Out to Lunch 2023 jazz series

Out to Lunch, our lunchtime jazz series, returns this summer! Join us for lunch and listen to an amazing line-up of jazz artists in our Culford Room.

The performances run from 12-2pm and you can join us for the whole two hours or just pop in for as long as you can.

Seated tickets: £5 / Standing: free but ticketed. Doors open 11am. Refreshments available.

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Jools Holland’s saxophone star Phil Veacock with Jim Watson & George Double

Out to Lunch

Tuesday 18 July 2023, 12:00 & Tuesday 18 July 2023, 12:00

VENUE: Culford Room at Cadogan Hall

Saxophonist Phil Veacock is best-known as the main arranger, musical director and tenor saxophonist of Jools Holland’s Rhythm and Blues Orchestra. In this role he has arranged for and played with practically everyone of note in popular music fr...

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Nick Costley-White Trio

Nice Work!

Thursday 20 July 2023, 12:00

VENUE: Culford Room at Cadogan Hall

Acclaimed UK guitarist Nick Costley-White leads his trio featuring Tom Farmer (Empirical, Anoushka Shankar) on bass and Josh Morrison (Stacey Kent, Dave O’Higgins) on drums. The band is fresh from the studio recording its debut EP Nice Work!, f...

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Oxley-Meier Guitar Project

Out to Lunch

Tuesday 25 July 2023, 12:00 & Tuesday 25 July 2023, 12:00

VENUE: Culford Room at Cadogan Hall, Culford Room

Expect a dazzling display of contemporary fare, ranging from Turkish panache to soundscapes of latin America to English pastoralism. Hear this played on nylon string, steel string, electric, 12-string, fretless, slide, guitar-synth, glissentar guitar...

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Phil Merriman Trio

Out to Lunch

Thursday 27 July 2023, 12:00

VENUE: Culford Room at Cadogan Hall

The Phil Merriman Trio presents a sinuous landscape of compositions and improvisations. Expect lyrical, folk-inspired melodies, harmonies that blend shades of Bartók and Messiaen with darker hues of gospel, underpinned by shifting rhythms and bassli...

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Rob Barron Trio

From This Moment On

Tuesday 1 August 2023, 12:00 & Tuesday 1 August 2023, 12:00

VENUE: Culford Room at Cadogan Hall

Rob Barron is a London based jazz pianist, arranger and composer and has been described as ‘one of the most creative and versatile musicians of his generation’. Whilst studying Jazz in Leeds, he played with Bob Mintzer, Tim Garland and So...

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Sophie Alloway Quartet featuring Mornington Lockett

Out to Lunch

Thursday 3 August 2023, 12:00 & Thursday 3 August 2023, 12:00

VENUE: Culford Room at Cadogan Hall

London-based drummer Sophie Alloway works in a variety of musical settings for a wide range of artists. She played drums for rapper Roots Manuva for two years, touring the UK, Australia and New Zealand with him. As well as appearing on Later With Joo...

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Joanna Eden

Embraceable Ella

Tuesday 8 August 2023, 12:00 & Tuesday 8 August 2023, 12:00

VENUE: Culford Room at Cadogan Hall

Joanna Eden presents a ‘labour of love’ show celebrating the music of her vocal hero Ella Fitzgerald. From the throw-away ‘A Tisket A Tasket’ which brought Ella to fame in the ’40s with the Chick Webb Orchestra to later...

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Tara Minton

Two for the Road

Thursday 10 August 2023 - Thursday 10 August 2023

VENUE: Culford Room at Cadogan Hall, Culford Room

Tara Minton is an Australian-born harpist, vocalist and composer. Sought after as both a harpist and vocalist, Tara has worked with Björk, ESKA, Stan Sulzmann, Geoff Gascoyne, the Ronnie Scott’s All Stars and the Australian World Orchestra. Sh...

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Lulu Pierre Quartet with special guest Tony Kofi

Out to Lunch

Tuesday 15 August 2023 - Tuesday 15 August 2023

VENUE: Culford Room at Cadogan Hall, Culford Room

Already making waves on the London jazz vocal scene, Lulu Pierre has proved herself to be a classic Torch Song stylist with the sass of Nancy Wilson and the swing of Sarah Vaughan – and a knack for heartbreaking ballads too. A striking and chic fig...

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Andy Panayi Quartet

Flute to the Power of Four

Thursday 17 August 2023 - Thursday 17 August 2023

VENUE: Culford Room at Cadogan Hall, Culford Room

Andy Panayi, a stalwart of the British jazz and session scenes since the 1980s, has always set himself the highest musical standards. While many saxophonists “double” with varying degrees of success, Andy plays the piccolo, concert, alt...

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Tori Freestone Trio

Out to Lunch

Tuesday 22 August 2023 - Tuesday 22 August 2023

VENUE: Culford Room at Cadogan Hall, Culford Room

Tori Freestone has been creating a stir in the UK and abroad in recent years winning prestigious awards including the Ivor Novello for jazz composition and receiving rave reviews including Guardian Jazz “Album of the Month” for her El mar...

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Paul Higgs presents ‘Cool School’

Out to Lunch

Thursday 24 August 2023 - Thursday 24 August 2023

VENUE: Culford Room at Cadogan Hall

In this show jazz, trumpet ace Paul Higgs presents an afternoon of music in the Cool Jazz style. Characterised by a relaxed mood, the style is known for its emphasis on melody, structure and counter-point. Paul plays tunes by the giants of Cool Jazz...

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Out to Lunch 2023 jazz series

Past events in this series