London Jazz Festival 2012 Brochure by EFG London Jazz Festival

London Jazz Festival 2012 Brochure

Friday 9 November

Ambrose Akinmusire

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ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT + Phantom Limb

AMBROSE AKINMUSIRE QUINTET + Empirical

Southbank Centre/Royal Festival Hall

Southbank Centre/Queen Elizabeth Hall

7.30pm

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Following a sold-out UK tour in May, The Robert Glasper Experiment return to London with their charttopping Blue Note album Black Radio, which “triumphantly plots a route for adventurous jazzers back into the musical mainstream” (Metro). Expect special guests to join an artist who has become a defining figure in today’s musical landscape. The opening set comes from Bristolbased sensation Phantom Limb who create a 21st century blend of soul and country that’s been compared to the Staple Singers fronting The Band. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

GUILDHALL JAZZ BAND With Nikki Iles 7.30pm

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

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Pianist/composer Nikki Iles, “one of the UK’s best-kept secrets, with a silvery touch and uncloying emotional warmth” (The Guardian) guests with the Guildhall Jazz Band, directed by Scott Stroman.

7.30pm

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Ambrose Akinmusire has been heralded as “a major creative figure in the making” (Jazzwise) and “comparable with some of the biggest names in African-American jazz, Miles Davis included” (The Guardian). Since the release of his debut Blue Note album When The Heart Emerges Glistening, he has played to packed houses at Ronnie Scott’s and across the UK, fast becoming one of the most striking figures on today’s jazz scene. “Empirical,” wrote John Fordham in a four-star Guardian review, “have become fascinating and fearless”. Featuring Tom Farmer, Nathaniel Facey, Lewis Wright and Shane Forbes, they bring their brand new strings project to LJF, joined by the internationally acclaimed Benyounes Quartet.

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HILDEGARD LEARNS TO FLY

7.30pm

PizzaExpress Jazz Club, Soho

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Careering from music hall to concert hall, from Kurt Weill to Frank Zappa, this Swiss sextet is masterminded by singer Andreas Schaerer – described as a human incarnation of vaudeville theatre. The Swiss sextet hits London for the first time with a musical arsenal stretching from trombone to typewriter – “musical delirium” (Phare). ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

AMIRA & BOJAN Z 7.30pm

artsdepot, North Finchley

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Award-winning French/Serbian pianist Bojan Z joins forces with Bosnia’s answer to Billie Holiday, singer-songwriter Amira, to turn the oral histories of Bosnia and Serbia inside out, performing innovative hybrids of Balkan music forms within the context of a tradition that’s hundreds of years old.