A year after his triumphant 1938 debut at Carnegie Hall, The King of Swing Benny Goodman returned to challenge the new kid on the block, Glenn Miller. The result was one of the most exciting nights in swing music’s history. Who won the match? C...

The Jazz Repertory Company and presenter Kerry Shale take you on a guided tour of the nightclubs, recording studios and radio stations of 1930s New York when jazz and swing were at their peak of popularity. Our first stop is 52nd Street and the Onyx...

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...

Before The Beatles Britain was Trad mad and this concert celebrates the music of the late ’50s and early ’60s when the sound of early jazz was adapted in a uniquely British style. The seven-piece band led by trombonist Ian Bateman feature...

The legendary Harlem Apollo on 125th Street in New York City played host to many of the greatest stars of Jazz, Soul and Rhythm and Blues and is still going strong today. The Jazz Repertory Company is going to take you back to a night in 1962 with so...

This is the third in the Jazz Repertory Company’s series of orchestral jazz concerts for the EFG London Jazz Festival at Cadogan Hall. In 2021 they presented Bossa Nova with Strings and they continue their Brazilian theme this year with a new s...

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...