Who Playing in 2013

Friday 15 November

Jazz Voice

LONDON Barbican

The Festival’s signature opening-night gala returns once again with its epoch-spanning celebration of singing and song. The list of past guests stretches from ...

Hugh Masekela and Larry Willis

LONDON Southbank Centre / Queen Elizabeth Hall

A rare opportunity to experience the intimate side of South African maestro Hugh Masekela,  in a sumptuously lyrical series of duets with master pianist ...

Stan Sulzmann’s Neon Orchestra

LONDON Southbank Centre / Purcell Room

Stan Sulzmann is one of the most highly respected musicians in the UK today and a source of inspiration to many of Britain’s ...

Saturday 16 November

David Sanborn and Bob James + Zoe Rahman

LONDON Barbican

David Sanborn’s eloquent alto saxophone sound is one of the most distinctive in jazz  today.  Joining forces with the charismatic, multi ...

Arild Andersen

LONDON Southbank Centre / Queen Elizabeth Hall

Norwegian master bassist and ECM recording artist Arild Andersen is a seminal figure in the evolution of European jazz.  Following his London Jazz Festival ...

Schlippenbach Trio Vs Noszferatu

LONDON Southbank Centre / Purcell Room

A new project combining two virtuosic trios with asymmetrical takes on new music. Alex Von Schlippenbach’s Trio with Evan Parker and Paul Lovens ...

Sunday 17 November

Charlie Parker on Dial

LONDON Southbank Centre / Purcell Room

Alex Webb’s jazz-into-theatre events have illuminated key moments in jazz history in successive Jazz Festivals with affection and imagination, the most recent being ...

Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington and Esperanza Spalding: ACS

LONDON Barbican

Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington and Esperanza Spalding are three of the most significant female instrumentalists in jazz today. Formed out of their work ...

Charlie Parker on Dial

LONDON Southbank Centre / Purcell Room

Alex Webb’s jazz-into-theatre events have illuminated key moments in jazz history in successive Jazz Festivals with affection and imagination, the most recent being ...

Wayne Shorter: Quartet and BBC Concert Orchestra

LONDON Barbican

Wayne Shorter returns to London to celebrate his 80th birthday year with the stellar quartet of Danilo Perez (piano) John Patitucci (bass) and drummer Brian ...

Monday 18 November

Sonny Rollins

LONDON Royal Albert Hall

Playing still with the imagination and vitality that helped turn jazz on its head in the 1950s and 1960s, Sonny Rollins live is a not-to-be-missed ...

Tuesday 19 November

Tigran Hamasyan + Elina Duni

LONDON Southbank Centre / Queen Elizabeth Hall

Pianist Tigran Hamasyan’s unusual marriage of jazz and Armenian folk tradition lies at the heart of one of the most distinctive talents to ...

Gwilym Simcock

LONDON St Stephen’s, Rosslyn Hill

The pre-eminent British jazz pianist and composer of his generation, Gwilym Simcock will take a break from ensembles large and small to perform his only ...

Wednesday 20 November

A Tribute to Abram Wilson

LONDON Southbank Centre / Purcell Room

The EFG London Jazz Festival pays tribute to the life and untimely death of trumpeter Abram Wilson with a concert celebrating his music, performed by ...

Thursday 21 November

Brad Mehldau & Mark Guiliana: Mehliana

LONDON Barbican

World-renowned pianist Brad Mehldau switches to Fender Rhodes and a battery of vintage synths to partner up with acclaimed drummer Mark Guiliana in a collaboration ...

John McLaughlin + Zakir Hussain: Remember Shakti

LONDON Southbank Centre / Royal Festival Hall

John McLaughlin and Zakir Hussain celebrate their 40th anniversary of friendship and music since the original Shakti made such a massive impact with its astonishing ...

Gilad Atzmon

LONDON Southbank Centre / Queen Elizabeth Hall

20 years after landing in the UK, saxophonist and composer Gilad Atzmon has become an intensely creative presence on the European scene, whether leading successive editions ...

Ketil Bjørnstadt: The Story of Edvard Munch

LONDON Southbank Centre / Purcell Room

Norwegian pianist, composer, author and ECM recording artist, Ketil Bjørnstad celebrates the life of the great Norwegian painter Edvard Munch.  Ketil ...

Sunday 24 November

Louis and The Duke in London 1932-1933 - an 80th anniversary celebration.

LONDON Cadogan Hall

In 1932 Louis Armstrong created a sensation when he appeared at the London Palladium and a year later Duke Ellington's Famous Orchestra became the talk ...

Madeleine Peyroux

LONDON Southbank Centre / Royal Festival Hall

"The only thing that matters is the song” says singer-songwriter Madeleine Peyroux. That conviction, along with a ‘one of a kind’ voice, ...