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Tuesday 8 November GATESHEAD Sage Gateshead
Saturday 12 November LEEDS Grand Theatre/Howard Assembly Room
Sunday 13 November LONDON Scala
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Monday 21 November BIRMINGHAM Town Hall
Wednesday 30 November SAFFRON WALDEN Saffron Hall

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Listings
Friday 11 November
Jazz for Toddlers
Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room
11am FAMILY/TAKE PART
Our hit workshop series returns with bassist
Dave Kane and saxophonist Oliver Dover.
Proving you are never too young to love jazz.
Ages 2-5
Adam Ben Ezra
Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom, 1pm FREE
The double-bass phenomenon, multi-
instrumentalist and YouTube sensation
draws on modern jazz, rock and world music
to create his own fascinating sound.
Jazz for Toddlers
Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room
1.30pm FAMILY/TAKE PART
See 11am for details.
isq
Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom
5.30pm FREE
Original songs and compelling stage
presence Irene Serras voice fronts a
fast-rising band previewing music from
their new album deliciously original
(London Jazz).
Evan Parker
Royal Academy of Arts, 6.30pm
Evan Parkers solo saxophone concerts are
mesmerising the hugely influential musician
plays, then discusses the connections between
free improv and abstract expressionism with
David Ryan.
Evan Parker
7 LISTINGS
Laura Zakian
National Portrait Gallery, 6.30pm FREE
Laura Zakians eclectic and ingenious
repertoire includes neglected standards and
original versions of contemporary songs, with
a focus on the timeless Sinatra songbook.
Kandace Springs
Jazz Voice Festival opening gala
Southbank Centre /
Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm
Guy Barkers orchestra provides the
setting for a stellar cast of vocalists in
a spectacular celebration of the singer
and the song. Hostedby Jay Rayner and
starring Allan Harris, Jacob Collier, John
Pizzarelli, KandaceSprings, Lizz Wright
andPollyGibbons.
Art Spiegelman, Phillip
Johnston Wordless!
Barbican, 7.30pm
Comic art and the graphic novel, as seen
through the eyes of one of the genres defining
creators, fuse with a jazz score.
Joey Alexander
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 7.30pm
Much anticipated London debut for the
outrageously talented 13-year-old Grammy-
nominated pianist, who demonstrates a
profound command of the jazz tradition.
Emile Parisien and
Vincent Peirani
Emile Parisien and
Vincent Peirani +
Nikki Yeoh
Kings Place / Hall 1, 8pm
Two shooting stars of French jazz an
elegant and passionate combination of
accordion and saxophone.
Anjali Perins Shorter Stories
Rabbit Hole, 8pm
New lyrical settings of music by Wayne
Shorter, Herbie Hancock and McCoy Tyner,
created by vocalist Anjali Perin.
Samuel Eagles Spirit
Spice of Life, 8pm
Saxophonist Samuel Eagles debuts music
from his new Whirlwind recording, Ask,
Seek and Knock.
Soothsayers meets Wu-Lu
Forge, 8pm
The afro/reggae/dub/funk stew that is
Soothsayers joins forces with producer/bassist
Wu-Lu and Hector Plimmers electronics.
Stephanie Trick &
Paolo Alderighi
St James Theatre, 8pm
Direct from the States, the brilliant piano duo
play classic jazz from the swing era, and from
the Harlem stride, blues and boogie tradition.
Remembering Gil Evans
with Andy Sheppard
Rich Mix, 8pm
Leader Laurent Cugny, his big band, and
saxophonist Andy Sheppard revisit their
1987 collaboration with a seminal figure
in big-band jazz.
Mike Walker, Iain Dixon, Guildhall
Jazz Band and Choir
Barbican / Milton Court, 8pm
Guildhall students are joined by members of
The Impossible Gentlemen.
Julian Sartorius
Kings Place / Hall 2, 8pm
Match and Fuse bring together artists in
collaborations that stretch the imagination
led by the sonic brilliance of Swiss
percussionist Julian Sartorius.
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Takuya Kuroda &
Makaya McCraven
Jazz Cafe, 8pm
Trumpet maestro Takuya Kuroda goes
head to head with Chicagos star drummer
Makaya McCraven in a double bill of new
Stateside talents.
Kurt Elling
Ronnie Scotts, 8.15pm
The Chicagoans 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.
Clark Tracey
Vortex, 8.30pm
Drummer Clark Tracey assumes the
mantle of an English Art Blakey, leading
a fiery quintet packed with precocious
young talent.
Maciej Sikala
Polish Jazz Caf POSK, 8.30pm
The award-winning saxophonist looks back
on four adventurous and expressive albums,
with a band featuring dynamic drummer
Asaf Sirkis.
Vole
Iklectik, 8.30pm
Roland Ramanans Vole let fly with funking,
punking improv played with all the raucous
glee of naughty children, interspersed with
two films by Miranda Pennell.
Down To The Bone
Hideaway, 9pm
British jazz-funk institution celebrate the
20th anniversary of their Grammy-nominated
album From Manhattan to Staten, with a full-
force live show.
Ant Law
The Crypt Camberwell, 9.15pm
New music from the innovative guitarist,
with a quintet bound to bring out the best in
his engaging, instantly memorable themes
(The Herald).
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Laurent Cugny leads
a big-band tribute to
Gil Evans at Rich Mix
Imaani & Kevin Leo
606 Club, 9.30pm
Incognitos Imaani and Kevin Leo two
charismatic vocalists join forces in a
night thats guaranteed to be strong on
soul and groove.
BBC Jazz Now
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 11pm
A live edition of the BBC Radio 3 show
presented by Soweto Kinch, featuring live
music from international Festival guests.
Tickets are free but must be reserved via
the BBC website.
Late-night jams
The music continues with a late-
night jam session/hang at Ronnie
Scotts and possibly other venues too.
Check online or call the venues for the
latest information.
Saturday 12 November
Family Jazz All-Stars
featuring Zoe Gilby
Cadogan Hall, 2pm FAMILY
A sell-out triumph in previous years, this
year will showcase the stunning vocals of
Zoe Gilby in an unmissable and friendly
show for all the family, from children to
grandparents. Age 5+
Ollie Howell
Forge, 2pm
Described by Quincy Jones as a 360-degree
beautiful young cat, drummer Ollie Howell
combines punchy musicality and a sure touch
as a composer.
Jazz and the City
Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room
2pm FREE/ TALK
Researcher-in-residence Dr Emma Webster,
and Professor George McKay of the University
of East Anglia, explore todays programme
and their current AHRC project, The Impact
of Festivals.
BBC Radio 3 Jazz Line-up
Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom, 2pm FREE
A live edition of the BBC Radio 3 show
presented by Claire Martin and Julian Joseph,
featuring sets from five Festival guests.
Jazz Record Requests
Barbican / FreeStage, 2pm FREE
A live edition of the BBC Radio 3 show
presented by Alyn Shipton, with the
chance for requesters to introduce their
selections in person.
Nick Costley-White
+ Mark Lewandowski
Iklectik, 2.30pm
Guitarist Costley-White explores the
world of Jerome Kern and Cole Porter,
while bassist Lewandowski creates fiery
interplay with Liam Noble, Tom Challenger
and Gene Calderazzo.
2 Pianos, 6 Pianists,
12 Hands & 60 Digits
St James Theatre, 2.30pm
Improvised piano magic from six
internationally renowned soloists
Paolo Alderighi, Darius Brubeck, Frank
Harrison, Chris Ingham, Joe Stilgoe and
Stephanie Trick.
Jazz for Toddlers
Discover, 2.30pm FAMILY/TAKE PART
See Friday 11 November at 11am for details.
Festivals and the City
Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room
2.45pm FREE/ TALK
Researcher-in-residence Dr Emma Webster
chairs a panel exploring how festivals are
shaped by cities and places and how festivals
in turn shape them. With Mikey Martins and
Steve Rubie.
Tord Gustavsen
Barbican / Milton Court, 3pm
The Norwegian pianist/composer plays
music from his lyrical ECM album What
Was Said with Afghan singer Simin Tander
and drummer Jarle Vespestad.
Ranjana Ghatak
Barbican / FreeStage, 3.45pm FREE
Singer Ranjana Ghatak grew up within
classical Indian vocal music, but has
evolved a glorious style of her own
thats all about contemporary Britain.
She's joined by Led Bibs lyrical bass
player Liran Donin.
Musicians in the City
Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room
4pm FREE/TALK
A chaired panel on life as a musician in
the city, featuring saxophonist Andy
Sheppard, pianist Sarah Tandy (Tomorrow's
Warriors) and Charles Umney (Leeds
Business School).
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Brad Mehldau and

Joshua Redman
play as a duo at
Helena Kay Cadogan Hall
Barbican / FreeStage, 5pm FREE
Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year
winner, saxophonist Helena Kay performs with
David Ingamells and Misha Mullov-Abbado.

Way In to the Way Out

Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room
5.30pm FREE/TALK
Lauren Kinsella and Kit Downes illustrate
their musical inspirations and way in to jazz
in our celebrated talk series.

Trish Clowes
Barbican / FreeStage, 6pm FREE
Intricate compositions juxtapose startling
melodies with gnarly lines, skronking textures
and earthy grooves in a new project with
guitarist Chris Montague and pianist/organist
Ross Stanley.
St Germain
Southbank Centre / Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm
A massive figure in todays electronic music,
St Germain remains at the cutting edge, with
a mix of deep house, African flavours, jazz and
killer grooves.
Lizz Wright sings
at Cadogan Hall
Lizz Wright + Jasmine Power
Cadogan Hall, 7.30pm
Emotional live presence and a terrific live
band, exploring Wright's gospel and folk roots
with the music from Freedom and Surrender.
Tord Gustavsen
Barbican / Milton Court, 7.30pm Jacob Collier
See 3pm for details.
Jacqui Dankworth: Shakespeare
and All That Jazz
artsdepot, 7.30pm
Shakespeares anniversary is marked by the (The Guardian).
gorgeous voice of Jacqui Dankworth, revisiting
the album recorded by her illustrious parents.
John Pizzarelli
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 7.30pm
Witty and wordly-wise, singer/guitarist John
Pizzarelli is a consummate interpreter of the
Great American Songbook and beyond. A rare
entertainer of the old school.
Nell Bryden
Shoreditch Town Hall, 8pm
After her BBC Radio 2 series, Nell
Bryden explores the golden era of jazz
vocalists, alongside music from her
Wayfarer album.
Brooklyn Bowl, 8pm
Astonishing multi-instrumental solo concept,
fused with spectacular visuals, mentored by
Quincy Jones, with an acclaimed new record,
this is jazz musics new messiah.
Killer grooves from
St Germain at
Southbank Centre

Joshua Redman /
Brad Mehldau duo
Barbican, 8pm
Sparks fly as two towering figures in
progressive jazz engage in a series of intimate
saxophone/piano conversations.

The EFG London Jazz Festival hits The Streets this

weekend, with FREE performances from artists in:
Woolwich Friday 11 Saturday 12 November
Kingston Saturday 12 November
Ilford Friday 11 Saturday 12 November
Leyton Saturday 12 November
Artists include Allan Harris, Adam Ben Ezra, Natalie
Williams, Perhaps Contraption, Polly Gibbons, Randolph
Matthews, and Vimala Rowe and John Etheridge.
Visit www.thestreets.london for full details.
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Kandace Springs
Rich Mix, 8pm
After supporting Gregory Porter and with a
new Blue Note album, Soul Eyes, Kandace
Springs is rapidly emerging as a major new
vocal talent.
Michael Wollny Trio
+ Andrew McCormack
Kings Place / Hall 1, 8pm
Long-overdue London concert for an
electrifying piano trio. Pianist and musical
inventor, Wollnys explosive impact on the
European scene has been a jazz revelation.
Plaistow + Vyamanikal
Kings Place / Hall 2, 8pm
Plaistow probe influences from minimalism
to the Middle East, while Kit Downes and
Tom Challenger set a transcendent dialogue
between saxophones and harmonium.
Byron Wallen
Club Ingales, 8pm
Trumpeter Byron Wallen meets Korean
taegum flute player Hyelim Kim, with resident
band Notes Ingales. Visit clubinegales.com
for Academy Ingales, giving you the
opportunity to play with these musicians.
Julie Sassoon
+ Hannes Riepler / Jasper Blom
Vortex, 8pm
The transnational face of European jazz
brings together Julie Sassoons pianistics
with an international quartet, while
guitarist Hannes Riepler teams up with
the leading Dutch saxophonist.
Brass Funkeys
Spice of Life, 8pm
The Funkeys roll from a New Orleans-fuelled
exuberance into reggae, hip hop and swing,
in a live show bursting at the seams with
infectious energy.
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Brass Funkeys
bring some New
Orleans flavour
to Spice of Life
Kutonoka + Tony Dudu
Forge, 8pm
Angolan rhythms meet Afro-jazz, blues,
funk and much, much more in a foot-
stamping heady brew, fronted by guitarist
Tony Dudu.
Darius Brubeck
St James Theatre, 8pm
Darius Brubeck brings his quartet featuring
saxophonist Dave OHiggins in a set ranging
through South African themes and the great
Brubeck catalogue.
Kurt Elling
Ronnie Scotts, 8.15pm
See Friday 11 November at 8.15pm for details.
Terrace Martin and
The Polly Seeds
Jazz Cafe, 8.30pm
London debut for the notable rapper,
producer, saxophonist This is jazz the
way Glasper is jazz. Martin mixes pieces of
the genre with others, setting a vibe thats
uniquely his (Pitchfork).
Samuel Hllkvist / Noel Taylor/
Ruth Goller / Charles Hayward
+ Charlie Stacey
Iklectik, 8.30pm
High-energy rhythms awash with
the thunderous drumnbass of
Goller and Hayward, guitarist Samuel
Hllkvists set is complemented by a
solo set from pianist Charlie Stacey.
Martha High
Hideaway, 9pm
Following decades on the road
with James Brown and Maceo
Parker, Martha High releases her
solo soul album Singing for the
See Partikel play at
Good Times. the PizzaExpress
Jazz Club
Alice Zawadzki and
Jamie Safiruddin
Live At Zdel, 9pm
Anglo-Polish singer and violinist Alice
Zawadzki re-imagines the Joni Mitchell
songbook together with pianist/composer
Jamie Safiruddin.
Guitar Journey
The Crypt Camberwell, 9.15pm
Two virtuosic acoustic guitarists Sardinian
Giorgio Serci and Jonny Phillips, leader of
Latin-influenced band Oriole share their
passion for the guitar.
Saxophone Summit
606 Club, 9.30pm
Four fine saxophonists Peter King, Jean
Toussaint, Josh Arcoleo and Tom Harrison
play with the Robin Aspland Trio.
John Pizzarelli
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 10.30pm
See 7.30pm for details.
Partisans
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 11.45pm
A special set from Partisans, co-led by Phil
Robson (guitars) and Julian Siegel (saxophone
and bass clarinet), with Thad Kelly (bass) and
Gene Calderazzo (drums).
Sunday 13 November
Jazz for Toddlers
Kings Place / Hall 2, 11am FAMILY/TAKE PART
See Friday 11 November at 11am for details.
Allan Harris
artsdepot, Midday FREE
Brooklyn-born, Harlem-based Allan Harris
is the real deal the jazz tradition is alive and
extremely well, in the hands and voice of a
supremely gifted singer/guitarist.
Patchwork Jazz Orchestra
606 Club, 1.30pm
Plugged into the spirit of the current London
scene (Julian Joseph), Patchwork features
some of the most talented soloists and
composers of the new generation.
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Jazz for Toddlers
Kings Place / Hall 2, 1.30pm
FAMILY/TAKE PART
See Friday 11 November at 11am for details.
Partikel
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 1.30pm
Duncan Eagles and Ant Law front an
acclaimed quartet whose multinational
influences bring a 21st-century twist to
contemporary jazz.
Jessica Radcliffe
Spice of Life, 1.30pm
The Remembrance Project draw together
poetry, music and documentary sources
to create a contemporary evocation of the
Great War.
Diz Watson and The Doormen
Hideaway, 2pm
Steeped in the spirit of New Orleans, Diz
Honey Bear Watson is a treasure of British
blues and jazz Diz is great (Dr John).
Ivo Neame & Maciek Pysz
Forge, 2pm
Intricate interplay and instrumental brilliance
are the hallmark of a skilled piano/guitar duo,
in a repertoire of music by Hermeto Pascoal
and their own compositions.
12 LISTINGS
Royal Welsh College
of Music & Drama
Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom,
2pm FREE
A showcase featuring RWCMD music students,
where jazz alumni includes Dave Stapleton
and Jonny Bruce.
Serious Sing with Gavino Murgia
Barbican / Frobisher Rooms,
2pm TAKE PART
Explore new vocal styles in a fun, informal
setting with this extraordinary Sardinian
singer. Ninety-minute workshops for all
abilities. Age 12+
Twisted Toons
Cinema Museum,
2pm FAMILY/TAKE PART
The wacky world of sonic slapstick and
audio absurdity Stuart Brown recreates the
extraordinary musical backdrop to the cartoon
antics of Bugs Bunny and Tom and Jerry.
score, and an array of singers and actors
Sam Walkers
Ballads in the Dark
Rabbit Hole, 3pm
Saxophone and piano in total darkness explore
a dynamic between sound and light haunting
melodies from the standard repertoire mixed
with the influences of northern Scotland.
Pulcinella - Chat
Cockpit, 3pm FAMILY
A cat roams Paris in search of freedom.
Sparkling stories for children from five
to 105, blending jazz, tango and eastern
European sounds.
Jazz and Europe: David Toop
Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function
Room, 3pm FREE/TALK
Based on his recent book Into the
Maelstrom, sonic experimenter David
Toop explores the transition from jazz to
free improvisation in post-war Europe.
Classical Meets Jazz
Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom,
3.30pm FREE
An exploration of the intersection
between classical music and jazz
featuring young musicians from
Hackney and tuba master Andy Grappy.
London Jazz Orchestra
Vortex, 3.30pm
Major UK composers Kenny Wheeler,
John Taylor and Stan Sulzmann
included have written music for
this big band, led by Scott Stroman
and celebrating 25 years.
The Jan Garbarek
Group perform at
Southbank Centre
Allan Harris
appears at
artsdepot and as
part of The Streets
WordTheatre And
All That Jazz Redux
St James Theatre, 4pm
Pianist James Pearson improvises an original
illuminate the story of jazz as told by its
greatest personalities.
Adam Hughes + Seed
+ Alexandra Ridout
Iklectik, 4pm
The jazz future is here three bands and
more than 20 talented young players play
their way through the myriad of influences
that defines jazz today, as part of the
JazzNewBloodALIVE series.
Vein
Barbican / FreeStage, 4pm FREE
Beguiling and harmonious, spiky and
occasionally anarchic Swiss trio Vein
create sublime sounds with major
saxophone talent Greg Osby a rare
and unmissable combination.
Jazz and Europe:
Francesco Martinelli
Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room
4.30pm FREE/TALK
Journalist, historian, producer and promoter
Francesco Martinelli leads a discussion
focusing on his book The History of European
Jazz, along with Duncan Heining, author of
the England entry.
(Im)Possibilities
Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom
4.45pm FREE
New music from (Im)Possibilities in a
collaboration with leading vibraphonist
Orphy Robinson.
Mark Lockheart
Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom
6pm FREE
A major new jazz/orchestral project featuring
the Trinity Laban Shapeshifter Ensemble
conducted by John Ashton Thomas alongside
Liam Noble, Seb Rochford, Tom Herbert and
John Parricelli.
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Jazz and Europe:
Fiona Talkington
Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function
Room, 6pm FREE/TALK
Fiona Talkington, founding presenter of
Late Junction, leads a discussion about
the growth of the Norwegian jazz scene
with The Sound of the North author
Luca Vitali.
John Cervantes
Forge, 6.30pm
Flamenco jazz to lift the spirits an
intoxicating mesh of hand-clapping,
foot-stamping exuberance, with pianist
John Cervantes, flautist Gareth Lockrane
and dancer Jesus Olmedo.
Bruno Heinen and
Kristian Borring
Rabbit Hole, 7pm
Musical empathy and telepathy characterise
a series of piano/guitar duets inspired by
the classic recordings of Bill Evans and
Jim Hall.
Jan Garbarek Group
featuring Trilok Gurtu
Southbank Centre /
Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm
Hymnal and sparse, playful and serious,
the Norwegian saxophonist returns with
his long-established quartet, featuring the
effervescent polyrhythms of percussionist
Trilok Gurtu.
Elza Soares
Barbican, 7.30pm
The Queen of Brazil (Gilles Peterson)
walks a musical tightrope between
avant-rock and dirty samba, drawn
from her album, The Woman at the
End of the World.
Re-imagining Sondheim
Barbican / Milton Court, 7.30pm
Homage and celebration, pianist Anthony
de Mare plays from his superb ECM
album specially commissioned pieces
inspired by Sondheim, from Steve Reich
to Wynton Marsalis.
Eyes of a Blue Dog
+ Overground Collective
Vortex, 7.30pm
Electronica and acoustic soundscapes from
a distinctively Nordic/UK trip of Rory
Simmons, Terje Evensen and Elisabeth
Nygaard, plus Paulo Dias Duartes wildly
unorthodox big band.
Pulcinella
Cockpit, 7.30pm
Dynamic storytelling through
compositions and arrangements,
with the band blending jazz, rock,
tango and eastern European music
to create musical stories and vivid,
sparkling pictures.
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Piano trio
The Bad Plus
feature at Scala
Bahla
Omnibus, 7.30pm
The imagined travels of a Sephardic Jewish
family searching for a new home, told
through music timeless themes of exile
and migration that span centuries.
The Bad Plus +
Binker & Moses
Scala, 8pm
With a new album of genre-jumping covers,
the Plus redefine the piano trio while Binker
Golding and Moses Boyd are this years jazz
breakthrough act.
James Blood Ulmer Are You Glad
To Be In America? + Black Top
Rich Mix, 8pm
Blood defined post-punk jazz attitude with a
visceral collision of blues and funk that rocks
the senses Orphy Robinson and Pat Thomas
add further edge.
Dean Brown Band
Ronnie Scotts, 8pm
High-octane electric jazz from a guitarist
who has rocked out in style with the Brecker
Brothers, David Sanborn and Marcus Miller.
Martha High
Hideaway, 8pm
See Saturday 12 November at 9pm for details.
Matt Wilson
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 8pm
Renowned for his work with jazz giants Joe
Lovano and John Scofield, here the New York
drummer presents his latest album Beginning
of a Memory.
Ben Somers Brass Hysteria
Spice of Life, 8pm
Multi-instrumentalist Ben Somers takes the
traditional marching band into infectious new
territory with verve and panache.
Tribute to Mark Murphy
606 Club, 8.30pm
A clutch of fine vocalists celebrate a much-
loved and influential jazz maestro. Ian Shaw,
Anita Wardell, Gill Manly and Pete Churchill
join the London Vocal Project.
Ben van Gelder
Green Note, 8.30pm
Making waves on todays New York scene,
saxophonist van Gelder brings a shimmering
luminescence to his energetic quintet, making
its London debut.
Zhenya Strigalevs Never
Zigfrid Von Underbelly, 8.30pm
Quirky abandon and the promise of the
unexpected Strigalev brings together an
international band featuring drummer
Nasheet Waits, pianist Ivo Neame and bassist
Linley Marthe.
Adam Osmianski
+ Project Terrarium
Salisbury, 8.30pm
Drummer Osmianski leads a classy organ trio
full of energy and drive, opposite the vibrant
Terrarium mix of transglobal sounds.
Vlad Miller
+ Notes From Underground
Iklectik, 8.45pm
Versatile and subtly interactive, the melodies
and colourful improv of pianist Vlad Millers
quartet are derived from jazz and Russian
music traditions.
Late-night jams
The music continues with a late-night jam
session/hang at the Vortex and possibly other
places too. Check online or call the venues for
the latest information.
Monday 14 November
Groove Baby
Rich Mix, 10.30am FAMILY
A new family show, Groove into the Woods,
mixing storytelling, interactive music-making
and movement (for the little ones) with
outstanding jazz, soul and funk (for everyone).
Up to age 5
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Estelle Kokot & Kate Shortt
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 1pm FREE
Improvising cellist Shortt joins the South
African grooves of Kokot music rooted
in the jazz tradition with a modern twist.
Adam Ben Ezra
Cadogan Hall / Foyer, 2.30pm FREE
See Friday 11 November at 1pm for details.
Phil Meadows Project
Foyles, 6pm
Award-winning British saxophone player and
one of the National Youth Jazz Orchestras
musical directors, Phil Meadows presents his
exciting new ensemble.
Miles Ahead with Soweto Kinch
Royal Albert Hall / Elgar Room, 7pm
FILM/TALK
A screening of Don Cheadles acclaimed Miles
Davis biopic, followed by a Q&A hosted by
jazz and hip hop star Soweto Kinch.
SFJAZZ Collective play
Michael Jackson
Cadogan Hall, 7.30pm
An all-star ensemble including Miguel
Zenn, David Snchez, Sean Jones and Robin
Eubanks, alongside a fiery rhythm section,
focus on the King of Pop, Michael Jackson.
A superbrain for what jazz sounds like now
(NY Times)
The all-star SFJAZZ
Collective ensemble come
to the Cadogan Hall
Birdsong, Can Yr Adar
St Johns Downshire Hill, 7.30pm
First English performance of this orchestral
fusing of soul-folk and jazz, featuring
Gwilym Simcock, Welsh/Bajan artist Kizzy
Crawford and an ensemble from leading
Welsh chamber orchestra Sinfonia Cymru.
Robert Glasper Experiment
KOKO, 8pm
Sonic explorer Glasper revisits his
electric side, drawing on jazz, hip hop,
R&B and rock, with a new version of the
Experiment, playing from their new Blue
Note album, ArtScience.
14 LISTINGS
The Stuart Hall Project: Live
Peter Edwards and the NCO
Ensemble play Miles Davis
Rich Mix, 8pm
Peter Edwards leads the Nu Civilisation
Orchestra Ensemble in a reimagining of the
Miles Davis soundtrack, alongside a screening
of John Akomfrahs film about the academic
and thinker Stuart Hall.
QCBA with Dennis Rollins
Hideaway, 8pm
One of the hardest-hitting trumpet/saxophone
frontlines in the business, Quentin Collins and
Brandon Allen team up with funk trombonist
Dennis Rollins.
Graham Harvey
Elgin, 8pm
On the final stop of their UK tour, this concert
will be recorded for the trios forthcoming live
album of swinging straight-ahead jazz.
Matt Roberts BigISH Band Plays
Duke Ellington
Spice of Life, 8pm
Day one of a residency from this charismatic
trumpeter and composer features new
arrangements and original compositions
inspired by Duke Ellingtons classics.
Catch the Robert
Glasper Experiment
at KOKO
YolanDa Brown
plays with a
10-piece band
at the Barbican
LUMEkestra + Ripsaw Catfish
+ Entropi
Iklectik, 8pm
A boundary-pushing triple bill including
the first performance of LUMEkestra, a shape-
shifting gathering of improvising musicians
from across the UK.
Marcus Roberts
Ronnie Scotts, 8.15pm
Virtuosic US trio featuring Jason Marsalis
(drums) and Rodney Jordan (bass) play
from the jazz tradition a powerfully
rhythmic, melodic sound filled with
dynamic contrast.
Bureau of Atomic Tourism
+ Liam Noble / Mark Lewandowski/
Paul Clarvis
Vortex, 8.30pm
An astonishing avant-garde free-jazz
outfit exploring the space between jazz,
rock, noise and electronics playing from
their new album, Hapax Legomena.
John Etheridge and
Vimala Rowe
606 Club, 8.30pm
A mouth-watering combination of
the swing, soulful passion and hint
of Indian exoticism of Rowe and Etheridge,
one of the best guitarists in the world
(Pat Metheny).
Kirk MacDonald
Pheasantry, 8.30pm
A bridge between traditional and modern
saxophone playing in a rare London
appearance from the multi-award-winning
Canadian performer and composer.
Matt Wilson
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 8.30pm
See Sunday 13 November at 8pm for details.
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Giacomo Smith and Adrian Cox
Live At Zdel, 9pm
Two of the scenes most engaging clarinettists
take a musical journey from New Orleans to
Paris - its a seated show but nobodys going to
make you sit down.
Late-night jams
The music continues with a late-night jam
session/hang at Ronnie Scotts and possibly
other places too. Check online or call the
venues for the latest information.
Tuesday 15 November
Groove Baby
Southbank Centre / Level 5 Function Room,
10.30am FAMILY
See Monday 14 November at 10.30am for details.
Jazz for Toddlers
Rich Mix, 11am FAMILY/TAKE PART
See Friday 11 November at 11am for details.
Sren Bebe
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 1pm FREE
London debut for Bebes intriguing mix
of jazz-folk from his new album, Home.
A sense of folk-like simplicity, with
mourning melodies blossoming like shy
night-flowers (All About Jazz).
Jazz for Toddlers
Rich Mix, 1.30pm FAMILY/TAKE PART
See Friday 11 November at 11am for details.
Brandon Allen
Cadogan Hall / Foyer, 2.30pm FREE
A tribute to the Chicago saxophonist Gene
Ammons with music spanning his entire
career, from the late 40s to the mid 70s.
Black Dylan
Barbican / FreeStage, 5.45pm FREE
Danish duo put a contemporary spin
on 60s soul and classic R&B, performing
from new album Hey Stranger. Warm
glow of nostalgia, with some 2016 grit
(The Guardian).
Ezra Collective
Foyles, 6pm
A young band born out of the 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.
15 LISTINGS
AZIZA featuring Dave Holland,
Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke and
Eric Harland + Elliot Galvin
Cadogan Hall, 7.30pm
True jazz supergroup featuring a mouth-
watering combination of some of the best
jazz musicians on the planet.
YolanDa Brown with
Shingai Shoniwa
Barbican, 8pm
Saxophonist YolanDa Brown performs her
Reggae Love Songs show with music from her
new album, featuring a 10-piece band and
vocalist Shingai Shoniwa from The Noisettes.
Robert Glasper Experiment
KOKO, 8pm SOLD OUT
See Monday 14 November at 8pm for extra show.
Donny McCaslin + Skint
Rich Mix, 8pm
The band of choice for David Bowie on his final
recording, featuring keyboardist Jason Lindner,
bassist Tim Lefebvre and drummer Mark
Guiliana. This is one of todays signature bands,
playing freewheeling, grooving electric jazz.
Robin Finckers Bedmakers + Dice
Factory + Peedu Kasss Momentum
Vortex, 8pm
A triple bill curated by Dice Factory with a
new group of Robin Finckers from Toulouse
and the trio of Estonian pianist Peedu Kass.
Allison Neale / Colin Oxley
Elgin, 8pm
An authentic recreation of the magical pairing
of saxophonist Paul Desmond and guitarist
Jim Hall.
Matt Roberts BigISH Band Plays
Gil Evans
Spice of Life, 8pm
The second night of this residency features fresh
arrangements, re-harmonisations and new
compositions exploring the music of Gil Evans.
Louise Marshall and Derek Nash
St James Theatre, 8pm
An established star with Jools Holland,
David Gilmour and Roxy Music. Hear Louise
Marshall's fiery take on blues, soul and the
Great American Songbook.
Marcus Roberts
Ronnie Scotts, 8.15pm
See Monday 14 November at 8.15pm for details.
The Comet is Coming
XOYO, 8.30pm
A meeting of cosmic minds Shabaka
Hutchings, Danalogue and Betamax. Bright
lights. Iridescent molten jazz. Deafening
noise. Cosmic grooves from this years
Mercury nominees. A celebration.
BLINQ
Shoreditch Town Hall, 8.30pm
Rare opportunity to see this hugely
popular quartet of top British vocalists
Liane Carroll, Ian Shaw, Natalie Williams
and Brendan Reilly with pianist and
arranger Gwilym Simcock.
Kate Williams and Gareth Lockrane
606 Club, 8.30pm
Lockrane guests with the Williams trio and
the Guastalla String Quartet on their brilliant
album Four Plus Three before premiering
arrangements written for this show.
Donny McCaslin
performs at Rich Mix
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Catch trumpeter
Christian Scott
at Scala
Kirk MacDonald
Pheasantry, 8.30pm
See Monday 14 November at 8.30pm for details.
Filomena Campus
with Gavino Murgia
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 8.30pm
Featuring Gavino Murgia, a truly astonishing
throat singer, Campus quartet present
their forthcoming album, Queen Mab, a
tribute to Brazilian masters and traditional
Sardinian music.
Alex Hitchcock + Ashley Henry
Green Note, 8.30pm
One to watch in 2016 (Jazzwise) a quintet
featuring some of the most exciting and
distinctive rising stars from Londons vibrant
jazz scene.
Future Currents
Iklectik, 8.30pm
Launching their self-titled debut EP, a
collection of wildly explorative tracks from
the guitar fans dream line-up - Alex Roth,
Chris Montague and Chris Sharkey.
Matthew Halsall &
The Gondwana Orchestra
Islington Assembly Hall, 9pm
Premiering new material, Halsall brings
the latest version of his Gondwana Orchestra
to the festival with his soulful take on
spiritual jazz.
Jay Rayner
Live At Zdel, 9.30pm
See 7pm for details.
Late-night jams
The music continues with a late-night jam
session/hang at Ronnie Scotts and possibly
other places too. Check online or call the
venues for the latest information.
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Wednesday 16 November
Adam Ben Ezra
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 1pm FREE
See Friday 11 November at 1pm for details.
Randolph Matthews
Cadogan Hall / Foyer, 2.30pm FREE
Vocalist Randolph is a musical volcano of clicks
and glottal stops, his percussive melodies and
songs composed with the audience.
Maria Chiara Argir
Foyles, 6pm
Original compositions blend classical music and
folk traditions with the influence of figures like
John Taylor, Kenny Wheeler and Brad Mehldau.
Adam Ben Ezra
Barbican / FreeStage, 6pm FREE
See Friday 11 November at 1pm for details.
Lizzie Ball and James Pearson
Live At Zdel, 7pm
Maverick violinist makes her Festival debut
paying tribute to Stphane Grappelli and
George Shearing, performing specially created
arrangements of their 1973 Reunion album.
Miguel Atwood Ferguson Suite
for Ma Dukes + Carlos Nino
Barbican, 7.30pm
Fantastically complex and head-noddingly
simple (The Guardian) the music of
J Dilla, the Mozart of hip hop, is reinvented
in a revolutionary statement from a key
figure in todays musical hothouse.
Norma Winstone:
75th birthday celebration
Cadogan Hall, 7.30pm
Gala concert featuring a vocalist at the
forefront of jazz innovation for five decades.
Singing with a full orchestra and the celebrated
ECM-recorded European Trio, includes a new
commission by Vince Mendoza.
Tim Garland celebrates
Stan Getz and Chick Corea
Wigmore Hall, 7.30pm
In his 50th birthday year, Tim Garland plays
new arrangements of pieces by Chick Corea
and premieres his responses to Stan Getzs
Focus. Accompanied by the Sacconi Quartet.
Leon Greening
+ Ofer Landesberg
Elgin, 7.30pm
Greening moulds the influences of Victor
Feldman and Dudley Moore in a nod towards
his forthcoming hard bop album.
Christian Scott
Scala, 8pm
Following his genre-melting set at last
years Festival, trumpeter Scott returns with
a new band, new album and new sound.
Sona Jobarteh
Rich Mix, 8pm
Tradition-busting female kora virtuoso plays
music from her debut album, Fasiya, and
introduces material from her forthcoming
release, Taamo.
Jos James + Lunch Money
Jazz Cafe, 8pm
One of the leading neo soul artists to come
from America in the past decade, Jos James
neatly straddles the bridges between jazz and
hip hop to electrifying effect.
Nia Lynn, Noemi Nuti &
Taylor Notcutt
Spice of Life, 8pm
Three of the UKs most innovative vocalists
perform a set each, in a night culminating in
a seriously high-spirited jam.
Norma Winstone
celebrates a
special birthday
concert at
Cadogan Hall
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Kora virtuoso
Sona Jobarteh
plays at Rich Mix
Shez Raja Collective
Forge, 8pm
Celebrating their brand of powerhouse
Indo-jazz funk, the Collective perform
from their latest album, Gurutopia.
Miles Davis: From Bop to Blue
St James Theatre, 8pm
Following on from 2015s exploration of
Horace Silver, Chris Inghams expanded
REBOP plays the music of Miles Davis, from
his early days through to So What.
Marcus Strickland Twi-Life
Ronnie Scotts, 8.15pm
Following his sold-out Festival appearances
with the Blue Note All-Stars and Chris
Daves Drumhedz in 2014, multi-reedist
and beatmaker Marcus Strickland returns
with his trailblazing new Twi-Life band.
Medusa Beats & The Enemy
Vortex, 8.30pm
With rip-roaring groove and snapping
physicality (The Guardian), Kit Downes The
Enemy double-bills with a new international
trio, Medusa Beats, featuring Benoit Delbecq.
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.
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Fellow Creatures
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 8.30pm
A new band from bassist Jasper Hiby fusing
the infectious grooves of a Phronesis rhythm
section with the off-kilter hooks of Polar
Bear (London Jazz News).
Lawrence Casserley
at 75 (Part One)
Iklectik, 8.30pm
Two-night residency celebrating the
75th birthday of live sound processor
Lawrence Casserley. Tonights
programme features Oxford Improvisers
and a dynamic trio combining
instrumental and electronic sound.
Jeff Williams
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 11.45pm
A late-night set from a first-rate drummer
performing music from Outlier, his acclaimed
album released on Whirlwind earlier this year.
Late-night jams
The music continues with a late-night jam
session/hang at Ronnie Scotts and possibly
other places too. Check online or call the
venues for the latest information.
Thursday 17 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.
Alexandra Ridout
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 1pm FREE
Alexandra Ridout introduces her talented
quintet performing originals and standards,
from classic jazz to DAngelo.
The impressive
ensemble of
The Cookers play
at Cadogan Hall
Professor Mark Smith
and Mike Fletcher
Regent Street Cinema, 2pm FREE/TALK
What is the aesthetic value of jazz in everyday
life? How do people understand sounds? Does
it reveal their cultural assumptions? A lecture
illustrated with live music.
Allan Harris
Cadogan Hall / Foyer, 2.30pm FREE
See Sunday 13 November at midday for details.
Nrija
Foyles, 6pm
Fresh from a stunning set opening for Ernest
Ranglin, a chance to hear this tradition-
busting group, inspired by jazz, hip hop,
Afrobeat and highlife.
Hailey Tuck
Live At Zdel, 7pm
Raised on a diet of black-and-white movies,
1930s jazz and vintage dresses, vocalist
Hailey Tuck premieres an expanded version
of her band, performing a set inspired by her
move from the US to Paris.
The Cookers + Chico Freeman
Cadogan Hall, 7.30pm
Eddie Henderson, Billy Harper, Cecil
McBee, Billy Hart and David Weiss are at
the heart of an electrifying seven-piece
that transports the transcendental jazz of the
60s and 70s into the 21st century opposite
the brilliant saxophonist Chico Freeman
playing his first London concert in years.
Pre-concert talk with The Cookers at 6pm
free to ticket holders.
Hackney Colliery Band
Village Underground, 7.30pm
One of the greatest live bands we have
in this country (BBC) present their latest
album, Sharpener.
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Live broadcasts, concert recordings and highlights
from the festival, along with additional features on
BBC Radio 3 throughout November and December.
Jazz Line-Up
(Saturday 12th November, 2pm, Southbank Centre, Clore Ballroom)
The Jazz Line-Up stage is hosted by Claire Martin and
Julian Joseph, with performances by festival artists from
the UK and beyond.

Jazz Record Requests

LIVE BROADCAST
Jazz Now
(Friday 11th November, 11pm, PizzaExpress Jazz Club)
Soweto Kinch presents Jazz Now from PizzaExpress Jazz Club,
Soho, with live music from artists appearing during the festival,
including piano prodigy Joey Alexander, and the charismatic
American jazz singer Lizz Wright.
RECORDINGS FOR FUTURE BROADCASTS
(Saturday 12th November, 2pm, Barbican Freestage)
Join presenter Alyn Shipton for a special festival edition of
the show with live music, when requesters will have the chance
to introduce their selections in person.
RELATED PROGRAMMING
In Tune
BBC Radio 3s drive-time show features guests from the
festival playing live in the studio.

Jazz Now
(Sunday 20th November, 7pm, Cadogan Hall)
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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).

Atila Huseyin & Emilia Mrtensson

Freddie Gavita +
Will Arnold-Forster
Elgin, 7.30pm
A joyful and swinging ride through the life
of trumpet legend Clifford Brown, plus Will
Forsters trio playing their take on the Rodgers
and Hart songbook.
Hitchcocks The Lodger
with Gwilym Simcock
St Johns Downshire Hill, 7.30pm
In classic silent movie style, Gwilym
Simcock plays an improvised piano
score to this 1927 film, directed by Alfred
Hitchcock and starring Ivor Novello.
Joe Stilgoe A Celebration
of GeneKelly
LSO St Lukes, 8pm
The world premiere of Joes new show
about the legendary dancer, singer, director
and choreographer, performed by Joe and
his band.
Rabbit Hole, 8pm
With arrangements for trio, strings and wind,
Huseyin draws on Nelson Riddle and the
American songbook; Mrtensson includes
originals alongside Scandinavian folk music
and contemporary classical composers.
Ashley Henry
Spice of Life, 8pm
Clearly influenced by hip hop, but with their
roots firmly in jazz, a next-generation piano
trio flex their muscles.
Trigon
Forge, 8pm
If Romanian gypsy maestros Taraf de
Hadouks had ever jammed with fusion
legends Weather Report then it might have
sounded something like this.
Elaine Delmar
St James Theatre, 8pm
A singer of the very highest calibre, Delmar has
long been revered for a voice and personality
that has captivated audiences worldwide.

Jazz at Lauderdale House

Fitkin Band
Rich Mix, 8pm
Composer Graham Fitkins nine-piece
mixes edgy pulsating sounds with driving
rhythmic precision, treating minimalism
and contemporary music in irreverent
exuberant fashion.
Enrico Rava with Matthew Herbert
and Giovanni Guidi + Gavino Murgia
Kings Place / Hall 1, 8pm
First UK performance of an acoustic/
electronica collaboration featuring trumpeter
Rava, a hero of European jazz, the massively
talented young pianist Guidi, and Herberts
innovative approach to sampling.
Ashley Henry blends
hip hop and jazz at
Spice of Life
Opening Party
Lauderdale House, 8pm
Great jazz will light up these historic galleries,
celebrating the venues re-opening after a
major refurbishment and welcoming new
faces and old friends, such as Ian Shaw and
Liane Carroll.
Marcus Strickland Twi-Life
Ronnie Scotts, 8.15pm
See Wednesday 16 November at 8.15pm
for details.
Peter Bernstein
606 Club, 8.30pm
This guitarist has a featherlight touch, an
encyclopaedic knowledge of chords and the
ability to play standards like hes inventing
them on the spot (LA Daily News).
Resolution 88
Hideaway, 8.30pm
Heavy Fender Rhodes jazz funk and broken
beats, as the band launch their second studio
album, Afterglow. Think The Headhunters for
the new millennium.
Polly Gibbons with James Pearson
Pheasantry, 8.30pm
Fresh from supporting George Benson
and Gladys Knight, a chance to hear a
much-talked-about vocalist in an intimate
club setting.
Julian Lage
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 8.30pm
Intriguing US guitarist draws on traditional
and acoustic forms as well as jazz, playing
from his new album, Arclight.
Lawrence Casserley at 75
(Part Two)
Iklectik, 8.30pm
Electronic innovator Lawrence Casserley
concludes his 75th birthday celebrations with
a programme of two trios formed from some
of his frequent collaborators.
Trance Map
Vortex, 8.45pm
Saxophonist Evan Parker leads an Anglo-
French combination. Toma Gouband
plays tuned stones and, with turntablist/
sonic artist Matt Wright, creates an organic
drone over which Parker and pianist Benot
Delbecq improvise.
Ethereal World
The Crypt Camberwell, 9.30pm
Led by flautist Rowland Sutherland and
percussionist Jackie Walduck, a highly
skilled ensemble working in cross-cultural,
free improvisation and experimental music
create a club night.
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Julia Biel Denys Baptiste & Tomorrows
Royal Albert Hall / Elgar Room, 9.45pm Warriors - Late Trane
Julia Biel blends vocals reminiscent of Foyles / The Jazz Salon, 6pm
the greats of jazzs golden age with a poetic Outstanding British saxophonist Denys
yet sharp perspective on contemporary Baptiste talks and plays his way through
life and love. the late-period John Coltrane, with a
cracking band featuring Gary Crosby.
TriForce 5ive
Mau Mau Bar, 10pm Allan Harris
jazz re:freshed have an eye for talent here Barbican / FreeStage, 6pm FREE
they present a young hip hop, neo-soul jazz- See Sunday 13 November at midday.
infused band who launch their debut album.
Sarah Jane Morris
Late-night jams and Antonio Forcione
The music continues with a late-night jam Live At Zdel, 7pm
session/hang at Ronnie Scotts and possibly Songs of conscience and passion strike sparks
other places too. Check online or call the between the seasoned tones of a great vocalist
venues for the latest information. and a superb guitarist, launching their album
Compared to What.
Friday 18 November William Bell
Barbican, 7.30pm
Elchin Shirinov A timeless soul voice who helped define
Pheasantry, 1pm FREE the sound of Stax Records returns to the
Interweaving arrangements of traditional limelight with his acclaimed new record,
Azerbaijan music with new compositions, This is Where I Live.
pianist Shirinov leads a trio of real class.
1956: A Jazz Jubilee
Allan Harris Cadogan Hall, 7.30pm
Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom Pete Longs hard-swinging big band and guest
1pm FREE singers celebrate five great albums from a year
See Sunday 13 November at midday. that saw Ella, Sinatra, Basie and Ellington
in their prime.
Mosaic
Cadogan Hall / Foyer, 2.30pm FREE Jason Moran
Launching his album Subterranea on Barbican / Milton Court, 7.30pm
Edition Records, Kenny Wheeler Prize- Consistently inventive, pianist/composer Jason
winning vibraphonist Ralph Wyld unites Moran reflects on a world where underground
jazz and chamber music. cultures reset the cultural clock, with his own
Bandwagon augmented by a Polish chamber
Perhaps Contraption ensemble, commissioned by the Jazztopad
Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom Festival, Wroclaw.
5.30pm FREE
A progressive brass band they march, Bugge Wesseltoft
they dance, they play loud, they create Residency Beady Belle
an exuberant musical experience that + Isabel Srlings Farvel
sounds like Frank Zappa meeting Sufjan Kings Place / Hall 1, 7.30pm
Stevens in a fairground. Bugge Wesseltoft marks 20 years since
he fused Nordic
electronica with
club culture and
Jazzland in the New
Conception of Jazz,
with the minimalist
tension of Isabel
Srling opposite
Beady Belle. Pre-
concert talk with
Bugge Wesseltoft
at 6pm free to
ticket holders.
Catch Bugge
Wesseltofts 20th
anniversary residency
at Kings Place
Carleen
Anderson
sings at the
Jazz Cafe
Artie Zaitz + Gabriel Latchin
Elgin, 7.30pm
Artie Zaitz pays homage to Grant Greens
classic guitar/organ Blue Note sound of the
60s and pianist Latchin conjures the spirits
of Hank Jones and Tommy Flanagan.
Mads Mathias
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 7.30pm
Inspired by Nat King Cole, Sinatra and
the great crooners, Mads effortlessly
charming vocal delivery captures the
romantic soul.
Slowly Rolling Camera &
Oddarrang
Rich Mix, 8pm
A special Edition Records double bill. Finnish
stars Oddarrang play jazz inspired by Bjrk
and Sigur Rs, Slowly Rolling Camera
combine soul and trip-hop.
London Sinfonietta &
Marius Neset
LSO St Lukes, 8pm
Saxophonist Marius Neset premieres his new
ACT album, Snowmelt, bringing together his
own quartet and London Sinfonietta. Delivers
strong emotions with breathtaking fluency
(Financial Times).
Carleen Anderson
Jazz Cafe, 8pm
Carleen Andersons soaring voice stops shows
and seizes hearts. Cage Street Memorial is a
profound statement from a signature artist.
Allan Harris
Theatre Royal Stratford East, 8pm FREE
See Sunday 13 November at midday.
Will Bartlett plays the music
of John Taylor
Rabbit Hole, 8pm
Pianist Will Bartletts heartfelt tribute to a
defining voice in European jazz over five
decades, the late John Taylor.
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Tom Harrison
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.
Rae Forrest Project &
Monocled Man
Vortex, 8.30pm
Alt-electronic double bill. Haunting themes
of love, loss and lust infuse the music of the
Project, while Rory Simmons, Chris Montague
and Jon Scott explore spacey soundworlds.
Fran Landesman Songbook:
Ian Shaw and Sarah Moule
Pheasantry, 8.30pm
Fran Landesman was one of the great
songwriters remember Spring Can Really
Hang You Up the Most? Two great vocalists
recall her creative partnership with pianist
Simon Wallace.
Alek Baczkowski / Guillaume
Viltard / Mark Sanders
+ Veryan Weston
Iklectik, 8.30pm
Intensive interplay from an improvising trio
of world class, complemented by Westons
solo piano illusion and space meet geometry
and rhythm.
Miguel Gorodi Nonet
Green Note, 8.30pm
Compositions inspired by Steve Lehman,
Thelonious Monk, Louis Andriessen, Wayne
Shorter, John Coltrane and Stravinsky,
reflected in Gorodis original writing for
a terrific band.
Can of Worms
+ Paul Clarvis and Liam Noble
Con Cellar Bar, 9pm
Percussionist Clarvis and pianist Noble
play duets full of playful surprises, while
saxophonist George Crowley opens up a
can of musical anarchy, groove and glorious
free improv.
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Azymuth
Hideaway, 9pm
Brazilian jazz-funk pioneers, renowned for
their massive hit Jazz Carnival, launch their
first studio album in four years. Heralding
angels of House (Mochilla).
The Filthy Six
The Crypt Camberwell, 9.15pm
Soaring horns, blistering guitar and gut-
wrenching Hammond are fuelled by one
of the hardest-grooving rhythm sections
around a hip-shakingly powerful mixture
of jazz, funk and boogaloo.
Samara with Tim Whitehead
606 Club, 9.30pm
606 head honcho Steve Rubie leads the
infectiously swinging Latin jazz six piece,
with charismatic singer Liliana Chachian
and guest saxophonist Tim Whitehead.
Sarah Jane Morris
and Antonio Forcione
Live At Zdel, 9.30pm
See 7pm for details.
Mads Mathias
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 10.30pm
See 7.30pm for details.
Ben Cox & Jamie Safiruddin
Live At Zdel, 11pm
Two talented and contrasting songwriters
travel from Gershwin to Joni Mitchell and
bring their own original songs to the party.
Late-night jams
The music continues with a late-night jam
session/hang at PizzaExpress Jazz Club,
Ronnie Scotts and possibly other places
too. Check online or call the venues for
the latest information.
Slowly Rolling
Camera combine
soul and trip-hop at
Rich Mix
Saturday 19 November
Jazz for Toddlers
artsdepot, 10am FAMILY/TAKE PART
See Friday 11 November at 11am for details.
Chris Sharkeys Make it/Break it
Southbank Centre /
Level 5 Function Room, 11am FREE /TAKE PART
An all-day workshop with guitarist Chris
Sharkey, creating a new piece to be played
at 6.30pm. All musicians/singers (age 15+)
welcome, pre-booking essential. See page 31
for details.
Jazz for Toddlers
artsdepot, 11.30am
See Friday 11 November at 11am for details.
Steve Fishwick / Alex Garnett
Elgin, 1pm
A new quartet, featuring US bassist Mike
Karn alongside a classy front line, plays
original music inspired by Kenny Dorham
and Ernie Henry.
Bugge Wesseltoft Residency -
Bugge Wesseltoft solo
Kings Place / Hall 1, 2pm
Unconstrained by categorisation, Bugge
Wesseltofts brand-new solo piano project
combines specially devised visuals and music
in the first UK performance.
Joanna Wallfisch
Forge, 2pm
Hailed by Fred Hersch as a real discovery,
singer/composer Joanna Wallfisch celebrates
her Sunnyside album Gardens In My Mind,
alongside the Sacconi Quartet.
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Dhafer Youssef
performs at
the Barbican
He opens his soul and projects a thousand
aching meanings, inspired by the wisdom
and spiritualism of the centuries-old Sufi
tradition, resulting in music of timeless beauty
(The Guardian)
Mike Westbrook
Kings Place / Hall 2, 2.30pm
A crucial figure in the evolution of British
jazz, Westbrook celebrates his 80th birthday
in a solo piano concert that displays his
rare gift for melody and emotional reach.
Cesco + Trialogue +
Ruben Fox +
Charlie Stacey
Iklectik, 3pm
Four young bands feature
in another edition of the
JazzNewBloodALIVE series,
displaying all the myriad
sounds that fascinate the
new jazz generation.
BBC Concert Orchestra
with Laura Jurd and
Daniel Herskedal
Southbank Centre /
Royal Festival Hall, 4.30pm
Laura Jurd composer,
trumpeter and BBC New
Generation Artist and the
astonishing tuba player/
composer Daniel Herskedal
create new music that explores
a rich orchestral palette.
Miriam Aida + Water
Boogie System
Sounds of the Swedes
Barbican / FreeStage, 4.30pm
FREE
Emilia Mrtensson curates
an afternoon that introduces
two exceptional new bands.
Water Boogie System run
from noise and free improv,
disarming hilarity mutating
into tear-jerking choral
harmony, alongside the award-
winning singer Miriam Aidas
effervescent take on the music
of Brazil.
Chris Sharkeys Make it/Break it
Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom
6.30pm FREE
Made during the day by guitarist Chris Sharkey
and over a hundred musicians, this is the
exciting premiere of our new mass-participation
commission. See page 31 for details.
Sarah Jane Morris
and Antonio Forcione
Live At Zdel, 7pm
See Friday 18 November at 7pm for details.
Dhafer Youssef &
Ambrose Akinmusire
Barbican, 7.30pm
A stellar double bill. Dhafer Youssefs
soaring voice and evocative improvisations
evoke age-old traditions, while trumpeter
Ambrose Akinmusire has emerged as a
pivotal figure in todays jazz.
David Murray, Terri Lyne
Carrington, Geri Allen
MCA Power Trio + Nrija
Cadogan Hall, 7.30pm
Headlong saxophone pyrotechnics
collide with expansive piano improv
and the sheer subtlety and power of
one of todays key drummers.
Bugge Wesseltoft Residency
New Conceptions of Jazz
+ Hkon Kornstad
Kings Place / Hall 1, 7.30pm
Wesseltofts current conception breathes
fresh life into the groove, with a brand-
new all-female band preceded by
the extraordinary two-tenor talents of
saxophonist/opera singer Hkon Kornstad.
Chiara Pancaldi with
Cyrus Chestnut
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 7.30pm
Passionate Italian jazz singer Chiara Pancaldi
joins forces with the joyful and soulful playing
of the brilliant pianist Cyrus Chestnut.
Tomorrows Warriors
Cockpit, 7.30pm
A focus on Tomorrows Warriors, the
celebrated education and professional
development jazz organisation, featuring
current students and established artists.

The EFG London Jazz Festival hits The Streets this

weekend, with FREE performances from artists in:
South Norwood Saturday 19 November
Twickenham Saturday 19 Sunday 20 November
Tooting Saturday 19 Sunday 20 November
Artists include Allan Harris, Adam Ben Ezra, Perhaps
Contraption, Polly Gibbons, Randolph Matthews, and
Vimala Rowe and John Etheridge.
Visit www.thestreets.london for full details.
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Yaron Herman and Ziv Ravitz
St Johns Downshire Hill, 7.30pm
In their only UK concert, the supremely
gifted pianist Yaron Herman and drummer
Ziv Ravitz play music from their Blue Note
album, Everyday.
BBC Concert Orchestra with
Francesco Tristano
Southbank Centre / Royal Festival Hall, 7.45pm
Causing as much of a stir on the club scene
as in the concert hall, Tristano steps beyond
convention in his new piano concerto.
Followed by a DJ set in the Clore Ballroom.
Maciek Pysz
Polish Jazz Caf POSK, 7.45pm
A must for jazz guitar fans (Marlbank),
Maciek Pysz plays music from his new
album, A Journey.
Kansas Smittys House Band
Shoreditch Town Hall, 8pm
Moving through sounds of swing, blues, R&B,
New Orleans second line and gospel, Kansas
Smittys play incendiary live shows that are
guaranteed to raise the roof.
Petra Haden and
Jesse Harris
Rich Mix, 8pm
Petra Haden embraces musical eclecticism,
from Americana roots to jazz to punk her
voice and violin a perfect match for Jesse
Harris - standout songwriter for Norah Jones
and many more.
Carleen Anderson
Jazz Cafe, 8pm
See Friday 18 November at 8pm for details.
Maggie Nichols, Irne Schweizer,
Jelle Landre - Les Diaboliques
Kings Place / Hall 2, 8pm
Blurring the lines between free improv and
cabaret, three fiercely independent spirits
draw on five decades of collective energy.
A rare opportunity to experience the
chemistry of a great European ensemble.
Eve Risser + Bruno Heinen
+ Phil Robson
Vortex, 8pm
Bruno Heinens group with Camerat
a Alma Viva create improvisatory
explosions around Vivaldi; Phil
Robson shows off his mighty Organ
Trio; and Eve Risser from Donkey
Monkey plays solo.
Silje Nergaard
St James Theatre, 8pm
See Friday 18 November at 8pm
for details.
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Music of the Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
Elgin, 8pm
The Nat Steele Sextet revisit the hothouse of
40s bebop, playing Dizzy Gillespies timeless
arrangements for Charlie Parker, with a
storming line-up.
Blakeys Boys the music
of Art Blakey
Spice of Life, 8pm
Paul Pace joins the Matt Telfer/Andy
Davies Quintet to tell the story of the
drummer whose Jazz Messengers propelled
successive generations of young players into
the jazz firmament.
Omar Puente, Gary Crosby, Denys
Baptiste & Gerardo & su Rumbache
Forge, 8pm
Dedicated to Ochn, Patroness of Cuba,
Messrs Puente, Baptiste and Crosby, and
rumba legends Gerardo & su Rumbache mix
jazz with deep Cuban rhythms.
Charlie Hunter
Ronnie Scotts, 8.15pm
See Friday 18 November at 8.15pm for details.
Emily Saunders
Twickenham Rowing Club, 8.15pm
Upbeat samba and sultry ballads - Emily
Saunders and her band, ESB, play powerful
Latin-infused grooves from her recent album
Outsiders Insiders.
Improgressive + Splatter
Iklectik, 8.30pm
Two exceptional European groups create
spontaneous composition Splatter are a
Berlin/London collaboration; Improgressive,
an Italian duo.
Azymuth
Hideaway, 9pm
See Friday 18 November at 9pm for details.
MCA Power Trio play
at Cadogan Hall
A rare chance to see Les
Diaboliques at Kings Place
Byron Wallen Tribute to the Great
Trumpet Players
606 Club, 9.30pm
Himself a trumpeter of renown Byron
Wallens love for his chosen instrument, and
for the artists who have defined its evolution,
translates into an unmissable evenings music.
Sarah Jane Morris
and Antonio Forcione
Live At Zdel, 9.30pm
See Friday 18 November at 7pm for details.
Chiara Pancaldi with Cyrus Chestnut
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 10.30pm
See 7.30pm for details.
Kindling Trio
Vortex / Downstairs, 11.30pm
A dynamic grooving trio led by guitarist Dan
Messore with Joe Webb on organ and Gethin
Jones on drums.
In Bed With
Vortex, 11.45pm
A new cross-channel trio formed around
drummer Sylvain Darrifourcq with Kit
Downes on organ and Julien Desprez on guitar.
JD Allen
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 11.45pm
Saxophonist JD Allen has emerged as a vital
voice in todays jazz, with a new recording
that demonstrates his ocean-deep and
abiding love for the blues (Downbeat).
Late-night jams
The music continues with a late-night jam
session/hang at Ronnie Scotts and possibly
other places too. Check online or call the
venues for the latest information.
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Zoe Francis with Jim Mullen

606 Club, 1.30pm
A regular on the NY scene, vocalist Zoe Francis
draws on material from her latest two albums
with special guest guitarist Jim Mullen joining
a heavyweight quartet.

JD Allen
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 1.30pm
See Saturday 19 November at 11.45pm for details.

Mwalimu Express
Rich Mix, 2pm FREE
DJs Rita Ray and Max Reinhardt host a 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.

Eve Risser White Desert Orchestra

Barbican / FreeStage, 5.30pm FREE
Subtle and abrasive textures, deeply resonant
woodwinds and percussion characterise
the sheer originality and imagination of Eve
Risser, with a group thats taken this years
scene by storm.

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.

Liberation Music Orchestra

directed by Carla Bley
Cadogan Hall, 7pm
Rare opportunity to see a stellar live band
including Curtis Fowlkes, Tony Malaby,
and Chris Cheek, with Carla Bleys soul-
stirring arrangements kindling the spirit
and humanity of the late Charlie Haden.
Allison Neale - Art Pepper
Plus Eleven
Elgin, 7pm
A classic recording of West Coast jazz
brought back to life Marty Paichs original
arrangements, with saxophonist Neale playing
the role of the great Art Pepper.
Ariwo + DJ Vince Vella
Forge, 7pm
Fresh from Manana, Cubas first electronic
music festival, Ariwo balance the sounds of
the streets of Cuba with live electronics and a
heavy jazz influence.
Madeleine Peyroux
Southbank Centre / Royal Festival Hall, 7.30pm
One of todays defining vocalists brings
emotional depth and meaning to songs
from the likes of Allen Toussaint and
Tom Waits, drawn from her new album,
Secular Hymns.
Wayne Shorter
Barbican, 7.30pm
Breathtaking telepathy between Shorter,
Danilo Perez, John Pattitucci and Brian
Blade in a concert which includes a
newly minted Shorter piece, joined by
Polish chamber ensemble LutosAir.
Luftabbamic
Omnibus, 7.30pm
New compositions from a trio featuring
guitairst Rob Luft, Kenny Wheeler
Prize-winning bassist Misha Mullov-
Abbado and drummer Marc Michel.
Camilla George + Olie
Brice/ Achim Kaufmann
Vortex, 7.45pm
Double album launch. Brice and
Kaufmann play open-ended
improv with panache and style,
while saxophonist George
adds a touch of calypso to
the jazz mix.
Catch Snarky Puppy
pianist Bill Laurance at
Shoreditch Town Hall
Bill Laurance Project
Shoreditch Town Hall, 8pm
Snarky Puppys Bill Laurance returns
with his latest album, Aftersun, and a
stunning quartet featuring Richard
Spaven (drums), Chris Hyson (bass)
and Felix Higginbottom (percussion).
Theo Croker
Rich Mix, 8pm
Trumpeter/composer, grandson of
Doc Cheatham, protg of Dee Dee
Bridgewater Theo Croker is a creative
powerhouse, playing from his new
album, Escape Velocity.
Oz Noy
Ronnie Scotts, 8pm
Virtuoso guitarist Oz Noy
brings his intoxicating blend
of jazz, funk, rock, blues and
R&B to the Festival, playing
from his latest album, Who
Gives a Funk.
Lew Tabackin
PizzaExpress Jazz Club, 8pm
Much-travelled saxophonist
returns to London for a rare
club date a great chance to
hear a master improviser,
creating his own sound from
the jazz tradition.

Trumpeter Theo Croker

Wayne Shorter performs at plays at Rich Mix
the Barbican and inspires
several other performances
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The Big Shake-Up perform

at the Royal Albert Hall

Jazz Flute Big Band UK Huw V Williams HONsemble

Spice of Life, 8pm
Peter Westbrooks 15-piece ensemble features
leading UK jazz flautists Gareth Lockrane,
Rowland Sutherland and Eddie Parker to
create a glorious, enveloping sound.
Julie Dexter
Hideaway, 8.30pm
Award-winning jazz, soul and broken-beat
songstress returns to her native London from
Atlanta, with a tremendous band led by
Janette Mason.
Liane Carroll
606 Club, 8.30pm
Swinging like hell one minute, brutally
expressive and heartbreakingly tender
the next; utterly brilliant (Time Out).
Thisdynamic vocalist/pianist captivates
audiences around the world.
Hogcallin
Iklectik, 8.30pm
Eight-piece band of seasoned improvisers
dedicated to the music of Charles Mingus, and
capturing his spirit through free improvisation
and explosive arrangements.
Alex Munks Flying Machines
+ Avisya Rhythm
Green Note, 8.30pm
Visceral, rock-out guitar improv with
anthemic melodies and lusciously textured
soundscapes in a decadent mash-up of
freewheeling improvisations, prog rock
energy and ambient meditations.
Salisbury, 8.30pm
Huw V Williams critically acclaimed
HON expands to a nine-piece band featuring
Laura Jurd, Elliot Galvin, four saxophones
and two drummers.
The Big Shake-Up
Royal Albert Hall / Elgar Room, 9.45pm
Formerly known as Bad Ass Brass, The Big
Shake-Up comprises some of Londons hottest
musicians with a collective brass-heavy sound
to raise the roof.
Late-night jams
The music continues with a late-night jam
session/hang at the Vortex and possibly other
places too. Check online or call the venues for
the latest information.
Liane Carroll captivates
at 606 Club
IMPORTANT INFO
The times shown for concert venues
are when performances begin.
The times shown for clubs are
a good indication of when you can
expect the music to begin, but
remember that the doors usually
open earlier, so get there early if
you want a good spot. About 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 August, so
there are always a few changes
during the autumn. Please check
efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk for
changes and updates.
If you dont 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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With 10 days of events across the city, the 2016 EFG London Jazz Festival is a musical feast
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Christian Scott returns

to the Festival with a
new band
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From the cradle
to the groove
The Festival is the perfect place to celebrate the spirit of jazz in all
its generation-crossing, boundary-breaking glory
T his unashamed lift from the title
of an album recorded by the great
Scottish bassist Ronnie Rae is as close
as youll get to the essence of jazz. However
sophisticated and complex the music might
become, its heart lies in a generosity of
spirit an openness of attitude that enables
generations and cultural boundaries to
ebb away in a whirl of improvisation and
communication. And the connection
between tradition and the future is the
driver the exchange mechanism that is
both teacher and pupil in equal measure.
This years EFG London Jazz Festival charts
the dynamic between jazz generations in
fascinating ways. Take a clutch of apparently
senior jazz citizens: Wayne Shorter, Norma
Winstone and Mike Westbrook have been
in the creative thick of things for decades,
but they are all producing music thats
as fresh and invigorating as when they
burst onto the scene in the 60s. Moreover,
they continue to play with, inspire, and
bounce off the energy of their successors.
Wayne Shorters extraordinary saxophone
sound is as singular as it was when we first
heard him with the Jazz Messengers, and
then with Miles Davis, back in the 60s
and now the roles are reversed. Hear him
fizz with energy, fired up by the now
Photo: Emile Holba
Saxophonist
Shabaka
Hutchings
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not-so-young rhythm section that has grown
with him since they came together in 2000.
Closer to home, the sheer artistry
and vocal nuance of Norma Winstone
is internationally respected but her
quietly influential presence as teacher
and collaborator is reflected in a birthday
concert that draws on her work with the
young bloods of the Royal Academy of
Music, alongside a European trio that
provides a compelling definition of chamber
jazz. And an evergreen Mike Westbrook
in his 80th year is master of the large
and small ensemble, whose deceptively
stripped-down solo concert demonstrates
a command of melody and an affectionate
grasp of a European song tradition as well
as Ellington, Mingus and all points further.
And then, The Cookers. Which is where
it gets ever more intriguing, because this is
At the sharp end of youth, the Festival
is packed with new moves and grooves
a band of brothers that includes stalwarts
of the transition between the language of
50s hard bop and the new jazz worlds of
the 60s and beyond and whose energy
transcends any concept of time. Just listen
to the bang-up-to-the-minute writing
of the elegant Billy Harper, the fire of
drummer Billy Hart, and the unstoppable
groove of octogenarian bassist Cecil
McBee. And, if you want a completely
different take on 21st-century jazz, try
the intergenerational, international,
interdisciplinary mix of Italian trumpet guru
Enrico Rava and his precocious compatriot
Giovanni Guidi with the UKs provocative
electronics innovator Matthew Herbert.
Of course, at the sharp end of youth,
the Festival is packed with new moves
Slowly Rolling Camera
vocalist Dionne Bennett
and new grooves. This countrys jazz double
act Binker & Moses have pulled in all this
years awards, from MOBO to Jazz FM
but listen to them, and you get a message
from the ancestors, as well as a view of the
future. And Robert Glasper may be the hero
of the jazz-meets-urban generation, but
his work on Don Cheadles recent Miles
Davis movie demonstrates a profound
understanding of the musics edgy and
groundbreaking past. Not to mention
Christian Scott, Theo Croker, Oddarrang,
Michael Wollny, Elliot Galvin, Nrija and
myriad activity in the clubs across the
city all taking the music forward while
respecting a century of evolution.
But in the end, its continuity that counts.
Take one instrument, the quintessential
jazz instrument the tenor saxophone.
The trail that leads from Wayne Shorter
and Billy Harper to Jan Garbarek, the
extraordinary, still radical Evan Parker,
David Murray and Chico Freeman (the
last two among the enfants terribles of
the 70s jazz avant-garde), through Joshua
Redman, Chris Potter and Tim Garland
to Donny McCaslin, Marcus Strickland,
Shabaka Hutchings and Binker Golding
one hand-held instrumental voice, telling
the story of a tradition that never ends.
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Talking jazz
Get down to one of our talks from musicians and industry
experts to learn all there is to know about the music
J
azz has always been a music
that exists within a larger context,
reflecting and commenting on
the world. In todays turbulent times,
this approach is more relevant than ever.
The talks programme that runs through
the Festival seeks to dig into the music,
providing insights to existing audiences and
drawing in new listeners keen to explore.
Across the opening weekend, we
explore the relationships between Jazz
and the City and Jazz in Europe.
On Saturday 12 November, a series
of panel discussions shaped by this
years researcher-in-residence Emma
Webster, explore how festivals and
musicians react to the city they inhabit.
Speakers include George McKay of the
University of East Anglia, saxophonist
Andy Sheppard, pianist Sarah Tandy
(Tomorrows Warriors) and Charles
Umney (Leeds Business School).
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On Sunday 13 November, we explore
jazzs relationship with Europe. Francesco
Martinelli presents his history of
European jazz, David Toop examines
the association between British and
European improvisers, and, in advance
of Jan Garbareks performance at the
Royal Festival Hall, Fiona Talkington
discusses the links with Norwegian jazz.
Our popular pre-concert talk series,
Hear Me Talkin To Ya, returns, and
you can hear a range of our headline
performers discuss their new projects -
see gig entries for talks from The Cookers
and Bugge Wesseltoft, among others.
Many events directly link a
conversation into the performance as a
whole Mike Westbrook (Kings Place,
Saturday 19 November) celebrates his
80th birthday with a special solo piano
concert, and opens by discussing his
life and work with Philip Clark.
Lauren Kinsella
talks about her
route into jazz at
Southbank Centre
Andy Sheppard
takes part in
talks panel
Evan Parker (Royal Academy of Arts,
Friday 11 November) talks to David
Ryan about the connections between
free improvisation, in Jazz and the
Abstract Expressionism Movement,
before performing a live response to
the Academys current exhibition.
As part of his work with the Arts and
Humanities Research Council, Professor
Mark Smith brings us an event built around
Jazz and Everyday Aesthetics, exploring
the context of jazz in everyday life (Regent
Street Cinema, Thursday 17 November).
And if what you want is a way into all
this jazz, then our popular strand Way
In to the Way Out returns (Southbank
Centre / Level 5 Function Room,
Saturday 12 November) with Lauren
Kinsella and Kit Downes guiding you
through their journeys into the music.
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Music is good for you!

From family fun and learning with jazz masters The EFG London Jazz Festivals
Learning & Participation
to performing with new friends, the Festival programme offers a wealth
offers everyone a chance to get involved of diverse activities for you
to get involved with. You
can enjoy everything from
Your chance to join shows for the whole family to
musician Chris Sharkey
in Make It/Break It
workshops with inspiring artists
that allow you to create and
explore in an informal setting;
from fascinating glimpses
into what makes the music
flow via our range of talks to
opportunities for under fives
to get active and experience
the thrill of live jazz at close
quarters. There are plenty of
opportunities to get inspired,
get creative and get involved!
This year, we have the exciting
premiere of our new mass-
participation commission,
Make It/Break It, which offers
the opportunity for musicians
and vocalists of all abilities
and all kinds of instruments to
make music and play together.
Created by musician Chris
Sharkey and produced by
Serious, Make It/Break It
will bring together amateur
players on the morning of
Saturday 19 November at
Southbank Centre to create
a new piece of music that
will be performed in the
Clore Ballroom at 6.30pm.
Whether youre looking for
the chance to create something
unique and meet other like-
minded musicians, or you
want the opportunity to play
with new people and learn a
new approach or you just
need an excuse to dust off that
saxophone this is your chance
to get creative and take part.
For information, contact:
learning@serious.org.uk

Keep it in
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.

Singer Zoe Gilby joins the impressive

Family Jazz All-Stars line-up
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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.

JAZZ LOFT PROJECT ACCORDING TO

W EUGENE SMITH (SARA FISHKO, 2015)
Sunday 13 November, 2pm
An insight into the creative hothouse of New York as
the 50s turn into the 60s, when a shifting community
of musicians including Thelonious Monk jam night
after night in composer Hall Overtons dilapidated
loft. Recorded and documented by the gentle,
unstable genius photographer W Eugene Smith.

WHOS CRAZY? (THOMAS WHITE, 1966)

Sunday 13 November, 4pm
A frenetic soundtrack by Ornette Coleman and his
signature 60s trio with David Izenzon and Charles
Moffett (and a young Marianne Faithfull) accompanies
a surreal scenario, as a group of asylum inmates escape
to a deserted Belgian farmhouse. A bizarre silent movie
thats almost Dali, according to Salvador Dali.

LASSASSINO (ELIO PETRI, 1967)

Saturday 19 November, 4pm
Elio Petris debut feature described by critic
Philip French as a tour-de-force is a political
thriller starring Marcello Mastroianni, filmed in
expressive monochrome on the streets of Rome,
and with a terrific score by Italian jazz pioneer Piero
Piccioni.Includes an introduction from Selwyn Harris.
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The best
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
T
he buzz around the current
jazz scene is well known by
the musicians, audiences and
producers experiencing a multitude of
groundbreaking gigs, festivals and albums.
A recent Guardian article asked: Is jazz
entering a new golden age? with a focus
on the endorsement by pop musics biggest
stars and the thriving US jazz scene.
What we see in the UK is an equally
exciting jazz scene that is pushing
some of the same boundaries and
some that are uniquely its own.
The emergence of Binker & Moses (Scala,
Sunday 13 November) is part of a trend of
young musicians drawing on the hip hop
and urban beats they grew up on, as much as
the heritage of jazz, with younger audiences
attracted to the energy and groove created.
Nrija have similar influences alongside
an Afrobeat and highlife twist they open
for David Murray, Terri Lyne Carrington
and Geri Allen (Cadogan Hall, Saturday 19
November), with both groups reflecting
the increasing diversity of the scene.
Jazz has always been a music thats seen
younger players work with, and inspired by,
Catch Binker &
Moses at Scala
Helena Kay and her
KIM Trio will be at
the Barbican
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Norma Winstone
plays Cadogan Hall
other generations. Mark Lockheart
capitalises on this exchange of
energy with his new orchestral jazz
work written for a quintet of leading
UK musicians alongside the students
of the Trinity Laban Shapeshifter
Ensemble (Southbank Centre/Clore
Ballroom, Sunday 13 November).
Norma Winstone, celebrating
her 75th birthday, demonstrates the
ability of musicians to remain at the
cutting edge of the music across
the decades - she will be singing with
a full orchestra, the Royal Academy of
Music Big Band, and the celebrated
ECM-recorded European Trio (Cadogan
Hall, Wednesday 16 November),
showing why shes among a select
category of British jazz musicians who
have truly made a global impact.
Alongside a showcase of students from
the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
(Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom, Sunday
13 November), the potential of the scene
to continue to evolve is obvious. It also
reflects how Serious national programme
feeds into our celebration of the city.
Mark Lockheart
takes his new work
to Southbank Centre
Chris Sharkey leads a new mass
participation piece, Make It/Break It
(Southbank Centre / Clore Ballroom,
Saturday 19 November), Zoe Gilby
creates a new concert for family
audiences (Cadogan Hall, Saturday 12
November) and recent Young Scottish
Jazz Musician of the Year winner Helena
Kay brings her KIM Trio to the Barbican
FreeStage (Saturday 12 November).
Throughout this years programme,
we see British artists demonstrating the
strength of the current scene.So lets
hope The Guardian is right, and we are
entering a new golden age in which jazz
is centre stage and celebrated as the great
music so many of us know and love.
Serious plays a crucial role in nurturing UK
talent and promoting the UKs ever-evolving
jazz scene through world-class festivals in
London and beyond. Were proud to support
them as a talent development partner.
(Vanessa Reed,
Executive Director
of PRS for Music
Foundation)
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Securing the
future of jazz
With the 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
talent development, learning and
participation, and the commissioning
of new music to help build and sustain
a vibrant music scene that everyone can
participate in and feel inspired by.
This year, we delivered 157 Learning
& Participation sessions, which engaged
more than 7,800 young people and
participants in music-making. To see our
work in action, catch Chris Sharkeys Make
It/Break It, featuring over 150 musicians, on a part of this momentous year, or for more
Saturday 19 November (see page 31 for more information on what we do, please go to:
information on this special commission).
efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/support-us
Looking to the future and the EFG
London Jazz Festivals 25th birthday next Serious Trust is a registered charity no.1145535.
year, we have big plans to engage with even
more artists and participants and we
need your help to do it.
With your support, we can The Trust has
continue unlocking musics engaged thousands
of young people
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.

The Festival would like to thank Arts

Council England, which has supported
the Festival since it began.

The Festival is only possible with the help

of our valued partners and supporters
so we would like to thank the following
organisations:

We would also like to thank our

broadcast partners:

We rely on the support of generous individuals
and organisations to help us deliver the range
of programmes which ticket sales and other
funding alone do not cover. We would like to
thank the following for their support.
Esme Fairbairn Foundation, Paul and Keith Adams, Alexander and Marina Landia, Aspect Charitable Trust,
First Names Trust, The Garrick Charitable Trust, Ann Grant, The Hollick Family Charitable Trust, The Worshipful
Company of Horners, The Leche Trust, Jorg Mohaupt, The Jeremy & Kim White Foundation, John and Julie
Williamson, Jerry Graber, Nick Basden and Vivian Hunt, Jonathan Levy, Martin and Diana Muirhead, Philip
and Biddy Percival, Andrew and Janet Stone, Miles and Karen Storey and all Serious Trust donors.

We would also like to acknowledge our
partners who are presenting work across
the Festival:
Alex Hitchcock, Andrew Button, BKO, Fran Hardcastle, George Crowley, Groove Baby, Hampstead
Arts Festival, Jazz Nursery, jazz re:freshed, Jazz Repertory Company, Kennedy Street Enterprises, LUME,
Match&Fuse, Mopomoso, Mwalimu Express, Nat Steele and Alison Neale, Noel Taylor, Paul Pace,
Somethin Else, Soundcrash, United Agents and all the programmers and venues that contribute to the
Festival programme and the richness of Londons jazz scene throughout the year.

The Festival is proud to be a member of

the Europe Jazz Network, the International
Jazz Festivals Organisation and the Jazz
Promotion Network EUROPE FOR FESTIVALS
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co-creator of the EFG Excellence Series, which has been
running since 2008. This year, the series comprises:

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Friday 11 November
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Saturday 12 November
Barbican

SFJAZZ COLLECTIVE JOE STILGOE

PLAY MICHAEL JACKSON A CELEBRATION OF GENE KELLY
Monday 14 November Thursday 17 November
Cadogan Hall LSO St Lukes

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