Tomorrow’s Warriors present A Great Day In London – Celebrating 30 Years – A Jazz Happening at the Southbank

Tomorrow’s Warriors will round off their milestone 30th anniversary year with a very special fund raising event ‘A Great Day In London – Celebrating 30 Years – A Jazz Happening’ on Saturday 4 December at the Queen Elizabeth Hall at London’s Southbank Centre.

The unique event will help raise funds to support future generations of young jazz musicians and will be the biggest gathering of the Warriors family past and present performing live - including Nubya Garcia, Moses Boyd, ESKA, Theon Cross, Binker Golding, Denys Baptiste, Zara McFarlane, Camilla George and CHERISE. They will be joined by Shabaka Hutchings, Gary Crosby OBE and many more.

‘A Great Day In London’ will see Tomorrow’s Warriors celebrating a seismic moment in UK jazz with the greatest London ‘Jazz Happening’ in a generation, featuring an exclusive VIP afterparty, guest DJs and the hottest Warriors jam ever, with further details and lineup to be announced.

Inspired by Art Kane’s 1958 iconic photo essay, A Great Day in Harlem, (which captured 57 of the greatest jazz musicians of the time), Tomorrow’s Warriors creates a once in a lifetime gathering of Warriors from across its 30-year history, to recognise the achievements of an exhilarating generation of musicians. In addition to an evening of incredible live music, the organisation will gather over a hundred musicians from its current Warriors and illustrious alumni for a photograph to document this momentous occasion.

Gary Crosby OBE, Tomorrow’s Warriors co-founder and Artistic Director, explains “This fitting headline to Tomorrow’s Warriors 30th anniversary year celebrates a glorious moment in our collective musical history, and proudly shines a light on the epic journeys of Warriors musicians. The original image of ‘A Great Day In Harlem’ by Art Kane documented a moment in time of a burgeoning scene, and the parallel we see today in UK jazz is undeniable. It will be magical to bring our Warriors family together in homage to this iconic image and document our 30^th anniversary milestone at the same time! It will be an unmissable and joyous occasion and your support will help us raise funds to protect and develop the next generation of outstanding jazz talent.”

Denys Baptiste said “It will be a wonderful moment to come together with Tomorrow’s Warriors, to celebrate its 30 year history and legacy with our Warrior family for ‘A Great Day In London’. It’s perfect timing for our jazz movement, which is at its peak with so much incredible talent creating major waves around the world. It’s definitely going to be a Great Day to remember, and I’m really looking forward to it!”

Tickets will go on general sale at 10am on Wednesday 17 November – for more info visit www.southbankcentre.co.uk