London Jazz Festival live from Kings Place
Soweto Kinch hosts the opening night celebration of the EFG London Jazz Festival
LIVE from London, Soweto Kinch hosts the opening night celebration of the EFG London Jazz Festival from Kings Place with a set from Amir ElSaffar’s Rivers of Sound Orchestra, a 17 piece band blending music of East and West, plus many surprise guests offering a selection of music from across the festival.
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Amir ElSaffar's Rivers Of Sound
Music from Amir ElSaffar's Rivers of Sound
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Camilla George Quartet
The People Could Fly
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Camilla George Quartet
The Most Useful Slave
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Camilla George Quartet
How Nehemiah Got Free
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Alice Zawadzki, Hyelim Kim, Rob Luft and Misha Mullov-Abbado Quartet
Sanjo
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Alice Zawadzki, Hyelim Kim, Rob Luft and Misha Mullov-Abbado Quartet
Falling Ribbons
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Alice Zawadzki, Hyelim Kim, Rob Luft and Misha Mullov-Abbado Quartet
Expect The Unexpected
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Alice Zawadzki, Hyelim Kim, Rob Luft and Misha Mullov-Abbado Quartet
Low Sun; Lovely Pink Light
PLAYLIST
Amir AlSaffar’s Rivers Of Sound
Set list:
Jourjina Over Three (7’00)
Penny Explosion (7’00)
Ya lbni Ya lbni (My Son, My Son) (7’00)
Layl (Night) (7’00)
Hijaz 21/8 (7’00)
Shards of Memory/B Half Flat Fantasy (10’00)
Personnel:
Amir ElSaffar - trumpet/santur / vocal
Carlo DeRosa - upright bass
Ole Mathisen - tenor saxophone/soprano saxophone
Fabrizio Cassol - alto saxophone
Nasheet Waits - drums
Tareq Abboushi - buzuq
Dafer Tawil - oud / percussion
George Ziadeh - oud / vocal
JD Parran - clarinet/bass saxophone
Mohamed Saleh - oboe / English horn
Tim Moore - dumbek / frame drum
Miles Okazaki electric guitar
Aruán Ortiz - piano
Rajna Swaminathan - mrudangam
Naseem Alatrash - cello
Dena ElSaffar - violin
Jason Adasiewicz – vibraphone
Camilla George Quartet
The People Could Fly (9mins)
The Most Useful Slave (9mins)
How Nehemiah Got Free (9mins)
Personnel:
Camilla George (sax)
Sarah Tandy (piano)
Jihad Darwish (bass)
Winston Clifford (drums)
Alice Zawadzki/Hyelim Kim/Rob Luft/Misha Mullov-Abado Quartet
Sanjo (8 mins) (Comp. Trad)
Expect The Unexpected (8mins) (comp. Rob Luft)
Falling Ribbons (8 mins) (comp. Alice Zawadzki, Hyelim Kim, Rob Luft, and Misha Mullov-Abbado)
Low Sun; Lovely Pink Light (8 mins) (Comp. Alice Zawadzki)
Personnel:
Alice Zawadzki (vocals, violin)
Hyelim Kim (flute)
Rob Luft (guitar)
Misha Mullov-Abbado (bass)
Broadcast
- Fri 16 Nov 201823:00BBC Radio 3
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Meet the presenters
Soweto Kinch, Emma Smith and Al Ryan.
