London Jazz Festival 2010

London Jazz Festival 2010

Friday 12th to Sunday 21st November 2010
various venues in London, W1D 1LL, England MAP
varies - depending on event

Last updated: Wed 11th Aug 2010

The London Jazz Festival takes place from Friday 12th to Sunday 21st November 2010. The event is held at various venues around London including The Roundhouse, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Barbican, and the Purcell Room.

Featuring a mix of premieres, new commissions and collaborations with world famous stars and emerging talent. The event has more performances are in more venues than any other live event in the capital, along with the Festival's renowned education programme and its Jazz for Free strand, to create the UK's biggest international jazz festival.

Line-up

Friday 12th: Jazz Voice: Celebrating a Century of Song, Hugh Masekela & The Mahotella Queens, Manu Katche, Simcock meets Charnock.
Saturday 13th: Herbie Hancock, Andy Sheppard: Movements in Colour, Brad Mehldau's Highway Rider, Esperanza Spalding: Chamber Music Society, John Etheridge, Polar Bear.
Sunday 14th: Terence Blanchard Band + Robert Glasper Trio, Herbie Hancock, Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: Rhapsody in Blue, Raul Malo, Palle Mikkelborg, Marilyn Mazur, Helen Davies & Mikkel Nordsoe + Phronesis, Polar Bear
Monday 15th: John Scofield Trio + Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, Courtney Pine + Christian Scott, Yaron Herman Trio + Budapest Bar.
Tuesday 16th: Cleo Laine, Martial Solal, Paolo Conte, Murcof & Francesco Tristano.
Wednesday 17th: Charles Lloyd Quartet + Norma Winstone Trio, Gary Burton Quartet + Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, The Creole Choir of Cuba, Nikki Yanofsky.
Thursday 18th: The Creole Choir of Cuba, Paco de Lucia, Chucho Valdes & The Afro-Cuban Messengers + Ibrahim Maalouf, Gilad Atzmon, Soweto Kinch: The New Emancipation, Geri Allen + Curios, The Bad Plus - alone.
Friday 19th: The Creole Choir of Cuba, Arthur H, Natalie Williams, The Bad Plus - "For All I Care".
Saturday 20th: Sonny Rollins at 80, Ute Lemper: The Last Tango, Matthew Herbert and the London Sinfonietta, The Bad Plus - The Plus meet Django Bates.
Sunday 21th: Frankenstein V Dracula: Gary Lucas plays Dracula & Dave Douglas & Keystone re-imagines Frankenstein, An Evening with Juliette Greco, Billy Jenkins & BBC Big Band.