London Jazz Festival, in association with BBC Radio 3, Friday 12 to Sunday 21 November 2010

The spectacular opening celebration of the London Jazz Festival focuses on a century of song. The sumptuously arranged programme draws on significant anniversaries of jazz songs, films, singers and songwriters down the decades. Guy Barker's specially assembled London Jazz Festival Orchestra showcases brand new arrangements, highlighting the durability of these timeless works as well as the stunning vocal skills of an array of stellar vocalists, including:

Cibelle
Kirsty Almeida
Krystle Warren
Kurt Elling
Natalie Merchant
Natalie Williams
Roachford
Sarah Jane Morris
Sheila Jordan

“Magnificent entertainment. Backed by Guy Barker’s terrific big band, one superb singer after another came on stage.”
The Daily Telegraph (Jazz Voice 2008)

This concert will be broadcast in Performance on 3 on Tue 17 Nov

Part of the EFG International Excellence Series.