EFG London Jazz Festival 2015 - Guide

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COMING UP FROM

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TUESDAY 6 OCTOBER LONDON EVENTIM APOLLO HAMMERSMITH

AN EVENING WITH PAOLO CONTE

FRIDAY 16 OCTOBER / LONDON BARBICAN

MARCUS MILLER

MONDAY 26 OCTOBER / LONDON BARBICAN + UK TOUR

ESPERANZA SPALDING presents Emily’s D+Evolution MONDAY 2 NOVEMBER / LONDON O2 SHEPHERD’S BUSH EMPIRE

ON TOUR IN 2016:

BRAD MEHLDAU, BRANFORD MARSALIS, KRONOS QUARTET, LUDOVICO EINAUDI, MAX RICHTER, PATTY GRIFFIN, THE BAD PLUS AND MANY MORE THE SERIOUS CALENDAR INCLUDES

GATESHEAD INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL FRIDAY 15 – SUNDAY 17 APRIL 2016

NORFOLK & NORWICH FESTIVAL

The next EFG London Jazz Festival runs Friday 11 to Sunday 20 November 2016

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MONDAY 16 – SATURDAY 21 May 2016

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BATH INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL FRIDAY 20 – MONDAY 30 MAY 2016

LOVE SUPREME JAZZ FESTIVAL FRIDAY 1 – SUNDAY 3 JULY 2016

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WELCOME

Welcome

#thisismyjazz

IS IT ADVENTURE YOU’RE LOOKING FOR? This year’s blistering line-up reveals a jazz treasure trove with a wealth of style, personality and community across the city. We’ve got young guns making their big statements at the festival — look out for the likes of Cécile McLorin Salvant, Kamasi Washington and Jacob Collier tearing up the city’s stages. The heavyweights are also out in force — Melody Gardot, Kurt Elling, Cassandra Wilson, Maria Schneider and Terence Blanchard, not to mention Ice-T, are just a few of the artists we’re looking forward to welcoming, with hundreds more unpacked in these pages and online.

We’re blessed to have so many different venues on board, making us the capital’s largest pan-city music festival. So why not discover something new? Look at our venue descriptions online — whether you like concert halls, standing clubs, cabaret tables, listening, eating or dancing with your jazz, there’s something for everyone, and some incredible local gems to be uncovered.

Many of the gigs are free, and you can also join in with the Learning & Participation programme, so there are no excuses not to fall in love with this music, the city and the festival all over again.

So, be inspired. Try something new. Support your local venues. Follow the bright lights of this sparkling, life-affirming music we call jazz, and wake with the buzz of the festival still ringing in your ears. Own it.

This is the EFG London Jazz Festival 2015.

PRINT AND ONLINE We’ve been working to expand your experience and to help you decide what shows to see.

To enhance the Guide’s listings and articles, there’s loads of content online — extended listings, band line-ups, videos and more. Go online and get all the extra material at: efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk

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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS A brief look at some of the acts performing in 2015

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LISTINGS What’s on where and when

25 INSIDER’S GUIDE The artists and events at this year’s festival Steve Vaccariello (Ice-T)

Rapper and actor Ice-T will be performing the work of Langston Hughes

NEW-LOOK GUIDE

Cécile McLorin Salvant

The EFG London Jazz Festival is programmed by Serious. For the latest news about all Serious-produced shows, please visit serious.org.uk

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WHERE TO BEGIN

WHERE TO BEGIN 2,000+ ARTISTS 300+ GIGS 50+ VENUES 23 YEARS 1 CITY

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LOVE JAZZ? Think it’s all ‘squeaky-bonk’ noise? Or well-groomed crooners? Not sure if you know anything about it at all?

• Browse this year’s Festival Guide • Check us out online at efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk • Watch a concert • Dance at a gig • Listen to a talk • Take part in a workshop • Go to the movies • Relax at a free performance

The EFG London Jazz Festival has something for YOU… hip hop heads, jazz aficionados, cinema-goers, art lovers, creatives, sporty types, observers, doers, afternoon loungers, late-night partiers…

YOUR jazz is out there, and we are bringing it straight to your doorstep.

Just let us know when you find it…

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WHERE TO BEGIN

Emile Holba

#thisismyjazz This year we have a burning question: London, what is your jazz?

Big question, so let’s break it down.

What musicians blow your mind?

What makes you dance? What was your first album? Instagram vinyl artwork. Share your best live gig moments. Make a playlist that’s properly out. Our festival artists will be taking to social media to share their londonjazzfestival

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passions from classic records to artistic responses to the music, and we want you to do the same.

So get creative — send us your most colourful responses with the hashtag and we’ll share it far and wide. Let everyone know.

Shout it. Sing it. Draw it. Own it.

BBC MUSIC JAZZ Across Thursday 12 to Sunday 15 November, join BBC Music for a DAB service called BBC Music Jazz .

From special live shows to interviews with personalities, they will bring the best of jazz from the BBC together with coverage of the festival.

For the full programme, see: efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/broadcast

#thisismyjazz

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LISTINGS

Listings FRIDAY 13 SUNDAY 22 Friday 13 November

HIDDEN ORCHESTRA

St John-at-Hackney | 7.30pm With a host of guest musicians to reproduce the beautiful atmospherics of their Ninja Tune records, Joe Acheson’s Hidden Orchestra will fill this grand setting with projectionmapped visuals.

NINA FERRO

Barbican FreeStage | 6pm Free

“A fabulous performer with a knockout voice,” according to Tony Bennett. Nina Ferro performs material from her new album Into the Light.

TERELL STAFFORD & BRUCE BARTH

NILS PETTER MOLVÆR

MATCH&FUSE: LAURA JURD’S DINOSAUR + LABTRIO

Kings Place / Hall Two | 8pm A special Euro-summit – Laura Jurd’s Dinosaur (think Electric Miles with a punk sensibility) meets Belgium’s electro-improv LABtrio. They play separate sets, and then they fuse.

JAZZ VOICE

Barbican | 7.30pm The festival’s signature opening-night gala returns with a stellar cast of voices performing songs marking the major anniversaries, birthdays and milestones of 2015 for an epochspanning celebration of singing and song.

THE NECKS

Cafe OTO | 8pm The cult Australian improv band plays a four-day residency in Dalston – and it’s different every time.

JAMES FARM: JOSHUA REDMAN, AARON PARKS, MATT PENMAN & ERIC HARLAND + PARTISANS

LIONEL LOUEKE

Cadogan Hall | 7.30pm A real contender for the jazz supergroup of today, James Farm combines the talents of four of the scene’s movers and shakers. Longestablished UK quartet, Partisans, with Julian Siegel and Phil Robson play the opening set.

Club Inégales | 8pm Solo performance from a guitarist whose engrossing music refers to his Benin heritage, alongside a wealth of experience with Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard and Robert Glasper, as well as his own Blue Note-recorded bands.

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SARA MITRA & ACROBAT

Rabbit Hole | 8pm Jazz organ trio Acrobat joins singer Sara Mitra.

The evening opens with Mitra’s songs created from Christina Rossetti’s poetry.

MACEO PARKER

Under the Bridge | 8.30pm Saxophonist Maceo Parker was at the centre of a string of James Brown hits – not to mention jumping aboard the George Clinton mothership – a true hero of funk and soul.

ALL-FOUR & GRIMWALD

i’klectik | 8.30pm Killer double bill that pushes the improv envelope to extremes – Grimwald’s unruly four-piece of Roberto Sassi, Steve Beresford, Noel Taylor and Terry Day appear opposite Kay Grant’s poised quartet comprising Martin Speake, Liam Noble and Mark Sanders.

THE FRESH DIXIE PROJECT

IMAGINATION IS FUNNY

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NIK BÄRTSCH – RHYTHM CLAN

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Spice of Life | 8pm This exciting new ensemble plays arrangements of Duke Ellington, Gil Evans and Dave Holland, as well as trumpeter Matt Roberts’ original compositions.

Bull’s Head, Barnes | 8.30pm This new London five-piece, which has won praise from BBC Radio 6 Music and Jamie Cullum, brings a blend of energetic jazz grooves and catchy melodic hooks to its debut festival gig.

Albany | 7.30pm Award-winning singer Lizzie Emeh blends soul, R&B and jazz for a concert produced

by Heart & Soul, which showcases the talents of people with learning difficulties.

Kings Place / Hall One | 7.30pm Taking the ritual groove music of Nik Bärtsch’s long-established Ronin into a rocking, electric new universe, Rhythm Clan adds guitar and brass to an already heady mix.

CLAIRE MARTIN

St James Theatre | 8pm Claire Martin presents her new European quartet featuring long-term collaborator, pianist Gareth Williams, and two of Sweden’s finest jazz musicians, Martin Sjöstedt and Daniel Fredriksson.

MATT ROBERTS’ BIGGISH BAND

PizzaExpress Jazz Club | 7.30pm A quartet that exudes the essence of jazz – globe-trotting trumpeter Stafford (Benny Golson, McCoy Tyner, Diana Krall) reunites with Barth’s consummate pianistics.

Ronnie Scott’s | 6.15pm A seminal figure in the evolution of Scandinavian jazz, trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær broke the mould in the 1990s as he drew together stratospheric improv with the electronic beats of club culture – and he remains a defining force.

Funk and soul jazz saxophonist Maceo Parker will be performing at Under the Bridge

James Farm plays Cadogan Hall

Polish Jazz Cafe POSK | 8.30pm Way Out West’s multi-generational pool of talent is a living history of British jazz, from octogenarian drummer Tony Kinsey to today’s emerging generation – a collective imagination contributing to fresh new music.

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EMILIA MÅRTENSSON, ADRIANO ADEWALE & JANEZ DOVČ

Wigmore Hall | 1pm Family

Chapter 100 and a Dream blends folk and jazz influences to explore amazing stories and songs from around the world. Age 6+

COREY MWAMBA & RACHEL MUSSON

Barbican FreeStage | 1pm Free

A voyage of contemporary sounds in an afternoon of original and improv music. First up, spontaneous, living music-in-the-moment from two of the UK’s finest improvisers.

Swedish/Slovenian vocalist and composer Emilia Mårtensson will be holding workshops, as well as performing

Vortex | 8.30pm Aquarium’s multifaceted chamber jazz in a double bill with fleet-fingered guitarist Kristian Borring’s quartet.

JAZZ ON 3

Ronnie Scott’s | 10.30pm Free

Pheasantry | 8.30pm Join Salena Jones and the Rob Barron Quartet to celebrate her outstanding 50 years in music.

Jez Nelson hosts the now traditional show that kicks off the festival, broadcast live from Ronnie Scott’s, featuring sets from festival artists. The event is free, but tickets are essential. For more details on how to apply, visit bbc.co.uk/radio3/jazzon3. This event will be broadcast live on Jazz on 3 on BBC Radio 3 from 11pm.

MARIA CHIARA ARGIRÒ QUINTET & ENZO ZIRILLI

TERELL STAFFORD & BRUCE BARTH

SALENA JONES

Green Note | 8.30pm Italian pianist and composer Maria Chiara Argirò leads an inventive young band in a double bill with Zirilli’s Zirobop mix of influences, from Zappa to Coltrane.

SONS OF KEMET

Rich Mix | 8.30pm Shabaka Hutchings leads a mesmerising quartet that digs deep into Africa and the Caribbean – Seb Rochford and Tom Skinner creating hypnotic double-drum rhythms alongside Theon Cross’s tuba grooves.

XANTONÉ BLACQ & PATCHES STEWART BAND, FEATURING PEE WEE ELLIS

Hideaway | 9pm Xantoné Blacq brings two generations of signature funketeers – trumpeter Patches Stewart (Quincy Jones, Marcus Miller) and the evergreen saxophonist Pee Wee Ellis, of The JBs fame.

TELLO MORGADO GROUP & CONJUNTO ANGOLA 70

Forge | 9pm Angola night – Tello Morgado’s Angolan jazz fusion alongside members of Angola’s ‘golden generation’.

IMAANI & BEVERLEY SKEETE

606 Club | 9.30pm Two great soul singers who have worked with a galaxy of stars over the course of their careers play their own show at the 606 Club.

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PizzaExpress Jazz Club | 10.30pm See 7.30pm for details.

Saturday 14 November WORKSHOP WITH EMILIA MÅRTENSSON

Wigmore Hall | 10.30am Family/Take Part

Work with the inspirational singer Emilia Mårtensson to learn jazz and folk songs in order to create some magical musical worlds of your own. Linked to the concert at 1pm

Free

Fiery, free-wheeling saxophone and drums duo from DIY improv/noise record label, Raw Tonk Records.

MAGIC BOX & SARA MITRA

Vortex | 1.30pm A musical story box weaves the improvisation, traditional song and children’s compositions of jazz singer Sara Mitra around the gifts of Lottie Allen. Suggested age: under 5

CECILIA STALIN – THE STORY OF LOVE

PizzaExpress Jazz Club | 1.30pm Swedish nu-jazz singer meets producer/ bassist Khari Cabral. The result is a heady blend of jazz-meets-soul-meets-Brazil, with the spirits of Sergio Mendes, Quincy Jones and Ronnie Laws in the background.

CHICAGO-LONDON VIBRATION – A CELEBRATION OF THE AACM AT 50

Rich Mix | 2pm Orphy Robinson leads tHE SPonTANeoUS CoSMic Raw Xtra, packed with London’s finest, to celebrate the AACM legacy with an opening set from Amplifier and powerful visuals.

CHICAGO-LONDON VIBRATION – THE AACM WORKSHOP Rich Mix | 11am Take Part

An opportunity for adult vocalists, and wind and brass players to workshop and perform material with multiinstrumentalist, composer and music educator, Orphy Robinson.

JOHN MARTIN – THE HIDDEN NOTES

Royal Albert Hall / Verdi Café | Midday Described by The Guardian as combining “the lyrical sway of Andy Sheppard, the atmospherics of Jan Garbarek, the pensiveness of Kenny Wheeler and the country-chime of early Keith Jarrett”.

Festival on the Move takes Smitty’s Big Four out to The Streets

(Top) Matt Mead; (left) Rah Petherbridge

SAM LEAK’S AQUARIUM + KRISTIAN BORRING

COLIN WEBSTER & ANDREW LISLE

Barbican FreeStage | 1.30pm

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Book), with pieces from Ellington to Chaka Khan, playing bass clarinet with MOBO Awardwinning pianist Zoe Rahman.

Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom | 2pm Free

Presenters Claire Martin and Julian Joseph host a special festival edition of their BBC Radio 3 show – featuring five international and British bands, including the brand new BBC Radio 3 New Generation Jazz Artist.

WORKSHOP WITH EMILIA MÅRTENSSON

Wigmore Hall | 2.30pm

MOLLY AND THE OWL

Cockpit | 2pm Family

LISTINGS

Family/Take Part

UK jazz musician

Work with the inspirational singer Emilia Mårtensson to learn jazz and folk songs and create some magical musical worlds of your own. Linked to the concert at 1pm

Courtney Pine A ‘jazz fairy tale’ about a young girl plays bass and her strange meeting with a clarinet with Zoe Rahman saxophone-playing owl. Performed by a live jazz band including a narrator, Molly and the Owl aims to introduce the basics of jazz to a young audience.

SLOTH RACKET Barbican FreeStage | 3pm

DANS LES ARBRES

Forge | 2pm A terrific improv quartet that records for ECM, mixing three Norwegian musicians – Ivar Grydeland on guitar and banjo, Christian Wallumrød on piano and French clarinettist Xavier Charles.

SMITTY’S BIG FOUR

Albany | 2pm Free

Hang out in the Albany Cafe for an afternoon of upbeat swing from Smitty’s Big Four – the feisty younger brother of Kansas Smitty’s House Band.

STÉPHANE KERECKI – NOUVELLE VAGUE

Kings Place / Hall Two | 2pm French bassist Stéphane Kerecki presents his prestigious ADAMI Award-winning project.

Inspired by French New Wave cinema, and accompanied by specially chosen images.

ENTROPI

MAGIC BOX & SARA MITRA

Vortex | 3.15pm See 1.30pm for details.

SUPPORT YOUR JAZZ – GRANTS FOR THE ARTS

Rich Mix | 3.30pm Talks/Free

Arts Council England’s Denys Baptiste leads a session designed to explain the Council’s Grants for the Arts scheme.

MADWORT’S MENAGERIE

JAZZ FOR TODDLERS Family/Take Part

Our ever-popular workshop series returns with clarinettist Arun Ghosh alongside percussionist Nao Masuda. Proving you are never too young to be a jazzer. Ages 2-5

COURTNEY PINE & ZOE RAHMAN

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe | 2.30pm Courtney Pine plays the music from his acclaimed recording Song (The Ballad

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CÉCILE McLORIN SALVANT + FEMI TEMOWO

Cadogan Hall | 7.30pm With vibrant theatricality and authority throughout her concerts, the New York Times said of Cécile: “She has it all. If anyone can extend the lineage of the Big Three – Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald – it is this virtuoso.”

NEW JAZZ, NEW DANCE – GILLES PETERSON PRESENTS KAMASI WASHINGTON, GOGO PENGUIN & LYNNE PAGE

Barbican | 7.30pm Always open to the new and the visionary, Gilles Peterson signals the jazz future – Kamasi Washington interpreting his kaleidoscopic CD The Epic and a brand new collaboration between GoGo Penguin and choreographer Lynne Page.

Cécile McLorin Salvant sings at Cadogan Hall

Free

Rounding off the day of anniversary events, a free panel session exploring the international impact and resonance of the AACM over the past 50 years.

Kings Place / St Pancras Room | 2pm

BÉLA FLECK & ABIGAIL WASHBURN

Southbank Centre / Royal Festival Hall | 7.30pm Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn weave a magical sonic landscape from an array of banjos, two voices and a captivating playfulness that defines a modern masterpiece of Americana.

Intricate compositions and delicate textures from saxophonist Tom Ward’s chamber jazz sextet.

CHICAGO-LONDON VIBRATION - AACM PANEL DISCUSSION

Juggling order and chaos, composition and improvisation, Dee Byrne’s quintet takes listeners on an exploration of the musical cosmos with its debut album New Era.

Talk/Free

Alice Zawadzki and Percy Pursglove illustrate their musical inspirations and way in to jazz in our celebrated talk series. This session includes a performance of Alice’s festival commission.

Barbican FreeStage | 3.50pm

Free

Barbican FreeStage | 2pm

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Cath Roberts draws together improvisers from across the north, using experimental graphic scores as a jumping-off point for freely improvised group explorations.

WAY IN TO THE WAY OUT

Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room | 5pm

Rich Mix | 4.30pm Talks/Free

JAZZ RECORD REQUESTS LIVE

Barbican FreeStage | 5pm Free

Join Alyn Shipton for a special edition with live music from festival guests. Suggest your own must-hear tracks by emailing jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk by the end of October.

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BASEL RAJOUB’S SORIANA

Rich Mix | 8.30pm Basel Rajoub is a saxophonist and composer whose music celebrates the rich culture of Syria, using micro-tonal subtleties of Arab music to generate a sublime mix of spontaneity and control.

MACEO PARKER

Under the Bridge | 8.30pm Saxophonist Maceo Parker was at the centre of a string of James Brown hits – not to mention jumping aboard the George Clinton mothership – a true hero of funk and soul.

Jarrod Lawson sings his own soul at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire

JARROD LAWSON

O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire | 7.30pm Whether he sings and plays funk, folk, R&B, rock or jazz, Jarrod Lawson sings with integrity and spirituality, passion and compassion, empathy and sympathy. In other words – his own soul.

NIK BÄRTSCH — MOBILE EXTENDED

Kings Place / Hall One | 7.30pm The second night of Bärtsch’s residency includes the UK debut of Mobile Extended.

Bartsch’s new acoustic band, complete with a string quartet, delves further into his concept of ritual groove music.

DANIEL HERSKEDAL + ALAN BENZIE

Kings Place / Hall Two | 7.30pm Cast aside all preconceptions of what the tuba should sound like and check out Daniel Herskedal. The Norwegian virtuoso brings a terrific new band to the festival.

“Nothing short of a miracle,” according to Jazzenzo.

FOLIE À DEUX

Albany | 7.30pm Composer Emily Hall and Icelandic lyricist Sjón created this electric opera for the vocals of Swedish jazz artist Sofia Jernberg.

JIM RATTIGAN, THOMAS GOULD & LIAM NOBLE

St John’s Downshire Hill | 7.30pm Fascinated with the dialogue between jazz and classical music, Rattigan (French horn) and violinist Gould met while touring with Brad Mehldau – playing music from their album Triplicity, as well as new compositions.

TERELL STAFFORD & BRUCE BARTH

PizzaExpress Jazz Club | 7.30pm A quartet that exudes the essence of jazz – globe-trotting trumpeter Stafford (Benny Golson, McCoy Tyner and Diana Krall) reunites with Bruce Barth’s consummate pianistics.

THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF CLIFFORD BROWN

St James Theatre | 8pm Freddie Gavita is a ubiquitous presence on the scene, from Paloma Faith to Ronnie Scott’s. A terrific trumpeter with a love for Clifford Brown, he has created a programme that evokes the memory of a jazz icon.

PETE CHURCHILL

KRZYSZTOF URBANSKI & URBAN JAZZ SOCIETY

Polish Jazz Cafe POSK | 8.30pm Landing in London in 2010, the muchtravelled Polish saxophonist’s background in the jazz tradition is combined with the urgency of today’s urban sounds.

ANNIE WHITEHEAD’S RUDE

Vortex | 8.30pm One of the great European trombonists, Annie’s band is a free-wheeling line-up, moving between jazz in all its enjoyable genres – bebop through to funk, through to African.

KATRIONA TAYLOR

Bull’s Head, Barnes | 8.30pm Elegant interpretations of jazz standards are blended with flavours of Brazilian soul and funk, with the polished vocals of Katriona Taylor.

KUTONOKA

Forge | 8.30pm Welcome to João de Oliviera’s Kutonoka Project, an Afro-jazz septet where the compositions fuse the rhythms of Angola with jazz, makossa, funk, samba, rumba and more.

SALENA JONES

Pheasantry | 8.30pm Join Salena Jones and the Rob Barron Quartet to celebrate her outstanding 50 years in music.

Rabbit Hole | 8pm Vocalist Pete Churchill’s trio plays a set of jazz standards and originals, featuring material from his album The Bad and the Beautiful.

THE NECKS

Hear Basel Rajoub’s Arab-style music at Rich Mix

Cafe OTO | 8pm The cult Australian improv band plays a fourday residency in Dalston – and it’s different every time.

MATT TELFER/ANDY DAVIES QUINTET – BLAKEY’S BOYS

Spice of Life | 8pm Blakey’s Boys celebrate the music of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Hardblowing tenor saxophonist Matt Telfer leads arrangements of classics such as Moanin’ and Along Came Betty.

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Don’t miss Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn at the Royal Festival Hall

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XANTONÉ BLACQ & PATCHES STEWART BAND, FEATURING PEE WEE ELLIS

Hideaway | 9pm Xantoné Blacq brings two generations of signature funketeers – trumpeter Patches Stewart (Quincy Jones, Marcus Miller) and the evergreen saxophonist Pee Wee Ellis, of The JBs fame.

SAXOPHONE SUMMIT

606 Club | 9.30pm Four saxophonists – Peter King, Brandon Allen, Alex Garnett and a special guest – join Robin Aspland’s trio for a saxophone celebration.

TERELL STAFFORD & BRUCE BARTH

PizzaExpress Jazz Club | 10.30pm See 7.30pm for details.

WARRIORS INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS FREEDOM

Vortex | 11.30pm The Vortex’s ‘loft’ groove jam night, curated

by Orphy Robinson and Cleveland Watkiss, moves to a late-night slot. With Paul Bradshaw DJing between sets.

Sunday 15 November JAZZ FOR TODDLERS

artsdepot | 10am Family/Take Part

Our ever-popular workshop series returns with clarinettist Arun Ghosh alongside percussionist Nao Masuda. Proving you are never too young to be a jazzer.

Ages 2-5

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FAMILY JAZZ ALL-STARS, FEATURING JULIET KELLY

artsdepot | 11am Family

Juliet Kelly packed the Southbank Centre last year with this show. With songs by Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone and Astrud Gilberto, it’s a perfect introduction to the jazz classics.

FOBO JUG BAND

Royal Albert Hall / Verdi Café | Midday An acoustic trio that plays country, blues and barrelhouse ragtime classics of the prohibition era; guaranteed to get your feet stomping.

RANJANA GHATAK

ZOE FRANCIS

606 Club | 1.30pm Singer Zoe Francis brings a great sense of swing to playing with her band, which includes guitarist Jim Mullen and saxophonist Stan Sulzmann.

MIMIKA ENSEMBLE

Spice of Life | 1.30pm Sci-fi jazz ensemble led by Croatian saxophonist composer Mak Murtic, featuring singer Maja Rivic. A fusion of East European folk melodies and rhythms with the futuristic quirkiness of Sun Ra.

ALFREDO RODRÍGUEZ

artsdepot | 12.15pm Free

Renowned for her work with artists ranging from Akram Khan to Nitin Sawhney, Ghatak juxtaposes the beauty of Indian vocal music with her love of improvisation.

ADRIANO ADEWALE – CATAPLUF’S MUSICAL JOURNEY

Albany | 1pm Family

Explore rhythms and sounds of the world with Catapluf, where music can be found in everything. “One of the best shows for children I’ve ever seen” – Umeå Jazz Festival.

Ages 5-11

ANDREW McCORMACK & JASON YARDE

PizzaExpress Jazz Club | 1.30pm With a decade of musical dialogue behind them, saxophonist Yarde and pianist McCormack produce music that is seamlessly inventive, pitched between jazz and chamber music, with the addition of world-renowned violinist Thomas Gould and percussionist Richard Olatunde Baker.

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at Shakespeare’s Globe | 2pm Quincy Jones has called him “one of the most gifted jazz pianists of the 21st century”.

Pianist and composer Rodríguez makes inventive and original music in the traditions of Cuban music, as heard on his recording The Invasion Parade.

SERIOUSLY TALENTED CELEBRATES 10 YEARS

Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom | 2pm Free

An afternoon that ranges far and wide through Serious’s Europe-wide talent development programmes, including the Marc Perrenoud Trio, Adam Fairhall’s The Spirit Farm and a band led by Cevanne Horrocks-Hopayian.

PANEL: FIND YOUR VOICE

Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room | 2pm Free/Talk

Goldsmiths’ Tom Perchard chairs a panel looking at self-expression, creativity and the voice as an instrument, with choir director Pete Churchill and vocalist Georgia Mancio.

JAZZ ON 3 – ADVENTURES IN SOUND

Cockpit | 2pm Free

The latest in a fascinating series especially created for the festival – an extended afternoon of improvisation featuring short sets from established acts as well as one-off collaborations.

SERIOUS SING WITH JOE STILGOE

Barbican / Frobisher Rooms | 2pm Family/Take Part

Sing along to standards and explore vocal styles in a fun and informal setting with jazz musician and vocalist Joe Stilgoe. A 90-minute workshop for all abilities. Age 12+

National Youth Jazz Orchestra performs at Rich Mix

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artsdepot | 2pm Family

See 11am for details.

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FAMILY JAZZ ALL-STARS, FEATURING JULIET KELLY

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DOWN FOR THE COUNT SWING ORCHESTRA

Hideaway | 2pm Down for the Count Swing Orchestra brings the dance floor to life with the energy of the great swing and jive bands of the 1930s and 1940s.

MWALIMU EXPRESS

Rich Mix | 2.15pm Free

A special recipe combines Portuguese bassist Theo Pascal, Cape Verdean singer Carmen Souza and Mozambican percussionist Elias Kacomanolis in the PSK Trio.

NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA @ 50 – WORKSHOP FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS

Rich Mix | 2.30pm Take Part

Join NYJO’s musical director Mark Armstrong to find out about the jazz tradition, develop your improvisation skills and learn a piece to perform at the following concert. Suitable for all instrumentalists aged 13-19

MOPOMOSO

Vortex | 2.30pm John Russell has been running his monthly gatherings for more than 20 years, making it one of the longest-running sessions anywhere – always a challenging mix of free improv at the cutting edge. (MOdernism – POstMOdernism – SO what!)

ADRIANO ADEWALE – CATAPLUF’S MUSICAL JOURNEY

Albany | 3pm Family

See 1pm for details.

SHIFTLESS SHUFFLE

Trapeze Basement Club | 3pm Jazzcotech’s explosive dance-floor jazz session continues to pump up the Sunday afternoon energy levels – sure to have you fling your fabulous feet forward, with top DJs and a pre-session class.

PANEL: CREATIVITY, DISCIPLINE, ROUTINE

Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room | 3.30pm Free/Talk

Professor in Residence Tony Whyton chairs a panel looking at the connection between jazz and sport.

NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA @ 50 – JAZZ JAM AND ACADEMY PERFORMANCES

Rich Mix | 4pm Take Part

Featuring three of the academy ensembles led

by Phil Meadows, Gemma Buckenham and Sebastiaan de Krom following a 60-minute Jazz Jam session for young musicians.

Under 19

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SNOWPOET

Union Chapel | 4pm Built around the songwriting skills of bassist Chris Hyson and vocalist Lauren Kinsella, whose captivating stage presence is an added element. The power of words and poetic imagery lies at the core of Snowpoet’s music.

PANEL: TOMORROW’S MUSICIANS ARE TODAY’S STUDENTS

Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room | 4.30pm Free/Talk

Catherine Tackley chairs a panel with Trinity Laban’s Head of Jazz Simon Purcell, Gary Crosby and musicians from Tomorrow’s Warriors exploring the transition from studying into a jazz career.

KEYNOTE SPEECH: TONY WHYTON, PROFESSOR IN RESIDENCE

From New Orleans, Allen Toussaint’s music career spans five decades

Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room | 6pm Free/Talk

Professor Tony Whyton’s keynote explores the themes of this year’s talks programme and the ways in which jazz can be a tool for understanding the world around us.

ON MASS

Roundhouse | 7pm Young international musicians take over Roundhouse’s Main Space where they’ll be joined by artists including Jamie Cullum.

JOANNA EDEN – EMBRACEABLE ELLA

St James Theatre | 7pm Time Out called her “the UK’s answer to Diana Krall and Norah Jones” – Joanna Eden sings Ella Fitzgerald with her quintet.

CASSANDRA WILSON

Southbank Centre / Royal Festival Hall | 7.30pm Cassandra Wilson pays homage to the genius of Billie Holiday with her acclaimed album Coming Forth by Day. She creates a magically charged response to the charismatic legacy of a jazz legend.

THE ALLEN TOUSSAINT BAND & THEO CROKER

Barbican | 7.30pm Allen Toussaint’s stirring sounds and infectious songs personify the music of his native New Orleans. Blazing young trumpeter Theo Croker plays out of the jazz tradition with vigour and attitude.

MARCIN WASILEWSKI & JOAKIM MILDER + HELEN SUNG

Guildhall School / Milton Court | 7.30pm The immensely gifted Polish trio is joined by the lyrical Swedish saxophonist Joakim Milder

to play the music from its ECM recording, Spark of Life. “A gorgeous album”, according to theJazzBreakfast.com.

MOSAIC

Omnibus | 7.30pm Mosaic gives Ralph Wyld a broad palette as a composer, arranger and percussionist.

He has just won the Dankworth Prize for Jazz Composition and the Kenny Wheeler Jazz Prize.

PAULO FLORES

Forge | 8pm Angolan vocalist Paulo Flores joins forces with guitarist Carlitos Vieira Dias for one special concert.

THE NECKS

Cafe OTO | 8pm The cult Australian improv band plays a fourday residency in Dalston – and it’s different every time.

ANDREW LINHAM JAZZ ORCHESTRA

Spice of Life | 8pm Original and contemporary big band madness, performing new compositions entitled The Theme Music of Anarchic Animals.

EMILIA MÅRTENSSON & WILL BARTLETT MINI ORCHESTRA

Rabbit Hole | 8pm Kate Mullins from The Puppini Sisters opens the night with Will Bartlett, and then Will’s mini-orchestra accompanies singer Emilia Mårtensson.

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THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY GHOST

Brilliant Corners | 7.30pm Shabaka Hutchings explores the music of John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders and Albert Ayler as the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

TOM HEWSON’S TREEHOUSE – CELEBRATING JOHN TAYLOR

Forge | 8pm Tom Hewson’s Treehouse launches its selftitled new album and celebrates the life and work of the elegantly awe-inspiring John Taylor.

CORY HENRY & THE FUNK APOSTLES

Jazz Café | 8pm Cory Henry from Snarky Puppy plays jazz and gospel with his own band, the Funk Apostles.

Chicago’s Kurt Elling performs at Cadogan Hall

SAMUEL BLASER

Club Inégales | 8pm Spring Rain is virtuoso trombonist Samuel Blaser’s personal response to the music of a gentle jazz maverick, the late Jimmy Giuffre, with a stellar trio – pianist Russ Lossing, bassist Drew Gress and drummer Gerald Cleaver.

TAMMY WEIS & TOM CAWLEY

Pheasantry | 8pm A songwriting partnership of soulful poignancy and lyrical beauty that goes from strength to strength. The duo performs songs from its past, present and future work together.

PARTIKEL’S STRING THEORY

Bull’s Head, Barnes | 8pm Led by saxophonist Duncan Eagles, Partikel has had a tremendous reaction to its third album String Theory, with violinist Benet McLean adding further to its rock-inflected take on jazz.

AVERY SUNSHINE

Hideaway | 8.30pm A truly radiant take on soul music from an American gospel-bred vocalist.

NATIONAL YOUTH JAZZ ORCHESTRA – WHAT IS HIP?

Rich Mix | 8.30pm Roaring big band explores the music that makes us dance – from Count Basie and Duke Ellington via Yellowjackets and Tower of Power to Kool and the Gang and Kylie Minogue.

THE BUTTON BAND + PROJECT TERRARIUM

Salisbury | 8.30pm A double bill of upbeat grooves, cross-genre explorations, earthy melodies and a vibrant transglobal feel.

Monday 16 November SAM COOMBES

PizzaExpress Jazz Club | 1pm

MINA AGOSSI

Cadogan Hall | 7.30pm 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.

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THE NECKS

Cafe OTO | 8pm The cult Australian improv band plays a fourday residency in Dalston – and it’s different every time.

MIRIAM BAYLE

Spice of Life | 8pm Czech vocalist Miriam Bayle has a mesmerising voice with an uncompromising swing feel.

American jazz trumpeter Christian Scott plays at Rich Mix

ELLIOT GALVIN

Ray’s Jazz at Foyles | 6pm Highly regarded young trio mixes modern jazz, classical music and free improv with technical expertise, humour and musical experimentation in a soaring set.

606 Club | 8.30pm Mina Agossi breaks down barriers and blurs the boundaries. Her expressive, fluid voice has shared the stage with jazz visionary Archie Shepp – here she brings her own band to play music from her new album Fresh.

Cockpit | 8pm Jez Nelson hosts a special Jazz in the Round exploring the unlikely parallels between surgery and jazz, with former trauma surgeon Roger Kneebone and drummer Ollie Howell.

Free

Alto saxophonist Sam Coombes launches his new album Pace of Change, the first with his trio – completed by his Paris-based rhythm section.

ELECTRIC BIDDLE

Vortex | 8.15pm An album launch brings together French saxophone star Julien Lourau, drummer and vibes virtuoso Jim Hart, keyboard and sound wizard Dave Maric and guitarist Hannes Riepler.

JAZZ & SURGERY – PROFESSOR ROGER KNEEBONE & OLLIE HOWELL

KURT ELLING + THE SWINGLES

(Top) Anna Webber; (left) Delphine Diallo

JO LAWRY

PizzaExpress Jazz Club | 8pm Intimate storytelling and musicality combine in a sparkling set of original songs from a singer who balances touring with Paul Simon and Sting with her own music – Will Vinson and Chris Higginbotham are her instrumental partners.

TOM GREEN SEPTET

St James Theatre | 8pm Composer and trombonist Tom Green presents music from his critically acclaimed debut album Skyline. The Daily Telegraph describes Green as “something very special”.

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STEVE GADD BAND

Ronnie Scott’s | 8.15pm Among the most highly regarded session and studio drummers on the music scene today, Steve leads a terrific band featuring keyboardist Larry Goldings.

CHRISTIAN SCOTT

Rich Mix | 8.30pm Ever-inventive and relentlessly curious, trumpeter Christian Scott combines instruments ancient and modern, acoustic and electronic – and some completely new – in a genre-splitting new vision of where jazz can travel.

-ISQ + EMILY FRANCIS

Hideaway | 8.30pm John L Walters described –isq as “like EST with vocals (in an entirely good way)”. Jazzwise said “Irene Serra has a strong stage presence and compelling vocal tone.”

GEORGIA MANCIO

PizzaExpress Jazz Club | 8.30pm Vocalist Georgia Mancio launches her fifth album, Live at ReVoice, performing a collection of duos with instrumentalists including Robert Mitchell, Tom Cawley and Nikki Iles.

RACHEL SUTTON

Pheasantry | 8.30pm Rachel’s lively and emotive style, together with her eclectic repertoire and background in theatre, adds an extra dimension to her vocal performances. The Guardian calls her “impossibly glamorous”.

DICE FACTORY, STARLIGHT & PETER EVANS

Vortex | 8.30pm Dice Factory develops challenging frameworks transcended by fiercely interactive group playing. Plus, adventurous Berlin-based trio Starlight returns with one of the trumpet’s greatest new exponents, Peter Evans.

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606 Club | 8.30pm Dave Stapleton’s original and imaginative compositions fuse jazz, trip hop and electronica to create a “marvellous unity of conception” (theJazzBreakfast.com).

CORRIE DICK GROUP

Oxford | 9pm Corrie Dick and his nine-piece band perform genuinely euphoric music from their brand new album. Soaring anthems surge from emotional landscapes awash with exciting grooves and textures.

MOLLY JOHNSON

Royal Albert Hall / Elgar Room | 9.45pm Known as one of Canada’s greatest voices, award-winning jazz vocalist Molly Johnson performs her luscious interpretations of jazz and blues standards with a new band.

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Grammy Award-winning Maria Schneider leads her big band at Cadogan Hall

Tuesday 17 November JAZZ FOR TODDLERS

Rich Mix | 11am

Family/Take Part

Our ever-popular workshop series returns with clarinettist Arun Ghosh alongside percussionist Nao Masuda. Proving you are never too young to be a jazzer. Ages 2-5

BEN COX BAND

PizzaExpress Jazz Club | 1pm Free

Fresh new vocal jazz championed by Jamie Cullum and Ian Shaw, with songs that will set your heart soaring.

JAZZ FOR TODDLERS

Rich Mix | 1.30pm Family/Take Part

See 11am for details.

STEVE BERESFORD & SATOKO FUKUDA

Ray’s Jazz at Foyles | 7pm Beresford’s experimental freeform electronics meets Fukuda’s improv violin with mesmerising results.

DIMITRI VASSILAKIS PRESENTS JAZZ DEMOCRACY

Hellenic Centre | 7.15pm Saxophonist Dimitri Vassilakis discusses how jazz – from its origins as an AfricanAmerican art form – has become global and embraced the broad democratic values first established in ancient Greece.

MANU KATCHÉ + IBRAHIM MAALOUF

Barbican | 7.30pm Ibrahim Maalouf combines Mediterranean tones with jazz improv, while Manu Katché (Peter Gabriel, Sting) redraws the frontiers of jazz and global sounds. Two signature European jazz talents.

MELODY GARDOT + THE SOIL

Southbank Centre / Royal Festival Hall | 7.30pm Melody Gardot, the intensely creative singer and songwriter returns with her new album Currency of Man; transcending jazz, blues and R&B to offer a stirring social and musical statement. The Soil appears as part of the Singer/songwriter Melody Gardot

South African Season in the UK (SA-UK Seasons 2014 & 2015 ).

MARIA SCHNEIDER ORCHESTRA + LIAM NOBLE

Cadogan Hall | 7.30pm Maria Schneider makes a very rare London appearance with her superb New York big band, with an opening solo set from Liam Noble, the talented UK pianist.

CURIOS

St John’s Downshire Hill | 7.30pm Tom Cawley, Sam Burgess and Joshua Blackmore play new compositions and music from their acclaimed albums. Described by The Guardian as “a fine trio, entitled to its big reputation”.

SECKOU KEITA – 22 STRINGS

Rich Mix | 8pm A revelatory programme that explores the soundworld of the solo kora. “22 Strings explores all the kora’s polyphonic possibilities,” says the Financial Times.

ANDREW McCORMACK & JOSH ARCOLEO

Spice of Life | 8pm Performing music from his latest trio album, First Light, the emotional and expressive style of pianist Andrew McCormack is joined by the saxophonist Josh Arcoleo.

THE MASTERS OF MAINSTREAM

St James Theatre | 8pm Derek Nash, Martin Shaw and David Newton present that ultimate swinging, foot-tapping sound that puts a spring in your jazz step.

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URCHIN + TOY ROKIT

PizzaExpress Jazz Club | 1pm Free

Guitarist Leo Appleyard’s new vocal-led project blends electronics, dance music and ambient grooves with his own compositions.

SOLO SEGUNDO

St James Theatre | 1pm Fifty minutes of live, uninhibited drums and percussion from Pedro Segundo. Think Stomp, but with just one performer.

YAZZ AHMED

Ray’s Jazz at Foyles | 6pm Hypnotic Middle Eastern riffs, infectious rhythms and haunting melodies fused with jazz and free improvisation in this quartet’s original compositions.

Seckou Keita is a kora maestro from Senegal

HIROMI

NATHANIEL FACEY & SHANE FORBES + COREY MWAMBA & ROBERT MITCHELL

Vortex | 8pm Playing individually, then together, the wild unpredictability of Water Boogie System is matched with Blue-Eyed Hawk’s richly textured original material and the avantglam-punk cabaret of Magnus Loom.

Green Note | 8.30pm A double bill of pioneering pairings, featuring alto saxophonist Nathaniel Facey with drummer Shane Forbes, followed by vibraphonist Corey Mwamba and pianist Robert Mitchell.

ALLAN HARRIS

NOEMI NUTI’S LATIN VARIATIONS

Crazy Coqs | 8pm Soulful sounds from the New York vocalist and guitarist, performing music from his recent recording Convergence, a tribute to Tony Bennett and Bill Evans.

LEON GREENING

Elgin | 8pm Hard-swinging piano jazz in the classic mould of Bobby Timmons and Bud Powell, Leon Greening “epitomises the assured confidence of a new generation” (Jazz Journal).

STEVE GADD BAND

Ronnie Scott’s | 8.15pm Among the most highly regarded session and studio drummers on the music scene today, Steve leads a terrific band featuring keyboardist Larry Goldings.

Pheasantry | 8.30pm Vocalist Noemi Nuti performs original Brazilian and jazz-influenced music from her debut album Nice to Meet You, enriched by the sound of the Paraguayan harp of Alice Coltrane.

THE IMPOSSIBLE GENTLEMEN

606 Club | 8.30pm Hear this remarkable band featuring Gwilym Simcock, Mike Walker, Steve Rodby and Adam Nussbaum in the intimacy of the 606. Described by The Times as “a rare and fabulous group of talents”.

THE SAMOIS SESSIONS

PizzaExpress Jazz Club | 8.30pm Peter Horsfall’s house band hosts some of London’s most swinging musicians for a wild night of gypsy, swing and stride.

Wednesday 18 November GROOVE BABY

Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room | 10.30am Family

Parents/carers and babies can groove hard to one of London’s hottest funk organ trios — Phil Stevenson’s Root Down. Led by one of the UK’s most rhythmic jazz guitarists.

Catch Japanese pianist Hiromi at the Royal Festival Hall

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JAZZ ORCHESTRA OF THE CONCERTGEBOUW WITH MADELINE BELL

Cadogan Hall | 7.30pm Celebrating the pioneer of soul, Ray Charles – the orchestra is joined by Madeline Bell, a vocalist whose power and range is matched by her deep emotional intensity.

BRITTEN SINFONIA WITH EDDIE GÓMEZ

Guildhall School / Milton Court | 7.30pm Virtuoso bass player Eddie Gómez is the soloist in a specially written new piece from Simon Bainbridge. Pianist Steven Osborne also joins the orchestra in a far-reaching programme with music from Milhaud, Stravinsky and Bill Evans, conducted by Kristjan Järvi.

LAKA DAISICAL & THE PUSHUPS

Vortex | 7.45pm Laka D presents personal reworkings of classics from Marvin Gaye, Billie Holiday and Chet Baker, alongside originals from her recent album Old Life, New Shoes.

JAMES PEARSON AND WORDTHEATRE

St James Theatre | 8pm An array of acclaimed actors will bring to life literature inspired by dark, smoky rooms, sequined dresses and bootleg booze, backed by a live improvised score.

TRUDY KERR, BRIGITTE BERAHA, MARTA CAPPONI & RICK SIMPSON

Spice of Life | 8pm Vocal jazz summit with individual sets from three top singers, culminating in a jam to complete this seriously high-spirited evening.

(Top) Andy Morgan; (left) Sakiko Nomura

MATCH&FUSE: WATER BOOGIE SYSTEM + BLUE-EYED HAWK & MAGNUS LOOM

Royal Festival Hall | 7.30pm Prodigiously talented Japanese pianist presents breathtaking displays of flat-out swing and hi-energy rock, fired by the rhythm team of bassist Anthony Jackson (Steely Dan, Chick Corea) and drummer Simon Phillips (The Who, Jack Bruce).

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ALICE ZAWADZKI + NICK SMART AND STAN SULZMANN

JOSIE FLORENCE

PizzaExpress Jazz Club | 1pm

606 Club | 8pm Alice Zawadzki’s expressive songwriting talents contrast with instrumental fireworks when trumpeter Nick Smart and saxophone master Stan Sulzmann join forces with a terrific French rhythm section.

Free

Introducing an emerging talent – singer songwriter Josie Florence is building a reputation with her catchy melodies and playful onstage presence.

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE COOLEST INSTRUMENT IN THE WORLD

JEREMY MONTEIRO & ALBERTO MARSICO, WITH THE JAZZ-BLUES BROTHERS

Rich Mix | 1pm Free

Students from local schools play a new commission by Chris Montague, followed by a set from Chris marking the milestones of the electric guitar’s role through 80 years of popular culture.

Royal Albert Hall / Elgar Room | 8pm This piano- and organ-led group performs a rousing soulful set with sunny melodies, cracking solos, unshakeable beats and epic ballads.

MACIEK PYSZ & DANIELE DI BONAVENTURA

Forge | 8pm Guitarist Maciek Pysz’s trio launches a new album with drummer Asaf Sirkis and doublebassist Yuri Goloubev, with the evocative sound of bandoneon player Daniele di Bonaventura guesting.

ALLAN HARRIS

Crazy Coqs | 8pm Soulful sounds from the New York vocalist and guitarist performing music from his recent recording Convergence, a tribute to Tony Bennett and Bill Evans.

JAZZ RANTS

Club Inégales | 8pm Free/Talks

Alice Zawadzki

KAIROS 4TET

Rich Mix | 8.30pm Kairos presents new material from its forthcoming album, introducing electronic elements into what The Independent describes as a “blend of wild improvisation and sonorous grooves”.

PHIL STEVENSON’S ROOT DOWN

George Tavern | 8.30pm A searing funk, hip hop and soul Hammond organ trio.

SMITTY’S BIG FOUR

What inspires, invigorates and provokes the world of jazz? Ten-minute bursts of trenchant monologue and musical interventions, refereed by the Institute of Composing’s Peter Wiegold.

PizzaExpress Jazz Club | 8.30pm The feisty little brother of Kansas Smitty’s House Band explores the upbeat swing of New Orleans.

ROB BARRON

Bull’s Head, Barnes | 8.30pm Way Out West presents a short history of jazz – great themes from Louis Armstrong to Kenny Wheeler reinvented by west London’s imaginative jazz collective.

Elgin | 8pm Freshly minted arrangements of classic songs, and original compositions — all with the spirits of Wynton Kelly and Ray Brown in the background — featuring ace guitarist Colin Oxley alongside the leader’s fluent piano.

STEVE GADD BAND

(Top) Monika S Jakubowska; (right) John Rogers

SOLO SEGUNDO

Ronnie Scott’s | 8.15pm Among the most highly regarded session and studio drummers on the music scene today, Steve leads a terrific band featuring Larry Goldings.

JOHANNA GRAHAM ‘RHYME AND REASON’

Pheasantry | 8.30pm Johanna Graham previews her new album Rhyme and Reason, with new compositions based on the words of writers as diverse as Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll and EE Cummings.

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St James Theatre | 1pm Fifty minutes of live, uninhibited drums and percussion from Pedro Segundo. Think Stomp, but with just one performer.

A MAN IN A HURRY – DVD LAUNCH

Ray’s Jazz at Foyles | 6pm The launch of a new DVD on the life of Tubby Hayes, narrated by Martin Freeman.

A screening of the film is followed by a performance by the formidable saxophonist Simon Spillett.

ADRIANO ADEWALE – WITHIN THE WAVES

Cecil Sharp House | 7pm A new large-scale work for massed voices and percussion, drawing on sea-faring traditions from England and Adriano’s native Brazil. The set features the Cecil Sharp House Choir and Werca’s Folk from Northumberland.

SHORT HISTORY OF JAZZ

Catch Cuban jazz pianist David Virelles at Kings Place

DOUBLE TROUBLE + ROBERT LANDFERMANN & KIT DOWNES

Vortex | 10pm The underground pulse of Berlin is the backdrop to Double Trouble. Two bass players drive saxophonist Peter Ehwald’s quartet – with one then joining Brit pianist Downes for an absorbing duo set.

Thursday 19 November TOTS TUNES

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.

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SAM BRAYSHER + NICHOLAS COSTLEY-WHITE + THE DIXIE TICKLERS

The Golden Hinde | 8pm Triple bill of a fresh young saxophone-led quartet from Sam Braysher, the “fluent and sensitive” (The Guardian) guitar of Nick Costley-White and a revisit of the life and music of BB King from The Dixie Ticklers.

JOSÉ JAMES

Ronnie Scott’s | 8.15pm The richly expressive baritone voice of José James explores a stunning set of songs from his latest Blue Note album.

BACHAR MAR-KHALIFÉ

American vocalist José James is known for blending jazz and hip hop

PLAYED TWICE – CHARLES MINGUS’ AH UM

Brilliant Corners | 7pm A seated playback of this seminal recording on the best vinyl pressing available is followed by a band led by bassist Mark Lewandowski and trumpeter Quentin Collins playing their interpretation of the record.

MIROSLAV VITOUS & EMIL VIKLICKÝ

Guildhall School / Milton Court | 7.30pm Founder member of Weather Report, bassist Miroslav Vitous makes a long-awaited return to London with Czech pianist and composer Emil Viklický.

KENNY WHEELER – AN EVOCATION

Cadogan Hall | 7.30pm Trumpeter, composer, bandleader, inspiration – Kenny Wheeler was an immense figure in jazz over six decades. Musical colleagues including Dave Holland, Evan Parker, Norma Winstone, Ralph Towner and members of his last quintet celebrate his legacy.

DAVID VIRELLES

Kings Place / Hall One | 7.30pm Performing from his Afro-Cuban-themed debut recording for ECM, Mbókò, pianist Virelles “looks set to make big differences in contemporary music for years to come” (The Guardian).

RUBEM DANTAS

Forge | 7.30pm A special event with the Brazilian flamenco percussionist – an intimate performance, followed at 9pm by the most vibrant of flamenco parties.

UNDER MILK WOOD – WITH BOBBY WELLINS & BEN TRACEY

artsdepot | 7.30pm Celebrating the 50th anniversary of one of the most famous recordings in British

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jazz history – Stan Tracey’s Under Milk Wood, with original saxophonist Bobby Wellins.

ALLAN HARRIS

Crazy Coqs | 8pm Soulful sounds from the New York vocalist/ guitarist, performing music from his recent recording Convergence, a tribute to Tony Bennett and Bill Evans.

JAAK SOOÄÄR & RAYMOND MACDONALD

Club Inégales | 8pm Free-spirited Glaswegian saxophonist Raymond MacDonald meets improv Estonian guitarist Jaak Sooäär – with Peter Wiegold’s world-crossing band Notes Inégales in their Euston basement.

THE MUSIC OF HORACE SILVER

St James Theatre | 8pm Chris Ingham’s REBOP ensemble evokes the hard bop blues and gospel style of legendary pianist Horace Silver.

FINI BEARMAN, TOM HEWSON + RICK SIMPSON’S KLAMMER

Spice of Life | 8pm Klammer’s music – at once structured and free – is resonant of the Claudia Quintet and Django Bates, but still manages to emerge as something wholly original, while an opening set features songs inspired by Salman Rushdie’s book Midnight’s Children.

MARK CROOKS

Elgin | 8pm Think Zoot Sims and Lester Young – Mark Crooks’ booting saxophone recalls the moment where swing crossed into bebop, with pianist Gabriel Latchin adding the flavour of the 1960s.

Rich Mix | 8.30pm The French-Lebanese singer, composer and multi-instrumentalist presents music from new album Ya Balad, which translates as ‘Oh Country!’ – a projection of Bachar’s childhood memories and the paths of exile.

EARL OKIN ‘PEGGY, MEL AND JOÃO’

Pheasantry | 8.30pm Earl Okin pays tribute to his three musical heroes: Peggy Lee, Mel Tormé and João Gilberto. Mixing classic songs with stories of their lives and career, he explores how each influenced his music.

SOWETO KINCH

Hideaway | 8.30pm Feisty and engaging, this saxophonist/rapper “kicks pure jazz and authentic rap into a brave new world”, according to The Guardian.

ÉTIENNE M’BAPPÉ & THE PROPHETS

606 Club | 8.30pm A rare opportunity to see the bassist for Salif Keita and John McLaughlin leading his own band in an intimate club setting. “Lyrical lines, breathtaking rhythmic virtuosity and masterful grooving” (Bass Musician).

ZARA McFARLANE

PizzaExpress Jazz Club | 8.30pm The 2015 Jazz FM Vocalist of the Year, Zara McFarlane, draws from influences that range from the spiritual jazz of Pharoah Sanders to dub and reggae, to create spellbinding music that’s entirely her own.

ADRIANO ADEWALE – WITHIN THE WAVES

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TOMMASO CAPPELLATO & ASTRAL TRAVEL

Mau Mau Bar | 10pm Drummer Cappellato’s sublime outfit Astral Travel are steeped in the sensibilities of deep spiritual jazz, while making music that’s futuristic and fresh.

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SARAH JANE MORRIS + SOLAR FLARES

St Mary’s Old Church | 7.45pm Magnificently charismatic vocalist Sarah Jane Morris joins forces with guitarists Tony Remy and Tim Cansfield, following a Latin-tinged set from Deirdre Cartwright, Louise Elliott and Alison Rayner.

STEVE TAYLOR BIG BAND ‘NU’ COLLECTION

Rising star Jacob Collier makes his UK concert hall debut

RICHARD SPAVEN – WHOLE OTHER

PizzaExpress Jazz Club | 11.45pm Known for touring with Flying Lotus and José James, Richard Spaven has a cult following on the nu-jazz and broken-beat scene. Here he performs from his latest release Whole Other.

Friday 20 November JAZZ FOR TODDLERS

Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room | 11am Family/Take Part

Our ever-popular workshop series returns with clarinettist Arun Ghosh alongside percussionist Nao Masuda. Proving you are never too young to be a jazzer. Ages 2-5

BENOIT HOT CLUB QUARTET

Royal Albert Hall / Verdi Café | Midday Free

The love affair between Paris and jazz – and the spirits of Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli and Sidney Bechet – inspire a heady mix of European finesse and the restless fervour of American hot jazz.

FRANK HOLDER

PizzaExpress Jazz Club | 1pm Free

The evergreen singer and percussionist celebrates his 90th birthday. His irrepressible stage presence rolls back the years – a career that’s a veritable history of British modern jazz, from John Dankworth to Joe Harriott and Tubby Hayes.

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SOLO SEGUNDO

St James Theatre | 1pm Fifty minutes of live, uninhibited drums and percussion from Pedro Segundo. Think Stomp, but with just one performer.

MARIA CHRISTINA

Pheasantry | 1pm Greek classic and electric harpist, mixing jazz with rock, classical and Greek folk.

JAZZ FOR TODDLERS

Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room | 1.30pm Family/Take Part

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BINKER GOLDING & MOSES BOYD

Ray’s Jazz at Foyles | 6pm This exciting young saxophone and drumming/ percussion duo play a set of improvised music stemming from the traditions of jazz, blues, West African and ritual music.

Ziggy’s | 7.45pm From Koop and Beady Belle to Omar and Gil Scott-Heron, Steve Taylor’s supercharged 16-piece power its way through a set of brand new arrangements of nu-jazz classics.

JOHN CRAWFORD

Royal Albert Hall / Verdi Café | 8pm Free

SOLO SEGUNDO

A wealth of experience with heavyweights Airto Moreira, Giovanni Hidalgo, Snowboy and Roberto Pla lies at the heart of the Latin jazz stylings of this fine pianist.

TERENCE BLANCHARD’S E-COLLECTIVE + JACOB COLLIER

St James Theatre | 8pm Gabrielle Ducomble brings a fresh and distinctively Gallic spin to a set of iconic chansons by Edith Piaf, Michel Legrand, Serge Gainsbourg and Astor Piazzolla.

St James Theatre | 7pm Fifty minutes of live, uninhibited drums and percussion. Think Stomp, but with just one performer.

Barbican | 7.30pm The stellar trumpeter brings an exhilarating blend of fiery solos and the colours of funk, R&B and soul to his new Blue Note release – and there’s a massive buzz around the multi-talented Jacob Collier, with the first full UK performance of a solo show that adds an astounding visual element to his immensely crafted music.

GABRIELLE DUCOMBLE

MOON HOOCH

Garage | 8pm Thunderous tech-jazz from a feisty two saxophones-and-drums trio hot from busking on the New York Subway – minimalist techno, house and dubstep that rams the dance floor.

LUSH LIFE – THE SONGS OF BILLY STRAYHORN

Cadogan Hall | 7.30pm The festival celebrates the 100th birthday of this most sophisticated of jazz composers.

Written by Alex Webb, with David McAlmont, Allan Harris and the Frank Griffith Festival Tentet.

DAVE HOLLAND

Wigmore Hall | 7.30pm A rare solo concert from a jazz master – his virtuosity and the sound he draws from the acoustic bass is matched by a command of melody and groove that is lyrical and downright funky.

ANDY SHEPPARD – SURROUNDED

BY SEA + HÅKON KORNSTAD

Kings Place / Hall One | 7.30pm The elegantly poised textures of Andy Sheppard’s new quartet – given an otherworldly presence by the soundscapes of guitarist Eivind Aarset – mark a striking new direction for this most lyrically gifted of improvisers. “Translucently beautiful” (The Guardian).

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JOSÉ JAMES

Ronnie Scott’s | 8.15pm The richly expressive baritone voice of José James explores a stunning set of songs from his latest Blue Note album.

DIMITRI VASSILAKIS

Pheasantry | 8.30pm Dimitri Vassilakis assembles a special Hellenic double bill featuring members of his Next Step Quintet, including brilliant young pianist Nikolas Anadolis, recipient of the Martial Solal prize, and an opening set featuring the Ziarkis Brothers from Rhodes.

ART THEMEN’S NEW DIRECTIONS

Andy Sheppard heads his new quartet at Kings Place

Bull’s Head, Barnes | 8.30pm Still playing at the peak of his powers, saxophonist Art Themen is a treasure of British jazz, with a quintet that breathes fresh life into the highways and byways of the modern jazz repertoire.

NÉRIJA + KRZYSZTOF URBANSKI’S URBAN JAZZ SOCIETY

Spice of Life | 8pm Fluent hard bop quintet with a focus on the music of alto saxophonist Sonny Fortune, from a talented saxophone/trumpet front line, joined by charismatic pianist Robert Mitchell.

TOM HARRISON

Green Note | 8.30pm Hard-hitting double bill that combines the talents of award-winning saxophonist Urbanski’s freshly minted quintet with the seven female musicians of Nérija, emerging from the Tomorrow’s Warriors stable.

NEALE MEETS STEELE

PHIL DeGREG

Elgin | 8pm Bebop and cool continue to fire this series, with Allison Neale’s crafted reeds, resonant of Paul Desmond and Art Pepper, alongside the Milt Jackson-influenced vibes of Nat Steele.

Trumpeter Terence Blanchard plays at the Barbican

Polish Jazz Cafe POSK | 8.30pm Bud Powell, Bill Evans and Thelonious Monk are the inspirations for this fine pianist, DeGreg here leading a terrific quartet with Alan Barnes, Dave Green and Steve Brown.

MELISSA ALDANA & CRASH TRIO

PizzaExpress Jazz Club | 10.30pm Tremendous new talent, Melissa Aldana emerged from her native Chile to become the first female saxophonist to win the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition.

LOOP COLLECTIVE LATE

Vortex | 11.45pm The ground-breaking collective’s 17 members remain at the forefront of European contemporary jazz and give full scope to their wide-ranging creativity in a no-holds-barred late-night session.

Saturday 21 November SOLO SEGUNDO

St James Theatre | 1pm Fifty minutes of live, uninhibited drums and percussion from Pedro Segundo. Think Stomp, but with just one performer.

PETE OXLEY & NICOLAS MEIER

Forge | 1pm Two guitarists – but much more besides.

Expect a dazzling display of textures and sounds, combining Turkish panache with the soul of Latin America and English pastoralism.

LIANE CARROLL

MICHELSON MORLEY + GREG CORDEZ

LOKKHI TERRA MEETS DELE SOSIMI

Vortex | 1.30pm

Vortex | 8.30pm Whether raising the roof with headlong swing, or holding an audience in the palm of her hand with the most heart-stopping of ballads, Liane Carroll is a stellar jazz singer.

Forge | 9pm Afrobeat ambassador and ex-Fela Kuti keyboardist Dele Sosimi teams up with critically acclaimed fusionistas Lokkhi Terra.

Bring your dancing shoes.

KIT DOWNES’ THE ENEMY & GEORGE CROWLEY’S CAN OF WORMS

Con Cellar Bar | 9pm Genre-busting new jazz and improv from two of London’s leading young groups in one of the city’s most atmospheric underground spaces.

THE FONTANELLES

Hideaway | 9pm The reincarnated band from the hit musical FELA! adds reggae and ska influences to the electrifying Afrobeat sounds of Fela Kuti.

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606 Club | 9.30pm Saxophonist/flautist Steve Rubie and exuberant vocalist Liliana Chachian front an infectious blend of Brazilian samba, jazz, Latin and soul.

PizzaExpress Jazz Club | 1.30pm Bristol-based music: Michelson Morley combines blazing electro-skronk and minimalist grooves, and bassist Greg Cordez launches his debut album Paper Crane.

MAGIC BOX & SARA MITRA Family

A musical story box weaves improvisation, traditional song and children’s compositions of jazz singer Sara Mitra around the gifts of Lottie Allen. Suggested age: 5 and under with an accompanying adult.

FAMILY JAZZ ALL-STARS, FEATURING JULIET KELLY

Cadogan Hall | 2pm Family

Juliet Kelly packed the Southbank Centre last year with this show. With songs by Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone and Astrud Gilberto, it’s a perfect introduction to the jazz classics.

LET SPIN

Barbican FreeStage | 2pm Free

An afternoon programme from Match&Fuse kicking off with a technically brilliant,

(Top) Sara Da Costa; (left) Nitin Vadukul

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ARIACNE TRUJILLO

Forge | 7pm Exuding energy, the effervescent piano and vocals of Ariacne Trujillo made a massive impact with Pedrito Martinez. Now’s the chance to hear this emerging star of Latin jazz in her own right.

AVERAGE WHITE BAND & KOKOMO – SOUL SUMMIT

UK singer/ songwriter Juliet Kelly will sing jazz classics at Cadogan Hall

raucous and refreshing live act whose riffs and grooves rub shoulders with rowdy free playing and softer melodies.

NATHANIEL FACEY

JAZZ FOR TODDLERS

Autograph | 3pm

Discover | 2.30pm Our ever-popular workshop series returns with clarinettist Arun Ghosh alongside percussionist Nao Masuda. Proving you are never too young to be a jazzer.

Ages 2-5

A live response to an exhibition of photographs by Syd Shelton who, from 1976-1981, documented the Rock Against Racism campaign.

Family/Take Part

JAZZ AND HERITAGE

Barbican Fountain Room | 3pm Free/Talk

Professor Tony Whyton chairs a panel exploring jazz as part of cultural heritage, and music as a tool for regeneration and social change.

ICE-T & RON McCURDY – THE LANGSTON HUGHES PROJECT

Barbican | 3pm Rapper and actor Ice-T joins musical director/trumpeter Ron McCurdy in Langston Hughes’ masterpiece Ask Your Mama; 12 Moods for Jazz from the 1960s, combining words, music and visuals in superbly realised counterpoint.

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to today’s young guns, Laura Jurd and Matt Roberts.

NEXT GENERATION TAKES OVER

Rich Mix | 3pm A chance to see the stars of the future – a multi-artist bill including Led Bib with Aldeburgh Young Musicians, members of Beats & Pieces joining Jambone and Melt Yourself Down’s Pete Wareham guesting with (Im)possibilities, Nomad Soul and more.

TRINITY LABAN CONTEMPORARY JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom | 3pm Free

A focus on British repertoire – from Django Bates and Eddie Parker via Gwilym Simcock

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MAGIC BOX & SARA MITRA

Vortex | 3.15pm Family

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JAZZATOR

Southbank Centre / Royal Festival Hall | 7.30pm Way back in the 1970s, British jazz-funk fired up dance floors and concert halls worldwide.

Average White Band and Kokomo led the way – and their soul and irresistible command of the groove remains unsurpassed.

ICE-T & RON McCURDY – THE LANGSTON HUGHES PROJECT

Barbican | 7.30pm See 3pm for details.

ARILD ANDERSEN

Kings Place / Hall One | 7.30pm The master bassist brings a new group packed with young talent to celebrate his 70th birthday, marking a concert by Charles Mingus that resonated deeply with a young Andersen.

TRISH CLOWES

St John’s Downshire Hill | 7.30pm Imaginative and ever-resourceful, the saxophonist/composer steps into new territory with a mouth-watering new trio, featuring pianist/organist Ross Stanley and guitarist Chris Montague.

Barbican FreeStage | 4pm Free

Jazzator combines the freedom of jazz with the harmonic vocabulary of contemporary art music and adds the vigour of breakbeat to the mix.

Ice-T performs with Ron McCurdy at the Barbican

ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC BIG BAND

Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom | 4.30pm Free

The powerful big band is joined in a new project with French pianist Benoît Sourisse and drummer André Charlier.

LANGSTON HUGHES — THE LEGACY

Barbican / Fountain Room | 5pm Free

A panel discussion inspired by this evening’s Langston Hughes project, including writer and editor Margaret Busby and BCU’s Nicholas Gebhardt.

FAT-SUIT

Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom | 6pm Free

A 14-piece juggernaut that delivers a mighty fusion of jazz, rock and folk. Scotland’s answer to Snarky Puppy.

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PizzaExpress Jazz Club | 7.30pm Lauded by Charlie Parker as “the singer with the million-dollar ears”, into her 80s, Sheila Jordan is the epitome of jazz hip and jazz cool, fired up by Brian Kellock’s eloquent accompaniment.

SIBONGILE KHUMALO

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PINSKI ZOO AND WOJTEK KONIKIEWICZ

Polish Jazz Cafe POSK | 8.30pm Thirty years ago, Jan Kopinski led the uncategorisable Pinski Zoo into Poland, meeting pianist/composer Wojtek Konikiewicz – and the collaboration goes on in “a volatile mixture of freedom and funk” –New York Times.

TRIBUTE TO BILL EVANS

606 Club | 9.30pm Marking the 25th anniversary of the passing of Bill Evans, brilliant UK pianist Nikki Iles leads a night of celebration in duo with Mike Outram, the classic trio format and quartet with Cecilia Stalin.

SHEILA JORDAN

Cadogan Hall | 7.30pm Combining township jazz with opera and roots music, Sibongile plays with her band and special guest Gloria Bosman – creating an exciting new South African sound. Part of the South African Season in the UK (SA-UK Seasons 2014 & 2015 ).

PERFECT HOUSEPLANTS

PizzaExpress Jazz Club | 10.30pm See 7.30pm for details.

Vortex | 8.30pm Adventurous and accessible, the defining quartet of Mark Lockheart, Huw Warren, Dudley Phillips and Tim Giles performs for the first time in a decade.

CHRISTOPHE FELLAY WITH NOTES INÉGALES

CHRIS BISCOE + ROGER TURNER & KJÆR 3

Vortex | 11.30pm The ground-breaking collective’s members remain at the forefront of European contemporary jazz and give full scope to their wide-ranging creativity in a no-holds-barred late-night session.

Club Inégales | 8pm Drummer Christophe Fellay is leading resident club band Notes Inégales on a tour of Switzerland after this gig – the dark drums, bells and soundscapes of the Alps mixed with the Notes’ exquisite boundarycrossing improvisation.

i’klectik | 8.30pm Cutting-edge improv, as saxophonist Julie Kjær joins Steve Noble and John Edwards in a free-wheeling trio of intense and subtle power, complemented by Biscoe and Turner’s passionate saxophone/percussion duelling.

WALL-TO-WALL BOWIE

BAD ASS BRASS

Hideaway | 9pm Great songs live on – the Hideaway’s musical director Janette Mason brings a new twist to the enduring songs of David Bowie with guests David McAlmont and Sam Obernik.

DIXIEMIX

Forge | 9.30pm See 7pm for details.

Spice of Life | 8pm The eight members of Bad Ass Brass kick ass, in a unique fusion of styles. As Jazz FM says: “If you want to be blown away by British jazz then look no further than Bad Ass Brass.”

St James Theatre | 8pm The music of the jazz maestro Louis Armstrong performed with foot-tapping verve.

STEVE FISHWICK & OSIAN ROBERTS

Elgin | 8pm Hard bop rules with a fiery quintet that creates its own original themes from the classic tradition, fronted by a hard-hitting trumpet/tenor team.

ARIACNE TRUJILLO

ELINA DUNI

Kings Place / Hall One | 9.30pm An exceptional musical storyteller probes themes of love and exile, drawn from the traditional music of her native Albania. This is the haunting, intense music from her second ECM album, Dalléndyshe.

LOOP COLLECTIVE LATE

Sunday 22 November JAZZ WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG MUSICIANS

Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room | 10am Take Part

Take part in a day of workshops providing an introduction to different styles of jazz.

Led by Peter Edwards, Cath Roberts and Yazz Ahmed. Ages 13-18

SMITTY’S BIG FOUR

artsdepot | Midday Free

The feisty little brother of Kansas Smitty’s House Band, exploring the upbeat swing of New Orleans.

LONDON VOCAL PROJECT

606 Club | 1.30pm An impressively versatile vocal ensemble, directed by Pete Churchill, presents a repertoire ranging from Kenny Wheeler to Stan Tracey, rooted in gospel and groove.

NATALIE WILLIAMS WITH STRINGS

Shoreditch Town Hall | 8pm One of the country’s finest vocal talents brings a whole new dimension to her music, adding a lustrous string section and surprise guests to the dynamic drive of her regular band.

JOSÉ JAMES

Ronnie Scott’s | 8.15pm The richly expressive baritone voice of José James explores a stunning set of songs from his latest Blue Note album.

ANDREA POZZA

Bull’s Head, Barnes | 8.30pm Italian pianist Andrea Pozza’s impeccable phrasing and stylish swing is superbly highlighted in this trio with bassist Andy Cleyndert and drummer Mark Taylor.

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1970s British jazz-funk band Average White Band plays at the Royal Festival Hall

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FINI BEARMAN ‘PORGY AND BESS’

GOMO

PizzaExpress Jazz Club | 1.30pm Singer/composer Fini Bearman’s latest album reimagines a selection of songs from George Gershwin’s hugely popular jazz opera Porgy and Bess, written 80 years ago.

Barbican FreeStage | 6pm Free

Gold of My Own is a fresh collaboration between soul star Vanessa Freeman and toon whizz Chris Pedley – soul with twists of hip hop and left-side beats.

GARETH LOCKRANE BIG BAND

SHRI & HAMMONDS SALTAIRE BRASS BAND

Rich Mix | 2pm The house is sure to rock with intricate grooves and the massive sound of a brass band in full cry, linking Indian classical music with a traditional English brass band.

PHRONESIS WITH THE FRANKFURT RADIO BIG BAND

Guildhall School / Milton Court | 2pm Phronesis celebrates its 10th anniversary.

A mesmerising live trio performance in collaboration with one of Europe’s finest jazz orchestras, conducted by Julian Argüelles.

THELONIOUS

Singer/composer Elina Duni’s music is drawn from her native Albania

CELEBRATING PAUL WHITEMAN – THE KING OF JAZZ

Cadogan Hall | 3pm Celebrating a massive slice of 1920s jazz history, presented by BBC Radio’s Alyn Shipton, the spirit of an era comes to life with a red-hot big band and Guy Barker playing the role of Bix Beiderbecke.

THE ROLE OF A (JAZZ) FESTIVAL

Barbican Fountain Room | 3pm Free/Talk

Family/Take Part

Professor George McKay chairs a panel exploring the role of the festival with Chief Executive of Dance Umbrella Emma Gladstone and Match&Fuse’s Dave Morecroft.

TIN MEN & THE TELEPHONE

St James Theatre | 3pm Visual artist Tim Maguire and improvising pianist Dorian Ford launch their new DVD To the Surface.

Family/Take Part

AIRELLE BESSON

SERIOUS SING WITH NIA LYNN

Barbican / Frobisher Rooms | 2pm

Sing along to standards and explore vocal styles in a fun, informal setting with vocalist and jazz singing specialist Nia Lynn. A 90-minute workshop, for all abilities. Age 12+ Rich Mix | 2pm

An hour-long family show from a cuttingedge Dutch trio – audience members of all ages are encouraged to download an app and become part of how the music develops.

DOM PIPKIN AND THE IKOS

Hideaway | 2pm New Orleans piano R&B grooves and funk from pianist Dom Pipkin, who is channelling the influences of Dr John and Professor Longhair.

RICHARD SHEPHERD’S BEYOND THE COOL

Elgin | 2pm A performance of the complete Miles Davis “Birth of the Cool” session, plus music from Marty Paich, Clifford Brown and JJ Johnson, arranged specially for this accomplished nonet.

JONATHAN SILK

Barbican FreeStage | 3pm Free

Featuring some of Birmingham’s finest improv musicians, an original set of high-energy groove paralleled with contrasting beauty and delicacy.

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TIM MAGUIRE & DORIAN FORD

Barbican FreeStage | 4pm Free

This warm and delicate-toned trumpeter and composer won the Académie du Jazz Best French Artist of 2014 award. Come and hear why.

LONDON JAZZ ORCHESTRA – THE MUSIC OF PETE SABERTON

Vortex | 4pm London Jazz Orchestra launches its Babel Label album featuring the music of the late pianist, composer and teacher Pete Saberton.

Nicolas Masson

Spice of Life | 1.30pm This roaring 18-piece ensemble is a natural extension of UK flautist Lockrane’s Grooveyard, while also being a fiery and unruly animal in its own right.

Vortex | 6.15pm As dangerous as anything in contemporary music, and at the same time comforting, groovy and dreamy, Hans Koller, Martin Speake, Calum Gourlay and Dave Dyson probe the complex world of Thelonious Monk.

CELEBRATING PAUL WHITEMAN – THE KING OF JAZZ

Cadogan Hall | 7pm See 3pm for details.

SUBMOTION ORCHESTRA + CATCHING FLIES

Barbican | 7.30pm Submotion Orchestra’s closing-night set with special extended line-up. “Dovetailing the traditional, soul/funk end of Submotion’s offering with the urban and electronic,” according to The Artsdesk.

JULIA HÜLSMANN QUARTET WITH THEO BLECKMANN

Guildhall School / Milton Court | 7.30pm Julia Hülsmann Quartet with the voice of Theo Bleckmann play “one of the great jazz treatments of Kurt Weill” (according to The Guardian in its review of the ECM album A Clear Midnight).

PEPI LEMER’S BACK2FRONT

St James Theatre | 7.30pm Renowned for her work with fusion outfit Turning Point, Pepi Lemer’s career encompasses the Rolling Stones and Kenny Wheeler. Her Latin-tinged, explosive new band includes inventive new arrangements of music by Pat Metheny.

Phronesis performs at Guildhall School / Milton Court on the final day of the festival

JAZZ, ROCK, PROG, DUB OR ELECTRONICA?

Barbican Fountain Room | 5pm Free/Talk

Writer Richard Havers, Professor Andrew Blake and journalist Nick Hasted explore the ways in which music interconnects.

THE CUBAN MELA

Forge | 5pm A special festival edition of the Forge’s Cuban party. Featuring delicious food and music from rumba master Gerardo De Armas and DJ Javier ‘La Máquina de Cuba’.

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WALL-TO-WALL BOWIE

Catch Submotion Orchestra at the Barbican

Hideaway | 8.30pm Great songs live on – the Hideaway’s musical director Janette Mason brings a new twist to the enduring songs of David Bowie, with guests David McAlmont and Sam Obernik.

GUFO & THE LUKAS ORAVEC QUARTET

Dan Medhurst

Salisbury | 8.30pm GUFO cross an improvised, song-oriented acoustic with strong melodies. The Lukas Oravec Quartet and Marek Dorcik play a blend of sophisticated mainstream and energetic neo bop.

LIANE CARROLL

J-SONICS WITH GRACE RODSON

Polish Jazz Cafe POSK | 7.30pm J-Sonics are a powerhouse of Latin, Brazilian and African jazz funk. Joined by vocalist Grace Rodson, they perform originals from their album Samba House.

her mix of Arab music and jazz from her album Live at the Tabernacle.

NEW YORK STANDARDS QUARTET + ALEX GARNETT’S BUNCH OF FIVE

SAM LEAK BIG BAND

PizzaExpress Jazz Club | 8pm Two globetrotting torchbearers of hard bop come together for the first time.

SHAMA RAHMAN

St John on Bethnal Green | 8pm Song-based, but challenging the traditional role of the singing voice, two of the north’s most creative ensembles join forces to journey through world jazz and folk landscapes.

Spice of Life | 8pm Rising star pianist Sam Leak presents his extended big band suite Summer Tales and Winding Roads.

Pheasantry | 8pm Sitarist, composer and singer Shama Rahman weaves stories that start life as poems and take flight as songs. “Love it all!” – Gilles Peterson.

REEM KELANI

Rich Mix | 8pm Charismatic Palestinian singer, musicologist and broadcaster, Reem Kelani presents

METAMORPHIC + RØYST

RAPH CLARKSON’S DISSOLUTE SOCIETY

Vortex | 8.15pm European jazz, 20th-century classical music, spoken word, song and soulful grooves.

Volker Beushausen

Julia Hülsmann Quartet and Theo Bleckmann join forces at Guildhall School / Milton Court

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606 Club | 8.30pm Whether raising the roof with headlong swing, or holding an audience in the palm of her hand with the most heartstopping of ballads, Liane Carroll is a stellar jazz singer.

CHRISTINE TOBIN

Royal Albert Hall / Elgar Room | 9.45pm In her latest project, I Love Elís, the multi-award-winning Irish-born vocalist and songwriter celebrates the songs of the great Brazilian icon and singer Elís Regina.

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 seat. About two-thirds 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 September, 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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Classics remixed VARIETY, VITALITY AND VIM – THE EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL MIXES CLASSICS WITH THE CONTEMPORARY IN A KALEIDOSCOPIC VISION OF COLOUR

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Cassandra Wilson pays homage to Billie Holiday (right)

Finding fresh ways to reflect the sheer vitality of jazz and its rich traditions is part of the festival’s vision – hence our continuing commitment to devise concerts that both look into the future as well as illuminate the music’s history.

Our annual roof-raiser Jazz Voice (with musical director Guy Barker) reflects the ways in which jazz influences and reacts to a huge variety of other genres, from soul to blues and rock through songs and singers. The following night, we gaze into a crystal ball with Gilles Peterson, seeking the artists who are on course to change the journey of jazz in years to come. This year, we feature Kamasi Washington, already touted for his work with Kendrick Lamar and Flying Lotus, and Mercury-nominated GoGo Penguin, working with acclaimed

choreographer Lynne Page. It’s just as crucial to give fresh insight into jazz history.

The music of the much– missed Kenny Wheeler is revisited by a stellar line-up of his fellow UK and US musicians including Dave Holland, Norma Winstone, Stan Sulzmann and Evan Parker.

Alex Webb pays affectionate tribute to the centenary of the extraordinarily gifted composer and Ellington’s alter ego Billy Strayhorn, featuring guest vocalists David McAlmont and Allan Harris. And one of today’s signature vocalists Cassandra Wilson celebrates the centenary of the timeless Billie Holiday’s birth, while Richard Pite rekindles the spirit of the 1920s, revisiting the orchestral jazz of Paul Whiteman. efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/vocaljazz

For the first time CHECK OUT THE ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD EXPANDING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE GENRE

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Jazz is an ever-evolving art form – throughout the world, artists find their own pathways, compose new music, form new bands and forge new partnerships. The festival traverses the international scene to seek artists who are pushing the boundaries of jazz as we know it.

The result is a sequence of major projects being performed in the UK for the first time. The ECM Records class of 2015 embraces David Virelles’ intensely personal response to the sounds of his native Cuba, Marcin Wasilewski’s collaboration with Swedish saxophonist Joakim Milder, Elina Duni’s riveting interpretations of the folk songs of her Albanian heritage, and German pianist Julia Hülsmann’s wholly original

readings of the music of Kurt Weill, complemented by the extraordinary vocal range of Theo Bleckmann.

Echoing this global spread, Ibrahim Maalouf, Daniel Herskedal, Christian Scott and Cassandra Wilson all bring new projects to the UK, as does the remarkable Swiss composer and producer Nik Bärtsch in his Kings Place residency.

Looking outwards to where jazz collides with other genres, Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn present their free-wheeling take on American roots, and a groundbreaking collaboration sees the music of producer/bassist Shri (of Badmarsh and Shri fame) transformed into repertoire for brass band by the arrangements of Ben Castle, playing London for the first time.

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Jazz talks

Gary Crosby

WHETHER YOU’RE AN AFICIONADO OR AN AMATEUR, OUR STIMULATING TALKS SHED LIGHT ON THE INIMITABLE WORLD OF JAZZ Compiled in association with our Professor in Residence, Tony Whyton, our talks programme is designed to set the scene for the festival programme – to engage existing enthusiasts and to give a way in to jazz for new audiences.

Expect a series of panel sessions that reflect themes running through the festival, from the links between the disciplines of sport and improvisation, and the impact of the human voice in jazz to crucial issues around the civil rights movement that influenced the course of jazz in the 1960s,

and which continue to be reflected in the concerns of creative artists as they react to the world around them. Club Inégales’ provocative evening of Jazz Rants, and the latest edition of Way in to the Way Out, where two of today’s emerging talents discuss, dissect and debate their personal voyage of discovery into the evolution of jazz provide two more dimensions, as the festival brings together artists, writers and academics to illuminate the role of jazz in a broad cultural context. efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/talks

Young guns CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF OUR TALENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES, WE’RE SHOWCASING SOME OF THE BEST NEW ACTS OUT THERE Jazz is nothing without new blood.

It’s been a fascinating process over the years to see how exciting young artists work their way through the jazz ecosystem – from tiny spaces or free stages to major club shows and concert halls.

The festival’s commitment to a free events programme allows audiences to sample the music of emerging artists for the first time, as well as providing the artists the chance to play in front of hundreds of people.

This year, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of our talent development programmes, Seriously Talented, designed to help artists from the UK and Europe achieve their creative aspirations. With more than 40 Seriously Talented artists performing across the festival, including five new commissions, supported by Cockayne — Grants for the Arts and efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/free

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International rising star: Cécile McLorin Salvant

London Community Foundation, see a showcase of their work on Sunday 15 November at Southbank Centre.

For the full list of gigs, go to the website efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/ seriouslytalented You can also hear talent from across the world – remarkable vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, Cuba’s Alfredo Rodríguez and the UK’s Jacob Collier (both mentored by Quincy Jones).

Shabaka Hutchings, Seriously Talented artist (2010)

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Festival commissions OUR COMMISSIONING PROGRAMME HAS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN CREATING NEW SOUNDS AND BRINGING ACTS TOGETHER – AND THIS YEAR IS NO DIFFERENT Chris Montague will present a new piece for students

Presenting new music has been a priority for the festival throughout its history and the legacy of the 21 commissions created for the festival’s 21st birthday, in 2013, is to make this an annual feature of our programme.

Reflecting the festival’s breadth, this year’s commissions cover the full spectrum of jazz, with new works from saxophonist Melissa Aldana, via a new song from Kurt Elling as part of his jazz opera-to-be, to a new piece for students as part of Chris Montague’s story of the guitar – A Brief History of the Coolest Instrument in the World.

This year, Smitty’s Big Four heralds its presence as part of www.thestreets.london – a dynamic new programme that takes the festival to several outer London high streets.

For the full list of this year’s commissions, go to: efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/21commissions

British Bahraini trumpet and flugelhorn player Yazz Ahmed

“The tools I have been given and the people I have met have opened up my eyes… I have been inspired to take more risks and, most importantly, I’ve found a new confidence in myself as an artist.” Yazz Ahmed, Seriously Talented artist, 2013 Seriously Talented supports artists working in jazz and international music in achieving their full potential by expanding creative horizons, opening up networks and providing training and advice in areas from business strategy to performance presentations.

Through our charity Serious Trust, we rely on the support of individuals and other funders to help us deliver these and other programmes, such as Festival Commissions and our extensive learning and participation work, which ticket sales and other funding alone do not cover.

To donate online and for more information, please go to: efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/support-us

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Poet and writer Langston Hughes in front of his house in Harlem, New York, June 1958

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FROM DUKE ELLINGTON TO LANGSTON HUGHES, THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN ORIGINS OF JAZZ ARE AS IMPORTANT TODAY AS THEY EVER WERE

Within the festival kaleidoscope of music, strands of programme illuminate the evolution of jazz and explore the way that this inquisitive art form both reflects and influences the bigger picture.

With a continuing international dialogue around race relations, the African–American origins of jazz become ever more pertinent. Terence Blanchard’s E-Collective performs music from his powerful new record Breathless (a reference to the last words of Eric Garner, who died in NYPD custody in 2014 ) and a major new black American voice, Kamasi Washington, plays live in the UK for the first time following his powerful extended recording The Epic.

However, it’s also important to probe deeper into history. In the 1920s, the music of Duke Ellington and his contemporaries provided the soundtrack to the extraordinary flowering of Black culture in the Harlem Renaissance, alongside the words of Langston Hughes. Hughes’ masterpiece, Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz, is rooted in the spirit of the civil rights movement of its time and receives its first performance outside the US, with the words spoken by a major figure in today’s Black culture: rapper and actor Ice-T. Another landmark is the remarkable 50-year story of Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians. Devoted to “nurturing, performing and recording serious original music”, the hothouse that continues to give creative space to a series of seminal African–American artists has had a massive impact over its five decades. Orphy Robinson leads a specially created London celebration of a contemporary music phenomenon featuring an all-star line-up, including Cleveland Watkiss, HKB FiNN, Nikki Yeoh and Louis Moholo-Moholo, among others.

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Jazz and the image THE LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN JAZZ AND THE VISUAL IMAGE GOES FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH

Our film programme burst into life in 2014 with a series of features that included a special splash preview of the Oscarwinning Whiplash. Reflecting this dynamic new strand, the Barbican’s cinema team has assembled a programme where the evolution of jazz alongside the civil rights movement in the 1960s is mirrored by contemporary concerns that continue to occupy the creative drive of today’s artists.

Frank Morgan

The Sound of Redemption (Sat 14 Nov, 4pm) Soulful documentary illuminating the hell-andback story of saxophonist Frank Morgan.

Rahsaan Roland Kirk – the case of the three-sided dream (Sun 15 Nov, 4pm) A probing insight into the world of the extraordinary multi-instrumental genius.

JACO (Mon 16 Nov, 8.45pm) A brand new release: the passionately realised story of the meteoric career and heartbreaking denouement of the visionary bassist Jaco Pastorius.

Roland Kirk (this and main image)

The Cool World (Tue 17 Nov, 8.45pm) Shirley Clarke’s raw and vital 1964 landmark of American independent cinema with music from Dizzy Gillespie and Yusef Lateef.

All at Barbican Cinema

A scene from The Cool World

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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 BROADCASTS Jazz Voice (Friday 13 November, 7.30pm, Barbican) Radio 3 Live in Concert - the Festival’s star-studded openingnight gala from the Barbican.

Jazz on 3 (Friday 13 November, 11pm-1am, Ronnie Scott’s) Jez Nelson presents Jazz on 3 live from Ronnie Scott’s with live music from artists performing during the festival including Norwegian trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer.

Jazz Records Requests (Saturday 14 November, 5pm, Barbican Freestage) Free entry. 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.

RECORDINGS FOR FUTURE BROADCAST Jazz Line-Up (Saturday 14 November, 2pm, Southbank Centre, Clore Ballroom) The Jazz Line-Up stage hosted by Claire Martin and Julian Joseph, with performances by festival artists from the UK and beyond. Plus, a performance from the brand new BBC Radio 3 New Generation Jazz Artist.

Jazz on 3 (Sunday 15 November, 2-6pm, The Cockpit) Adventures in Sound at The Cockpit. An extended afternoon of improvisation, featuring short sets from established acts as well as one-off collaborations between improvisers from diverse musical backgrounds.

RELATED PROGRAMMING In Tune (Broadcast Monday – Friday, 16 – 20 November) Radio 3’s drive time show will feature 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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Thanks to the support of public funding by Arts Council England, the EFG London Jazz Festival is able to showcase the very best jazz talent in the country.

As one of England’s landmark music events, the Festival takes pride in its ongoing relationships with local, national and international artists.

The Festival encompasses the thriving nationwide jazz scene by working with and programming artists from across the UK. The Festival’s national and international reach – including its membership of the International Jazz Festivals Organisation and Europe Jazz Network – adds a further dimension, enabling artists taking part in the Festival to connect with audiences, media and programmers from throughout the world.

Every year the Festival continues to push boundaries, strengthening year on year and building towards its 25th anniversary in 2017. Arts Council England is proud to support this work.

Support your jazz – Grants for the Arts Arts Council England’s Denys Baptiste leads a session designed to explain the Council’s Grants for the Arts scheme, and how it can benefit individual artists and ensembles, and encourage creative development and expand opportunities to perform their music across the country.

Saturday 14 November at Rich Mix, 3.30pm

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Adriano Adewale will present his new work Within the Waves

JAZZ SKATE

Hands-on jazz

In a new partnership with Skate at Somerset House, join us on Sunday 22 November for a Jazz Skate – DJs and live music with ice skating on “London’s favourite ice rink” (Evening Standard).

THERE’S FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY AT THE EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL – COME AND GET INVOLVED Family-friendly concerts from worldclass artists, performances from the cream of the UK’s youth jazz ensembles, opportunities for musicians and singers of all ages and abilities to develop their skills and have some fun – are all part of the festival’s learning and participation programme.

Clarinettist Arun Ghosh and percussionist Nao Masuda create Jazz

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for Toddlers in venues across London and you can join an all-star line-up featuring fabulous vocalist Juliet Kelly for an introduction to the best-loved jazz classics in a special familyfriendly matinee at Cadogan Hall.

Meanwhile, at Cecil Sharp House, Adriano Adewale presents his new large-scale work for massed voices and percussion, Within the Waves, drawing on the sea-faring traditions of England and Brazil.

Arun Ghosh will create jazz for toddlers in venues across London

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25 Years of Jazz Photography DAVID SINCLAIR EXHIBITION The art of jazz photography is celebrated at the Royal Albert Hall with an exhibition of the work of David Sinclair, whose dedicated coverage of the London scene over the years has produced a series of classic images that bring the art of jazz to visual life.

25 Years of Jazz Photography will showcase 100 of the bestknown pictures from the man who has spent more than a quarter of a century in every jazz venue in the capital. Known by musicians across the world, David’s mainly black and white archive provides a unique record of the recent history of jazz.

Go online to David’s new website, SinclairJazz.com, to browse his most popular images, and get down to the Royal Albert Hall to enjoy them in person.

EFG London Jazz Festival Open Days: Saturday 14 November, Sunday 15 November, Saturday 21 November and Sunday 22 November – 10am-4pm

Joshua Redman image from David Sinclair’s collection

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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 plays a fundamental role in supporting the quality and breadth of the overall Festival programme and is a worldwide supporter of jazz. We are grateful to EFG 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 in 1992.

The Festival is only possible as a result of the support of our many partners and we would like to thank the following: In addition to the organisations listed above, we would also like to thank the following for their support of the Festival: We would also like to thank the following for their generous support of the Festival’s work: 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, The Hollick Family Charitable Trust, Ann Grant, The Worshipful Company of Horners, The Jeremy & Kim White Foundation, John and Julie Williamson, The Garrick Charitable Trust, Martin and Diana Muirhead, Mactaggart Third Fund, Nick Basden and Vivian Hunt, Jonathan Levy, Philip and Biddy Percival, Andrew and Janet Stone and all Serious Trust donors.

We would also like to acknowledge our partners who are presenting work across the Festival:

Alex Hitchcock, Andrew Button, Apollo Resorts, Arts Canteen, Band on the Wall, BKO, Blow The Fuse, Copasetic, George Crowley, Groove Baby, Hampstead Arts Festival, Jazzcotech, Jazz Nursery, Jazz Re:Freshed, Jazz Repertory Company, Jazz Warriors International, Kennedy Street Enterprises, Loop Collective, LUME, Match&Fuse, Mopomoso, Mwalimu Express, Noel Taylor, Paul Pace, Somethin’Else, Soundcrash, Way Out West, 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 these organizations:

EUROPE FOR FESTIVALS FESTIVALS FOR EUROPE

EFFE LABEL 2015-2016

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The EFG Excellence Series is a programme of world-class performances from some of the leading lights in jazz. efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/efgexcellenceseries

JAZZ VOICE FRIDAY 13 NOVEMBER BARBICAN / 7.30pm

KURT ELLING +THE SWINGLES

The Festival’s signature opening-night gala returns with a stellar cast of voices performing songs marking the major anniversaries, birthdays and milestones of 2015 for an epoch-spanning celebration of singing and song.

The Chicagoan’s rich baritone and technical mastery drives his PassionWorld project, exploring the language of love in a personal choice of songs from around the world.

MONDAY 16 NOVEMBER CADOGAN HALL / 7.30pm

MELODY GARDOT TUESDAY 17 NOVEMBER ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL / 7.30PM

TERENCE BLANCHARD’S E-COLLECTIVE +JACOB COLLIER FRIDAY 20 NOVEMBER BARBICAN / 7.30pm

The intensely creative singer and songwriter returns with new album Currency Of Man; transcending jazz, blues and R&B to offer a stirring social and musical statement.

The stellar trumpeter brings an exhilarating blend of fiery solos and the colours of funk, R&B and soul to his new Blue Note release — and there’s a massive buzz around multi-talented Jacob Collier, with the first full UK performance of a solo show that adds an astounding visual element to his immensely crafted music.

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