EFG London Jazz Festival 2024

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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Past events in this series

Tord Gustavsen Trio

Friday 15 November 2024, 7.30pm

With support: Nils Okland. Norwegian pianist and composer Tord Gustavsen is one of Europe’s leading jazz pianists. Supporting the release of his tenth album on ECM records in 2024, he returns to the UK with his acclaimed trio. Continuously searchin...

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Veronica Swift

Saturday 16 November 2024, 7.30pm

Drawing on jazz, French and Italian opera, European classical music, bossa nova, blues, industrial rock, funk, and vaudeville, expect a "transgenre" exploration of music as Veronica Swift showcases her latest album at Cadogan Hall.

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Tigran Hamasyan

Tigran Hamasyan

Sunday 17 November 2024, 6.30pm

Support: Fran & Flora. Tigran Hamasyan is considered one of the most remarkable and distinctive jazz-meets-rock pianists/composers of his generation. A piano virtuoso with groove power, Hamasyan seamlessly fuses potent jazz improvisation and prog...

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Germana Stella La Sorsa

Monday 18 November 2024, 2.30pm

VENUE: Culford Room at Cadogan Hall

Italian singer Germana Stella La Sorsa brings her original music to Cadogan Hall for an afternoon of contemporary jazz that draws upon modern sounds and grooves, from drum'n'bass to Latin music.

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Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos

Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos

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Monday 18 November 2024, 7.30pm

Support: Anna Garano. One of the ultimate New York City party bands, Marc Ribot Y Los Cubanos Postizos (aka ‘The Prosthetic Cubans’) became a must-see attraction in the late 1990s, with its feverishly cooking shows built around arrangements of Cu...

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Nicolas Meier World Group

Nicolas Meier. Photo by Dany Adelfinger.

Nicolas Meier World Group

Tuesday 19 November 2024, 2.30pm

VENUE: Culford Room at Cadogan Hall

Guitarist Nicolas Meier is back with his World Group to present new music: travel around the world with middle eastern, Latin and mediteranean sounds all mixed with jazz. The band includes Richard Jones on violin, Demi Garcia Sabat on percussion, and...

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Airelle Besson Trio + Gabi Hartmann

Airelle Besson Trio + Gabi Hartmann

Tuesday 19 November 2024, 7.30pm

Trumpeter Airelle Besson – Winner of the Django-Reinhardt Prize of the Académie du Jazz and ‘French Instrumental Revelation of the Year’, and singer-songwriter Gabi Hartmann whose influences range from jazz to French and Latin music and whose...

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Kate Williams Quartet featuring Mike Outram

Kate Williams Quartet. Photo by Chris Horne.

Kate Williams Quartet featuring Mike Outram

Wednesday 20 November 2024, 2.30pm

VENUE: Culford Room at Cadogan Hall

The Kate Williams Quartet plus acclaimed guitarist Mike Outram play a varied set featuring tunes by Emily Remler and Bill Evans as well as originals by Kate. "Williams has a quality rare among jazz composers: a musical vocabulary that's all her own."...

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Roberto Fonseca

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Wednesday 20 November 2024, 7.30pm

The virtuoso pianist Roberto Fonseca and his band will play the intoxicating sounds of Cuba’s jazz age, inspired by the great names of the time, like pianist Lily Martinez, to name but one. An immersive experience in the golden age of Cuban music.

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David Gordon Trio

Pachyderm and Beyond

Thursday 21 November 2024, 2.30pm

VENUE: Culford Room at Cadogan Hall

The David Gordon Trio, one of today's most innovative jazz trios, celebrates their landmark album 'Pachyderm' and teases their next project, 'In C'. This immersive experience delves into new and classic pieces in the key of C, crafting a beautifully...

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Julian Lage

Solo Guitar

Thursday 21 November 2024, 7.30pm

Hailed as one of the most prodigious guitarists of his generation and ‘highest category of improvising musicians’ (The New Yorker), Julian Lage has spent more than a decade searching through the myriad strains of American musical history...

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Soul Time! Play the Music of Bobby Timmons

Friday 22 November 2024, 2.30pm

VENUE: Culford Room at Cadogan Hall

Soul Time!, led by pianist Leon Greening and trumpeter Steve Fishwick, with drummer Matt Home and bassist Matyas Hofecker, celebrates the life and music of Bobby Timmons whose compositions formed the backdrop of New York’s jazz scene in the late 19...

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Marcin Wasilewski Trio

Saturday 23 November 2024, 7.30pm

For three decades, this extraordinary ensemble has captivated audiences worldwide with its emotionally charged performances and unparalleled musicianship. From their humble beginnings as teenage prodigies to becoming international jazz icons, the tri...

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Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott, Acker Bilk, George Shearing with Strings

The Jazz Repertory Company in association with the EFG London Jazz Festival

Sunday 24 November 2024, 6.30pm

Our fourth concert with strings for the EFG London Jazz Festival features the music of four great British jazz talents of the 20th century. In 1963 Tubby Hayes took popular standards such as I Feel Pretty, The Party’s Over and But Beautiful and arr...

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EFG London Jazz Festival 2024

Past events in this series

Tord Gustavsen Trio