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/