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Nick Costley-White
+ Mark Lewandowski
Iklectik, 2.30pm
Guitarist Costley-White explores the
world of Jerome Kern and Cole Porter,
while bassist Lewandowski creates fiery
Takuya Kuroda & Imaani & Kevin Leo interplay with Liam Noble, Tom Challenger
Makaya McCraven 606 Club, 9.30pm and Gene Calderazzo.
Jazz Cafe, 8pm Incognitos Imaani and Kevin Leo two
Trumpet maestro Takuya Kuroda goes charismatic vocalists join forces in a 2 Pianos, 6 Pianists,
head to head with Chicagos star drummer night thats guaranteed to be strong on 12 Hands & 60 Digits
Makaya McCraven in a double bill of new soul and groove. St James Theatre, 2.30pm
Stateside talents. Improvised piano magic from six
BBC Jazz Now internationally renowned soloists
Kurt Elling PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 11pm Paolo Alderighi, Darius Brubeck, Frank
Ronnie Scotts, 8.15pm A live edition of the BBC Radio 3 show Harrison, Chris Ingham, Joe Stilgoe and
The Chicagoans rich baritone and technical presented by Soweto Kinch, featuring live Stephanie Trick.
mastery drives his Passion World project, music from international Festival guests.
exploring the language of love in a personal Tickets are free but must be reserved via Jazz for Toddlers
choice of songs from around the world. the BBC website. Discover, 2.30pm FAMILY/TAKE PART
See Friday 11 November at 11am for details.
Clark Tracey Late-night jams
Vortex, 8.30pm The music continues with a late- Festivals and the City
Drummer Clark Tracey assumes the night jam session/hang at Ronnie Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room
mantle of an English Art Blakey, leading Scotts and possibly other venues too. 2.45pm FREE/ TALK
a fiery quintet packed with precocious Check online or call the venues for the Researcher-in-residence Dr Emma Webster
young talent. latest information. chairs a panel exploring how festivals are
shaped by cities and places and how festivals
Maciej Sikala in turn shape them. With Mikey Martins and
Polish Jazz Caf POSK, 8.30pm Saturday 12 November Steve Rubie.
The award-winning saxophonist looks back
on four adventurous and expressive albums, Family Jazz All-Stars Tord Gustavsen
with a band featuring dynamic drummer featuring Zoe Gilby Barbican / Milton Court, 3pm
Asaf Sirkis. Cadogan Hall, 2pm FAMILY The Norwegian pianist/composer plays
A sell-out triumph in previous years, this music from his lyrical ECM album What
Vole year will showcase the stunning vocals of Was Said with Afghan singer Simin Tander
Iklectik, 8.30pm Zoe Gilby in an unmissable and friendly and drummer Jarle Vespestad.
Roland Ramanans Vole let fly with funking, show for all the family, from children to
punking improv played with all the raucous grandparents. Age 5+ Ranjana Ghatak
glee of naughty children, interspersed with Barbican / FreeStage, 3.45pm FREE
two films by Miranda Pennell. Ollie Howell Singer Ranjana Ghatak grew up within
Forge, 2pm classical Indian vocal music, but has
Down To The Bone Described by Quincy Jones as a 360-degree evolved a glorious style of her own
Hideaway, 9pm beautiful young cat, drummer Ollie Howell thats all about contemporary Britain.
British jazz-funk institution celebrate the combines punchy musicality and a sure touch She's joined by Led Bibs lyrical bass
20th anniversary of their Grammy-nominated as a composer. player Liran Donin.
album From Manhattan to Staten, with a full-
force live show. Jazz and the City Musicians in the City
Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room
Ant Law 2pm FREE/ TALK 4pm FREE/TALK
The Crypt Camberwell, 9.15pm Researcher-in-residence Dr Emma Webster, A chaired panel on life as a musician in
New music from the innovative guitarist, and Professor George McKay of the University the city, featuring saxophonist Andy
with a quintet bound to bring out the best in of East Anglia, explore todays programme Sheppard, pianist Sarah Tandy (Tomorrow's
his engaging, instantly memorable themes and their current AHRC project, The Impact Warriors) and Charles Umney (Leeds
(The Herald). of Festivals. Business School).
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Trish Clowes
Barbican / FreeStage, 6pm FREE
Intricate compositions juxtapose startling
melodies with gnarly lines, skronking textures Lizz Wright + Jasmine Power Nell Bryden
and earthy grooves in a new project with Cadogan Hall, 7.30pm Shoreditch Town Hall, 8pm
guitarist Chris Montague and pianist/organist Emotional live presence and a terrific live After her BBC Radio 2 series, Nell
Ross Stanley. band, exploring Wright's gospel and folk roots Bryden explores the golden era of jazz
with the music from Freedom and Surrender. vocalists, alongside music from her
St Germain Wayfarer album.
Southbank Centre / Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm Tord Gustavsen
A massive figure in todays electronic music, Barbican / Milton Court, 7.30pm Jacob Collier
St Germain remains at the cutting edge, with See 3pm for details. Brooklyn Bowl, 8pm
a mix of deep house, African flavours, jazz and Astonishing multi-instrumental solo concept,
killer grooves. Jacqui Dankworth: Shakespeare fused with spectacular visuals, mentored by
and All That Jazz Quincy Jones, with an acclaimed new record,
artsdepot, 7.30pm this is jazz musics new messiah.
Lizz Wright sings Shakespeares anniversary is marked by the (The Guardian).
at Cadogan Hall
gorgeous voice of Jacqui Dankworth, revisiting
the album recorded by her illustrious parents.
Killer grooves from
John Pizzarelli St Germain at
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 7.30pm Southbank Centre
Witty and wordly-wise, singer/guitarist John
Pizzarelli is a consummate interpreter of the
Great American Songbook and beyond. A rare
entertainer of the old school.
Joshua Redman /
Brad Mehldau duo
Barbican, 8pm
Sparks fly as two towering figures in
progressive jazz engage in a series of intimate
saxophone/piano conversations.
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Guitar Journey
The Crypt Camberwell, 9.15pm
Two virtuosic acoustic guitarists Sardinian
Giorgio Serci and Jonny Phillips, leader of
Latin-influenced band Oriole share their
passion for the guitar.
Saxophone Summit
606 Club, 9.30pm
Four fine saxophonists Peter King, Jean
Toussaint, Josh Arcoleo and Tom Harrison
Brass Funkeys play with the Robin Aspland Trio.
bring some New
Orleans flavour John Pizzarelli
to Spice of Life
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 10.30pm
See 7.30pm for details.
Kandace Springs Kutonoka + Tony Dudu
Rich Mix, 8pm Forge, 8pm Partisans
After supporting Gregory Porter and with a Angolan rhythms meet Afro-jazz, blues, PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 11.45pm
new Blue Note album, Soul Eyes, Kandace funk and much, much more in a foot- A special set from Partisans, co-led by Phil
Springs is rapidly emerging as a major new stamping heady brew, fronted by guitarist Robson (guitars) and Julian Siegel (saxophone
vocal talent. Tony Dudu. and bass clarinet), with Thad Kelly (bass) and
Gene Calderazzo (drums).
Michael Wollny Trio Darius Brubeck
+ Andrew McCormack St James Theatre, 8pm
Kings Place / Hall 1, 8pm Darius Brubeck brings his quartet featuring Sunday 13 November
Long-overdue London concert for an saxophonist Dave OHiggins in a set ranging
electrifying piano trio. Pianist and musical through South African themes and the great Jazz for Toddlers
inventor, Wollnys explosive impact on the Brubeck catalogue. Kings Place / Hall 2, 11am FAMILY/TAKE PART
European scene has been a jazz revelation. See Friday 11 November at 11am for details.
Kurt Elling
Plaistow + Vyamanikal Ronnie Scotts, 8.15pm Allan Harris
Kings Place / Hall 2, 8pm See Friday 11 November at 8.15pm for details. artsdepot, Midday FREE
Plaistow probe influences from minimalism Brooklyn-born, Harlem-based Allan Harris
to the Middle East, while Kit Downes and Terrace Martin and is the real deal the jazz tradition is alive and
Tom Challenger set a transcendent dialogue The Polly Seeds extremely well, in the hands and voice of a
between saxophones and harmonium. Jazz Cafe, 8.30pm supremely gifted singer/guitarist.
London debut for the notable rapper,
Byron Wallen producer, saxophonist This is jazz the Patchwork Jazz Orchestra
Club Ingales, 8pm way Glasper is jazz. Martin mixes pieces of 606 Club, 1.30pm
Trumpeter Byron Wallen meets Korean the genre with others, setting a vibe thats Plugged into the spirit of the current London
taegum flute player Hyelim Kim, with resident uniquely his (Pitchfork). scene (Julian Joseph), Patchwork features
band Notes Ingales. Visit clubinegales.com some of the most talented soloists and
for Academy Ingales, giving you the Samuel Hllkvist / Noel Taylor/ composers of the new generation.
opportunity to play with these musicians. Ruth Goller / Charles Hayward
+ Charlie Stacey
Julie Sassoon Iklectik, 8.30pm
+ Hannes Riepler / Jasper Blom High-energy rhythms awash with
Vortex, 8pm the thunderous drumnbass of
The transnational face of European jazz Goller and Hayward, guitarist Samuel
brings together Julie Sassoons pianistics Hllkvists set is complemented by a
with an international quartet, while solo set from pianist Charlie Stacey.
guitarist Hannes Riepler teams up with
the leading Dutch saxophonist. Martha High
Hideaway, 9pm
Brass Funkeys Following decades on the road
Spice of Life, 8pm with James Brown and Maceo
The Funkeys roll from a New Orleans-fuelled Parker, Martha High releases her
exuberance into reggae, hip hop and swing, solo soul album Singing for the
See Partikel play at
in a live show bursting at the seams with Good Times. the PizzaExpress
infectious energy. Jazz Club
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John Cervantes
Forge, 6.30pm
Flamenco jazz to lift the spirits an
Piano trio
intoxicating mesh of hand-clapping, The Bad Plus
foot-stamping exuberance, with pianist feature at Scala
John Cervantes, flautist Gareth Lockrane
and dancer Jesus Olmedo.
Bahla
Bruno Heinen and Omnibus, 7.30pm
Kristian Borring The imagined travels of a Sephardic Jewish
Rabbit Hole, 7pm family searching for a new home, told
Musical empathy and telepathy characterise through music timeless themes of exile
a series of piano/guitar duets inspired by and migration that span centuries.
the classic recordings of Bill Evans and Ben van Gelder
Jim Hall. The Bad Plus + Green Note, 8.30pm
Binker & Moses Making waves on todays New York scene,
Jan Garbarek Group Scala, 8pm saxophonist van Gelder brings a shimmering
featuring Trilok Gurtu With a new album of genre-jumping covers, luminescence to his energetic quintet, making
Southbank Centre / the Plus redefine the piano trio while Binker its London debut.
Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm Golding and Moses Boyd are this years jazz
Hymnal and sparse, playful and serious, breakthrough act. Zhenya Strigalevs Never
the Norwegian saxophonist returns with Zigfrid Von Underbelly, 8.30pm
his long-established quartet, featuring the James Blood Ulmer Are You Glad Quirky abandon and the promise of the
effervescent polyrhythms of percussionist To Be In America? + Black Top unexpected Strigalev brings together an
Trilok Gurtu. Rich Mix, 8pm international band featuring drummer
Blood defined post-punk jazz attitude with a Nasheet Waits, pianist Ivo Neame and bassist
Elza Soares visceral collision of blues and funk that rocks Linley Marthe.
Barbican, 7.30pm the senses Orphy Robinson and Pat Thomas
The Queen of Brazil (Gilles Peterson) add further edge. Adam Osmianski
walks a musical tightrope between + Project Terrarium
avant-rock and dirty samba, drawn Dean Brown Band Salisbury, 8.30pm
from her album, The Woman at the Ronnie Scotts, 8pm Drummer Osmianski leads a classy organ trio
End of the World. High-octane electric jazz from a guitarist full of energy and drive, opposite the vibrant
who has rocked out in style with the Brecker Terrarium mix of transglobal sounds.
Re-imagining Sondheim Brothers, David Sanborn and Marcus Miller.
Barbican / Milton Court, 7.30pm Vlad Miller
Homage and celebration, pianist Anthony Martha High + Notes From Underground
de Mare plays from his superb ECM Hideaway, 8pm Iklectik, 8.45pm
album specially commissioned pieces See Saturday 12 November at 9pm for details. Versatile and subtly interactive, the melodies
inspired by Sondheim, from Steve Reich and colourful improv of pianist Vlad Millers
to Wynton Marsalis. Matt Wilson quartet are derived from jazz and Russian
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 8pm music traditions.
Eyes of a Blue Dog Renowned for his work with jazz giants Joe
+ Overground Collective Lovano and John Scofield, here the New York Late-night jams
Vortex, 7.30pm drummer presents his latest album Beginning The music continues with a late-night jam
Electronica and acoustic soundscapes from of a Memory. session/hang at the Vortex and possibly other
a distinctively Nordic/UK trip of Rory places too. Check online or call the venues for
Simmons, Terje Evensen and Elisabeth Ben Somers Brass Hysteria the latest information.
Nygaard, plus Paulo Dias Duartes wildly Spice of Life, 8pm
unorthodox big band. Multi-instrumentalist Ben Somers takes the
traditional marching band into infectious new Monday 14 November
Pulcinella territory with verve and panache.
Cockpit, 7.30pm Groove Baby
Dynamic storytelling through Tribute to Mark Murphy Rich Mix, 10.30am FAMILY
compositions and arrangements, 606 Club, 8.30pm A new family show, Groove into the Woods,
with the band blending jazz, rock, A clutch of fine vocalists celebrate a much- mixing storytelling, interactive music-making
tango and eastern European music loved and influential jazz maestro. Ian Shaw, and movement (for the little ones) with
to create musical stories and vivid, Anita Wardell, Gill Manly and Pete Churchill outstanding jazz, soul and funk (for everyone).
sparkling pictures. join the London Vocal Project. Up to age 5
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SFJAZZ Collective play The Stuart Hall Project: Live LUMEkestra + Ripsaw Catfish
Michael Jackson Peter Edwards and the NCO + Entropi
Cadogan Hall, 7.30pm Ensemble play Miles Davis Iklectik, 8pm
An all-star ensemble including Miguel Rich Mix, 8pm A boundary-pushing triple bill including
Zenn, David Snchez, Sean Jones and Robin Peter Edwards leads the Nu Civilisation the first performance of LUMEkestra, a shape-
Eubanks, alongside a fiery rhythm section, Orchestra Ensemble in a reimagining of the shifting gathering of improvising musicians
focus on the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Miles Davis soundtrack, alongside a screening from across the UK.
A superbrain for what jazz sounds like now of John Akomfrahs film about the academic
(NY Times) and thinker Stuart Hall. Marcus Roberts
Ronnie Scotts, 8.15pm
QCBA with Dennis Rollins Virtuosic US trio featuring Jason Marsalis
Hideaway, 8pm (drums) and Rodney Jordan (bass) play
One of the hardest-hitting trumpet/saxophone from the jazz tradition a powerfully
frontlines in the business, Quentin Collins and rhythmic, melodic sound filled with
The all-star SFJAZZ Brandon Allen team up with funk trombonist dynamic contrast.
Collective ensemble come
to the Cadogan Hall Dennis Rollins.
Bureau of Atomic Tourism
Graham Harvey + Liam Noble / Mark Lewandowski/
Elgin, 8pm Paul Clarvis
On the final stop of their UK tour, this concert Vortex, 8.30pm
will be recorded for the trios forthcoming live An astonishing avant-garde free-jazz
album of swinging straight-ahead jazz. outfit exploring the space between jazz,
rock, noise and electronics playing from
Matt Roberts BigISH Band Plays their new album, Hapax Legomena.
Duke Ellington
Spice of Life, 8pm John Etheridge and
Day one of a residency from this charismatic Vimala Rowe
trumpeter and composer features new 606 Club, 8.30pm
arrangements and original compositions A mouth-watering combination of
inspired by Duke Ellingtons classics. the swing, soulful passion and hint
Birdsong, Can Yr Adar of Indian exoticism of Rowe and Etheridge,
St Johns Downshire Hill, 7.30pm one of the best guitarists in the world
Catch the Robert
First English performance of this orchestral Glasper Experiment (Pat Metheny).
fusing of soul-folk and jazz, featuring at KOKO
Gwilym Simcock, Welsh/Bajan artist Kizzy Kirk MacDonald
Crawford and an ensemble from leading Pheasantry, 8.30pm
Welsh chamber orchestra Sinfonia Cymru. A bridge between traditional and modern
saxophone playing in a rare London
Robert Glasper Experiment appearance from the multi-award-winning
KOKO, 8pm Canadian performer and composer.
Sonic explorer Glasper revisits his
electric side, drawing on jazz, hip hop, Matt Wilson
R&B and rock, with a new version of the PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 8.30pm
Experiment, playing from their new Blue See Sunday 13 November at 8pm for details.
Note album, ArtScience.
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Giacomo Smith and Adrian Cox AZIZA featuring Dave Holland, Matt Roberts BigISH Band Plays
Live At Zdel, 9pm Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke and Gil Evans
Two of the scenes most engaging clarinettists Eric Harland + Elliot Galvin Spice of Life, 8pm
take a musical journey from New Orleans to Cadogan Hall, 7.30pm The second night of this residency features fresh
Paris - its a seated show but nobodys going to True jazz supergroup featuring a mouth- arrangements, re-harmonisations and new
make you sit down. watering combination of some of the best compositions exploring the music of Gil Evans.
jazz musicians on the planet.
Late-night jams Louise Marshall and Derek Nash
The music continues with a late-night jam YolanDa Brown with St James Theatre, 8pm
session/hang at Ronnie Scotts and possibly Shingai Shoniwa An established star with Jools Holland,
other places too. Check online or call the Barbican, 8pm David Gilmour and Roxy Music. Hear Louise
venues for the latest information. Saxophonist YolanDa Brown performs her Marshall's fiery take on blues, soul and the
Reggae Love Songs show with music from her Great American Songbook.
new album, featuring a 10-piece band and
Tuesday 15 November vocalist Shingai Shoniwa from The Noisettes. Marcus Roberts
Ronnie Scotts, 8.15pm
Groove Baby Robert Glasper Experiment See Monday 14 November at 8.15pm for details.
Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room, KOKO, 8pm SOLD OUT
10.30am FAMILY See Monday 14 November at 8pm for extra show. The Comet is Coming
See Monday 14 November at 10.30am for details. XOYO, 8.30pm
Donny McCaslin + Skint A meeting of cosmic minds Shabaka
Jazz for Toddlers Rich Mix, 8pm Hutchings, Danalogue and Betamax. Bright
Rich Mix, 11am FAMILY/TAKE PART The band of choice for David Bowie on his final lights. Iridescent molten jazz. Deafening
See Friday 11 November at 11am for details. recording, featuring keyboardist Jason Lindner, noise. Cosmic grooves from this years
bassist Tim Lefebvre and drummer Mark Mercury nominees. A celebration.
Sren Bebe Guiliana. This is one of todays signature bands,
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 1pm FREE playing freewheeling, grooving electric jazz. BLINQ
London debut for Bebes intriguing mix Shoreditch Town Hall, 8.30pm
of jazz-folk from his new album, Home. Robin Finckers Bedmakers + Dice Rare opportunity to see this hugely
A sense of folk-like simplicity, with Factory + Peedu Kasss Momentum popular quartet of top British vocalists
mourning melodies blossoming like shy Vortex, 8pm Liane Carroll, Ian Shaw, Natalie Williams
night-flowers (All About Jazz). A triple bill curated by Dice Factory with a and Brendan Reilly with pianist and
new group of Robin Finckers from Toulouse arranger Gwilym Simcock.
Jazz for Toddlers and the trio of Estonian pianist Peedu Kass.
Rich Mix, 1.30pm FAMILY/TAKE PART Kate Williams and Gareth Lockrane
See Friday 11 November at 11am for details. Allison Neale / Colin Oxley 606 Club, 8.30pm
Elgin, 8pm Lockrane guests with the Williams trio and
Brandon Allen An authentic recreation of the magical pairing the Guastalla String Quartet on their brilliant
Cadogan Hall / Foyer, 2.30pm FREE of saxophonist Paul Desmond and guitarist album Four Plus Three before premiering
A tribute to the Chicago saxophonist Gene Jim Hall. arrangements written for this show.
Ammons with music spanning his entire
career, from the late 40s to the mid 70s.
Ezra Collective
Foyles, 6pm
A young band born out of the Tomorrows
Warriors stable, creating a blend of Afrobeat,
hip hop and reggae, all tied together with a
love of jazz.
Jay Rayner
Live At Zdel, 7pm
The renowned restaurant critic is also a jazz
pianist performing the Great American food
and drink songbook, including Cantaloupe
Island and Black Coffee, alongside anecdotes
from his life.
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Leon Greening
+ Ofer Landesberg
Elgin, 7.30pm
Greening moulds the influences of Victor
Feldman and Dudley Moore in a nod towards
his forthcoming hard bop album.
Christian Scott
Scala, 8pm
Following his genre-melting set at last
Catch trumpeter years Festival, trumpeter Scott returns with
Christian Scott a new band, new album and new sound.
at Scala
Sona Jobarteh
Rich Mix, 8pm
Kirk MacDonald Wednesday 16 November Tradition-busting female kora virtuoso plays
Pheasantry, 8.30pm music from her debut album, Fasiya, and
See Monday 14 November at 8.30pm for details. Adam Ben Ezra introduces material from her forthcoming
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 1pm FREE release, Taamo.
Filomena Campus See Friday 11 November at 1pm for details.
with Gavino Murgia Jos James + Lunch Money
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 8.30pm Randolph Matthews Jazz Cafe, 8pm
Featuring Gavino Murgia, a truly astonishing Cadogan Hall / Foyer, 2.30pm FREE One of the leading neo soul artists to come
throat singer, Campus quartet present Vocalist Randolph is a musical volcano of clicks from America in the past decade, Jos James
their forthcoming album, Queen Mab, a and glottal stops, his percussive melodies and neatly straddles the bridges between jazz and
tribute to Brazilian masters and traditional songs composed with the audience. hip hop to electrifying effect.
Sardinian music.
Maria Chiara Argir Nia Lynn, Noemi Nuti &
Alex Hitchcock + Ashley Henry Foyles, 6pm Taylor Notcutt
Green Note, 8.30pm Original compositions blend classical music and Spice of Life, 8pm
One to watch in 2016 (Jazzwise) a quintet folk traditions with the influence of figures like Three of the UKs most innovative vocalists
featuring some of the most exciting and John Taylor, Kenny Wheeler and Brad Mehldau. perform a set each, in a night culminating in
distinctive rising stars from Londons vibrant a seriously high-spirited jam.
jazz scene. Adam Ben Ezra
Barbican / FreeStage, 6pm FREE
Future Currents See Friday 11 November at 1pm for details. Norma Winstone
Iklectik, 8.30pm celebrates a
special birthday
Launching their self-titled debut EP, a Lizzie Ball and James Pearson concert at
collection of wildly explorative tracks from Live At Zdel, 7pm Cadogan Hall
the guitar fans dream line-up - Alex Roth, Maverick violinist makes her Festival debut
Chris Montague and Chris Sharkey. paying tribute to Stphane Grappelli and
George Shearing, performing specially created
Matthew Halsall & arrangements of their 1973 Reunion album.
The Gondwana Orchestra
Islington Assembly Hall, 9pm Miguel Atwood Ferguson Suite
Premiering new material, Halsall brings for Ma Dukes + Carlos Nino
the latest version of his Gondwana Orchestra Barbican, 7.30pm
to the festival with his soulful take on Fantastically complex and head-noddingly
spiritual jazz. simple (The Guardian) the music of
J Dilla, the Mozart of hip hop, is reinvented
Jay Rayner in a revolutionary statement from a key
Live At Zdel, 9.30pm figure in todays musical hothouse.
See 7pm for details.
Norma Winstone:
Late-night jams 75th birthday celebration
The music continues with a late-night jam Cadogan Hall, 7.30pm
session/hang at Ronnie Scotts and possibly Gala concert featuring a vocalist at the
other places too. Check online or call the forefront of jazz innovation for five decades.
venues for the latest information. Singing with a full orchestra and the celebrated
ECM-recorded European Trio, includes a new
commission by Vince Mendoza.
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LaSharVu
Rah Rah Room, 8.30pm
Rare gig from vocal powerhouse trio -
LaDonna Harley Peters, Sharlene Hector and
Vula Malinga who have performed on the
worlds largest stages alongside the worlds
biggest artists.
Harry Allen
606 Club, 8.30pm
One of the finest exponents of swing
tenor alive (The Observer) a treat from the
US for those who like their jazz straight-ahead
and swinging.
Catch the EFG London Jazz Festival on BBC Radio 3
Live broadcasts, concert recordings and highlights Jazz Line-Up
from the festival, along with additional features on (Saturday 12th November, 2pm, Southbank Centre, Clore Ballroom)
The Jazz Line-Up stage is hosted by Claire Martin and
BBC Radio 3 throughout November and December. Julian Joseph, with performances by festival artists from
the UK and beyond.
Jazz Now
(Sunday 20th November, 7pm, Cadogan Hall)
This show has live music from the Liberation Music Orchestra All programmes are available
with Carla Bleys soul-stirring arrangements kindling the spirit online and for thirty days after
and humanity of the late Charlie Haden. broadcast via bbc.co.uk/radio3
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Bristol, Gateshead and Leeds see
serious.org.uk/thebadplus for details
Freddie Gavita
performs at Elgin Joe Stilgoe A
Celebration of Gene
Kelly premieres at
Empirical LSO St Lukes
Kings Place / Hall 2, 8pm
Performing new material as a pared-back trio
featuring Nathaniel Facey (saxophone), Shaney
Forbes (drums) and Tom Farmer (bass).
Slowly Rolling
Camera combine
soul and trip-hop at
Tom Harrison Rich Mix
Spice of Life, 8pm
Saxophonist Tom Harrisons live album
Unfolding in Tempo celebrates Duke Ellington
with a quintet including pianist Robert
Mitchell and Byron Wallen on trumpet.
Funkiwala Sounds
Forge, 8pm
Funkiwala combine Afrojazz from Bellowhead
trombonist Justin Thurgur, Afrobeat
ambassador Dele Sosimi, percussionist Pandit
Dinesh and heavyweights LoKkhi TeRra.
Silje Nergaard
St James Theatre, 8pm
A rare chance to see Norwegian singer Silje
Nergaard performing tracks from her new
album, Chain of Days.
Charlie Hunter
Ronnie Scotts, 8.15pm
A complete and astonishing one-off talent,
Hunter simultaneously plays basslines,
rhythm guitar and solos on custom-made
seven- and eight-string guitars. Azymuth
Hideaway, 9pm Saturday 19 November
Rae Forrest Project & Brazilian jazz-funk pioneers, renowned for
Monocled Man their massive hit Jazz Carnival, launch their Jazz for Toddlers
Vortex, 8.30pm first studio album in four years. Heralding artsdepot, 10am FAMILY/TAKE PART
Alt-electronic double bill. Haunting themes angels of House (Mochilla). See Friday 11 November at 11am for details.
of love, loss and lust infuse the music of the
Project, while Rory Simmons, Chris Montague The Filthy Six Chris Sharkeys Make it/Break it
and Jon Scott explore spacey soundworlds. The Crypt Camberwell, 9.15pm Southbank Centre /
Soaring horns, blistering guitar and gut- Level 5 Function Room, 11am FREE /TAKE PART
Fran Landesman Songbook: wrenching Hammond are fuelled by one An all-day workshop with guitarist Chris
Ian Shaw and Sarah Moule of the hardest-grooving rhythm sections Sharkey, creating a new piece to be played
Pheasantry, 8.30pm around a hip-shakingly powerful mixture at 6.30pm. All musicians/singers (age 15+)
Fran Landesman was one of the great of jazz, funk and boogaloo. welcome, pre-booking essential. See page 31
songwriters remember Spring Can Really for details.
Hang You Up the Most? Two great vocalists Samara with Tim Whitehead
recall her creative partnership with pianist 606 Club, 9.30pm Jazz for Toddlers
Simon Wallace. 606 head honcho Steve Rubie leads the artsdepot, 11.30am
See Friday 11 November at 11am for details.
infectiously swinging Latin jazz six piece,
Alek Baczkowski / Guillaume with charismatic singer Liliana Chachian
Viltard / Mark Sanders Steve Fishwick / Alex Garnett
and guest saxophonist Tim Whitehead.
+ Veryan Weston Elgin, 1pm
Iklectik, 8.30pm A new quartet, featuring US bassist Mike
Intensive interplay from an improvising trio
Sarah Jane Morris Karn alongside a classy front line, plays
of world class, complemented by Westons
and Antonio Forcione original music inspired by Kenny Dorham
solo piano illusion and space meet geometry Live At Zdel, 9.30pm and Ernie Henry.
and rhythm. See 7pm for details.
Bugge Wesseltoft Residency -
Miguel Gorodi Nonet Mads Mathias Bugge Wesseltoft solo
Green Note, 8.30pm PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 10.30pm Kings Place / Hall 1, 2pm
Compositions inspired by Steve Lehman, See 7.30pm for details. Unconstrained by categorisation, Bugge
Thelonious Monk, Louis Andriessen, Wayne Wesseltofts brand-new solo piano project
Shorter, John Coltrane and Stravinsky, Ben Cox & Jamie Safiruddin combines specially devised visuals and music
reflected in Gorodis original writing for Live At Zdel, 11pm in the first UK performance.
a terrific band. Two talented and contrasting songwriters
travel from Gershwin to Joni Mitchell and Joanna Wallfisch
Can of Worms bring their own original songs to the party. Forge, 2pm
+ Paul Clarvis and Liam Noble Hailed by Fred Hersch as a real discovery,
Con Cellar Bar, 9pm Late-night jams singer/composer Joanna Wallfisch celebrates
Percussionist Clarvis and pianist Noble The music continues with a late-night jam her Sunnyside album Gardens In My Mind,
play duets full of playful surprises, while session/hang at PizzaExpress Jazz Club, alongside the Sacconi Quartet.
saxophonist George Crowley opens up a Ronnie Scotts and possibly other places
can of musical anarchy, groove and glorious too. Check online or call the venues for
free improv. the latest information.
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Dhafer Youssef
Cesco + Trialogue + Sarah Jane Morris
performs at Ruben Fox + and Antonio Forcione
the Barbican Charlie Stacey Live At Zdel, 7pm
Iklectik, 3pm See Friday 18 November at 7pm for details.
Four young bands feature
in another edition of the Dhafer Youssef &
JazzNewBloodALIVE series, Ambrose Akinmusire
displaying all the myriad Barbican, 7.30pm
sounds that fascinate the A stellar double bill. Dhafer Youssefs
new jazz generation. soaring voice and evocative improvisations
evoke age-old traditions, while trumpeter
BBC Concert Orchestra Ambrose Akinmusire has emerged as a
with Laura Jurd and pivotal figure in todays jazz.
Daniel Herskedal
Southbank Centre / David Murray, Terri Lyne
Royal Festival Hall, 4.30pm Carrington, Geri Allen
Laura Jurd composer, MCA Power Trio + Nrija
trumpeter and BBC New Cadogan Hall, 7.30pm
Generation Artist and the Headlong saxophone pyrotechnics
astonishing tuba player/ collide with expansive piano improv
composer Daniel Herskedal and the sheer subtlety and power of
create new music that explores one of todays key drummers.
a rich orchestral palette.
Bugge Wesseltoft Residency
Miriam Aida + Water New Conceptions of Jazz
Boogie System + Hkon Kornstad
Sounds of the Swedes Kings Place / Hall 1, 7.30pm
Barbican / FreeStage, 4.30pm Wesseltofts current conception breathes
FREE fresh life into the groove, with a brand-
Emilia Mrtensson curates new all-female band preceded by
an afternoon that introduces the extraordinary two-tenor talents of
two exceptional new bands. saxophonist/opera singer Hkon Kornstad.
Water Boogie System run
from noise and free improv, Chiara Pancaldi with
He opens his soul and projects a thousand disarming hilarity mutating Cyrus Chestnut
aching meanings, inspired by the wisdom into tear-jerking choral PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 7.30pm
and spiritualism of the centuries-old Sufi harmony, alongside the award- Passionate Italian jazz singer Chiara Pancaldi
tradition, resulting in music of timeless beauty winning singer Miriam Aidas joins forces with the joyful and soulful playing
(The Guardian) effervescent take on the music of the brilliant pianist Cyrus Chestnut.
of Brazil.
Tomorrows Warriors
Mike Westbrook Chris Sharkeys Make it/Break it Cockpit, 7.30pm
Kings Place / Hall 2, 2.30pm Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom A focus on Tomorrows Warriors, the
A crucial figure in the evolution of British 6.30pm FREE celebrated education and professional
jazz, Westbrook celebrates his 80th birthday Made during the day by guitarist Chris Sharkey development jazz organisation, featuring
in a solo piano concert that displays his and over a hundred musicians, this is the current students and established artists.
rare gift for melody and emotional reach. exciting premiere of our new mass-participation
commission. See page 31 for details.
Yaron Herman and Ziv Ravitz Music of the Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
St Johns Downshire Hill, 7.30pm Elgin, 8pm
In their only UK concert, the supremely The Nat Steele Sextet revisit the hothouse of
gifted pianist Yaron Herman and drummer 40s bebop, playing Dizzy Gillespies timeless
Ziv Ravitz play music from their Blue Note arrangements for Charlie Parker, with a
album, Everyday. storming line-up.
JD Allen
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 1.30pm
See Saturday 19 November at 11.45pm for details.
Mwalimu Express
Rich Mix, 2pm FREE
DJs Rita Ray and Max Reinhardt host a family-
friendly vision of Afrojazz heaven joined by
Orphy Robinson, Bex Burch, Kushal Gaya and
Ruth Goller, a kids dance workshop and more.
Mopomoso
Vortex, 2pm
MOdernism POst MOdernism SO what.
The long-established improv session enters
its 25th year, its ever-changing combination
Simians of Swing play
at the Hideaway of artists carefully chosen by guitarist/catalyst
John Russell.
Simians of Swing
Hideaway, 2pm
The Simians of Swing invent a noirish
Jazz Skate soundtrack to a post-apocalyptic world
Sunday 20 November Somerset House, 12.30pm, 1.45pm & 3pm populated by heroes and villains and the
Join us for a Jazz Skate DJs and live music magical American art form of bebop.
Family Jazz All-Stars with ice skating on Londons favourite ice
featuring Zoe Gilby rink (Evening Standard). Serious Sing with Polly Gibbons
artsdepot, 11am FAMILY Barbican / Frobisher Rooms, 2pm TAKE PART
See Saturday 12 November at 2pm for details. Peter King plays Bird with Strings Sing along to jazz standards and explore vocal
Elgin, 1pm styles in a fun, informal setting with vocalist
Adam Ben Ezra Peter King is a treasure of British jazz a Polly Gibbons. Ninety-minute workshop for
artsdepot, Midday FREE saxophonist with a profound understanding all abilities, pre-booking required. Age 12+
See Friday 11 November at 1pm for details. of the bebop tradition, reinterpreting the
legendary Charlie Parker recordings. Giulia Valle
Barbican / FreeStage, 2.30pm FREE
Cleveland Watkiss & Described as pure passion on the strings,
Randolph Matthews Giulia Valles bass-led trio has stormed the
Madeleine Forge, 1pm jazz world with music tinged by the spirit of
Peyroux Battle of two heavyweight vocalists: her native Barcelona.
Cleveland Thunderbolt Watkiss, whos
worked with Bob Dylan and The Who, Jazz Social Dance
and Randolph Hurricane Matthews, Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom, 3.30pm
whos worked with Plan B and FREE/TAKE PART
Grace Jones. Tomorrows Warriors provide the music for an
afternoon of irresistible rhythm bring your
Family Jazz All-Stars dancing shoes, and be ready to move.
featuring Zoe Gilby
artsdepot, 1pm FAMILY ELDA & Fini Bearman
See Saturday 12 November at Union Chapel / Bar, 4pm
2pm for details. Vocal double bill, with Emilia Mrtenssons
blend of Brazilian and European folk music
Gareth Lockrane opposite Fini Bearmans lush settings of
Big Band original and classic texts.
Spice of Life, 1.30pm
A roaring 18-piece ensemble Triforce + Zeel + Kokoroko
containing Londons top jazz Iklectik, 4pm
players. Lockrane has pretty Three young bands feature in another edition
single-handedly put the big back of the JazzNewBloodALIVE series, displaying
into big band (Jazzwise). all the myriad sounds that fascinate the new
jazz generation.
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Itamar Borochov
Barbican / FreeStage, 4pm FREE
With a musical palette touched by a love of
Arab and pan-African flavours, trumpeter
Borochov marks the release of a fine new
album, Boomerang.
Thelonious
Vortex, 5.45pm
Taking inspiration from Steve Lacy and
Roswell Rudds early 60s quartet, Hans Koller
and Martin Speake explore the timeless riches
of the Thelonious Monk repertoire.
Lauren Kinsella
talks about her
route into jazz at
Southbank Centre
Talking jazz
Get down to one of our talks from musicians and industry Andy Sheppard
takes part in
talks panel
experts to learn all there is to know about the music
J
azz has always been a music On Sunday 13 November, we explore Evan Parker (Royal Academy of Arts,
that exists within a larger context, jazzs relationship with Europe. Francesco Friday 11 November) talks to David
reflecting and commenting on Martinelli presents his history of Ryan about the connections between
the world. In todays turbulent times, European jazz, David Toop examines free improvisation, in Jazz and the
this approach is more relevant than ever. the association between British and Abstract Expressionism Movement,
The talks programme that runs through European improvisers, and, in advance before performing a live response to
the Festival seeks to dig into the music, of Jan Garbareks performance at the the Academys current exhibition.
providing insights to existing audiences and Royal Festival Hall, Fiona Talkington As part of his work with the Arts and
drawing in new listeners keen to explore. discusses the links with Norwegian jazz. Humanities Research Council, Professor
Across the opening weekend, we Our popular pre-concert talk series, Mark Smith brings us an event built around
explore the relationships between Jazz Hear Me Talkin To Ya, returns, and Jazz and Everyday Aesthetics, exploring
and the City and Jazz in Europe. you can hear a range of our headline the context of jazz in everyday life (Regent
On Saturday 12 November, a series performers discuss their new projects - Street Cinema, Thursday 17 November).
of panel discussions shaped by this see gig entries for talks from The Cookers And if what you want is a way into all
years researcher-in-residence Emma and Bugge Wesseltoft, among others. this jazz, then our popular strand Way
Webster, explore how festivals and Many events directly link a In to the Way Out returns (Southbank
musicians react to the city they inhabit. conversation into the performance as a Centre / Level 5 Function Room,
Speakers include George McKay of the whole Mike Westbrook (Kings Place, Saturday 12 November) with Lauren
University of East Anglia, saxophonist Saturday 19 November) celebrates his Kinsella and Kit Downes guiding you
Andy Sheppard, pianist Sarah Tandy 80th birthday with a special solo piano through their journeys into the music.
(Tomorrows Warriors) and Charles concert, and opens by discussing his
Umney (Leeds Business School). life and work with Philip Clark. efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/talks
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Keep it in
thefamily
For our family audiences, the ever-
popular Jazz for Toddlers and Family
Jazz All-Stars return - featuring a
new line-up of stellar musicians in
exciting venues right across London
A sell-out triumph in previous years, this Novembers
Family Jazz All-Stars showcases the stunning vocals
of Zoe Gilby in an unmissable and friendly show
for all the family. Zoe lends her captivating style
to this fun-filled tribute to jazz singers past and
present, sharing the stage with a line-up of highly
accomplished jazz musicians, including innovative
double bassist Andy Champion. The show is at
Cadogan Hall on Saturday 12 November and at
artsdepot on Sunday 20 November.
Jazz
and the
movng
image
Two worlds collide in our film schedule, which delves
back into the 1960s and celebrates the parallel
evolution of style in jazz and cinema
The expressive
Lassassino features
T
he Festivals film programme, assembled in a soundtrack by jazz
partnership with the Barbicans cinema team, pioneer Piero Piccioni
reaches back into a treasure trove of rarely
screened films from the 1960s, for which jazz provides
The revolutionary
the essential soundtrack. It echoes a period where the Ornette Coleman
radically changing sounds of jazz evolved alongside new
approaches to the art of cinema. Screenings range from a
politically charged Italian thriller to anarchic surrealism,
and a rare and fascinating documentary traces the New
York underground scene of the late 50s into the 60s.
The best
Norma Winstone
plays Cadogan Hall
ofBritish
We celebrate the new talent and established
home-grown artists taking us into an exciting
new age of innovative and exciting jazz in the UK
Mark Lockheart
takes his new work
to Southbank Centre
T
he buzz around the current other generations. Mark Lockheart
jazz scene is well known by capitalises on this exchange of
the musicians, audiences and energy with his new orchestral jazz
producers experiencing a multitude of work written for a quintet of leading
groundbreaking gigs, festivals and albums. UK musicians alongside the students
A recent Guardian article asked: Is jazz of the Trinity Laban Shapeshifter
entering a new golden age? with a focus Ensemble (Southbank Centre/Clore
on the endorsement by pop musics biggest Ballroom, Sunday 13 November).
stars and the thriving US jazz scene. Norma Winstone, celebrating
What we see in the UK is an equally her 75th birthday, demonstrates the
exciting jazz scene that is pushing ability of musicians to remain at the Chris Sharkey leads a new mass
some of the same boundaries and cutting edge of the music across participation piece, Make It/Break It
some that are uniquely its own. the decades - she will be singing with (Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom,
The emergence of Binker & Moses (Scala, a full orchestra, the Royal Academy of Saturday 19 November), Zoe Gilby
Sunday 13 November) is part of a trend of Music Big Band, and the celebrated creates a new concert for family
young musicians drawing on the hip hop ECM-recorded European Trio (Cadogan audiences (Cadogan Hall, Saturday 12
and urban beats they grew up on, as much as Hall, Wednesday 16 November), November) and recent Young Scottish
the heritage of jazz, with younger audiences showing why shes among a select Jazz Musician of the Year winner Helena
attracted to the energy and groove created. category of British jazz musicians who Kay brings her KIM Trio to the Barbican
Nrija have similar influences alongside have truly made a global impact. FreeStage (Saturday 12 November).
an Afrobeat and highlife twist they open Alongside a showcase of students from Throughout this years programme,
for David Murray, Terri Lyne Carrington the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama we see British artists demonstrating the
and Geri Allen (Cadogan Hall, Saturday 19 (Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom, Sunday strength of the current scene.So lets
November), with both groups reflecting 13 November), the potential of the scene hope The Guardian is right, and we are
the increasing diversity of the scene. to continue to evolve is obvious. It also entering a new golden age in which jazz
Jazz has always been a music thats seen reflects how Serious national programme is centre stage and celebrated as the great
younger players work with, and inspired by, feeds into our celebration of the city. music so many of us know and love.
Securing the
future of jazz
With the Festivals 25th birthday just around the corner, the Serious Trust
continues to inspire and engage the musicians of the future
T
he Serious Trust is committed to It/Break It, featuring over 150 musicians, on a part of this momentous year, or for more
talent development, learning and Saturday 19 November (see page 31 for more information on what we do, please go to:
participation, and the commissioning information on this special commission).
efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/support-us
of new music to help build and sustain Looking to the future and the EFG
a vibrant music scene that everyone can London Jazz Festivals 25th birthday next Serious Trust is a registered charity no.1145535.
participate in and feel inspired by. year, we have big plans to engage with even
This year, we delivered 157 Learning more artists and participants and we
& Participation sessions, which engaged need your help to do it.
more than 7,800 young people and With your support, we can The Trust has
participants in music-making. To see our continue unlocking musics engaged thousands
of young people
work in action, catch Chris Sharkeys Make potential. To donate and be
Adriano Adewale
inspires some young
music lovers
SPONSORS
& SUPPORTERS
The Festival would like to thank
EFG, our headline sponsor since
2013 and co-creator in 2008 of
the EFG Excellence Series. Global
private banking group EFG play
a fundamental role in supporting
the quality and breadth of the
overall Festival programme and is a
worldwide supporter of jazz. We would
like to thank them for enabling the
EFG London Jazz Festival to realise
its artistic ambitions as we continue to
enthral music lovers across the capital.
We rely on the support of generous individuals Esme Fairbairn Foundation, Paul and Keith Adams, Alexander and Marina Landia, Aspect Charitable Trust,
and organisations to help us deliver the range First Names Trust, The Garrick Charitable Trust, Ann Grant, The Hollick Family Charitable Trust, The Worshipful
of programmes which ticket sales and other Company of Horners, The Leche Trust, Jorg Mohaupt, The Jeremy & Kim White Foundation, John and Julie
funding alone do not cover. We would like to Williamson, Jerry Graber, Nick Basden and Vivian Hunt, Jonathan Levy, Martin and Diana Muirhead, Philip
thank the following for their support. and Biddy Percival, Andrew and Janet Stone, Miles and Karen Storey and all Serious Trust donors.
We would also like to acknowledge our Alex Hitchcock, Andrew Button, BKO, Fran Hardcastle, George Crowley, Groove Baby, Hampstead
partners who are presenting work across Arts Festival, Jazz Nursery, jazz re:freshed, Jazz Repertory Company, Kennedy Street Enterprises, LUME,
the Festival: Match&Fuse, Mopomoso, Mwalimu Express, Nat Steele and Alison Neale, Noel Taylor, Paul Pace,
Somethin Else, Soundcrash, United Agents and all the programmers and venues that contribute to the
Festival programme and the richness of Londons jazz scene throughout the year.
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