Guildhall Jazz Festival x EFG London Jazz Festival: Monday 14 November
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- Category:
- Guildhall Jazz Festival | Jazz
- Event type:
- Free | In-person
- Admission:
- Free
- Location:
- Milton Court Concert Hall
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A three-day festival in proud partnership with the EFG London Jazz Festival celebrating the wealth of creativity and originality within the Guildhall Jazz community. Featuring current students, alumni and staff members, the festival will showcase emerging talent and new and established voices from our thriving and eclectic jazz department.
All of the below events are FREE, no tickets required
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Mark McQuillan electric bass
Anmol Mohara drums
Cody Moss keyboards
Will Rees-Jones saxophones
Jack Ross trumpet
James Wade-Sired trombone
Gamer music. Led by swashbuckling bassist and composer Mark McQuillan, gamerjazz play original music and creative arrangements with a muscular fusion sound and high energy vibes.
Joe Tzabar guitar
Jack Devonshire alto/soprano sax
Cam Rossi tenor sax
Cubby Howard cello
Jude Lane piano
Alex Bresh bass
Jonah Phillips drums
Beyond the Blue are an exciting, up-and-coming London-based Jazz band. They have played a number of sell-out shows in London and Brighton, as well as participating in and scoring short films by local filmmakers. They have opened for a number of established bands such as Blue Lab Beats and Ebi Soda and have played alongside artists/groups from a variety of genres such as Illajoy, Bukky Sky, Kymara and Genepool. Since two of the members joined the Guildhall School of Music and Drama undergraduate jazz course, the original quartet line up has expanded with the recent additions of alto sax/soprano, tenor sax and cello to form a dynamic septet sound. Their latest quartet release, a four track EP entitled 'Four Rooms', marks an evolution in the band's musical aesthetic. It draws influence from a wide range of genres and bands such as jungle/drum and bass, as well as Radiohead and Massive Attack inspired styles. These new influences are balanced with Beyond the Blue’s signature atmospheric and moody jazz sound so that the EP still remains distinctly unique.
Nel Begley vocals
Marlon Hibbert pan
Chris Bland keys
Luke Fowler bass
James Law kit
The interweaving of voice and steel pan. Exploring the American songbook, Latin jazz and re-workings of composers Joni Mitchell and Burt Bacharach.
Featuring Guildhall fellow and founder of Endurance Steel Orchestra Marlon Hibbert, Chris Bland and Luke Fowler – both Guildhall alumni – and Eversheds Sutherland scholarship student Nel Begley.
Please note that the Nel Begley Quintet replaces 'Rafe’s Dilemma', the group previously advertised.
Sultan Stevenson piano
Jack Ross trumpet
Morgan Marshall violin
Manuel Filgueiras drums
Ygor Azevedo bass
This group pays homage to classic jazz standards, played with modern flare and with deep connection to the language of the greats who made these tunes.
The violin/trumpet combo with a traditional rhythm section is what sets this sound apart from a classic jazz quintet, A mixture of classic bop and swing, hints of folk ideas and a groove that swings hard, this is music that is bound to bring you satisfaction.
Will RJ saxophones
Sol Grimshaw guitar
Cody Moss synth/sound-world, piano
Isaac Burland bass
Anmol Mohara world percussion
Zoe Pascal drums
Nicole Petrus-Barracks vocals
Solomon (led by Sol Grimshaw) crosses many musical pathways from world music, folk, jazz, free improvised music and electronics. With group improvisation at the heart of the music the band looks forward to bringing a new set of originals to the stage.
Shirley Smart cello
John Crawford piano
James Arben sax/flute
Tim Quicke trumpet
Michele Montoli bass
Demi Garcia Sabat drums
Acknowledged as one of the UK’s most versatile and creative cellists, trailblazing cellist and composer Shirley Smart brings her new sextet project to this year's EFG London Jazz Festival. Drawing on a background of 10 years living in Jerusalem and working with the overlapping worlds of jazz, Arabic, Turkish and North African music, Shirley is equally at home and well versed in all these traditions, and her music draws upon this rich tapestry of influences to create an evening of vibrant melodies, grooves, swing and lively improvisation.
Showcasing her unique ability to explore the potential of the cello in a jazz context, performing multiple roles as bassist, lead and soloist on the instrument, and featuring also some of the UK’s leading lights in world-influenced jazz – John Crawford (Ola Onabule) on piano, James Arben (Mulatu Astatke, Hackney Colliery Band, Heliocentrics) on sax/flute, Tim Quicke (Lousie Balkwill, Giles Thornton) on trumpet and Michele Montoli (Alina Bzhezhinska) on bass and Demi Garcia Sabat (John Dankworth, Nicolas Meier) on drums this dynamic group promises an evening of inspired music-making.
Performers
Beyond the Blue
Rafe's Dilemma
gamerjazz
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
