Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Concerts at the London Jazz Festival relevant to Babel

I don't like saying "Babel artists", as there is no actual contractual roster. But many of the gigs at the London Jazz Festival relate to Babel albums. Here are many of them. I'll add as time goes on. That's 20 so far

11 November:
Emilia Mårtensson - Ray's Jazz @ Foyles, 6 p.m.
Shabaka Hutchings & Kit Downes - The Forge 2 p.m.

12 NOVEMBER:
Leafcutter Jhn + Dave Morecroft + Gina Southgate - Vortex 2.30 p.m.
Splice + Dice Factory + Mirror: The Loop Collective - The Vortex 8.30 p.m.

13 NOVEMBER:
Township Comets - Vortex 4 p.m.
Convergence Quartet - Vortex 8.30 p.m.
Moss Project + Emilia Martensson - Green Note 8 p.m.
Sam Leak's Aquarium - Charlie Wright's 8.30 p.m.

14 NOVEMBER:
Golden Age of Steam - St James's Piccadilly 1 p.m.
Mark Hanslip + Dave Mannington - Olivers 8 p.m.
Alexander Hawkins - Cafe Oto 8 p.m.

15 NOVEMBER
Phil Robson + Christine Tobin - Purcell Room 7.45 p.m.
Twelves - Green Note 8 p.m.

16 NOVEMBER
Emilia Mårtensson - Olivers 8 p.m.
Mustard Pie + Crump - Vortex 8.30 p.m.
Trio VD - C.A.M.P. 9 p.m.

17 NNOVEMBER
Emilia Mårtensson - Royal Albert Hall 12 p.m.

18 NOVEMBER
Julian Siegel/Liam Noble - St James's Piccadilly 1 p.m.
Loop Collective Club Night - Blackheath Halls 8 p.m.

19 NOVEMBER
Portico Quartet - Purcell Room 3p.m. 7.45 p.m.
Ivo Neame + Alcyona Mick + Sam Crockatt - The Forge 8 p.m.
IRèNe + Metal-O-Phone + Pipeline - Vortex 8.30 p.m.

20 NOVEMBER
F-IRE Collective - South Bank Ballroom 3 p.m.
London Jazz Orchestra - Vortex 4 p.m.
Mopomoso - Vortex 7 p.m.
Hans Koller - North London Tavern 8 p.m.
Outhouse Ruhabi - Open The Gate 9 p.m.

Mark Hanslip extracts on Youtube


Alexander Hawkins on Youtube





Friday, September 09, 2011

Lost London Jazz Venues - music




Karyobin






Billy Jenkins talks about Wood Wharf

Brotherhood of Breath 100 Club

Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Lost London Jazz Venues

Here are the slides from my presentation to Radio Jazz Research in Remagen. I'll add a few links for some of the relevant music. Please let me have details of any other venues that you know of, or any stories about the existing ones. 
The map can be found here