London Jazz Festival - Full Line Up

Also performing are the BBC Big Band with Roy Hargrove and Benny Golson (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 19 Nov); a double bill of Biréli Lagrène and Martin Taylor (Purcell Room, 23 Nov); the Alan Barnes Octet (Purcell Room, 17 Nov); Arild Andersen Trio with Tommy Smith and Paolo Vinaccia (Purcell Room, 22 Nov), Tom Cawley’s Curios, Jim Hart’s Gemini and Mike Janisch’s Transatlantic Collective (Purcell Room, 18 Nov); Portico Quartet (Purcell Room, 19 Nov); Gilad Atzmon with Strings (Purcell Room, 21 Nov). In addition running throughout the festival will be Scene Norway, a special nine day mini-festival devoted to new Norwegian jazz and the Punkt festival that will be held at the prestigious new King’s Place venue.

With a truly spectacular line up that includes Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea/John McLaughlin & the Five Peace band, Courtney Pine, Rudresh Mahanthappa with Vijay Iyer, Bill Frisell, Chucho Valdes, Peter Brötzmann, Kurt Elling, Andy Sheppard, Manu Katché, Dhafer Yousef/Joanna MacGregor and Milton Nascimento, the festival is shaping up to the most eagerly anticipated in years. Tickets are now on sale for all the performances above and further details are available from www.londonjazzfestival.org.uk

Friday 14 November: Michael Mwenso (Royal Albert Hall, Café Consort, 12pm, free admission and Barbican FreeStage, 6pm, free)); Funk Off (City Inn, 1pm, free and Royal Festival Hall, Clore Ballroom, 6pm, free); Blink (RFH, Clore Ballroom, 1pm, free); Joe Stilgoe (Rays Jazz 6pm, free); Ice Music (Kings Place, 6.20pm, free); Martha Lewis (Royal Academy of Arts, 6.30pm, free); Vincent Herring & Earth Agents (Ronnie Scott’s, 7.30pm); Millennial Territory Orchestra (Pizza Express Jazz Club, 8.30pm); Carolina Chocolate Drops (Bush Hall. 8,30pm); Henry Armburg Jennings band with Peter King (Bulls Head, Barnes, 8.30pm); Ken Vandermark, Mark Sanders & Barry Guy (Vortex, 8.45pm); Yots Quartet (Octave, 9pm); Funkestra (606 Club, 9.30pm); Wah Wah Live (Cargo, 10pm); Tramsatlantic Collective (Charlie Wright’s, 10,30pm); Jazz On 3 live (Ronnie Scott’s 10.30pm); East End Jam (Charlie Wright’s, 1 pm).

Saturday 15 November: Frøy Aagre (Ray’s Jazz, 2,30pm, free); Funk Off (Barbican, 2.30pm, free); Herbie Remixed (RFH Clore Ballroom, 3pm, free); Jazz Line-Up BBC Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House, 3.30pm free by advance ticket); The Quartet (Barbican, 5.30pm, free); Vincent Herring & Earth Jazz Agents (Ronnie Scott’s, 7pm); David Sanchez plus Jean Toussaint (Pizza Express Jazz Club, 8pm); Corliss Dale & The Lou Forestieri (Bulls Head, 8.30pm); Five Corners Quintet (Jazz Café, 8.30pm); Barb Jungr (Vortex, 8.45pm); Monk Liberation Front (Octave, 9pm); Killer Shrimp (606 Club, 9.30pm); Horacio Hernandez (Charlie Wrights, 10pm); West End Jam (Ronnie Scott’s Bar, 10.30pm); Messin’ Around (Jazz Café, 11pm); East End Jam (Charlie Wright’s, 1am).

Sunday 16 November: RACC Showcase (Bull’s Head, 1pm); Gareth Lockrane Big Band (Spice of Life, 1pm); World in Motion Ensemble (Barbican, 4.30pm free); Drugstore Cowboy (Spice of Life, 4.30pm); Voicelab Jazz Day (RFH, Clore Ballroom, 5pm, free); BBC Radio Jazz Library (Barbican, 5.30pm free); Mopomoso featuring Evan Parker Trio (Vortex, 6pm); Muntu Valde (Barbican, 6.30pm free); Frøy Aagre Quartet featuring Kenny Wheeler (Spice of Life, 7.30pm); Soul Family (Ronnie Scott’s, 8pm); David Sanchez Qt plus Jean Toussaint (Pizza Express Jazz Club, 8.30pm); David McAlmont (Jazz Café, 8.30pm); Mike Finnegan (Bull’s Head, 8.30pm); Ian Shaw (606, 8.30pm); Horacio Hernandez (Charlie Wright’s, 9pm).

Monday 17 November: Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya with Alan Barnes and Tony Faulkner (QEH – Front Room, 6pm free); Barry Green (Ray’s Jazz, 6pm); Chris Potter (Ronnie Scott’s 7.15pm); Ceri Evans (Dysart Arms, Richmond, 7.30pm free); John Law (Red Hedgehog, 8pm); Michael Wollny Trio [em] plus Z-U (Pizza Express Jazz Club, 8.30pm); Frank Holder Qt (Bull’s Head, 8.30pm); Iluvlive Special (Cargo, 8.30pm); Saxophone Summit with Peter King and Mornington Lockett (606, 8.30pm); Dan Stern Woodwork (Vortex, 8.45pm); Fringe Magnetic Ensemble (The Oxford, Kentish Town, 8.45pm); Northern Star People (Octave, 9pm); Robert Mitchell 3IO (Charlie Wright’s, 9pm); West End Jam (Ronnie Scott’s Bar, 10.30pm).

Tuesday 18 November: Kit Downes Trio (Ray’s Jazz, 6pm, free); Zoe Rahman (606, 7.30pm); Christine Tobin (Ronnie Scott’s (7.30pm); Geoff Gascoyne (Octave, 8pm); Cameron Pierre and Allan Weeks (Paradise By Way of Kensal Green, 8pm); Phil Markowitz and Peter King (Pizza Express Jazz Club, 8.30pm); Sam Crowe (Olivers, 8.30pm); Sax Appeal (Bull’s Head, 8.30pm); Olivia Chaney, Ayanna Witter Johnson and Nick Mulvey (Vortex, 8.45pm); Jonathen Bratoeff Qt (The Others, Stoke Newington, 9pm); Robert Glasper Trio (Cargo, 9.30pm); Hadrien Feraud Group (Charlie Wright’s, 9.30pm); Zem Adu Qt (606, 10.15pm); West End Jam (Ronnie Scott’s Bar, 10.30pm).

Wednesday 19 November: Sarah Gillespie (RAH-Consort Café, 12pm, free); Talk with Ruya Supanggah plus Portico Quartet (QEH-Front Room, 6pm, free); Cleo Laine and John Dankworth (Ronnie Scott’s 7.15pm); John Crawford (Octave, 8pm); 10 Years of Spice Jazz (Spice of Life, Cambridge Circus, 8pm); Alan Price (Bulls Head, 8.30pm); Phil Markowitz and Peter King (Pizza Express Jazz Club, 8.30pm); Kaz Simmons (Olivers, 8.30pm), Barcode Quartet (Vortex, 8.45pm); Julia Biel plus Room of Katinas (Café Koha, Leicester Square, 9pm); Kenny Wheeler, Stan Sulzmann & John Parricelli (606, 9pm); Hadrien Feraud Group (Charlie Wright’s, 9.30pm); West End Jam (Ronnie Scott’s Bar, 10.30pm).

Thursday 20 November: Juliet Kelly (RAH-Consort Café, 12pm. Free); Led Bib plus Outhouse (Arts Theatre Club, Frith St, 7pm); Cleo Laine and John Dankworth (Ronnie Scott’s, 7.15pm); Discovering Music (Guildhall School of Music, 7.30pm, free); Barry Green (Dysart Arms, 7.45pm, free); Worshipful Company of Musicians Winner 2008 (The Green Man, Euston, 7.45pm); Ian Shaw (Arts Depot, 8pm); Red Hot Voices (Paradise By Way of Kensal Green, 8pm); Gary Crosby’s Nu Troop (Spice of Life, 8pm); Ben Allison & Man Size Safe plus Julian Siegel (Pizza Express jazz Club, 8.30pm); Steve Waterman Quintet (Bull’s Head, 8.30pm); Erik Truffaz Indian Project (Jazz Café, 8.30pm); Get The Blessing (Vortex, 8.45pm); Frank Holder with Michael Mwenso (Octave, 9pm); Gino Stitson (Charlie Wright’s, 10pm); West End Jam (Ronnie Scott’s Bar, 10.30pm); East End Jam (Charlie Wright’s, 1am).

Friday 21 November: Nell Bryden (RAH-Consort Café, 12pm, free); Jim Mullen Trio (RFH-Clore Ballroom, 1pm, free); JD73 (RFH-Clore Ballroom, 6pm, free); Talk with Sibongile Khumalo and Jack DeJohnette (QEH-Front Room, 6pm, free); Arun Ghosh (Ray’s Jazz, 6pm); Cleo Laine and John Dankworth (Ronnie Scott’s, 7pm); Samuel Joyce (Dysart Arms, 7.45pm, free); Tim Garland (Green Man, 7.45pm); Bobby Previte’s New Bump plus Nikki Yeoh (Pizza Express Jazz Club, 8.30pm); Alex Wilson and Salsa Con Soul (Jazz Café, 8.30pm); Frank Giassulo and Pat Tamminen (Bull’s Head, 8.30pm); Grand Union Bengal Tiger, Shanghai Dragon (Vortex, 8.45pm); Joe Stilgoe (Octave, 9pm); Samara (606, 9.30pm); Gino Sitson (Charlie Wright’s, 10pm); West End Jam (Ronnie Scott’s Bar, 10.30pm); Live To Europe (QEH-Front Room, 10.30pm, free); East End Jam (Charlie Wright’s, 1am).

Saturday 22 November: Jazz Film Picnic (Barbican, 12.30pm, free); St Paul’s School Jazz Ensembles (Bull’s Head, 1pm); BBC Radio 3 Jazz Line-Up (4pm, free); John Etheridge & Christian Garrick (Royal Academy of Arts, 4pm); Tokyo-Chutei-Iki (Ray’s Jazz, 4pm free); Bosco D’Oliveira (Barbican, 6pm, free); Maylight (RFH- Clore Ballroom, 6pm); Jones O’Connor Group (Ray’s Jazz, 6pm); Cleo Laine and John Dankworth (Ronnie Scott’s, 7pm); Neil Cowley Trio plus Kit Downes and Z-U (Vortex, 7pm); Cleveland Watkiss (Arts Depot, 8pm); Jef Neve Trio (Pizza Express Jazz Club, 8.30pm); Katriona Taylor (Bull’s Head, 8.30pm); Jones O’Connor Group (Octave, 9pm); Tony Kofi (606, 9.30pm); Roy Campbell, Steve Williamson, Pat Thomas & Roger Turner (Charlie Wright’s, 9.30pm); West End Jam (Ronnie Scott’s Bar 10.30pm); East End Jam (Charlie Wright’s, 1am).

Sunday 23 November: Tokyo-Chutei-Iki (Arts Depot, 12.30pm); London Jazz Collective (Spice of Life, 1pm); 606 Club Big Band (606, 1pm); BBC Introducing with Jez Nelson, the Mighty Jeddo, Trio VD (RFH-Clore Ballroom, 3pm); New Jazz Now with IDST, John Turville Trio, Ryan Quigley Sextet (QEH-Front Room, 3pm); Leon Greening (Spice of Life, 4.30pm); Finn Peters Qt (Notting Hill Arts Club, 6pm); Jonathan Gee Trio (Dysart Arms, 7.30pm); STFN Trio (7.30pm); Toyko-Chutei-Iki (Spice of Life, 7.30pm); Mozez (The Tabernacle, Powis Sq (8pm); Jazz At The Phil (Ronnie Scott’s, 8pm); Sachal Vasananadi (Pizza Express Jazz Club, 8.30); Liane Carroll (606, 8.30pm); All Band Leaders Band (Bull’s Head, 8.30pm); London Jazz Orchestra (Vortex, 8.45pm); Zhenya Strigalev and Dave Preston Group (Charlie Wright’s (9pm); East End Jam (Charlie Wright’s, 12am)

All booking information and further details from www.londonjazzfestival.org.uk