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FRANK GRIFFITH BIG BAND
The Bull’s Head, Barnes
Featuring a host of UK jazz stalwarts, the Frank Griffith Big Band perform an eclectic mix of Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Weill songs, arrangements of 1940s rhumbas and 60s lounge-core themes. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
THE WAY THAT YOU DO IT With Pete Wareham + ACROBAT 8.30pm
The Amersham Arms, New Cross
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Described by The Guardian’s John Fordham as “a 21st Century Thelonious Monk”, pianist Arthur Lea leads a trio that includes Polar Bear/Acoustic Ladyland saxophonist Pete Wareham. Acrobat are a contemporary Hammond trio, offering playful interaction and a true ensemble feel. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TAMMY WEIS
8.30pm
The Pheasantry, Kings Road
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“An engaging live performer with a Peggy Lee-sense of cool” (The Times), Tammy Weis sings a mix of classic jazz standards and beautifully crafted originals, with a vibrant sense of melody and swing. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
LAURA JURD QUARTET
8.30pm
The Green Man, Euston
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Trumpeter Laura Jurd performs striking originals with a band of fast emerging young Brits; Elliot Galvin (piano) Conor Chaplin (electric bass) and Corrie Dick (drums).
Natalie Duncan by Simon Wisbey
WILL VINSON QUARTET
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PizzaExpress Jazz Club, Soho
Will Vinson brings his all-star quartet to London, featuring guitarist Lage Lund (Maria Schneider, David Sanchez), bassist Matt Brewer (Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Antonio Sanchez) and drummer Clarence Penn (Dave Douglas, Adam Rogers). An explosive blast of New York downtown jazz. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
DUNAJSKA KAPELYE GYPSY JAZZ 8.30pm
The Vortex, Dalston
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Led by the Polish jazz virtuoso Piotr Jordan, Dunajska Kapelye adds searing improvisation to traditional Gypsy and eastern European melodies, to serve up an evening of music that will put a “big, stupid grin on your face” (Metro). ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
SPEECH DEBELLE + SAMUEL YIRGA 9pm
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ROY’S BIG SMOKE FAMILY
9pm
Charlie Wright’s, Hoxton
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Led by drummer Roy Pfeffer, this New Orleans-style funk act fill dancefloors wherever they go. Longstanding residents at Charlie Wright’s, they bring their hard grooving, horn-led, Metersstyle funk to LJF. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
NATALIE DUNCAN
9.45pm
Royal Albert Hall/Elgar Room
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A talented songwriter and a singer whose voice is richly resonant with soul Two years on from her Mercury Prizeand blues, she’s worked with drum’n’bass winning debut album Speech Therapy, star Goldie and dubstep act Magnetic South London rapper Speech Debelle Man, and comes to LJF on the wave delivers a follow-up album that packs a of her recently released debut Decca powerful punch. A celebration of female album, Devil in Me. power and identity, Freedom of Speech is “refreshingly outspoken and musically daring” (The Guardian). ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Village Underground, Shoreditch
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Completing this Vuzz double bill, Dub Colossus pianist Samuel Yirga, the new generation of Ethiopian jazz, plays instantly addictive music from his debut solo Real World album Guzo.
THE LATE LATE SHOW
11pm
Ronnie Scott’s, Soho
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