Live Jazz London

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Influences: Charles Mingus, Ron Carter, Paul Chambers

Or Bareket plays acoustic and electric bass, leading his own groups with compositions that blend North African and Latin American folk traditions with Black American music. His sound pairs a lyrical, singing melodic line with rhythmic agility and a deep groove. Based on the New York jazz scene, he is one of the defining bassist-composers of his generation.

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Influences: Alice Coltrane, Andrew Hill, Jason Moran

Pianist and composer Finn Carter performs with dancer Stephanie Burrell in a improvised duo where the piano and movement respond to each other in real time. Carter's playing draws on Alice Coltrane, Andrew Hill and Jason Moran while pursuing an individual, experimental approach to form. Burrell co-founded the surrealist theatre company Birthday Fish Theatre and has spent years fusing improvisation with theatrical performance inspired by jazz.

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Influences: Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone

Natalie Duncan is a British vocalist who sings jazz standards and soul-tinged originals, backed by piano and small band arrangements. Her delivery combines a smoky, expressive tone with the emotional directness of classic soul singing. She has built a reputation on reinterpreting songs with a jazz-rooted sensibility, making her a strong choice for listeners who want intimate, vocal-led jazz.

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Influences: James Hunter, early R&B vocalists

Dai Price is a soulful vocalist steeped in early jazz and rhythm and blues, delivering richly expressive vocals with the authenticity of a roots musician. His performances channel the warmth and sincerity of pre-1960s vocal traditions, with a natural phrasing that speaks to deep roots music influences. This is singing from someone who understands the emotional weight of the genre.

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Influences: Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Ahmad Jamal

Edinburgh-born pianist Fraser Urquhart plays fluent, elegant piano in a swinging quartet format, drawing on the Great American Songbook. This Thursday 12 November show features alto saxophonist Sam Braysher as special guest, with Tom Farmer on bass and Matt Skelton on drums, and a programme focused on Richard Rodgers and George Gershwin standards. Urquhart has also served as accompanist to Scottish vocalist Georgia Cecile and has played the Edinburgh and Glasgow Jazz Festivals.

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Influences: Lester Bowie, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Dizzy Gillespie

Babel Brass Band is a London brass ensemble playing trumpets, trombones, tubas and percussion in a high-energy blend of pop covers, drum and bass, funk, hip-hop and jazz harmonies. Their sets feature original arrangements, jazz harmonies and improvised solos, often with rappers, vocalists and DJs joining the band on stage. The band has played major UK festivals including Camp Bestival, Boardmasters and All Points East, and their wedding and party shows are built around the same explosive, crowd-moving energy.

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Influences: Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Don Cherry

Jomy Jai plays Anatolian psych jazz fusion, blending the melodic modes of Anatolian music with free improvisation and textures drawn from contemporary electronic production. His sound is psychedelic and rhythmically inventive, built around expressive solos over shifting grooves. He is London-based and brings this hybrid style to a late-night set built around improvisation.

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Influences: Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver

The Cable Street Rag Band plays vintage dance music from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, drawing on rags, blues, foxtrots, tangos and polkas. They specialise in the swinging ensemble sound of early jazz and dance orchestras, bringing period authenticity to material from 1850–1940s.

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Influences: Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Miles Davis

Takuya Kuroda plays trumpet and blends soulful post-bop with funk and hip-hop grooves, a sound that puts melodic, muscular horn lines over driving rhythm sections. He is signed to Blue Note Records, the label that shaped hard bop, and brings that lineage to his recordings and live shows.

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Influences: Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones

PizzaExpress Live Jazz Orchestra is a big band playing swing-era arrangements and contemporary big band charts, with a featured vocalist, Georgia Cécile, fronting the ensemble. The sound is full horn sections, driving rhythm section grooves and polished vocal jazz standards. Their London residency at the PizzaExpress Jazz Club gives a regular stage to top British session players, making each show a chance to hear a large band in an intimate room.

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Influences: Bojan Z, Snarky Puppy

Norwegian producer dublon merges deep house production with live jazz instrumentation, creating a hybrid sound that feels equally at home in the club and the concert hall. Tracks like 'Evolution' and 'Belle' showcase his ability to build hypnotic grooves around acoustic instruments, and this live debut features a full ensemble of jazz musicians interpreting his studio work in real time.

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Influences: John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Sun Ra

Alice Coltrane played piano, harp, and organ, and her music blends modal jazz with Indian classical traditions and devotional spiritual improvisation. This show, After John, is a tribute performed by harpist Alina Bzhezhinska and saxophonist Tony Kofi with tabla player Yousuf Ali Khan, recreating the music Alice Coltrane made after John Coltrane's death. Alina Bzhezhinska and Tony Kofi are an award-winning duo, and the programme is created exclusively for the EFG London Jazz Festival as a one-off performance.

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Influences: Incognito, Alice Russell

The Fontanas blend Brazilian grooves, Latin rhythms, and funky soul with a vintage Daptone studio feel. Led by Kay Elizabeth's vocals, Sam Sutton on guitar and vocals, and Kaw Regis on keys, they deliver Latin fire and energy rooted in soul and Brazilian traditions. Their live album was produced by Jon Moon, who worked on Amy Winehouse's records.

swing contemporary jazz

Influences: Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones

PizzaExpress Live Jazz Orchestra is a big band playing swing-era arrangements and contemporary big band charts, with a featured vocalist, Georgia Cécile, fronting the ensemble. The sound is full horn sections, driving rhythm section grooves and polished vocal jazz standards. Their London residency at the PizzaExpress Jazz Club gives a regular stage to top British session players, making each show a chance to hear a large band in an intimate room.

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Influences: Carleen Anderson, Beverley Knight

Imaani is a powerhouse soul vocalist with over 15 years as a featured singer for the iconic British band Incognito. Her warm, commanding voice cuts through sophisticated arrangements blending soul, Latin, and jazz idioms—expect the kind of deep-grooved, band-driven sound that defined British soul jazz at its peak. This is a rare solo appearance from one of Europe's finest soul singers, performing with her own excellent ensemble.

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Influences: Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone, Ella Fitzgerald

Ineza is a vocalist performing contemporary jazz with a soulful, expressive delivery. Expect smooth, song-led arrangements that draw on classic jazz vocal traditions and modern soul-influenced phrasing. Catch Ineza live to hear a singer whose interpretations balance warmth, control and emotional directness.

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Influences: John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Herbie Hancock

Courtney Pine is a saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist who pioneered the sound of modern British jazz by fusing it with reggae, soul, hip-hop, and drum & bass. Over four decades, he has redefined what jazz can be, creating a dynamic music language rooted in cultural identity and lived experience. This retrospective celebrates his foundational role in expanding jazz beyond traditional boundaries.

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Influences: Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, Jack DeJohnette

Ari Hoenig plays drum kit in a piano-less trio with guitarist Tom Ollendorff and bassist Viktor Nyberg, performing material from their album Enchanted. The music blends Hoenig's intricate, rhythmically inventive drumming with lyrical guitar and melodic bass, emphasising interplay and spontaneity. Hoenig is a New York drummer widely regarded as one of the leading drummers in jazz, and this trio returns to the Vortex following his sold-out shows there in 2022.

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Influences: Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald

Aisha Khan is a vocalist steeped in the American jazz and R&B of the 1940s and 50s, performing as both sultry jazz chanteuse and powerful blues belter. With over 25 years of experience, she delivers original compositions alongside commanding cover versions that capture the glamour and emotional depth of the classic era, channelling the legacy of true divas.

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Influences: Cannonball Adderley, John Coltrane, Lou Donaldson

Four saxophonists — Mornington Lockett (tenor), Tommaso Starace (alto), Karen Sharp (alto) and Donovan Haffner (alto) — join pianist Rob Barron's trio with Calum Gourlay on bass and Mark Taylor on drums for a tribute to the late UK alto giant Peter King. Expect a hard-bop-driven front line playing with fluent drive and melodic phrasing, from Lockett's tenor power to Starace's bebop-rooted lines and Sharp's lyrical improvising. Lockett performed alongside Peter King here for many years and Sharp has soloed with Scott Hamilton and Warren Vache, making this a rare gathering of the UK's saxophone elite.

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Influences: John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Herbie Hancock

Courtney Pine is a saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist who pioneered the sound of modern British jazz by fusing it with reggae, soul, hip-hop, and drum & bass. Over four decades, he has redefined what jazz can be, creating a dynamic music language rooted in cultural identity and lived experience. This retrospective celebrates his foundational role in expanding jazz beyond traditional boundaries.

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Influences: Art Blakey, Thad Jones, Mel Lewis

Tomorrow's Warriors Big Band is a London-based big band of young jazz players, led by the education and talent organisation Tomorrow's Warriors, which was co-founded by Gilad Atzmon's circle...

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Influences: Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Ella Fitzgerald

A showcase of young jazz students from the World Heart Beat Music Academy and the Julian Joseph Jazz Academy, playing standards and jazz staples across piano, trombone, saxophone, and vocals. The sound is soulful and swinging, drawing on the traditions of British jazz education. The programme features students who have gone on to win Jazz FM Awards, Berklee scholarships, and the BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year, and the line-up draws on mentoring from players such as Tony Kofi and Byron Wallen.

contemporary jazz post-bop

Influences: Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter

The London Jazz Orchestra is a working big band in its 35th year, directed by Scott Stroman and consistently refreshed with emerging British talent. The ensemble features vocalist Brigitte Beraha alongside a full horn section and rhythm team, delivering sophisticated post-bop compositions that balance orchestral precision with space for soloists. The band maintains vital energy by mixing legendary players like trumpeter Henry Lowther and percussionist Paul Clarvis with younger musicians, creating a bridge between established and rising voices in the UK jazz scene.

soul jazz latin jazz

Influences: Stax Records artists, Motown, Nashville songwriting tradition

The Meltdown channels Southern soul through hypnotic grooves, graceful horns, and heartfelt melodies anchored by Simon Burke's captivating vocals. Drawing from Stax, Motown, and Nashville traditions, they blend soul-infused arrangements with live performance energy that has earned them festival recognition across a decade-long career.

soul jazz latin jazz

Influences: Stax Records artists, Motown, Nashville songwriting tradition

The Meltdown channels Southern soul through hypnotic grooves, graceful horns, and heartfelt melodies anchored by Simon Burke's captivating vocals. Drawing from Stax, Motown, and Nashville traditions, they blend soul-infused arrangements with live performance energy that has earned them festival recognition across a decade-long career.

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Influences: Pauline Oliveros, Merzbow

MOPOMOSO presents an international ensemble of vocalists, microtonal guitarist, trombonist, and tap dancer working in free improvisation across multiple continents. Their practice prioritizes spontaneous collective creation, with singers Viv Corringham and Maggie Nicols leading vocal experiments alongside Pascal Marzan's unconventional microtonal guitar and Annemarie Roelofs's trombone, joined variously by Petra Haller's tap percussion and Jeffrey Durrant's spoken word. This is improvisational music that refuses conventional melody or rhythm, demanding active listening and rewarding attention with unexpected textures and dialogues.

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Influences: Stax Records artists, Motown, Nashville songwriting tradition

The Meltdown channels Southern soul through hypnotic grooves, graceful horns, and heartfelt melodies anchored by Simon Burke's captivating vocals. Drawing from Stax, Motown, and Nashville traditions, they blend soul-infused arrangements with live performance energy that has earned them festival recognition across a decade-long career.

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Influences: Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae

Jo Harrop is a British jazz vocalist and Alina Bzhezhinska is a pianist, and their duo centres on intimate, conversational interplay between voice and keys across standards and original material. Expect close harmony, improvisation that trades melodic ideas back and forth, and a relaxed swing feel rooted in the great American songbook tradition.

soul jazz latin jazz

Influences: Stax Records artists, Motown, Nashville songwriting tradition

The Meltdown channels Southern soul through hypnotic grooves, graceful horns, and heartfelt melodies anchored by Simon Burke's captivating vocals. Drawing from Stax, Motown, and Nashville traditions, they blend soul-infused arrangements with live performance energy that has earned them festival recognition across a decade-long career.

soul jazz latin jazz

Influences: Stax Records artists, Motown, Nashville songwriting tradition

The Meltdown channels Southern soul through hypnotic grooves, graceful horns, and heartfelt melodies anchored by Simon Burke's captivating vocals. Drawing from Stax, Motown, and Nashville traditions, they blend soul-infused arrangements with live performance energy that has earned them festival recognition across a decade-long career.

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Influences: Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Lee Konitz

Sandra-Mae Lux is a Canadian vocalist and saxophonist who sings and plays sax in her own show, Celebrating the American Songbook – Old and New, drawing on swinging standards and her original songs. Her set mixes upbeat swing numbers with atmospheric ballads, built around her 2024-era album Seasons in Jazz, which she wrote in the Great American Songbook tradition. She is worth seeing because she plays saxophone as well as singing, a combination she is rarely heard doing live.

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Influences: Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Jimmie Lunceford

Fleeting Paradise Orchestra is a big band playing arrangements of 1920s and 1930s American territory band jazz, blues and dance band repertoire, alongside original compositions in the same idiom. The sound is warm, brass-and-reed driven swing with a strong focus on period-authentic ensemble writing. Led by Ewan Bleach, the group revives the rough-edged energy of the territory bands, the regional orchestras that kept hot dance music alive across America before the swing era.

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Influences: Duke Ellington, Count Basie

The Prospective Collective are a tight ensemble playing classic jazz standards from the swing era. Their weekly residency focuses on well-loved material from the Great American Songbook, performed with the melodic warmth and ensemble cohesion that defined mid-twentieth century jazz.

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Influences: Pharoah Sanders, Grover Washington Jr., Cannonball Adderley

Nathan Haines plays saxophone (tenor and soprano) and flute, blending jazz improvisation with soul, hip-hop and electronic grooves. His work with Phil Asher on the Sound Travels and Squire For Hire albums helped define the British nu-jazz sound, and he has since collaborated with Marlena Shaw, Louie Vega, Goldie and Jamiroquai. Expect fluent solos built over deep, dancefloor-ready rhythms.

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Influences: Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock

Hejira blends introspective songwriting with spacious, exploratory jazz arrangements that prioritize atmosphere over virtuosity. The project channels the melodic sophistication of classic singer-songwriter jazz while maintaining a distinctly contemporary production palette that feels at home in both intimate venues and electronic spaces.

contemporary jazz fusion

Influences: Bill Frisell, Pat Metheny, John Scofield

Tara Cunningham and James Kitchman play guitar and Will Glaser plays drums in this trio, which takes Kitchman and Cunningham's original compositions and blends jazz with punk, country and other styles. Their debut EP has just been recorded, and the set moves between tightly arranged themes and loose, raw improvisation. Two guitars and a drummer give the group a driving, unconventional sound that rewards close listening.

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Influences: Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock

Queenstown Collective is a contemporary jazz ensemble that blends composed arrangements with free-flowing improvisation across multiple instruments. Their sound draws on post-bop sophistication and modern compositional sensibility, creating textured, exploratory music that rewards close listening from an engaged audience.

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Influences: Carleen Anderson, Beverley Knight

Imaani is a powerhouse soul vocalist with over 15 years as a featured singer for the iconic British band Incognito. Her warm, commanding voice cuts through sophisticated arrangements blending soul, Latin, and jazz idioms—expect the kind of deep-grooved, band-driven sound that defined British soul jazz at its peak. This is a rare solo appearance from one of Europe's finest soul singers, performing with her own excellent ensemble.

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Influences: Carleen Anderson, Beverley Knight

Imaani is a powerhouse soul vocalist with over 15 years as a featured singer for the iconic British band Incognito. Her warm, commanding voice cuts through sophisticated arrangements blending soul, Latin, and jazz idioms—expect the kind of deep-grooved, band-driven sound that defined British soul jazz at its peak. This is a rare solo appearance from one of Europe's finest soul singers, performing with her own excellent ensemble.

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Influences: Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, Gil Scott-Heron

Sorvina is a New York-born, Berlin-based vocalist and rapper whose songs blend jazz rap, neo-soul, gospel, and alternative hip-hop. Her music is built on storytelling, with lyrics drawn from movement, memory, and identity that feel personal yet expansive. Her songs carry the emotional weight of lived experience and leave room for listeners to find their own reflections in them.

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Influences: João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Stan Getz

Ella & The Bossa Beat is led by vocalist and pianist Ella Blu alongside her father, Grammy-nominated drummer Magrus Borges, performing Brazilian jazz and bossa nova built on samba rhythms and jazz harmony. The set moves from classics by João Gilberto and Antônio Carlos Jobim to modern reinterpretations and original material from their fourth studio album, AMARE. The show is a family partnership: a father-daughter pairing bringing a father's drumming foundation and a daughter's vocals and piano to the bossa nova tradition.

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Influences: Norma Winstone, John Taylor, Sidsel Endresen

Emilia Märtensson sings and Matt Robinson plays piano and synthesisers, forming a voice-piano duo that blends lyrical songwriting with free improvisation and understated live electronics. The quintet version adds saxophonist Adam Waldmann, bassist Max Luthert and drummer Will Glaser, widening the duo's intimate sound into a richly textured ensemble. Robinson, known for his work with Snowpoet, draws on the tradition of Norma Winstone and John Taylor, and Märtensson is a Parliamentary Jazz Award winner praised by The Observer as "the new face of British jazz."

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Influences: Frank Sinatra, Harry Connick Jr., Michael Bublé

Joe Bristow is a British vocalist who sings standards and jazz-pop arrangements with a warm, crooning baritone. His shows lean on the classic Great American Songbook tradition, delivered with a contemporary British swing feel. He has built his reputation on the Pizza Express Jazz Club circuit, where his polished phrasing and easy stage presence suit intimate audiences.

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Influences: Gregory Porter, Sarah Vaughan, Cannonball Adderley

Parthenope sings and plays saxophone, blending jazz improvisation with songwriting that is uplifting and danceable yet introspective in its lyrics. She is originally from Leeds and has written, performed and recorded with Tom Misch, Celeste, Gregory Porter and Mark Ronson, so her work carries the polish of contemporary studio collaboration. Her live sets move between sung melodies and extended saxophone solos, giving the audience both songcraft and open-ended improvisation.

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Influences: Gregory Porter, Sarah Vaughan, Cannonball Adderley

Parthenope sings and plays saxophone, blending jazz improvisation with songwriting that is uplifting and danceable yet introspective in its lyrics. She is originally from Leeds and has written, performed and recorded with Tom Misch, Celeste, Gregory Porter and Mark Ronson, so her work carries the polish of contemporary studio collaboration. Her live sets move between sung melodies and extended saxophone solos, giving the audience both songcraft and open-ended improvisation.

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Influences: Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk

Poppy Helmer is a flautist and saxophonist who writes playful, imaginative compositions with titles like 'Polar Bear With Rollerskates (In Disguise)' that reveal a distinctive personality. Her quartet brings together her flute work with piano, bass and drums to explore post-bop territory, drawing on influences from Dolphy's adventurous reed playing and the structural sophistication of Mingus and Monk.

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Influences: Keith Jarrett, Jan Garbarek

Rymden is a trio of Scandinavian modernists who blend intricate, layered rhythmic structures with open-ended melodic exploration, moving fluidly between contemplative piano and rock-driven percussion. Wesseltoft, Öström, and Berglund operate with near-telepathic interplay, rooted in atmospheric Nordic sensibility but entirely free from genre constraints—three architects of contemporary improvisation at the height of their powers.

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Influences: Cannonball Adderley, Jackie McLean

Reiss Ellis Beckles is an alto saxophonist leading a refined quartet with acclaimed New York pianist David Berkman. The ensemble balances jazz standards with original compositions from both leaders, anchored by sophisticated interplay and the drummer Tim Giles's distinctive touch. This is contemporary jazz built on strong harmonic understanding and conversational musicianship.

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Influences: Fats Waller, Art Tatum, Dave Brubeck

Hamish Balfour plays solo jazz piano, performing sophisticated arrangements of American standards alongside stomping New Orleans classics, swing ballads and Latin tunes. He leads his own self-contained outfit and performs regularly across the UK and Europe, so this is a seasoned live performer who knows how to hold a room.

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Influences: Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett

Zoe Rahman is a pianist and composer whose music weaves together her classical training, British and Bengali heritage, and deep jazz roots into something distinctly her own. Her album launch features the Hull Suite, a commissioned work inspired by themes of voyage, migration, and personal family history—music built on earthy blues, soulful melodies, and cinematic textures that showcase the tight interplay of her world-class trio with drummer Gene Calderazzo and bassist Alec Dankworth.

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Influences: Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Blossom Dearie

Tess Hirst is a British jazz vocalist who sings standards and original material with a clear, swinging delivery and a strong sense of melody. Her sets draw on the classic American songbook alongside contemporary jazz arrangements. She is a regular on the UK jazz circuit, with a grounded, conversational style that suits intimate club settings.

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Influences: D'Angelo, John Mayer, Lalah Hathaway

Grammy-winning guitarist and vocalist Isaiah Sharkey blends soul, R&B, and jazz through virtuosic modern guitar work paired with commanding vocals. He's collaborated with D'Angelo, Common, and Lalah Hathaway, bringing deep musicality and sophisticated arrangements to his original compositions on the album RED.

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Influences: Machito, Dizzy Gillespie, Mongo Santamaría

Havana Música, led by the Sambroso All Stars, is a Cuban ensemble driven by percussion, punchy brass and tight rhythm sections, moving through salsa, rumba and Latin jazz. The sound is built for dancing, with the band aiming to turn the room into a Havana dancefloor. The line-up is made up of musicians who live and breathe Cuban music, bringing authentic energy to the stage.

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Influences: Machito, Dizzy Gillespie, Mongo Santamaría

Havana Música, led by the Sambroso All Stars, is a Cuban ensemble driven by percussion, punchy brass and tight rhythm sections, moving through salsa, rumba and Latin jazz. The sound is built for dancing, with the band aiming to turn the room into a Havana dancefloor. The line-up is made up of musicians who live and breathe Cuban music, bringing authentic energy to the stage.

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Influences: Sun Ra, Seán Ó Riada, Arnold Schoenberg

Córas Trio play fiddle, guitar and percussion alongside transcendental electronics, deconstructing Irish traditional melodies into otherworldly textures and loose, collective free improvisation with seisiún-style playfulness. Their debut album (July 2024) drew acclaim from BBC Radio 3, The Irish Times and The Wire, and they have toured widely, including Eurojazz Mexico City and Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. Belfast-based, they are a leading voice in a wave of musicians reworking traditional music for the 21st century.

contemporary jazz

Influences: Ronnie Scott, Herbie Hancock, Jamie Cullum

Cassius Cobbson is a British jazz performer appearing at Pizza Express Live. The context provided does not confirm his instrument, sound, or background, so this entry is a low-confidence classification.

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Influences: Oscar Peterson, Thelonious Monk, Art Tatum

Bubu Otis Trio brings the Great American Songbook to life through the lens of swing, Cuban, Brazilian and Caribbean styles, creating a rhythmically adventurous and globally-rooted piano-led sound. Their approach fuses classic jazz standards with the sophisticated harmonic vocabulary and polyrhythmic textures of Latin music, perfect for anyone seeking elegant yet adventurous swing.