Wynton Marsalis.
Eyes of a Blue Dog + Overground Collective
Vortex, 7.30pm Electronica and acoustic soundscapes from a distinctively Nordic/UK trip of Rory Simmons, Terje Evensen and Elisabeth Nygaard, plus Paulo Dias Duarte’s wildly unorthodox big band.
Pulcinella
Cockpit, 7.30pm Dynamic storytelling through compositions and arrangements, with the band blending jazz, rock, tango and eastern European music to create musical stories and vivid, sparkling pictures.
Piano trio The Bad Plus feature at Scala
Bahla
Omnibus, 7.30pm The imagined travels of a Sephardic Jewish family searching for a new home, told through music – timeless themes of exile and migration that span centuries.
The Bad Plus + Binker & Moses
Scala, 8pm With a new album of genre-jumping covers, the Plus redefine the piano trio – while Binker Golding and Moses Boyd are this year’s jazz breakthrough act.
James Blood Ulmer – Are You Glad To Be In America? + Black Top
Rich Mix, 8pm Blood defined post-punk jazz attitude with a visceral collision of blues and funk that rocks the senses – Orphy Robinson and Pat Thomas add further edge.
Dean Brown Band
Ronnie Scott’s, 8pm High-octane electric jazz from a guitarist who has rocked out in style with the Brecker Brothers, David Sanborn and Marcus Miller.
Martha High
Hideaway, 8pm See Saturday 12 November at 9pm for details.
Matt Wilson
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 8pm Renowned for his work with jazz giants Joe Lovano and John Scofield, here the New York drummer presents his latest album Beginning of a Memory.
Ben Somers’ Brass Hysteria
Spice of Life, 8pm Multi-instrumentalist Ben Somers takes the traditional marching band into infectious new territory with verve and panache.
Tribute to Mark Murphy
606 Club, 8.30pm A clutch of fine vocalists celebrate a muchloved and influential jazz maestro. Ian Shaw, Anita Wardell, Gill Manly and Pete Churchill join the London Vocal Project.
Ben van Gelder
Green Note, 8.30pm Making waves on today’s New York scene, saxophonist van Gelder brings a shimmering luminescence to his energetic quintet, making its London debut.
Zhenya Strigalev’s Never
Zigfrid Von Underbelly, 8.30pm Quirky abandon and the promise of the unexpected – Strigalev brings together an international band featuring drummer Nasheet Waits, pianist Ivo Neame and bassist Linley Marthe.
Adam Osmianski + Project Terrarium
Salisbury, 8.30pm Drummer Osmianski leads a classy organ trio full of energy and drive, opposite the vibrant Terrarium mix of transglobal sounds.
Vlad Miller + Notes From Underground
I’klectik, 8.45pm Versatile and subtly interactive, the melodies and colourful improv of pianist Vlad Miller’s quartet are derived from jazz and Russian music traditions.
Late-night jams
The music continues with a late-night jam session/hang at the Vortex and possibly other places too. Check online or call the venues for the latest information.
Monday 14 November Groove Baby
Rich Mix, 10.30am FAMILY A new family show, Groove into the Woods, mixing storytelling, interactive music-making and movement (for the little ones) with outstanding jazz, soul and funk (for everyone). Up to age 5
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Estelle Kokot & Kate Shortt
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 1pm FREE Improvising cellist Shortt joins the South African grooves of Kokot – music rooted in the jazz tradition with a modern twist.
Adam Ben Ezra
Cadogan Hall / Foyer, 2.30pm FREE See Friday 11 November at 1pm for details.
Phil Meadows Project
Foyles, 6pm Award-winning British saxophone player and one of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra’s musical directors, Phil Meadows presents his exciting new ensemble.
Miles Ahead with Soweto Kinch Royal Albert Hall / Elgar Room, 7pm FILM/TALK
YolanDa Brown plays with a 10-piece band at the Barbican
A screening of Don Cheadle’s acclaimed Miles Davis biopic, followed by a Q&A hosted by jazz and hip hop star Soweto Kinch.
SFJAZZ Collective play Michael Jackson
Cadogan Hall, 7.30pm An all-star ensemble including Miguel Zenón, David Sánchez, Sean Jones and Robin Eubanks, alongside a fiery rhythm section, focus on the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. ‘A superbrain for what jazz sounds like now’ (NY Times)
The Stuart Hall Project: Live – Peter Edwards and the NCO Ensemble play Miles Davis
Rich Mix, 8pm Peter Edwards leads the Nu Civilisation Orchestra Ensemble in a reimagining of the Miles Davis soundtrack, alongside a screening of John Akomfrah’s film about the academic and thinker Stuart Hall.
QCBA with Dennis Rollins
The all-star SFJAZZ Collective ensemble come to the Cadogan Hall
Hideaway, 8pm One of the hardest-hitting trumpet/saxophone frontlines in the business, Quentin Collins and Brandon Allen team up with funk trombonist Dennis Rollins.
Graham Harvey
Elgin, 8pm On the final stop of their UK tour, this concert will be recorded for the trio’s forthcoming live album of swinging straight-ahead jazz.
Matt Roberts BigISH Band Plays Duke Ellington
Birdsong, Can Yr Adar
St John’s Downshire Hill, 7.30pm First English performance of this orchestral fusing of soul-folk and jazz, featuring Gwilym Simcock, Welsh/Bajan artist Kizzy Crawford and an ensemble from leading Welsh chamber orchestra Sinfonia Cymru.
Robert Glasper Experiment
KOKO, 8pm Sonic explorer Glasper revisits his electric side, drawing on jazz, hip hop, R&B and rock, with a new version of the Experiment, playing from their new Blue Note album, ArtScience.
Spice of Life, 8pm Day one of a residency from this charismatic trumpeter and composer features new arrangements and original compositions inspired by Duke Ellington’s classics. Catch the Robert Glasper Experiment at KOKO
LUMEkestra + Ripsaw Catfish + Entropi
I’klectik, 8pm A boundary-pushing triple bill including the first performance of LUMEkestra, a shapeshifting gathering of improvising musicians from across the UK.
Marcus Roberts
Ronnie Scott’s, 8.15pm Virtuosic US trio featuring Jason Marsalis (drums) and Rodney Jordan (bass) play from the jazz tradition – a powerfully rhythmic, melodic sound filled with dynamic contrast.
Bureau of Atomic Tourism + Liam Noble / Mark Lewandowski / Paul Clarvis Vortex, 8.30pm An astonishing avant-garde free-jazz outfit exploring the space between jazz, rock, noise and electronics playing from their new album, Hapax Legomena.
John Etheridge and Vimala Rowe
606 Club, 8.30pm A mouth-watering combination of the swing, soulful passion and hint of Indian exoticism of Rowe and Etheridge, ‘one of the best guitarists in the world’ (Pat Metheny).
Kirk MacDonald
Pheasantry, 8.30pm A bridge between traditional and modern saxophone playing in a rare London appearance from the multi-award-winning Canadian performer and composer.
Matt Wilson
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 8.30pm See Sunday 13 November at 8pm for details.
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Giacomo Smith and Adrian Cox
Live At Zédel, 9pm Two of the scene’s most engaging clarinettists take a musical journey from New Orleans to Paris - it’s a seated show but nobody’s going to make you sit down.
Late-night jams
The music continues with a late-night jam session/hang at Ronnie Scott’s and possibly other places too. Check online or call the venues for the latest information.
Tuesday 15 November Groove Baby
Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room, 10.30am FAMILY See Monday 14 November at 10.30am for details.
Jazz for Toddlers
Rich Mix, 11am FAMILY/TAKE PART See Friday 11 November at 11am for details.
Søren Bebe
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 1pm FREE London debut for Bebe’s intriguing mix of jazz-folk from his new album, Home. ‘A sense of folk-like simplicity, with mourning melodies blossoming like shy night-flowers’ (All About Jazz).
Jazz for Toddlers
Rich Mix, 1.30pm FAMILY/TAKE PART See Friday 11 November at 11am for details.
Brandon Allen
Cadogan Hall / Foyer, 2.30pm FREE A tribute to the Chicago saxophonist Gene Ammons – with music spanning his entire career, from the late ‘40s to the mid ‘70s.
Black Dylan
Barbican / FreeStage, 5.45pm FREE Danish duo put a contemporary spin on ‘60s soul and classic R&B, performing from new album Hey Stranger. ‘Warm glow of nostalgia, with some 2016 grit’ (The Guardian).
Ezra Collective
Foyles, 6pm A young band born out of the Tomorrow’s Warriors stable, creating a blend of Afrobeat, hip hop and reggae, all tied together with a love of jazz.
Jay Rayner
Live At Zédel, 7pm The renowned restaurant critic is also a jazz pianist performing the Great American food and drink songbook, including Cantaloupe Island and Black Coffee, alongside anecdotes from his life.
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AZIZA featuring Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke and Eric Harland + Elliot Galvin
Cadogan Hall, 7.30pm True jazz supergroup featuring a mouthwatering combination of some of the best jazz musicians on the planet.
YolanDa Brown with Shingai Shoniwa
Barbican, 8pm Saxophonist YolanDa Brown performs her Reggae Love Songs show with music from her new album, featuring a 10-piece band and vocalist Shingai Shoniwa from The Noisettes.
Robert Glasper Experiment
KOKO, 8pm SOLD OUT See Monday 14 November at 8pm for extra show.
Donny McCaslin + Skint
Rich Mix, 8pm The band of choice for David Bowie on his final recording, featuring keyboardist Jason Lindner, bassist Tim Lefebvre and drummer Mark Guiliana. This is one of today’s signature bands, playing freewheeling, grooving electric jazz.
Robin Fincker’s Bedmakers + Dice Factory + Peedu Kass’s Momentum Vortex, 8pm A triple bill curated by Dice Factory with a new group of Robin Fincker’s from Toulouse and the trio of Estonian pianist Peedu Kass.
Allison Neale / Colin Oxley
Elgin, 8pm An authentic recreation of the magical pairing of saxophonist Paul Desmond and guitarist Jim Hall.
Matt Roberts BigISH Band Plays Gil Evans
Spice of Life, 8pm The second night of this residency features fresh arrangements, re-harmonisations and new compositions exploring the music of Gil Evans.
Louise Marshall and Derek Nash
St James Theatre, 8pm An established star with Jools Holland, David Gilmour and Roxy Music. Hear Louise Marshall's fiery take on blues, soul and the Great American Songbook.
Marcus Roberts
Ronnie Scott’s, 8.15pm See Monday 14 November at 8.15pm for details.
The Comet is Coming
XOYO, 8.30pm A meeting of cosmic minds – Shabaka Hutchings, Danalogue and Betamax. Bright lights. Iridescent molten jazz. Deafening noise. Cosmic grooves from this year’s Mercury nominees. A celebration.
BLINQ
Shoreditch Town Hall, 8.30pm Rare opportunity to see this hugely popular quartet of top British vocalists – Liane Carroll, Ian Shaw, Natalie Williams and Brendan Reilly – with pianist and arranger Gwilym Simcock.
Kate Williams and Gareth Lockrane 606 Club, 8.30pm Lockrane guests with the Williams trio and the Guastalla String Quartet on their brilliant album Four Plus Three before premiering arrangements written for this show.
Donny McCaslin performs at Rich Mix
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Tim Garland celebrates Stan Getz and Chick Corea
Wigmore Hall, 7.30pm In his 50th birthday year, Tim Garland plays new arrangements of pieces by Chick Corea and premieres his responses to Stan Getz’s Focus. Accompanied by the Sacconi Quartet.
Leon Greening + Ofer Landesberg
Elgin, 7.30pm Greening moulds the influences of Victor Feldman and Dudley Moore in a nod towards his forthcoming hard bop album.
Christian Scott
Scala, 8pm Following his genre-melting set at last year’s Festival, trumpeter Scott returns with a new band, new album and new sound.
Catch trumpeter Christian Scott at Scala
Sona Jobarteh Kirk MacDonald
Pheasantry, 8.30pm See Monday 14 November at 8.30pm for details.
Filomena Campus with Gavino Murgia
Wednesday 16 November Adam Ben Ezra
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 1pm FREE See Friday 11 November at 1pm for details.
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 8.30pm Featuring Gavino Murgia, a truly astonishing throat singer, Campus’ quartet present their forthcoming album, Queen Mab, a tribute to Brazilian masters and traditional Sardinian music.
Randolph Matthews
Alex Hitchcock + Ashley Henry
Foyles, 6pm Original compositions blend classical music and folk traditions with the influence of figures like John Taylor, Kenny Wheeler and Brad Mehldau.
Green Note, 8.30pm ‘One to watch in 2016’ (Jazzwise) – a quintet featuring some of the most exciting and distinctive rising stars from London’s vibrant jazz scene.
Future Currents
I’klectik, 8.30pm Launching their self-titled debut EP, a collection of wildly explorative tracks from the guitar fan’s dream line-up - Alex Roth, Chris Montague and Chris Sharkey.
Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra
Islington Assembly Hall, 9pm Premiering new material, Halsall brings the latest version of his Gondwana Orchestra to the festival with his soulful take on spiritual jazz.
Jay Rayner
Live At Zédel, 9.30pm See 7pm for details.
Late-night jams
The music continues with a late-night jam session/hang at Ronnie Scott’s and possibly other places too. Check online or call the venues for the latest information.
Cadogan Hall / Foyer, 2.30pm FREE Vocalist Randolph is a musical volcano of clicks and glottal stops, his percussive melodies and songs composed with the audience.
Maria Chiara Argirò
Adam Ben Ezra
Barbican / FreeStage, 6pm FREE See Friday 11 November at 1pm for details.
Lizzie Ball and James Pearson
Live At Zédel, 7pm Maverick violinist makes her Festival debut paying tribute to Stéphane Grappelli and George Shearing, performing specially created arrangements of their 1973 Reunion album.
Miguel Atwood Ferguson – Suite for Ma Dukes + Carlos Nino
Barbican, 7.30pm ‘Fantastically complex and head-noddingly simple’ (The Guardian) – the music of J Dilla, the Mozart of hip hop, is reinvented in a revolutionary statement from a key figure in today’s musical hothouse.
Norma Winstone: 75th birthday celebration
Cadogan Hall, 7.30pm Gala concert featuring a vocalist at the forefront of jazz innovation for five decades. Singing with a full orchestra and the celebrated ECM-recorded European Trio, includes a new commission by Vince Mendoza.
Rich Mix, 8pm Tradition-busting female kora virtuoso plays music from her debut album, Fasiya, and introduces material from her forthcoming release, Taamo.
José James + Lunch Money
Jazz Cafe, 8pm One of the leading neo soul artists to come from America in the past decade, José James neatly straddles the bridges between jazz and hip hop to electrifying effect.
Nia Lynn, Noemi Nuti & Taylor Notcutt
Spice of Life, 8pm Three of the UK’s most innovative vocalists perform a set each, in a night culminating in a seriously high-spirited jam. Norma Winstone celebrates a special birthday concert at Cadogan Hall
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Fellow Creatures
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 8.30pm A new band from bassist Jasper Høiby ‘fusing the infectious grooves of a Phronesis rhythm section with the off-kilter hooks of Polar Bear’ (London Jazz News).
Lawrence Casserley at 75 (Part One)
Kora virtuoso Sona Jobarteh plays at Rich Mix
I’klectik, 8.30pm Two-night residency celebrating the 75th birthday of live sound processor Lawrence Casserley. Tonight’s programme features Oxford Improvisers and a dynamic trio combining instrumental and electronic sound.
Jeff Williams
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 11.45pm A late-night set from a first-rate drummer performing music from Outlier, his acclaimed album released on Whirlwind earlier this year.
Shez Raja Collective
Forge, 8pm Celebrating their brand of powerhouse Indo-jazz funk, the Collective perform from their latest album, Gurutopia.
Miles Davis: From Bop to Blue
St James Theatre, 8pm Following on from 2015’s exploration of Horace Silver, Chris Ingham’s expanded REBOP plays the music of Miles Davis, from his early days through to So What.
Marcus Strickland Twi-Life
Ronnie Scott’s, 8.15pm Following his sold-out Festival appearances with the Blue Note All-Stars and Chris Dave’s Drumhedz in 2014, multi-reedist and beatmaker Marcus Strickland returns with his trailblazing new Twi-Life band.
Late-night jams
The music continues with a late-night jam session/hang at Ronnie Scott’s and possibly other places too. Check online or call the venues for the latest information.
LaSharVu
Rah Rah Room, 8.30pm Rare gig from vocal powerhouse trio LaDonna Harley Peters, Sharlene Hector and Vula Malinga – who have performed on the world’s largest stages alongside the world’s biggest artists.
Harry Allen
606 Club, 8.30pm ‘One of the finest exponents of swing tenor alive’ (The Observer) – a treat from the US for those who like their jazz straight-ahead and swinging.
Regent Street Cinema, 2pm FREE/TALK What is the aesthetic value of jazz in everyday life? How do people understand sounds? Does it reveal their cultural assumptions? A lecture illustrated with live music.
Allan Harris
Cadogan Hall / Foyer, 2.30pm FREE See Sunday 13 November at midday for details.
Nérija
Foyles, 6pm Fresh from a stunning set opening for Ernest Ranglin, a chance to hear this traditionbusting group, inspired by jazz, hip hop, Afrobeat and highlife.
Hailey Tuck
Live At Zédel, 7pm Raised on a diet of black-and-white movies, 1930s jazz and vintage dresses, vocalist Hailey Tuck premieres an expanded version of her band, performing a set inspired by her move from the US to Paris.
The Cookers + Chico Freeman
Vortex, 10am & 11am FAMILY/TAKE PART Led by cellist Tara Franks, these interactive, energetic sessions for parents and children under five blend original tunes with folk songs.
Cadogan Hall, 7.30pm Eddie Henderson, Billy Harper, Cecil McBee, Billy Hart and David Weiss are at the heart of an electrifying seven-piece that transports the transcendental jazz of the ‘60s and ‘70s into the 21st century – opposite the brilliant saxophonist Chico Freeman playing his first London concert in years. Pre-concert talk with The Cookers at 6pm – free to ticket holders.
Alexandra Ridout
Hackney Colliery Band
Thursday 17 November Tots Tunes
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 1pm FREE Alexandra Ridout introduces her talented quintet performing originals and standards, from classic jazz to D’Angelo.
Medusa Beats & The Enemy
Vortex, 8.30pm With ‘rip-roaring groove and snapping physicality’ (The Guardian), Kit Downes’ The Enemy double-bills with a new international trio, Medusa Beats, featuring Benoit Delbecq.
Professor Mark Smith and Mike Fletcher
The impressive ensemble of The Cookers play at Cadogan Hall
Village Underground, 7.30pm ‘One of the greatest live bands we have in this country’ (BBC) present their latest album, Sharpener.
Catch the EFG London Jazz Festival on BBC Radio 3 Live broadcasts, concert recordings and highlights from the festival, along with additional features on BBC Radio 3 throughout November and December.
LIVE BROADCAST Jazz Now (Friday 11th November, 11pm, PizzaExpress Jazz Club) Soweto Kinch presents Jazz Now from PizzaExpress Jazz Club, Soho, with live music from artists appearing during the festival, including piano prodigy Joey Alexander, and the charismatic American jazz singer Lizz Wright. RECORDINGS FOR FUTURE BROADCASTS Jazz Now (Sunday 20th November, 7pm, Cadogan Hall) This show has live music from the Liberation Music Orchestra with Carla Bley’s soul-stirring arrangements kindling the spirit and humanity of the late Charlie Haden.
Jazz Line-Up (Saturday 12th November, 2pm, Southbank Centre, Clore Ballroom) The Jazz Line-Up stage is hosted by Claire Martin and Julian Joseph, with performances by festival artists from the UK and beyond. Jazz Record Requests (Saturday 12th November, 2pm, Barbican Freestage) Join presenter Alyn Shipton for a special festival edition of the show with live music, when requesters will have the chance to introduce their selections in person. RELATED PROGRAMMING In Tune BBC Radio 3’s drive-time show features guests from the festival playing live in the studio.
All programmes are available online and for thirty days after broadcast via bbc.co.uk/radio3
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Freddie Gavita performs at Elgin
Joe Stilgoe– A Celebration of Gene Kelly premieres at LSO St Luke’s
Empirical
Kings Place / Hall 2, 8pm Performing new material as a pared-back trio featuring Nathaniel Facey (saxophone), Shaney Forbes (drums) and Tom Farmer (bass).
Atila Huseyin & Emilia Mårtensson Freddie Gavita + Will Arnold-Forster
Elgin, 7.30pm A joyful and swinging ride through the life of trumpet legend Clifford Brown, plus Will Forster’s trio playing their take on the Rodgers and Hart songbook.
Hitchcock’s The Lodger with Gwilym Simcock
St John’s Downshire Hill, 7.30pm In classic silent movie style, Gwilym Simcock plays an improvised piano score to this 1927 film, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Ivor Novello.
Joe Stilgoe – A Celebration of Gene Kelly
LSO St Luke’s, 8pm The world premiere of Joe’s new show about the legendary dancer, singer, director and choreographer, performed by Joe and his band.
Fitkin Band
Rich Mix, 8pm Composer Graham Fitkin’s nine-piece mixes edgy pulsating sounds with driving rhythmic precision, treating minimalism and contemporary music in irreverent exuberant fashion.
Enrico Rava with Matthew Herbert and Giovanni Guidi + Gavino Murgia Kings Place / Hall 1, 8pm First UK performance of an acoustic/ electronica collaboration featuring trumpeter Rava, a hero of European jazz, the massively talented young pianist Guidi, and Herbert’s innovative approach to sampling. Ashley Henry blends hip hop and jazz at Spice of Life
Rabbit Hole, 8pm With arrangements for trio, strings and wind, Huseyin draws on Nelson Riddle and the American songbook; Mårtensson includes originals alongside Scandinavian folk music and contemporary classical composers.
Ashley Henry
Spice of Life, 8pm Clearly influenced by hip hop, but with their roots firmly in jazz, a next-generation piano trio flex their muscles.
Trigon
Forge, 8pm If Romanian gypsy maestros Taraf de Haïdouks had ever jammed with fusion legends Weather Report then it might have sounded something like this.
Elaine Delmar
St James Theatre, 8pm A singer of the very highest calibre, Delmar has long been revered for a voice and personality that has captivated audiences worldwide.
Jazz at Lauderdale House Opening Party
Lauderdale House, 8pm Great jazz will light up these historic galleries, celebrating the venue’s re-opening after a major refurbishment and welcoming new faces and old friends, such as Ian Shaw and Liane Carroll.
Marcus Strickland Twi-Life
Ronnie Scott’s, 8.15pm See Wednesday 16 November at 8.15pm for details.
Peter Bernstein
606 Club, 8.30pm ‘This guitarist has a featherlight touch, an encyclopaedic knowledge of chords and the ability to play standards like he’s inventing them on the spot’ (LA Daily News).
Resolution 88
Hideaway, 8.30pm Heavy Fender Rhodes jazz funk and broken beats, as the band launch their second studio album, Afterglow. Think The Headhunters for the new millennium.
Polly Gibbons with James Pearson Pheasantry, 8.30pm Fresh from supporting George Benson and Gladys Knight, a chance to hear a much-talked-about vocalist in an intimate club setting.
Julian Lage
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 8.30pm Intriguing US guitarist draws on traditional and acoustic forms as well as jazz, playing from his new album, Arclight.
Lawrence Casserley at 75 (Part Two)
I’klectik, 8.30pm Electronic innovator Lawrence Casserley concludes his 75th birthday celebrations with a programme of two trios formed from some of his frequent collaborators.
Trance Map
Vortex, 8.45pm Saxophonist Evan Parker leads an AngloFrench combination. Toma Gouband plays tuned stones and, with turntablist/ sonic artist Matt Wright, creates an organic drone over which Parker and pianist Benoît Delbecq improvise.
Ethereal World
The Crypt Camberwell, 9.30pm Led by flautist Rowland Sutherland and percussionist Jackie Walduck, a highly skilled ensemble working in cross-cultural, free improvisation and experimental music create a club night.
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Julia Biel
Royal Albert Hall / Elgar Room, 9.45pm Julia Biel blends vocals reminiscent of the greats of jazz’s golden age with a poetic yet sharp perspective on contemporary life and love.
TriForce 5ive
Mau Mau Bar, 10pm jazz re:freshed have an eye for talent – here they present a young hip hop, neo-soul jazzinfused band who launch their debut album.
Late-night jams
The music continues with a late-night jam session/hang at Ronnie Scott’s and possibly other places too. Check online or call the venues for the latest information.
Friday 18 November Elchin Shirinov
Pheasantry, 1pm FREE Interweaving arrangements of traditional Azerbaijan music with new compositions, pianist Shirinov leads a trio of real class.
Allan Harris
Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom 1pm FREE See Sunday 13 November at midday.
Mosaic
Cadogan Hall / Foyer, 2.30pm FREE Launching his album Subterranea on Edition Records, Kenny Wheeler Prizewinning vibraphonist Ralph Wyld unites jazz and chamber music.
Perhaps Contraption
Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom 5.30pm FREE A progressive brass band – they march, they dance, they play loud, they create an exuberant musical experience that sounds like Frank Zappa meeting Sufjan Stevens in a fairground.
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Denys Baptiste & Tomorrow’s Warriors - Late Trane
Foyles / The Jazz Salon, 6pm Outstanding British saxophonist Denys Baptiste talks and plays his way through the late-period John Coltrane, with a cracking band featuring Gary Crosby.
Allan Harris
Barbican / FreeStage, 6pm FREE See Sunday 13 November at midday.
Sarah Jane Morris and Antonio Forcione
Live At Zédel, 7pm Songs of conscience and passion strike sparks between the seasoned tones of a great vocalist and a superb guitarist, launching their album Compared to What.
Carleen Anderson sings at the Jazz Cafe
William Bell
Barbican, 7.30pm A timeless soul voice who helped define the sound of Stax Records returns to the limelight with his acclaimed new record, This is Where I Live.
1956: A Jazz Jubilee
Cadogan Hall, 7.30pm Pete Long’s hard-swinging big band and guest singers celebrate five great albums from a year that saw Ella, Sinatra, Basie and Ellington in their prime.
Jason Moran
Barbican / Milton Court, 7.30pm Consistently inventive, pianist/composer Jason Moran reflects on a world where underground cultures reset the cultural clock, with his own Bandwagon augmented by a Polish chamber ensemble, commissioned by the Jazztopad Festival, Wroclaw.
Bugge Wesseltoft Residency – Beady Belle + Isabel Sörling’s Farvel
Kings Place / Hall 1, 7.30pm Bugge Wesseltoft marks 20 years since he fused Nordic electronica with club culture and Jazzland in the New Conception of Jazz, with the minimalist tension of Isabel Sörling opposite Beady Belle. Preconcert talk with Bugge Wesseltoft at 6pm – free to ticket holders. Catch Bugge Wesseltoft’s 20th anniversary residency at Kings Place
Artie Zaitz + Gabriel Latchin
Elgin, 7.30pm Artie Zaitz pays homage to Grant Green’s classic guitar/organ Blue Note sound of the ‘60s – and pianist Latchin conjures the spirits of Hank Jones and Tommy Flanagan.
Mads Mathias
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 7.30pm Inspired by Nat King Cole, Sinatra and the great crooners, Mads’ effortlessly charming vocal delivery captures the romantic soul.
Slowly Rolling Camera & Oddarrang
Rich Mix, 8pm A special Edition Records double bill. Finnish stars Oddarrang play jazz inspired by Björk and Sigur Rós, Slowly Rolling Camera combine soul and trip-hop.
London Sinfonietta & Marius Neset
LSO St Luke’s, 8pm Saxophonist Marius Neset premieres his new ACT album, Snowmelt, bringing together his own quartet and London Sinfonietta. ‘Delivers strong emotions with breathtaking fluency’ (Financial Times).
Carleen Anderson
Jazz Cafe, 8pm Carleen Anderson’s soaring voice stops shows and seizes hearts. Cage Street Memorial is a profound statement from a signature artist.
Allan Harris
Theatre Royal Stratford East, 8pm FREE See Sunday 13 November at midday.
Will Bartlett plays the music of John Taylor
Rabbit Hole, 8pm Pianist Will Bartlett’s heartfelt tribute to a defining voice in European jazz over five decades, the late John Taylor.
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Slowly Rolling Camera combine soul and trip-hop at Rich Mix
Tom Harrison
Spice of Life, 8pm Saxophonist Tom Harrison’s live album Unfolding in Tempo celebrates Duke Ellington with a quintet including pianist Robert Mitchell and Byron Wallen on trumpet.
Funkiwala Sounds
Forge, 8pm Funkiwala combine Afrojazz from Bellowhead trombonist Justin Thurgur, Afrobeat ambassador Dele Sosimi, percussionist Pandit Dinesh and heavyweights LoKkhi TeRra.
Silje Nergaard
St James Theatre, 8pm A rare chance to see Norwegian singer Silje Nergaard performing tracks from her new album, Chain of Days.
Charlie Hunter
Ronnie Scott’s, 8.15pm A complete and astonishing one-off talent, Hunter simultaneously plays basslines, rhythm guitar and solos on custom-made seven- and eight-string guitars.
Rae Forrest Project & Monocled Man
Vortex, 8.30pm Alt-electronic double bill. Haunting themes of love, loss and lust infuse the music of the Project, while Rory Simmons, Chris Montague and Jon Scott explore spacey soundworlds.
Fran Landesman Songbook: Ian Shaw and Sarah Moule
Pheasantry, 8.30pm Fran Landesman was one of the great songwriters – remember Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most? Two great vocalists recall her creative partnership with pianist Simon Wallace.
Alek Baczkowski / Guillaume Viltard / Mark Sanders + Veryan Weston
Azymuth
Saturday 19 November
Hideaway, 9pm Brazilian jazz-funk pioneers, renowned for their massive hit Jazz Carnival, launch their first studio album in four years. ‘Heralding angels of House’ (Mochilla).
Jazz for Toddlers
The Filthy Six
Chris Sharkey’s Make it/Break it
The Crypt Camberwell, 9.15pm Soaring horns, blistering guitar and gutwrenching Hammond are fuelled by one of the hardest-grooving rhythm sections around – a hip-shakingly powerful mixture of jazz, funk and boogaloo.
Samara with Tim Whitehead
606 Club, 9.30pm 606 head honcho Steve Rubie leads the infectiously swinging Latin jazz six piece, with charismatic singer Liliana Chachian and guest saxophonist Tim Whitehead.
artsdepot, 10am FAMILY/TAKE PART See Friday 11 November at 11am for details. Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room, 11am FREE /TAKE PART An all-day workshop with guitarist Chris Sharkey, creating a new piece to be played at 6.30pm. All musicians/singers (age 15+) welcome, pre-booking essential. See page 31 for details.
Jazz for Toddlers
artsdepot, 11.30am See Friday 11 November at 11am for details.
Steve Fishwick / Alex Garnett
I’klectik, 8.30pm Intensive interplay from an improvising trio of world class, complemented by Weston’s solo piano – illusion and space meet geometry and rhythm.
Sarah Jane Morris and Antonio Forcione
Elgin, 1pm A new quartet, featuring US bassist Mike Karn alongside a classy front line, plays original music inspired by Kenny Dorham and Ernie Henry.
Miguel Gorodi Nonet
Mads Mathias
Bugge Wesseltoft Residency Bugge Wesseltoft solo
Green Note, 8.30pm Compositions inspired by Steve Lehman, Thelonious Monk, Louis Andriessen, Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane and Stravinsky, reflected in Gorodi’s original writing for a terrific band.
Can of Worms + Paul Clarvis and Liam Noble
Con Cellar Bar, 9pm Percussionist Clarvis and pianist Noble play duets full of playful surprises, while saxophonist George Crowley opens up a can of musical anarchy, groove and glorious free improv.
Live At Zédel, 9.30pm See 7pm for details.
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 10.30pm See 7.30pm for details.
Ben Cox & Jamie Safiruddin
Live At Zédel, 11pm Two talented and contrasting songwriters travel from Gershwin to Joni Mitchell and bring their own original songs to the party.
Late-night jams
The music continues with a late-night jam session/hang at PizzaExpress Jazz Club, Ronnie Scott’s and possibly other places too. Check online or call the venues for the latest information.
Kings Place / Hall 1, 2pm Unconstrained by categorisation, Bugge Wesseltoft’s brand-new solo piano project combines specially devised visuals and music in the first UK performance.
Joanna Wallfisch
Forge, 2pm Hailed by Fred Hersch as ‘a real discovery’, singer/composer Joanna Wallfisch celebrates her Sunnyside album Gardens In My Mind, alongside the Sacconi Quartet.
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Cesco + Trialogue + Ruben Fox + Charlie Stacey
I’klectik, 3pm Four young bands feature in another edition of the JazzNewBloodALIVE series, displaying all the myriad sounds that fascinate the new jazz generation.
BBC Concert Orchestra with Laura Jurd and Daniel Herskedal
Southbank Centre / Royal Festival Hall, 4.30pm Laura Jurd – composer, trumpeter and BBC New Generation Artist – and the astonishing tuba player/ composer Daniel Herskedal create new music that explores a rich orchestral palette.
Miriam Aida + Water Boogie System – Sounds of the Swedes
Barbican / FreeStage, 4.30pm FREE
‘He opens his soul and projects a thousand aching meanings, inspired by the wisdom and spiritualism of the centuries-old Sufi tradition, resulting in music of timeless beauty’ (The Guardian)
Mike Westbrook
Kings Place / Hall 2, 2.30pm A crucial figure in the evolution of British jazz, Westbrook celebrates his 80th birthday in a solo piano concert that displays his rare gift for melody and emotional reach.
Emilia Mårtensson curates an afternoon that introduces two exceptional new bands. Water Boogie System run from noise and free improv, disarming hilarity mutating into tear-jerking choral harmony, alongside the awardwinning singer Miriam Aida’s effervescent take on the music of Brazil.
Chris Sharkey’s Make it/Break it
Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom 6.30pm FREE Made during the day by guitarist Chris Sharkey and over a hundred musicians, this is the exciting premiere of our new mass-participation commission. See page 31 for details.
Sarah Jane Morris and Antonio Forcione
Live At Zédel, 7pm See Friday 18 November at 7pm for details.
Dhafer Youssef & Ambrose Akinmusire
Barbican, 7.30pm A stellar double bill. Dhafer Youssef’s soaring voice and evocative improvisations evoke age-old traditions, while trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire has emerged as a pivotal figure in today’s jazz.
David Murray, Terri Lyne Carrington, Geri Allen – MCA Power Trio + Nérija
Cadogan Hall, 7.30pm Headlong saxophone pyrotechnics collide with expansive piano improv and the sheer subtlety and power of one of today’s key drummers.
Bugge Wesseltoft Residency – New Conceptions of Jazz + Håkon Kornstad
Kings Place / Hall 1, 7.30pm Wesseltoft’s current conception breathes fresh life into the groove, with a brandnew all-female band – preceded by the extraordinary two-tenor talents of saxophonist/opera singer Håkon Kornstad.
Chiara Pancaldi with Cyrus Chestnut
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 7.30pm Passionate Italian jazz singer Chiara Pancaldi joins forces with the joyful and soulful playing of the brilliant pianist Cyrus Chestnut.
Tomorrow’s Warriors
Cockpit, 7.30pm A focus on Tomorrow’s Warriors, the celebrated education and professional development jazz organisation, featuring current students and established artists.
The EFG London Jazz Festival hits The Streets this weekend, with FREE performances from artists in: South Norwood Saturday 19 November Twickenham Saturday 19 – Sunday 20 November Tooting Saturday 19 – Sunday 20 November Artists include Allan Harris, Adam Ben Ezra, Perhaps Contraption, Polly Gibbons, Randolph Matthews, and Vimala Rowe and John Etheridge. Visit www.thestreets.london for full details.
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Yaron Herman and Ziv Ravitz
Music of the Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
BBC Concert Orchestra with Francesco Tristano
Blakey’s Boys – the music of Art Blakey
St John’s Downshire Hill, 7.30pm In their only UK concert, the supremely gifted pianist Yaron Herman and drummer Ziv Ravitz play music from their Blue Note album, Everyday.
Southbank Centre / Royal Festival Hall, 7.45pm Causing as much of a stir on the club scene as in the concert hall, Tristano steps beyond convention in his new piano concerto. Followed by a DJ set in the Clore Ballroom.
Maciek Pysz
Polish Jazz Café POSK, 7.45pm ‘A must for jazz guitar fans’ (Marlbank), Maciek Pysz plays music from his new album, A Journey.
Kansas Smitty’s House Band
Shoreditch Town Hall, 8pm Moving through sounds of swing, blues, R&B, New Orleans second line and gospel, Kansas Smitty’s play incendiary live shows that are guaranteed to raise the roof.
Petra Haden and Jesse Harris
Rich Mix, 8pm Petra Haden embraces musical eclecticism, from Americana roots to jazz to punk – her voice and violin a perfect match for Jesse Harris - standout songwriter for Norah Jones and many more.
Carleen Anderson
Jazz Cafe, 8pm See Friday 18 November at 8pm for details.
Maggie Nichols, Irène Schweizer, Jöelle Léandre - Les Diaboliques
Kings Place / Hall 2, 8pm Blurring the lines between free improv and cabaret, three fiercely independent spirits draw on five decades of collective energy. A rare opportunity to experience the chemistry of a great European ensemble.
Elgin, 8pm The Nat Steele Sextet revisit the hothouse of ‘40s bebop, playing Dizzy Gillespie’s timeless arrangements for Charlie Parker, with a storming line-up.
Spice of Life, 8pm Paul Pace joins the Matt Telfer/Andy Davies Quintet to tell the story of the drummer whose Jazz Messengers propelled successive generations of young players into the jazz firmament.
Omar Puente, Gary Crosby, Denys Baptiste & Gerardo & su Rumbache Forge, 8pm Dedicated to Ochùn, Patroness of Cuba, Messrs Puente, Baptiste and Crosby, and rumba legends Gerardo & su Rumbache mix jazz with deep Cuban rhythms.
Charlie Hunter
Ronnie Scott’s, 8.15pm See Friday 18 November at 8.15pm for details.
Emily Saunders
Twickenham Rowing Club, 8.15pm Upbeat samba and sultry ballads - Emily Saunders and her band, ESB, play powerful Latin-infused grooves from her recent album Outsiders Insiders.
Improgressive + Splatter
I’klectik, 8.30pm Two exceptional European groups create spontaneous composition – Splatter are a Berlin/London collaboration; Improgressive, an Italian duo.
Azymuth
Hideaway, 9pm See Friday 18 November at 9pm for details.
A rare chance to see Les Diaboliques at Kings Place
Byron Wallen – Tribute to the Great Trumpet Players 606 Club, 9.30pm Himself a trumpeter of renown – Byron Wallen’s love for his chosen instrument, and for the artists who have defined its evolution, translates into an unmissable evening’s music.
Sarah Jane Morris and Antonio Forcione
Live At Zédel, 9.30pm See Friday 18 November at 7pm for details.
Chiara Pancaldi with Cyrus Chestnut PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 10.30pm See 7.30pm for details.
Kindling Trio
Vortex / Downstairs, 11.30pm A dynamic grooving trio led by guitarist Dan Messore with Joe Webb on organ and Gethin Jones on drums.
In Bed With
Vortex, 11.45pm A new cross-channel trio formed around drummer Sylvain Darrifourcq with Kit Downes on organ and Julien Desprez on guitar.
Eve Risser + Bruno Heinen + Phil Robson
Vortex, 8pm Bruno Heinen’s group with Camerat a Alma Viva create improvisatory explosions around Vivaldi; Phil Robson shows off his mighty Organ Trio; and Eve Risser from Donkey Monkey plays solo.
JD Allen
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 11.45pm Saxophonist JD Allen has emerged as a vital voice in today’s jazz, with a new recording that demonstrates his ‘ocean-deep and abiding love for the blues’ (Downbeat).
Silje Nergaard
Late-night jams
St James Theatre, 8pm See Friday 18 November at 8pm for details. MCA Power Trio play at Cadogan Hall
The music continues with a late-night jam session/hang at Ronnie Scott’s and possibly other places too. Check online or call the venues for the latest information.
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Zoe Francis with Jim Mullen
606 Club, 1.30pm A regular on the NY scene, vocalist Zoe Francis draws on material from her latest two albums with special guest guitarist Jim Mullen joining a heavyweight quartet.
JD Allen
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 1.30pm See Saturday 19 November at 11.45pm for details.
Mwalimu Express
Rich Mix, 2pm FREE DJs Rita Ray and Max Reinhardt host a familyfriendly vision of Afrojazz heaven – joined by Orphy Robinson, Bex Burch, Kushal Gaya and Ruth Goller, a kids dance workshop and more.
Mopomoso
Simians of Swing play at the Hideaway
Vortex, 2pm MOdernism POst MOdernism SO what. The long-established improv session enters its 25th year, its ever-changing combination of artists carefully chosen by guitarist/catalyst John Russell.
Simians of Swing Jazz Skate
Sunday 20 November
Somerset House, 12.30pm, 1.45pm & 3pm Join us for a Jazz Skate – DJs and live music with ice skating on ‘London’s favourite ice rink’ (Evening Standard).
Family Jazz All-Stars featuring Zoe Gilby
artsdepot, 11am FAMILY See Saturday 12 November at 2pm for details.
Adam Ben Ezra
artsdepot, Midday FREE See Friday 11 November at 1pm for details.
Peter King plays Bird with Strings
Elgin, 1pm Peter King is a treasure of British jazz – a saxophonist with a profound understanding of the bebop tradition, reinterpreting the legendary Charlie Parker recordings.
Cleveland Watkiss & Randolph Matthews Madeleine Peyroux
Forge, 1pm Battle of two heavyweight vocalists: Cleveland ‘Thunderbolt’ Watkiss, who’s worked with Bob Dylan and The Who, and Randolph ‘Hurricane’ Matthews, who’s worked with Plan B and Grace Jones.
Family Jazz All-Stars featuring Zoe Gilby
artsdepot, 1pm FAMILY See Saturday 12 November at 2pm for details.
Gareth Lockrane Big Band
Spice of Life, 1.30pm A roaring 18-piece ensemble containing London’s top jazz players. ‘Lockrane has pretty single-handedly put the big back into big band’ (Jazzwise).
Hideaway, 2pm The Simians of Swing invent a noirish soundtrack to a post-apocalyptic world populated by heroes and villains – and the magical American art form of bebop.
Serious Sing with Polly Gibbons
Barbican / Frobisher Rooms, 2pm TAKE PART Sing along to jazz standards and explore vocal styles in a fun, informal setting with vocalist Polly Gibbons. Ninety-minute workshop for all abilities, pre-booking required. Age 12+
Giulia Valle
Barbican / FreeStage, 2.30pm FREE Described as pure passion on the strings, Giulia Valle’s bass-led trio has stormed the jazz world with music tinged by the spirit of her native Barcelona.
Jazz Social Dance
Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom, 3.30pm FREE/TAKE PART
Tomorrow’s Warriors provide the music for an afternoon of irresistible rhythm – bring your dancing shoes, and be ready to move.
ELDA & Fini Bearman
Union Chapel / Bar, 4pm Vocal double bill, with Emilia Mårtensson’s blend of Brazilian and European folk music opposite Fini Bearman’s lush settings of original and classic texts.
Triforce + Zeñel + Kokoroko
I’klectik, 4pm Three young bands feature in another edition of the JazzNewBloodALIVE series, displaying all the myriad sounds that fascinate the new jazz generation.
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Itamar Borochov
Barbican / FreeStage, 4pm FREE With a musical palette touched by a love of Arab and pan-African flavours, trumpeter Borochov marks the release of a fine new album, Boomerang.
Eve Risser – White Desert Orchestra Barbican / FreeStage, 5.30pm FREE Subtle and abrasive textures, deeply resonant woodwinds and percussion characterise the sheer originality and imagination of Eve Risser, with a group that’s taken this year’s scene by storm.
Thelonious
Vortex, 5.45pm Taking inspiration from Steve Lacy and Roswell Rudd’s early ‘60s quartet, Hans Koller and Martin Speake explore the timeless riches of the Thelonious Monk repertoire.
Liberation Music Orchestra – directed by Carla Bley
Cadogan Hall, 7pm Rare opportunity to see a stellar live band including Curtis Fowlkes, Tony Malaby, and Chris Cheek, with Carla Bley’s soulstirring arrangements kindling the spirit and humanity of the late Charlie Haden.
Allison Neale - Art Pepper Plus Eleven
Elgin, 7pm A classic recording of West Coast jazz brought back to life – Marty Paich’s original arrangements, with saxophonist Neale playing the role of the great Art Pepper.
Ariwo + DJ Vince Vella
Forge, 7pm Fresh from Manana, Cuba’s first electronic music festival, Ariwo balance the sounds of the streets of Cuba with live electronics and a heavy jazz influence.
Catch Snarky Puppy pianist Bill Laurance at Shoreditch Town Hall
Madeleine Peyroux
Bill Laurance Project
Wayne Shorter
Theo Croker
Southbank Centre / Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm One of today’s defining vocalists brings emotional depth and meaning to songs from the likes of Allen Toussaint and Tom Waits, drawn from her new album, Secular Hymns. Barbican, 7.30pm Breathtaking telepathy between Shorter, Danilo Perez, John Pattitucci and Brian Blade in a concert which includes a newly minted Shorter piece, joined by Polish chamber ensemble LutosAir.
Luftabbamic
Omnibus, 7.30pm New compositions from a trio featuring guitairst Rob Luft, Kenny Wheeler Prize-winning bassist Misha MullovAbbado and drummer Marc Michel.
Camilla George + Olie Brice/ Achim Kaufmann
Vortex, 7.45pm Double album launch. Brice and Kaufmann play open-ended improv with panache and style, while saxophonist George adds a touch of calypso to the jazz mix.
Wayne Shorter performs at the Barbican and inspires several other performances
Shoreditch Town Hall, 8pm Snarky Puppy’s Bill Laurance returns with his latest album, Aftersun, and a stunning quartet featuring Richard Spaven (drums), Chris Hyson (bass) and Felix Higginbottom (percussion). Rich Mix, 8pm Trumpeter/composer, grandson of Doc Cheatham, protégé of Dee Dee Bridgewater – Theo Croker is a creative powerhouse, playing from his new album, Escape Velocity.
Oz Noy
Ronnie Scott’s, 8pm Virtuoso guitarist Oz Noy brings his intoxicating blend of jazz, funk, rock, blues and R&B to the Festival, playing from his latest album, Who Gives a Funk.
Lew Tabackin
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 8pm Much-travelled saxophonist returns to London for a rare club date – a great chance to hear a master improviser, creating his own sound from the jazz tradition.
Trumpeter Theo Croker plays at Rich Mix
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The Big Shake-Up perform at the Royal Albert Hall
Jazz Flute Big Band UK
Spice of Life, 8pm Peter Westbrook’s 15-piece ensemble features leading UK jazz flautists Gareth Lockrane, Rowland Sutherland and Eddie Parker to create a glorious, enveloping sound.
Huw V Williams HONsemble
Salisbury, 8.30pm Huw V Williams’ critically acclaimed HON expands to a nine-piece band featuring Laura Jurd, Elliot Galvin, four saxophones and two drummers.
Julie Dexter
The Big Shake-Up
Liane Carroll
Late-night jams
Hideaway, 8.30pm Award-winning jazz, soul and broken-beat songstress returns to her native London from Atlanta, with a tremendous band led by Janette Mason. 606 Club, 8.30pm ‘Swinging like hell one minute, brutally expressive and heartbreakingly tender the next; utterly brilliant’ (Time Out). This dynamic vocalist/pianist captivates audiences around the world.
Royal Albert Hall / Elgar Room, 9.45pm Formerly known as Bad Ass Brass, The Big Shake-Up comprises some of London’s hottest musicians with a collective brass-heavy sound to raise the roof.
The music continues with a late-night jam session/hang at the Vortex and possibly other places too. Check online or call the venues for the latest information.
Hogcallin’
I’klectik, 8.30pm Eight-piece band of seasoned improvisers dedicated to the music of Charles Mingus, and capturing his spirit through free improvisation and explosive arrangements.
Alex Munk’s Flying Machines + Avisya Rhythm
Green Note, 8.30pm Visceral, rock-out guitar improv with anthemic melodies and lusciously textured soundscapes in a decadent mash-up of freewheeling improvisations, prog rock energy and ambient meditations.
Liane Carroll captivates at 606 Club
IMPORTANT INFO The times shown for concert venues are when performances begin. The times shown for clubs are a good indication of when you can expect the music to begin, but remember that the doors usually open earlier, so get there early if you want a good spot. About twothirds of the shows in the Festival sell out in advance, so we strongly recommend advance bookings. Please note, some venues may have age restrictions or may require food or drinks purchases on entry – please check with the venue before booking. Some of the smaller venues have limited facilities for people with disabilities – please check with the venue before booking. The right is reserved to alter the advertised programme. This guide goes to press in August, so there are always a few changes during the autumn. Please check efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk for changes and updates. If you don’t feel you are treated well by any venue, please send an email to piers.mason@serious.org.uk so that we can try and put things right for other people.
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From the cradle to the groove The Festival is the perfect place to celebrate the spirit of jazz in all its generation-crossing, boundary-breaking glory
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his unashamed lift from the title of an album recorded by the great Scottish bassist Ronnie Rae is as close as you’ll get to the essence of jazz. However sophisticated and complex the music might become, its heart lies in a generosity of spirit – an openness of attitude that enables generations and cultural boundaries to ebb away in a whirl of improvisation and communication. And the connection between tradition and the future is the driver – the exchange mechanism that is both teacher and pupil in equal measure. This year’s EFG London Jazz Festival charts the dynamic between jazz generations in fascinating ways. Take a clutch of apparently senior jazz citizens: Wayne Shorter, Norma Winstone and Mike Westbrook have been in the creative thick of things for decades, but they are all producing music that’s as fresh and invigorating as when they burst onto the scene in the ‘60s. Moreover, they continue to play with, inspire, and bounce off the energy of their successors. Wayne Shorter’s extraordinary saxophone sound is as singular as it was when we first heard him with the Jazz Messengers, and then with Miles Davis, back in the ‘60s – and now the roles are reversed. Hear him fizz with energy, fired up by the now
Saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings
not-so-young rhythm section that has grown with him since they came together in 2000. Closer to home, the sheer artistry and vocal nuance of Norma Winstone is internationally respected – but her quietly influential presence as teacher and collaborator is reflected in a birthday concert that draws on her work with the young bloods of the Royal Academy of Music, alongside a European trio that provides a compelling definition of chamber jazz. And an evergreen Mike Westbrook – in his 80th year – is master of the large and small ensemble, whose deceptively stripped-down solo concert demonstrates a command of melody and an affectionate grasp of a European song tradition as well as Ellington, Mingus and all points further. And then, The Cookers. Which is where it gets ever more intriguing, because this is
Slowly Rolling Camera vocalist Dionne Bennett
and new grooves. This country’s jazz double act Binker & Moses have pulled in all this year’s awards, from MOBO to Jazz FM – but listen to them, and you get a message from the ancestors, as well as a view of the future. And Robert Glasper may be the hero of the jazz-meets-urban generation, but his work on Don Cheadle’s recent Miles Davis movie demonstrates a profound understanding of the music’s edgy and groundbreaking past. Not to mention Christian Scott, Theo Croker, Oddarrang,
At the sharp end of youth, the Festival is packed with new moves and grooves a band of brothers that includes stalwarts of the transition between the language of ‘50s hard bop and the new jazz worlds of the ‘60s and beyond – and whose energy transcends any concept of time. Just listen to the bang-up-to-the-minute writing of the elegant Billy Harper, the fire of drummer Billy Hart, and the unstoppable groove of octogenarian bassist Cecil McBee. And, if you want a completely different take on 21st-century jazz, try the intergenerational, international, interdisciplinary mix of Italian trumpet guru Enrico Rava and his precocious compatriot Giovanni Guidi with the UK’s provocative electronics innovator Matthew Herbert. Of course, at the sharp end of youth, the Festival is packed with new moves
Michael Wollny, Elliot Galvin, Nérija and myriad activity in the clubs across the city – all taking the music forward while respecting a century of evolution. But in the end, it’s continuity that counts. Take one instrument, the quintessential jazz instrument – the tenor saxophone. The trail that leads from Wayne Shorter and Billy Harper to Jan Garbarek, the extraordinary, still radical Evan Parker, David Murray and Chico Freeman (the last two among the enfants terribles of the ‘70s jazz avant-garde), through Joshua Redman, Chris Potter and Tim Garland to Donny McCaslin, Marcus Strickland, Shabaka Hutchings and Binker Golding – one hand-held instrumental voice, telling the story of a tradition that never ends.
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Lauren Kinsella talks about her route into jazz at Southbank Centre
Talking jazz Get down to one of our talks from musicians and industry experts to learn all there is to know about the music
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azz has always been a music that exists within a larger context, reflecting and commenting on the world. In today’s turbulent times, this approach is more relevant than ever. The talks programme that runs through the Festival seeks to dig into the music, providing insights to existing audiences and drawing in new listeners keen to explore. Across the opening weekend, we explore the relationships between Jazz and the City and Jazz in Europe. On Saturday 12 November, a series of panel discussions shaped by this year’s researcher-in-residence Emma Webster, explore how festivals and musicians react to the city they inhabit. Speakers include George McKay of the University of East Anglia, saxophonist Andy Sheppard, pianist Sarah Tandy (Tomorrow’s Warriors) and Charles Umney (Leeds Business School).
On Sunday 13 November, we explore jazz’s relationship with Europe. Francesco Martinelli presents his history of European jazz, David Toop examines the association between British and European improvisers, and, in advance of Jan Garbarek’s performance at the Royal Festival Hall, Fiona Talkington discusses the links with Norwegian jazz. Our popular pre-concert talk series, Hear Me Talkin’ To Ya, returns, and you can hear a range of our headline performers discuss their new projects see gig entries for talks from The Cookers and Bugge Wesseltoft, among others. Many events directly link a conversation into the performance as a whole – Mike Westbrook (Kings Place, Saturday 19 November) celebrates his 80th birthday with a special solo piano concert, and opens by discussing his life and work with Philip Clark.
Andy Sheppard takes part in talks panel
Evan Parker (Royal Academy of Arts, Friday 11 November) talks to David Ryan about the connections between free improvisation, in Jazz and the Abstract Expressionism Movement, before performing a live response to the Academy’s current exhibition. As part of his work with the Arts and Humanities Research Council, Professor Mark Smith brings us an event built around Jazz and Everyday Aesthetics, exploring the context of jazz in everyday life (Regent Street Cinema, Thursday 17 November). And if what you want is a way into all this jazz, then our popular strand Way In to the Way Out returns (Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room, Saturday 12 November) with Lauren Kinsella and Kit Downes guiding you through their journeys into the music. efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/talks
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Music is good for you! From family fun and learning with jazz masters to performing with new friends, the Festival offers everyone a chance to get involved Your chance to join musician Chris Sharkey in Make It/Break It
The EFG London Jazz Festival’s Learning & Participation programme offers a wealth of diverse activities for you to get involved with. You can enjoy everything from shows for the whole family to workshops with inspiring artists that allow you to create and explore in an informal setting; from fascinating glimpses into what makes the music flow via our range of talks to opportunities for under fives to get active and experience the thrill of live jazz at close quarters. There are plenty of opportunities to get inspired, get creative and get involved! This year, we have the exciting premiere of our new massparticipation commission, Make It/Break It, which offers the opportunity for musicians and vocalists of all abilities
and all kinds of instruments to make music and play together. Created by musician Chris Sharkey and produced by Serious, Make It/Break It will bring together amateur players on the morning of Saturday 19 November at Southbank Centre to create a new piece of music that will be performed in the Clore Ballroom at 6.30pm. Whether you’re looking for the chance to create something unique and meet other likeminded musicians, or you want the opportunity to play with new people and learn a new approach – or you just need an excuse to dust off that saxophone – this is your chance to get creative and take part. For information, contact: learning@serious.org.uk
Keep it in the family For our family audiences, the everpopular Jazz for Toddlers and Family Jazz All-Stars return - featuring a new line-up of stellar musicians in exciting venues right across London A sell-out triumph in previous years, this November’s Family Jazz All-Stars showcases the stunning vocals of Zoe Gilby in an unmissable and friendly show for all the family. Zoe lends her captivating style to this fun-filled tribute to jazz singers past and present, sharing the stage with a line-up of highly accomplished jazz musicians, including innovative double bassist Andy Champion. The show is at Cadogan Hall on Saturday 12 November and at artsdepot on Sunday 20 November. Singer Zoe Gilby joins the impressive Family Jazz All-Stars line-up
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Jazz and the movıng image Two worlds collide in our film schedule, which delves back into the 1960s and celebrates the parallel evolution of style in jazz and cinema The expressive L’assassino features a soundtrack by jazz pioneer Piero Piccioni
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he Festival’s film programme, assembled in partnership with the Barbican’s cinema team, reaches back into a treasure trove of rarely screened films from the 1960s, for which jazz provides the essential soundtrack. It echoes a period where the radically changing sounds of jazz evolved alongside new approaches to the art of cinema. Screenings range from a politically charged Italian thriller to anarchic surrealism, and a rare and fascinating documentary traces the New York underground scene of the late ‘50s into the ‘60s. JAZZ LOFT PROJECT – ACCORDING TO W EUGENE SMITH (SARA FISHKO, 2015) Sunday 13 November, 2pm An insight into the creative hothouse of New York as the ‘50s turn into the ‘60s, when a shifting community of musicians – including Thelonious Monk – jam night after night in composer Hall Overton’s dilapidated loft. Recorded and documented by the gentle, unstable genius photographer W Eugene Smith. WHO’S CRAZY? (THOMAS WHITE, 1966) Sunday 13 November, 4pm A frenetic soundtrack by Ornette Coleman and his signature ‘60s trio with David Izenzon and Charles Moffett (and a young Marianne Faithfull) accompanies a surreal scenario, as a group of asylum inmates escape to a deserted Belgian farmhouse. A bizarre silent movie that’s ‘almost Dali’, according to Salvador Dali. L’ASSASSINO (ELIO PETRI, 1967) Saturday 19 November, 4pm Elio Petri’s debut feature – described by critic Philip French as ‘a tour-de-force’ – is a political thriller starring Marcello Mastroianni, filmed in expressive monochrome on the streets of Rome, and with a terrific score by Italian jazz pioneer Piero Piccioni. Includes an introduction from Selwyn Harris.
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We celebrate the new talent and established home-grown artists taking us into an exciting new age of innovative and exciting jazz in the UK
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he buzz around the current jazz scene is well known by the musicians, audiences and producers experiencing a multitude of groundbreaking gigs, festivals and albums. A recent Guardian article asked: ‘Is jazz entering a new golden age?’ with a focus on the endorsement by pop music’s biggest stars and the thriving US jazz scene. What we see in the UK is an equally exciting jazz scene that is pushing some of the same boundaries – and some that are uniquely its own. The emergence of Binker & Moses (Scala, Sunday 13 November) is part of a trend of young musicians drawing on the hip hop and urban beats they grew up on, as much as the heritage of jazz, with younger audiences attracted to the energy and groove created. Nérija have similar influences alongside an Afrobeat and highlife twist – they open for David Murray, Terri Lyne Carrington and Geri Allen (Cadogan Hall, Saturday 19 November), with both groups reflecting the increasing diversity of the scene. Jazz has always been a music that’s seen younger players work with, and inspired by,
other generations. Mark Lockheart capitalises on this exchange of energy with his new orchestral jazz work written for a quintet of leading UK musicians alongside the students of the Trinity Laban Shapeshifter Ensemble (Southbank Centre/Clore Ballroom, Sunday 13 November). Norma Winstone, celebrating her 75th birthday, demonstrates the ability of musicians to remain at the cutting edge of the music across the decades - she will be singing with a full orchestra, the Royal Academy of Music Big Band, and the celebrated ECM-recorded European Trio (Cadogan Hall, Wednesday 16 November), showing why she’s among a select category of British jazz musicians who have truly made a global impact. Alongside a showcase of students from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama (Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom, Sunday 13 November), the potential of the scene to continue to evolve is obvious. It also reflects how Serious’ national programme feeds into our celebration of the city.
Catch Binker & Moses at Scala
Helena Kay and her KIM Trio will be at the Barbican
Mark Lockheart takes his new work to Southbank Centre
Chris Sharkey leads a new mass participation piece, Make It/Break It (Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom, Saturday 19 November), Zoe Gilby creates a new concert for family audiences (Cadogan Hall, Saturday 12 November) and recent Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year winner Helena Kay brings her KIM Trio to the Barbican FreeStage (Saturday 12 November). Throughout this year’s programme, we see British artists demonstrating the strength of the current scene. So let’s hope The Guardian is right, and we are entering a new golden age in which jazz is centre stage and celebrated as the great music so many of us know and love.
‘Serious plays a crucial role in nurturing UK talent and promoting the UK’s ever-evolving jazz scene through world-class festivals in London and beyond. We’re proud to support them as a talent development partner.’ (Vanessa Reed, Executive Director of PRS for Music Foundation)
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Securing the future of jazz With the Festival’s 25th birthday just around the corner, the Serious Trust continues to inspire and engage the musicians of the future
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he Serious Trust is committed to talent development, learning and participation, and the commissioning of new music to help build and sustain a vibrant music scene that everyone can participate in and feel inspired by. This year, we delivered 157 Learning & Participation sessions, which engaged more than 7,800 young people and participants in music-making. To see our work in action, catch Chris Sharkey’s Make
Adriano Adewale inspires some young music lovers
a part of this momentous year, or for more It/Break It, featuring over 150 musicians, on Saturday 19 November (see page 31 for more information on what we do, please go to: information on this special commission). efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/support-us Looking to the future and the EFG London Jazz Festival’s 25th birthday next Serious Trust is a registered charity no.1145535. year, we have big plans to engage with even more artists and participants – and we need your help to do it. With your support, we can The Trust has engaged thousands continue unlocking music’s of young people potential. To donate and be
SPONSORS & SUPPORTERS The Festival would like to thank EFG, our headline sponsor since 2013 and co-creator in 2008 of the EFG Excellence Series. Global private banking group EFG play a fundamental role in supporting the quality and breadth of the overall Festival programme and is a worldwide supporter of jazz. We would like to thank them for enabling the EFG London Jazz Festival to realise its artistic ambitions as we continue to enthral music lovers across the capital. The Festival would like to thank Arts Council England, which has supported the Festival since it began.
The Festival is only possible with the help of our valued partners and supporters so we would like to thank the following organisations:
We would also like to thank our broadcast partners:
We rely on the support of generous individuals and organisations to help us deliver the range of programmes which ticket sales and other funding alone do not cover. We would like to thank the following for their support.
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Paul and Keith Adams, Alexander and Marina Landia, Aspect Charitable Trust, First Names Trust, The Garrick Charitable Trust, Ann Grant, The Hollick Family Charitable Trust, The Worshipful Company of Horners, The Leche Trust, Jorg Mohaupt, The Jeremy & Kim White Foundation, John and Julie Williamson, Jerry Graber, Nick Basden and Vivian Hunt, Jonathan Levy, Martin and Diana Muirhead, Philip and Biddy Percival, Andrew and Janet Stone, Miles and Karen Storey and all Serious Trust donors.
We would also like to acknowledge our partners who are presenting work across the Festival:
Alex Hitchcock, Andrew Button, BKO, Fran Hardcastle, George Crowley, Groove Baby, Hampstead Arts Festival, Jazz Nursery, jazz re:freshed, Jazz Repertory Company, Kennedy Street Enterprises, LUME, Match&Fuse, Mopomoso, Mwalimu Express, Nat Steele and Alison Neale, Noel Taylor, Paul Pace, Somethin’ Else, Soundcrash, United Agents and all the programmers and venues that contribute to the Festival programme and the richness of London’s jazz scene throughout the year.
The Festival is proud to be a member of the Europe Jazz Network, the International Jazz Festivals Organisation and the Jazz Promotion Network
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EFFE LABEL 2015-2016
EFG is the title sponsor of the 2016 Festival, and a supporter of outstanding jazz performance. It is a co-creator of the EFG Excellence Series, which has been running since 2008. This year, the series comprises:
JAZZ VOICE
Friday 11 November Southbank Centre / Royal Festival Hall
SFJAZZ COLLECTIVE
JOSHUA REDMAN / BRAD MEHLDAU DUO Saturday 12 November Barbican
JOE STILGOE
PLAY MICHAEL JACKSON
A CELEBRATION OF GENE KELLY
Monday 14 November Cadogan Hall
Thursday 17 November LSO St Luke’s
efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/efgexcellenceseries EFG International is a global private banking group offering private banking and asset management services, headquartered in Zurich. EFG’s group of private banking businesses operates in around 30 locations worldwide, with circa 2,000 employees.
EFG is the marketing name for EFG International and its subsidiaries. In the UK: EFG Private Bank Limited, Leconfield House, Curzon Street, London W1J 5JB, T + 44 20 7491 9111. EFG Private Bank Limited is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. Registered no 144036. EFG Private Bank Limited is a member of the London Stock Exchange. Registered in England and Wales no. 2321802. Registered office as above. Member of EFG International. www.efginternational.com
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