18th Annual London Jazz Festival

Following its most successful year to date the Festival returns for its annual 10-day celebration of jazz from Friday 12 to Sunday 21 November.

Created and produced by international live music producers, Serious, the London Jazz Festival is now in its 18th year. Whether you're a jazz enthusiast, or new to the scene, the Festival offers something for everyone and has grown into one of London's landmark music events.

Jazz Voice: Celebrating a Century of Song
Barbican
Silk Street London
020 7638 8891
Friday 12 November 2010, 7:30pm
This dazzling celebration of song marks the start of the London Jazz Festival in emphatic style. Now in its third year and under the masterful direction of conductor/arranger/trumpeter Guy Barker Jazz Voice brings together a stunning range of vocal stars from the worlds of jazz, rock and soul whose unique interpretations of songwriting milestones are set to a grand orchestral jazz score. Full of surprises and chill- inducing musical moments this is the ultimate celebration of the art of jazz singing and songwriting.

Hugh Masekela & The Mahotella Queens
Royal Festival Hall / Southbank Centre
Friday 12 November 2010, 7:30pm
Saturday 13 November

Brad Mehldau, Joshua Redman and the Britten Sinfonia
Barbican
Saturday 13 November 2010, 7:30pm

Esperanza Spalding
Queen Elizabeth Hall / Southbank Centre
Saturday 13 November 2010, 7:30pm

Martial Solal
Wigmore Hall
Tuesday 16 November 2010, 7:30pm

Paolo Conte
Royal Albert Hall
Tuesday 16 November 2010, 7:30pm

Paco de Lucia
Royal Festival Hall / Southbank Centre
Thursday 18 November 2010, 7:30pm

The Bad Plus - alone...
Kings Place
Thursday 18 November 2010, 8:00pm

The Bad Plus - “For All I Care"
Kings Place
Friday 19 November 2010, 8:00pm

Sonny Rollins at 80
Barbican
Saturday 20 November 2010, 7:30pm

The Bad Plus - The Plus meet Django Bates
Kings Place
Saturday 20 November 2010, 8:00pm