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    Queen Elizabeth Hall
    Purcell Room South Bank
    London
    SE1 8XX

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LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL: A Tribute To Abram Wilson

Categories, Jazz and experimental

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An intimate gig celebrating the life and music of trumpeter Abram Wilson, who tragically passed away last year. Pianist Reuben James, drummer Dave Hamblett and bassist Alex Davies will be joined by guest performers including Jason Marsalis, Jean Toussaint...

  1. Wed Nov 20
  2. Purcell Room Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, SE1 8XX
  3. £10-£20
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LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL: Charlie Parker On Dial

Bebop

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Following his successful jazz-history shows 'Strayhorn the Songwriter' and 'Jazz at Café Society', pianist Alex Webb brings another jazz/theatre event to the London Jazz Festival. This year he celebrates bebop icon Charlie Parker and his time with Dial...

  1. Sun Nov 17
  2. Purcell Room Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, Southbank, SE1 8XX
  3. £10-£20
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LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL: Charlie Parker On Dial

Bebop

  • Critics' choice

Following his successful jazz-history shows 'Strayhorn the Songwriter' and 'Jazz at Café Society', pianist Alex Webb brings another jazz/theatre event to the London Jazz Festival. This year he celebrates bebop icon Charlie Parker and his time with Dial...

  1. Sun Nov 17
  2. Purcell Room Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, Southbank, SE1 8XX
  3. £10-£20
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Diana Jones

World, Country, Folk

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A Nashville songwriter with a fresh, melancholic approach to alt country and a voice like a more homely Gillian Welch, Jones makes a welcome return to a London stage tonight. She received rapturous acclaim for her 2006 album 'My Remembrance of You' and...

Diana Jones
  1. Sat Sep 7
  2. Purcell Room Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, SE1 8XX
  3. £20
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LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL: Ketil Bjørnstad/Kari Bremnes – The Story Of Edvard Munch

Categories, Jazz and experimental

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Norwegian Renaissance man Bjørnstad is a one-man art movement, with parallel careers as a poet, novelist and internationally acclaimed jazz pianist: he has more than 20 novels and 30 albums to his name. His glacially beautiful piano playing tonight paints...

  1. Thu Nov 21
  2. Purcell Room Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, SE1 8XX
  3. £10-£20
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MELTDOWN: Patti Smith

Poetry, Singer-songwriter

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When the New York punk poetess curated Meltdown in 2005, she invited Yoko Ono to perform. Now Ono's returning the favour, inviting Smith for a Meltdown performance in the Purcell Room. Ticketholders are promised 'an evening of words and music', which...

MELTDOWN: Patti Smith
  1. Fri Jun 21
  2. Purcell Room Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, SE1 8XX
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LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL: Schlippenbach Trio Vs Noszferatu

Avant-jazz and free-jazz, Experimental and free improvisation

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Top improvisers the Schlippenbach Trio have, incredibly, been making music together for the last 40 years. Featuring pianist Alex von Schlippenbach, reeds-master Evan Parker and percussionist Paul Lovens, they combine tonight with adventurous, boundary-busting...

  1. Sat Nov 16
  2. Purcell Room Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, SE1 8XX
  3. £10-£20
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Simone Dinnerstein and Tift Merritt

Folk, Piano recitals

American performers classical pianist Simone Dinnerstein and singer-songwriter Tift Merritt join forces to perform tracks from their new album 'Night'. It is a unique collaboration uniting folk, rock and classical worlds.

  1. Mon Jul 1
  2. Purcell Room Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, SE1 8XX
  3. £15
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LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL: Stan Sulzmann's Neon Orchestra

Big band

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An abrasive contemporary jazz multi-reedist, flautist and composer, Sulzmann is a veteran of various Kenny Wheeler, Joni Mitchell, James Last, Gil Evans and Joe Harriott/John Mayer line-ups. Tonight he heads a modern jazz big band to mark his 65th birthday. This...

LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL: Stan Sulzmann's Neon Orchestra
  1. Fri Nov 15
  2. Purcell Room Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank, SE1 8XX
  3. £10-£20
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