Saturday, November 7, 2015

UK: EFG London Jazz Festival: 13-22 November 2015

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This 10-day celebration of jazz is a hotly anticipated event, delivering a mix of world-class artists and emerging stars and taking the music to a massive and ever-growing audience.

Produced by Serious, the Festival has a reputation for bringing the best and freshest music to the capital, with a wide-ranging programme of concerts, commissions, club events, talks, and an expansive learning and participation programme. Various strands have emerged throughout the Festival including a wealth of vocal talent featuring both established stars and exceptional new talent.

Artists playing this year include Adriano Adewale, Allen Toussaint, Andy Sheppard​, Arild Andersen, Average White Band & Kokomo, Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn, Cassandra Wilson, Christine Tobin, Dave Holland, Hiromi, Ice-T, Jamie Cullum, Jarrod Lawson, Manu Katché & Ibrahim Maalouf, Miroslav Vitouš​, Natalie Williams, ​Nik Bärtsch, Sibongile Khumalo, Shri Sriram, Submotion Orchestra, Terence Blanchard, ​Tin Men and the Telephone and many more.
http://www.efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/