Guildhall Jazz Festival x EFG London Jazz Festival: Wednesday 16 November

This year's Milton Court Artist-in-Residence, Yahael Camara Onono, joins the EFG London Jazz Festival to bring you his second music masterclass with a special, cultural twist.

With arrangements at its core but with a contemporary outlook, this masterclass invites Guildhall students who play horns/drums/percussion to learn how to build a piece with Mande music, and is open to the public to observe. In the same way folkloric music is transmitted, the arrangements will be transmitted orally and will encourage participants to use their skills and hone their ear. Djembe arrangements and Mande rhythmic language will be at the heart of this masterclass, so bring your A game – this culture doesn't have its reputation for no reason!

Yahael Camara Onono is the bandleader, lead djembe player, composer, and arranger of Balimaya Project – whose 2021 debut-album Wolo So, was referred to as ‘one of the most ’significant releases of 2021’.

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Marlon Hibbert steel pan 
Will Hobson piano 

Marlon Hibbert & William Hobson are a Steelpan and Piano duo, recently graduated from Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Playing a mixed repertoire of standards, Caribbean and Latin music the duo aspires to the likes of the Gary Burton & Chick Corea duet. 

Marlon is an aspiring Jazz musician, Educator and performer born in London, Uk. With 15 years of experience performing in the UK, USA, Trinidad, Switzerland, Slovakia and more, he aims to continue to take the instrument around the world and demonstrate the artform. 

Marlon regularly performs an array of music from all genres. Marlon is also the UK Pan Clash champion soloist 2018 & 19. Marlon arranged his first panorama in 2015 winning his first Junior Panorama with Endurance Steel Orchestra in 2018. 

Will Hobson is a versatile and forward-thinking young pianist/composer based in London.  

At 23 years old, his artistic voice draws on a wide range of influences, where a deep knowledge of the jazz idiom meets minimalist inspired cells, elements of ambient sound design and catchy earworm melodies. 

Will has performed extensively across the country, particularly in Essex and London. Most notably he has had the opportunity to play at some of the capitals most renowned jazz clubs including Ronnie Scott’s, Oliver’s and The Vortex, as well as having provided piano for world famous hotels such as The Dorchester and The Savoy. In addition to this, he works regularly with a variety of bands and solo acts, including The VV Experience, Chisara Agor and The Unswung Heroes. 

Free

Gareth Lockrane, Ruta Sipola, Martina Mihulkova, Harry Trevillion flutes 
Anmol Mahara drums 
Isaac Burland bass 
Francisco Garcia de Paredes guitar 

Jazz flute legend Gareth Lockrane joins forces with fellow jazz flautists Ruta Sipola, Martina Mihulkova and Harry Trevillion to play a mixture of original compositions and jazz standards with a line up no one has ever seen before.  

They are joined by rhythm section Anmol Mahara on drums, Isaac Burland on bass and Francisco Garcia de Paredes on guitar. 

Free 

Tony Kofi alto saxophone
Hugh Pascall trumpet
Dennis Rollins trombone
Matthew Ratcliffe keyboards/piano
Martyn Spencer double bass
Andrew Wood drum kit 

'Inside Straight' is a celebration of the music of the great Cannonball Adderley, featuring compositions by Joe Zawinul, Nat Adderley, and of course Cannonball himself. Led by award winning alto saxophonist Tony Kofi, the band explores exciting repertoire from the late 1960s / Mid 1970s which helped to push the boundaries of jazz music at the time and pave the way for the oncoming jazz funk revolution. 

Tony is joined in the engine room by Martyn Spencer (double bass), Andrew ‘Woody’ Wood (drums) & Matthew Ratcliffe (piano, keyboards & synthesiser). On the frontline, Tony is joined by top brass men, Hugh Pascall on trumpet and Dennis Rollins MBE on trombone.  

Free