Two strongly programmed European Jazz Festivals – an inaugural Polish Jazz Festival and the seventh Sounds of Denmark Festival – will be taking place in London at the end September(*) : surely, counterweights at other times of the year to November’s EFG London Jazz Festival can only be a good thing, and these opportunities to witness the range of jazz and related music coming from Europe are very welcome.
(*) Sounds of Denmark will also be presenting a concert at Turner Sims in Southampton
Names which stand out from Denmark are
- Jasper Høiby who will bring a new 3Elements trio with pianist Xavi Torres and drummer Naima Acuña
- Cecilie Strange Quartet whose Bremen show was one of Alex Dutilh’s highlights at jazzahead!
From Poland:
- Aga Zaryan is the only former Warsaw teenage tennis champion to have been signed by Blue Note
- Leszek Możdżer is an artist who always brings London’s Poles together….
Sounds of Denmark (25-26 September)
Thursday 25 September – PizzaExpress Jazz Club Soho (8pm)
Double Bill: Cecilie Strange Quartet plus Astral Cinema
Friday 26 September – PizzaExpress Jazz Club,
Jasper Høiby’s 3Elements (6pm & 9pm)
Friday 26 September
Turner Sims, Southampton (8pm)
Double Bill : Cecilie Strange Quartet plus Astral Cinema
Polish Jazz Festival 26–29 September
Friday 26 September – Cadogan Hall
Leszek Możdżer & Anna Maria Jopek
Saturday 27 September Kings Place
Piotr Wojtasik Quintet
Sunday 28 September – PizzaExpress Jazz Club (Lunch Show)
Alice Zawadzki
Sunday 28 September – PizzaExpress Jazz Club (Evening Show)
Aga Zaryan Trio
Monday 29 September – PizzaExpress Jazz Club
Sławek Uniatowski
Sounds of Denmark is produced by Sue Edwards in partnership with JazzDanmark, PizzaExpress Jazz Club, Turner Sims Southampton, the Royal Danish Embassy in London, Augustinus Fonden and the Danish Arts Foundation.
