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Sunday 11 November John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension
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BEATS & PIECES + ENSEMBLE DENADA 3pm & 7.45pm
Southbank Centre/Purcell Room
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Two of Europe’s radical young bands join forces in this unbeatable big band special. The award-winning 14-piece Beats & Pieces, “the true definition of Northern Soul” (Evening Standard) perform originals – plus the odd Radiohead cover – under the leadership of composer and arranger Ben Cottrell.
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FREE WAY IN TO THE TALK WAY OUT: PART II AN INTRODUCTION TO JAZZ With Alexander Hawkins & Corey Mwamba
7.30pm
Southbank Centre/Royal Festival Hall
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Southbank Centre/The Front Room
In the second instalment of this lively discussion, Alexander and Corey continue to trail the history of jazz, from 1950s cool and hard bop into the politically charged avant-garde of the 60s and onto the genre defying world that is jazz in the 21st century.
DOM JAMES & THE DIXIE TICKLERS + PARIS WASHBOARD
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Jazz Nursery, Southwark
4pm
A WEEKEND WITH LUCINDA WILLIAMS
5.30pm
Norway’s Ensemble Denada, led by Helge Sunde set out “to achieve smallband dynamics with thrice the number of people”, and The Guardian described their recent Finding Nymo as “a cracker of a contemporary big-band album.”
TOWNSHIP COMETS
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Part I on Sat 10 Nov. See p.13.
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6pm
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Led by clarinettist Dom James, the Dixie Ticklers celebrate the earliest –––––––––––––––––––––––– Led by the powerful vocals of Pinise Saul, forms of Dixieland/New Orleans jazz, offering “a swinging demonstration of its The Comets play the searing, joyous roots and branches” (The Scotsman). music of saxophonist Dudu Pukwana, an essential and towering force in a Paris Washboard reinvent music from UK jazz scene that was transformed by the 1920s and 30s, paying tribute to the energy of the South African jazz Fats Waller, James P. Johnson and Duke community in the 1970s and 80s. Ellington. The Vortex, Dalston
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A Journey Through Voice The Voicelab Jazz Day
FREE
6pm
Southbank Centre/The Clore Ballroom
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The culmination of an intensive and fun day of singing workshops, as part of Southbank Centre’s popular Voicelab series. To find out how to get involved see p.65.
JOHN McLAUGHLIN & THE 4TH DIMENSION + Arun Ghosh & The Twin Tenors 7.30pm
Barbican
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Playing on Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew and forming the pioneering Mahavishnu Orchestra, and the groundbreaking Shakti, it is without hyperbole that The Guardian calls John McLaughlin “one of the few Europeans to divert the course of jazz history”. His work with The 4th Dimension puts him at the forefront of today’s electric jazz. Updating the rich lineage of the Indojazz sound with 21st century attitude and energy, Ghosh appears with his exciting live band, featuring Idris Rahman, Wayne Francis (saxophones), Neil Charles (bass) and Rastko Rasic (drums). ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
GRAND UNION ORCHESTRA
7.30pm
Hackney Empire Theatre
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Grand Union Orchestra celebrates its 30th anniversary at home in Hackney – a cultural melting pot reminiscent of New Orleans a century ago. “A truly syncretic blend in which it is impossible to say where one culture stops and another starts.” ––allaboutjazz