Jazz & Blues
What's on this month
5 productions found
Purcell Room
Peter Knight and Trevor Watts
Tuesday 14 October 2008
Hi4Head Records presents a rare chance to see the internationally acclaimed improvising duo of Peter Knight and Trevor Watts in a major London concert setting.
£12
Front Room
Helele
Friday 17 October 2008
Specially invited by Shlomo to perform on the same night as his latest QEH show, Helele is the creative brainchild of Cameroonian musician Alphonse Daudet Touna, whose balafon (an African marimba) melodies forge another style of afro jazz through a mix of forest rhythms and infectious grooves.
Admission free
Foyer Bar- Level 2
Take Twenty
Sunday 19 October 2008
Take Twenty, under its dynamic musical director Rachel Coward, celebrates the best of popular song in sweet and swinging harmonies.
Admission free
Foyer Bar- Level 2
Dave Danford
Friday 31 October 2008
Fast building a reputation as one of the UK's finest young percussionists, Danford performs an informal concert of accessible music for solo percussion and features brand new commissions from Andrew Keeling, Gareth Wood and jazz artist Dave Stapleton, alongside solo percussion classics by Keiko Abe and Matthias Schmitt.
Admission free
Front Room
Huw Warren
Friday 31 October 2008
Pianist Huw Warren performs a solo set, featuring both his own compositions and improvisations developed from source material as diverse as John Dowland and Chopin, the music of north-east of Brazil, Welsh hymns, Morton Feldman, Serialism and Charlie Parker.
Admission free
