London Jazz Festival, in association with BBC Radio 3, Friday 11 to Sunday 20 November 2011

We've been gathering the quotes that have trickled in over the last week or so, since the Festival finished. We've been overwhelmed and delighted by the feedback we've had from staff and audience members. And wanted to share a few of these words with you. 

“Wonderful festival -more and more on in various locations around London. Great success!” Frances Wetherell, Audience Member

 "Just wanted to say congrats to you and your team on another fine festival - both from a radio and a punters perspective. It was always going to be hard to live up to LJF '10 but once more you came through."Joby Waldman, Somethin’ Else

“A big thank you for everything this last week! It has been a wonderful festival! All three gigs we did were great!! so much fun and we sold loads of albums and met some new lovely people.” Emilia Martensson, Artist

“This is just a quick note to say a big big thank you to the entire Serious team for your boundless help and support that helped make the concert the success that it was. Its been sheer joy and pleasure to work with everyone on this project and hopefully we can work together on future events.” Fariborz, Nava Arts

“Thanks very much for the opportunity to put on two Birmingham bands at the Barbican. It was a very good opportunity and I think it went well. Really enjoyed my three days at the Festival. I enjoyed Jerry Dammers and am very interested in what he's doing now, I loved Threadgill on Saturday and liked nearly everything on the South Bank free stages.” Tony Dudley Evans

“I wanted to say an enormous thank you for the invitation to Saturday's concert at the RFH. It was amazing, both David and I loved it. Totally unexpected FUN from start to finish. We both laughed and clapped and danced for the entire night, as always a great night out! Please pass on my thanks and congratulations to everyone at Serious they absolutely deserve it.” Harriette Goldsmith

“Wonderful gig and a great experience for everyone who was there, thanks again. When we've all got our breath back I hope we can do something for you in the near future.” Julian Siegel , Artist

“I just wanted to say a huge thank you on behalf of the Music team at British Council for your incredible hard work, input and hospitality towards hosting our international delegation within the London Jazz Festival. It was a wonderful festival with so many performances for the delegates to choose from. The networking event felt a real success in connecting UK sector with our overseas delegates, and the inclusion of the Take 5 session this year provided a good platform for connecting them with many of the UK’s finest emerging jazz artists.” Joel Mills, British Council

“Firstly I would like to say as well a huge thank you to the Serious team! Volunteering during the festival was a very enjoyable experience. It was very interesting to see the festival's organisation from a different perspective than from the audience's side. Quite amazing to see how smoothly it was running, which certainly is the result of a lot of work from the whole team beforehand. Thank you as well for all the people I got to meet, the lovely volunteers, very nice sponsors, partners and musicians, and for the great concerts I got to see.” Marie Salles, Volunteer

“Just wanted to say thank you once again to the Serious team for the tickets to Louis at the London Jazz Festival. We loved it. Wynton's score and the musicians who performed it were stunning. Our meal at The Blind Tiger was also great. A very memorable day!” Jane Selva, Competition Winner

“My gig at Oliver's was brilliant and completely full thankfully, and thank you for your LJF support. I'm looking forward to next year's Fest!” Kaz Simmons, Artist

“Thank you for the beautiful festival, I really enjoyed my stay in London! I was extremely thrilled by Tim Whitehead especially.” Bernd Hoffmann, British Council Delegate

“I really enjoyed my two weekends at the festival. It was a good balance of South Bank and smaller venues. And all the tweeting, reviews and the vid pops were great fun. Serious is a great team to be a small part of.” Paul Harrison, Festival Volunteer

“Just like to thank you ever so much for the gig. We thoroughly enjoyed it, and all the people looking after us were great!” Trevor Watts, artist

“Well deserved press. The festival just goes from strength to strength every year. The only regret is that there are so many good things and not enough time. Thanks for another great festival.” John McGloin, Audience Member

“Congratulations on a great jazz festival from a happy punter. I hope you enjoyed it and that all of the Jazz for Toddlers events were as good as the one I attended at Kings Place last Sunday. As you could see my, 3-year old son, Charlie, is already an enthusiast. I managed to get to some “grown up” gigs at the Barbican this weekend and they were both scintillating – Jerry Dammers on Friday and Hermeto Pascoal yesterday. The highlight was the euphoric conclusion to the Jerry Dammers gig when the brass line and percussionists from the big band performed a 20 minute jam of “Space is the Place” in the foyer after leaving the concert hall – to the total delight of the exiting audience. A happy memory.” Jonathan Cooper, Audience Member

“The most enjoyable gig we've done to date. The acoustic and general atmosphere in there really suited our vibe. Thanks a million!” Neil Yates, Artist

“I had such a wonderful time! To see people of ALL ages dancing the night away, just really enjoying themselves, was AWESOME!!! Its been ages since i've had that much fun.” – Selima, Audience Member on the Soul Rebels Brass Band

“One of the best gigs of my life. After seeing them at Ronnie Scotts, where they had literally everyone up dancing, I thought I knew what to expect - but they still managed to completely blow me away. Can't wait to see them again when they return to London!” – Anonymous Audience Member on the Soul Rebels Brass Band

“The Solal/Bollani duets were priceless and you sum up their interaction very well, noting that Solal's exceptional qualities brought out the best in Bollani. And they just loved it - Solal was very relaxed in this company and his brightness and humour permeated their extraordinary set. A great 'double act', more than worthy of capturing in a recording.” Geoff Winston, Audience Member on Stefano Bollani & Martial Solal