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Guildhall Jazz Festival in association with EFG London Jazz Festival: Giacomo Smith & Mozes Rosenberg
- from 1pm
![Giacomo Smith headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/12_6_media_small/public/2024-07/Giacomo%20Smith.jpg?h=20bc59b9&itok=x2NKGjnW)
About this event:
- Category:
- Guildhall Jazz Festival | Jazz
- Event type:
- Free | In-person | Online
- Admission:
- Free
- Location:
- Milton Court Concert Hall
Event information
Presented in association with EFG London Jazz Festival
The creativity and originality of the Guildhall Jazz community is celebrated in the School’s annual Jazz Festival, presented in partnership with EFG London Jazz Festival.
Headlining Thursday 21 November, celebrated clarinettist Giacomo Smith and Dutch Sinti guitarist Mozes Rosenberg join together to bridge culture, tradition and time to create unique concerts drawing on the history of Django Reinhard’s music.
Keep scrolling to discover Thursday's full line-up.
Full line up: Thu 21 Nov 2024
All events are free, no tickets required - just turn up to Milton Court Concert Hall!
1pm
Ultimatum
2pm
Beluga
3pm
Canopy
7.30pm
Lucy Joy Quintet
8.30pm
Giacomo Smith & Mozes Rosenberg
About the artists
Isaac James drums
Josh Stidwill keyboard/synth/piano
Jon Batchelor bass
A dynamic, exciting, new jazz-fusion band, made up of three friends hailing from the vibrant heart of London. Blending the soulful depth of gospel music, the smooth rhythms of neo-soul, the infectious grooves of funk, and the intricate melodies of 70s jazz fusion, we create a timeless and refreshingly contemporary sound.
Our music celebrates the diverse influences that shaped the musicians we are today, and together, we support each other in the pursuit of musical excellence.
Louis Gascoyne bass and vocals
Baylee Blu vocals
Thomas Sladden piano/keyboard
Alex Astill guitar
Taro Bariquelo drums
Led by Baylee Blu and Louis Gascoyne, Beluga are a 5 piece band based in London. Their influences are Stevie Wonder, Esperanza Spalding, Tom Misch and Miles Davis.
Evie Hill vocals
Diarra Walcott-Ivanhoe piano
Reuben Merry drums
Joe Orme bass
Calum Harrison guitar
Cat Eden trombone
Matt Hill trumpet
Jemima Whyte alto saxophone
Neo-soul group, Canopy, are the newest eight-piece band to emerge from the London jazz scene. Having met at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, they have been shaped by their shared love of the jazz tradition, and yet bring their most valuable contributions to the music through individual influences and unique musical backgrounds. Celebrating the interaction between individuality and collective experience is what Canopy’s music is all about - like branches of a tree, each individual voice makes up the canopy.
Heavily influenced by artists such as Roy Hargrove, D'Angelo, Robert Glasper and Kokoroko, Canopy's music synthesises meaningful songwriting with heavy grooves, warm horn lines, and blistering improvisation. Having met on the Artist Masters course, Canopy's sound is fully grown - they are set to release an EP later this year.
Lucy Joy voice
Alex Allen guitar
Thomas Sladden piano
Louis Gascoyne bass
Taro Bariquelo drums
The Lucy Joy Quintet fuses modal jazz and improvisation with modern songwriting performing a combination of modal standards with original vocalese and original music by Lucy Joy. Influences from McCoy Tyner to Billie Holiday are drawn together into a powerful, lyrical sound.
Celebrated clarinettist Giacomo Smith and Dutch Sinti guitarist Mozes Rosenberg join together to bridge culture, tradition and time to create unique concerts drawing on the history of Django Reinhard’s music. Mozes’ virtuosic guitar and Giacomo’s breathtaking range of expression brings a new energy to this timeless music. In this all-star lineup, Giacomo joins forces with Dutch Sinti guitarist Mozes Rosenberg to move Django’s winning instrumental formula into the modern era. With their quartet they perform original compositions, swing era classics, and other songs from outside the typical gypsy swing and Manouche repertoire.
Artist photos
Ultimatum
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Canopy
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Giacomo Smith
![Mozes Rosenberg holding guitar](/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_small/public/2024-07/mozes-scherp.jpg?itok=Z2Re83pS 450w)
Mozes Rosenberg
Venue information
Milton Court, based across the road from our Silk Street building, provides the School with world-class performance and training spaces, including a state of the art concert hall, a lyric theatre, a studio theatre and several major rehearsal rooms.
- Milton Court, 1 Milton Street, London, EC2Y 9BH