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 ...
Who’s 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 ...
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
Brass Jaw
LONDON Wigmore Hall
Brass Jaw brings its trademark energy, drive and humour to a family-friendly matinee audience in this interactive concert, which unravels and explains how ...
Phronesis in the Round
LONDON: The Cockpit
‘One of the most exciting bands on the planet today’ (Jazzwise), record their fifth album live in the Round! Join Phronesis for the ...
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 ...
Phronesis in the Round
LONDON: The Cockpit
‘One of the most exciting bands on the planet today’ (Jazzwise), record their fifth album live in the Round! Join Phronesis for the ...
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
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
Carla Bley, Steve Swallow and Andy Sheppard
LONDON Wigmore Hall
Of all the colourful characters that feature in the story of jazz, pianist Carla Bley is one of the most deliciously fantastical. Acknowledged as ...
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 ...
An Evening with 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, ...