One Jazz will be broadcasting live from the 2024 EFG London Jazz Festival. On the 13th, 14th, 21st and 22nd of November we’ll be broadcasting from The Jazz Social … https://efglondonjazzfestival.org.uk/thejazzsocial a great new venue just a skip away from The Barbican. Join us from 10am to 2.30pm each day for live shows presented by Kasia Konstance, Orphy Robinson, Ruth Fisher, Jez Nelson and Chris Philips. There will be live music from the likes of Rob Luft, Gary Crosby and Big Massive.
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Weds 13th November
One Jazz are live from The Jazz Social from 10am to 2.30pm with shows presented by One Jazz Founders Chris Philips and Jez Nelson. There’ll be guests and live music from the Hejira duo playing the music of Joni Mitchell plus Lucy Joy and Thomas Sladden, an up-and-coming jazz duo based in London currently studying jazz at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. They perform a combination of luscious, sensitively interpreted standards and soaring, melodic original material written by both Joy and Sladden. Influences range from Oscar Peterson to Blossom Dearie, from Cecile McLorin Salvant to Kurt Elling, all imaginatively drawn into a soulful, lyrical sound. Come and listen and they will draw you into their world.
Thursday 14th November
One Jazz are live from The Jazz Social from 10am to 2.30pm with shows presented by One Jazz Founders Chris Philips and Jez Nelson and Kasia Konstance from Heads Up. There’ll be guests and live music Gary Crosby and Aleksandra Topzewska plus Dankworth prize winning composer and pianist Lior Solomons-Wise with joined by saxophonist George Johnson. This dynamic duo binds contemporary jazz with folk and classical influences. They will perform a variety of captivating original compositions and selections from their favourite composers. Having played together for almost a decade, they deliver an engaging musical experience that highlights their unique talents and creative synergy. Also playing are the Sam Plackett Duo. Sam Plackett (guitar) and Oscar Ho (bass) perform jazz standards and original compositions. Improvisation and creative interplay are central to this ensemble’s unique voice.
Thursday 21st November
One Jazz are live from The Jazz Social from 10am to 2.30pm with shows presented by One Jazz Founders Chris Philips and Jez Nelson and Ruth Fisher. There’ll be guests and live music from Big Massive – one of the new upstarts on the London Jazz landscape, Big massive is a young, emerging jazz collective from London. Fearless in their exciting exploration of black music as seen through their ears and shaped by the sonics of London jazz, the band draws from hip-hop, dub, jungle and rnb, creating an energy that is unmatched and makes for a unique “Big Massive” sound.
Friday 22nd November
One Jazz are live from The Jazz Social from 10am to 2.30pm with shows presented by One Jazz Founders Chris Philips and Jez Nelson and vibes legend and One Jazz host Orphy Robinson. There’ll be guests and live music from the Rob Luft Duo. Robert is unquestionably one of the finest guitarists in the world today and headlines the Jazz Cafe later this evening. For this special set hell be playing in an intimate duo.