Things to do swing in London, november 2024

Chris Milam

Thu 7 Nov 2024, 19:00 - The Green Note, London

Events GREEN NOTE
Thu 7th November 7:00pm Book Tickets p 13.50 "It’s hotter than hell, but don
... independent artist writing swing-for-the-fences anthems.
"Thankfully," laughs Milam, "Memphis knows a... thing or two about rock and roll."
The material attracted an all-star band of Memphis musicians... ’s also written from teenagers’ perspectives. The songs kind of exist on parallel tracks-things I

Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott, Acker Bilk, George Shearing with Strings

Sun 24 Nov 2024, 18:30 - Cadogan Hall, London

Our fourth concert with strings for the EFG London Jazz Festival features the music of four great
... down his baton to do battle on his saxophone.
Acker Bilk is most famous for his composition... indebted to Ian Bateman for his transcriptions of these superb arrangements and we do hope you can come and

Nu Civilisation Orchestra presents Duke Ellington’s New Orleans Suite

Sun 24 Nov 2024, 18:00 - Kings Place, London

London Jazz Festival performance of Duke Ellington’s New Orleans Suite. Intensely evocative, New Orlean
... swing, but he’s added something more. There’s a swagger and grit to the opening track, Blues for New... greatest thing I ever heard in my life. It knocked me out.’), Louis Armstrong, gospel singer Mahalia... the Sinner Lady across two nights of the EFG London Jazz Festival.
Nu Civilisation Orchestra

David Murray / Ingebrigt Håker Flaten / Paal Nilssen-Love - Day One

Mon 25 Nov 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London

, best know from The Thing, have played together since 1992 and have become known as Norway’s heaviest
... sharpest runway circuit, with a swing technique and control of pitch and speed that is out of this world... . They do it without letting go of a single millimetre of the peculiarities we know them for. The

David Murray / Ingebrigt Håker Flaten / Paal Nilssen-Love - Day Two

Tue 26 Nov 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London

, best know from The Thing, have played together since 1992 and have become known as Norway’s heaviest
... sharpest runway circuit, with a swing technique and control of pitch and speed that is out of this world... . They do it without letting go of a single millimetre of the peculiarities we know them for. The