Feel the music: London Jazz Festival
Music — By Ana on November 18, 2009 at 7:00 pmWe cannot speak about the UK without considering music and we cannot think about music without the London Jazz Festival. This event began in 1992 and celebrates its 17th anniversary this year.
Southbank Centre is the primary location for the festival, it is running until this Sunday, 22nd November. There are also concerts at the BBC Radio Theatre (Oxford Circus), Cafe Cargo (Old Street), Greenwich West Community, Arts Centre (Greenwich) and 60 small cafes around London.
This annual initiative, supported by institutions such as BBC Radio 3, Mayor of London and Arts Council England, has its roots in the Camden Jazz Week, beginning in 1970. Nowadays the event is one of the main attractions in the city.
Artists such as composer and saxophonist Anthony Braxton and pianist Brad Mehldau have performed in previous years. This year, the high standards continue, mixing well-known musicians Brazilian Gilberto Gil with trendsetter Madeleine Peyroux.
Despite it being a British initiative, the international mix of sounds is the key point that adds to the festival a global flavour with bands from Poland, Sweden, America to name a few.
Everyone is invited. So go, listen and relax.
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