EFG London Jazz Festival 2023 | Cadogan Hall

EFG London Jazz Festival is back this November! World-class artists and emerging stars bring the very best of jazz and musicianship to London. Discover an exciting mix of homegrown and global talent over ten days of live performances, special collaborations, fresh discoveries, and exclusive new commissions in venues across the capital.

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Book for two or more of the following concerts and save 20%:

YolanDa Brown
The Cookers
Avishai Cohen + Emma Rawicz
Sissoko, Segal, Peirani and Parisien
Ron Carter
Nikki Iles with NDR Big Band

Past events in this series

YolanDa Brown. Photo by Agenda.

YolanDa Brown

An EFG London Jazz Festival event

Saturday 11 November 2023, 19:30

The double MOBO Award-winning, multi-talented saxophonist YolanDa Brown brings her delicious fusion of reggae, jazz and soul to Cadogan Hall for a night of sunshine music.

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The Cookers. Photo by John Abbott

The Cookers

An EFG London Jazz Festival event

Sunday 12 November 2023, 19:00

The Cookers, an exciting all-star septet, summons up an aggressive mid-’60s spirit with a potent collection of expansive post-bop originals marked by all the requisite killer instincts and pyrotechnic playing expected of some of the heaviest hi...

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Zoe Francis of Blue Town Trio

Blue Town Trio

Monday 13 November 2023, 14:30

VENUE: Culford Room at Cadogan Hall

Blue Town Trio features London-based talented vocalist Zoe Francis, the multi-award-winning guitarist Jim Mullen, and the incomparable Ross Stanley on Hammond organ B in a selection of bittersweet songs, the lyrics of which capture our moods whether...

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The Hot Club of Jupiter

The Hot Club of Jupiter

Tuesday 14 November 2023, 14:30

VENUE: Culford Room at Cadogan Hall

Regulars at both London jazz venues and on the swing dance circuit, The Hot Club of Jupiter plays a unique mix of Gypsy swing, hot jazz, New Orleans grooves, Brazilian carnival samba and French surrealism. 'Good fun that deserves to be taken seriousl...

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Avishai Cohen + Emma Rawicz

Avishai Cohen + Emma Rawicz

An EFG London Jazz Festival event

Tuesday 14 November 2023, 19:30

Avishai Cohen is globally recognized as a musician with an individual sound and a questing spirit, an ever-creative player-composer open to multiple strains of jazz and active as a leader, co-leader and sideman. In his latest album, Naked Truth, you...

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Rachael Cohen Quartet

Wednesday 15 November 2023, 14:30

VENUE: Culford Room at Cadogan Hall

One of the most in demand players of her generation, saxophonist Rachael Cohen presents her quartet featuring some of the freshest talent on the London jazz scene performing a set of her own compositions and arrangements.

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Ballaké Sissoko, Vincent Segal, Vincent Peirani & Émile Parisien

Sissoko, Segal, Peirani and Parisien

An EFG London Jazz Festival event

Wednesday 15 November 2023, 19:30

The stellar quartet featuring Ballaké Sissoko (kora), Vincent Segal (cello), Vincent Peirani (accordion) and Émile Parisien (sax), channel a multitude of influences to irresistible effect. Malian musical royalty Ballaké Sissoko has spent many year...

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The GAB Trio

Thursday 16 November 2023, 14:30

VENUE: Culford Room at Cadogan Hall

French guitarist/band leader Clement Regert joins forces with long-term music partner, Italian guitarist Gianluca Corona and versatile drummer/percussionist Steve Taylor for this new project. The sound is BIG, playing a melodic mix of flamenco/Brazil...

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Ron Carter “Foursight”: bassist Ron Carter, drummer Payton Crossley, tenor saxophonist Jimmy Green, and pianist Renee Rosnes

Ron Carter “Foursight”

An EFG London Jazz Festival event

Thursday 16 November 2023, 19:30 & Friday 17 November 2023, 19:30

Ron Carter, the three-time Grammy Award-winning jazz legend and the most recorded jazz bassist in history, will be making his first appearance in the UK in over eight years with his “Foursight” Quartet. The group includes drummer Payton C...

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Corina Kwami Quartet

Corina Kwami Quartet

plus special guest Adele Joel

Friday 17 November 2023, 14:30

VENUE: Culford Room at Cadogan Hall

Corina's show will showcase selections from her Pangea project featuring selections of jazz, sambas, and some originals, with speical guest Adele Joel, one of the leading tap dancers in the UK. The project's mission is to share stories through music...

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Benny Goodman Orchestra’s famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert

The Benny Goodman Orchestra’s famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert

An EFG London Jazz Festival event

Saturday 18 November 2023, 19:30

Bandleader and clarinettist Pete Long (Ronnie Scott’s Big Band, Echoes of Ellington and ex-sax star of Jools Holland’s Rhythm and Blues Orchestra) present a superlative recreation of one of the greatest concerts in jazz history. The 16 musicians...

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Nikki Iles featuring the NDR Bigband

A Love of Imperfect Things

Sunday 19 November 2023, 17:00

As Composer-in-Residence of the NDR Bigband in 2023, the British pianist, composer and bandleader Nikki Iles reflects on the limits of perfection and the desire for the spontaneous and unfinished with her programme A Love of Imperfect Things, a theme...

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