Saturday 21 November 2026

The concert is included in the official program of the EFG London Jazz Festival 2026.

Natalie Duncan & Brandon Allen: Soul Exchange!

‘Soul Exchange’ brings together four outstanding voices on the UK jazz scene: acclaimed vocalist and pianist Natalie Duncan, celebrated saxophonist Brandon Allen, bassist Mirko Scarcia and drummer Jamie Murray. 

Blending original compositions with the spirit of soul, funk and classic jazz, the quartet combines compelling songwriting, deep grooves and fearless improvisation. Rich in musical interplay and rhythmic energy, ‘Soul Exchange’ delivers a vibrant, contemporary sound that honours the tradition while looking firmly ahead!

Line up:

Natalie Duncan – vocal, piano & keys

Brandon Allen - saxophone

Mirko Scarcia - acoustic & electric bass

Jamie Murray – drums

Nottingham-raised, London-based singer-songwriter and pianist Natalie Duncan holds place among the UK’s most distinctive voices in jazz, soul, and R&B. Natalie stepped into the music world in 2009 with her debut EP and gained recognition through the BBC show Goldie's Band: By Royal Appointment in 2011, and later she joined Decca Records, releasing her praised first album, Devil in Me, in 2012 and appearing on Later... with Jools Holland. She’s been continuing her career ever since, touring, collaborating, and releasing new music, including the critically acclaimed second album, Free, in 2020. In 2023, Natalie Duncan became lead vocalist for jazz-funk outfit Incognito, co-writing several tracks for their latest album. Her third album, Black Moon, was released in March 2026, and she is currently co-writing for forthcoming releases by Goldie and Natalie Williams. “As one of the UK’s most versatile jazz and RnB voices, Natalie Duncan cements her place as an artist to watch in 2026, delivering a sound that feels both timeless and contemporary” - — NOTION

Saxophonist Brandon Allen is originally from Perth, Western Australia and has been based in the UK since 2000. He has worked with many high-profile artists and ensembles, is a session musician and an accomplished composer and arranger. His distinctive sound has been featured on film soundtracks including Alfie (2004) and The Look of Love (2013), and has featured on 4 Kyle Eastwood albums and performed with Eric Clapton, Paloma Faith, Mica Paris and Neil Diamond. Brandon Allen – “…a saxophone heavyweight, at the height of his powers…” - Blues and Soul Magazine

“Brandon Allen is arguably the most exciting tenor player in Britain today. His phrasing is unashamedly emotional, soaked in the blues tradition” - Jazzwise

www.facebook.com/NatalieDuncanOfficial/

www.brandonallen.co.uk

www.instagram.com/mirkoscarciamusic/

www.jamiemurraydrums.com

Video 1 (“Breakaway” - Natalie Duncan - live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKoDH2ekppU

Video 2 (“Chasing Heaven” – Natalie Duncan – live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byy5I6cLKcQ&list=RDbyy5I6cLKcQ&start_radio=1c

Video 3 (“Like a Star” – Natalie Duncan – live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJOn8-zYAGs&list=RDfJOn8-zYAGs&start_radio=1

Video 4 (Natalie Duncan Trio highlights – live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLfRs7v3-_o

Video 5 (Brandon Allen – “Evil”):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntPIODfjQd4

Video 6 (Natalie Duncan – “Bad Side of Love” – live at Ronnie Scott’s): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLg6rIH7AgY

Video 7 (Natalie Duncan – “Devil in Me” – live on Later…with Jools Holland): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y08j655RX9A&list=RDy08j655RX9A&start_radio=1

Vide 8 (The Brandon Allen Quartet – live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E45tOeI252o&list=RDE45tOeI252o&start_radio=1

Friday 20 November 2026

The concert is included in the official program of the EFG London Jazz Festival 2026.

Rob Luft Quartet: Echoes of Silence

Line up:

Rob Luft - guitar

Joe Wright - saxophone

Tom McCredie - bass

Corrie Dick - drums

Rob Luft, recently crowned ‘Instrumentalist of the Year' at the 2025 Parliamentary Jazz Awards, is undeniably one of the most exciting jazz guitarists in Europe of his generation. Hailing from London, this award-winning 32-year-old virtuoso has garnered consistent comparisons to legends such as Bill Frisell, John Abercrombie & Pat Metheny.

His debut album, "Riser," released in 2017 on Edition Records, made an enormous impact on the domestic and international jazz scenes, and was selected by Downbeat Magazine as one of the finest albums of 2017. Winning the prestigious Kenny Wheeler Jazz Prize at The Royal Academy of Music propelled Luft's career, and at just 23 years old, he presented a collection of originals showcasing a remarkable instrumental sound and compositional voice that reflected his individuality.

His highly anticipated follow up album, "Dahab Days," showcased continuous artistic growth and musical exploration. Released on Edition Records in October 2023, the album marked another significant milestone in his career. Around this time, Luft's selection as a BBC New Generation Artist culminated with him being commissioned to compose a guitar concerto for performance at the 2023 London Jazz Festival with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Recent collaborations with John Surman, Anders Jormin & Elina Duni on Manfred Eicher’s legendary German record label ECM Records have further solidified his reputation and expanded his reach throughout continental Europe. He has toured with many leading international jazz artists, to name a few: Aaron Parks, Avishai Cohen, Arild Andersen, Django Bates, Manu Katché & Ben Wendel,

Other accolades for Rob include the Silver Prize in the 2016 Montreux Jazz Guitar Competition at Montreux Jazz Festival, adjudicated by British guitar great John McLaughlin, as well as winning the Presto Music “Jazz Recording of the Year” 2020 for his collaborative album “Lost Ships” on ECM Records with Elina Duni, Fred Thomas & Swiss trumpeter Matthieu Michel. In the summer of 2026, he was named in Downbeat Magazine’s 74th Critics Poll as one of the Rising Stars of the electric guitar globally.

"The most fully-realized and rewarding debut album from a guitarist-composer since Julian Lage's 2009 outing, Sounding Point” - Downbeat Magazine, USA

"The virtuosity of the three guitarists Al di Meola, John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucia is reminiscent of the Londoner Rob Luft”- Spiegel Online, Germany

"Rob Luft is always travelling, and as he travels, he absorbs every kind of music in his path, creating hallucinogenic new worlds of sound as he goes” - Jazzwise Magazine, UK

www.robluft.co.uk

www.joewrightmusic.co.uk

www.instagram.com/tommccredie/

www.corrie-dick.squarespace.com/

Video 1 (Rob Luft - “One Day In Romentino” live at NQ Jazz): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0kq5Af_Aj4&list=RDJ0kq5Af_Aj4&start_radio=1

Video 2 (Rob Luft Quartet - "Daylight Saving Time"- live):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zrA-Bx4-ns&list=RD1zrA-Bx4-ns&start_radio=1

The concert is included in the official program of the EFG London Jazz Festival 2026.

The Dream Lives On - Celebrating Michał Urbaniak!

Michał ‘Michael’ Urbaniak remains a Giant in Music. For over half a century, the Polish Music Master composed and performed groundbreaking, intoxicating, advanced and immensely exciting original Music.

In addition, he collaborated with Miles Davis, Marcus Miller, Herbie Hancock, Tomasz Stańko, Urszula Dudziak, Jarek Smietana, Billy Cobham, Mike Stern, Kenny Kirkland, George Benson, Lenny White, Ron Carter…

All Star players and key members of his Urbanator Band come together to celebrate the Life and Music of a maverick, transcendental and original thinker and music creator.

Throughout his Life, Michał was a constant supporter of young and exceptional music talent. The band honours this tradition by introducing Casey Whyte on violin; a brilliant young talent who is mentored and highly lauded by Violin Virtuoso, Nigel Kennedy.

Expect Polish melodies to flow over funk grooves decorated with jazz harmonies and language.

Line up:

Xantoné Blacq - keyboards, vocals

Otto Williams - bass

Troy Miller - drums

Femi Temowo - guitar, vocals

Casey Whyte – violin

Casey Whyte is a 19-year-old jazz and classical violinist and composer, currently in her second year studying jazz at the Royal Academy of Music. She has performed alongside legendary artists including Nigel Kennedy, John McLaughlin, Stephen Keogh, Liane Carroll, Martin Taylor, Robin Nolan, Stochelo and Mozes Rosenberg, Paulus Schäfer, and Gareth Lockrane. She has performed at venues and festivals, including Ronnie Scott’s, Pizza Express Jazz Club (Dean Street), Kings Place London, Bimhuis (Amsterdam), La Note Bleue (Monaco), and the Festival Django Reinhardt in Fontainebleau, France. “Casey is the real deal. I first heard her at a masterclass; I was amazed that someone could play a modern jazz language on violin with such a great feel, articulation, intonation, and ideas” – Jerry Bergonzi “Bravo Casey, your performance was fantastic!” – Jean-Luc Ponty

With a career spanning a quarter of a century to date, Xantoné Blacq is a Creative Force whose Music fuses Stevie Wonder’s soulfulness and vocal style with Herbie Hancock’s funky keyboard playing and Quincy Jones’ arranging brilliance. That may explain why he has collaborated with artists including Amy Winehouse, Jason Rebello, Randy Brecker, Emeli Sandé, Lionel Loueke, Mark Ronson, Earth Wind & Fire, Laura Mvula, Jessie J, Nigel Kennedy and more. Xantoné has performed at leading Music events including, The Grammy Awards, Glastonbury, Montreux Jazz Festival, London Jazz Festival, Lollapalooza and in territories as varied as Brazil, China, Germany, The Caribbean, France, South Korea, UK, Indonesia, US and more. “It would be difficult to find a more generous and talented musician than Xantoné Blacq” - Nigel Kennedy. 

Troy Miller is a rare talent; a multi-instrumentalist, producer, songwriter and conductor. Troy began drumming professionally when Roy Ayers asked him to join him on tour in 2003. After touring with Ayers, other opportunities with major acts followed, and in 2006 Miller got a call from Amy Winehouse to join her band. He went on to be an integral part of Winehouse’s band for five years. Subsequently, Troy has toured and performed with Chaka Khan, Donna Summer, Laura Mvula, Macy Gray, George Benson and Mark Ronson, to name a few.

Otto Williams is a professional producer, musician and musical director who has performed on stages throughout the world. He has worked professionally within television, theatre and concert arenas.  He was educated at the High School of Music and Art, New York, N.Y. (The Fame School), The Jazz Mobile, New York, N.Y. and has worked with the following artists (live performances): Ray Charles, Chaka Khan, Bobby Brown, Amy Winehouse, Sia Furler, Lee Ryan, Jhelisa Anderson, Peter White, Mindi Abair, Marc Antoine, Sarah Jane Morris, Michal Urbaniak, Keziah Jones, Masaki Ueda and (album recordings): Sia Furler, Kalashnekoff, Keziah Jones, Michal Urbaniak, Xantone Blacq, Eugene ‘Hideaway’ bridges, Curlew, Steve Swindle, Masaki Ueda and Fumiaki Miyamoto…

Femi Temowo is a MOBO Award nominated musician who was raised listening to West African pioneers such as Fela Kuti, Sunny Ade and Ebenezer Obey. Later he discovered the legendary Charlie Parker and classic jazz albums such as Miles Davis’ ‘Kind Of Blue’. Femi’s slick and melodic guitar sound has earned him a place beside many great musicians and artists from across many genres, having played with the likes of – George Benson, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Courtney Pine, The Roots, Omar, Roachford, Amy Winehouse, Jason Rebello, Eska Mtungwazi, Soweto Kinch, Terri Walker, Jean Toussaint, Don Blackman, Michal Urbaniak and many more. "One of Europe's finest and most sought-after guitarists" – Time Out Magazine

www.urbaniak.com

www.xanblacq.com

www.theallstars.co.uk/musicians/otto-williams/

www.conchordmanagement.com/artist-management/troy-miller/

www.femiguitar.com

https://www.instagram.com/casey.violin

Video 1 (“Nirvana”by Michal Urbaniak & Urbanator - Funkin’ for Don Blackman): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGxs276pwe4

Video 2 (Violin JazzFusion by Michal Urbaniak feat. Billy Cobham & Mike Stern):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLhtuOMqO3M&list=RDoLhtuOMqO3M&start_radio=1

Video 3 (“Manhattan Dream” - Michał Urbaniak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ0OlAEhkhM&list=RDsJ0OlAEhkhM&start_radio=1

Friday 13 November 2026

The concert is included in the official program of the EFG London Jazz Festival 2026.

Pawel Ignatowicz Trio with Piotr Wyleżoł, Grzegorz Pałka & special guest Adam Glasser!

The band will play original compositions by Paweł Ignatowicz, presenting modern jazz blending electric and acoustic instruments, textures, and rhythms with fusion-inspired melodies that sound like the future while staying deeply rooted in the jazz tradition!

Their music is highly melodic and rhythmically driven, drawing influences from acoustic and electric jazz, drum and bass, Latin, Indian, minimal, and world music.

Lineup:

Pawel Ignatowicz – guitars                                                                                                                                       Piotr Wyleżoł – piano & keyboards                                                                                                                    Grzegorz Pałka – drums                                                                                                                                       Adam Glasser (special guest) – harmonica

Paweł Ignatowicz is a guitarist, composer, and music producer born in Poland and based in New York City. Recognized as one of the most distinctive jazz-meets-rock guitarists of his generation, Ignatowicz seamlessly blends jazz improvisation and progressive rock with influences from a wide range of musical traditions, while remaining deeply rooted in New York City’s jazz scene. He began his musical education at the age of eight and discovered his passion for guitar at ten, going on to master electric, acoustic, and nylon-string guitars, as well as fretless guitar, guitar synthesizers, and electric sitar.

Ignatowicz earned a master’s in music from the University of Silesia, majoring in jazz guitar. He has collaborated with numerous distinguished musicians, including John Benitez, Matt Penman, Mark Whitfield Jr. and Ari Hoenig and Richie Cannata, and released his debut album, "Talk to You Later," in 2008. His latest album, "Here and Now" (2017), showcases a diverse blend of acoustic and electric sounds. He has performed at legendary jazz clubs such as 55 Bar and Blues Alley. In 2023, he was honoured with the title of "Ambassador of the City of Żywiec" in Poland for his artistic achievements.

Piotr Wyleżoł – pianist and composer. Hailed as a child prodigy, he performed piano concertos by Haydn and Beethoven with philharmonic orchestras in Poland at the ages of 10 and 11. For many years, he has been regarded as one of Poland’s leading jazz pianists. With his album Human Things, he became part of the legendary Polish Jazz series. He has led his own Trio since the very beginning of his musical career, for more than 20 years now. As he says: “The Trio is a space where, for years, I have passionately fulfilled my musical ego as a pianist, composer, improviser, and creator of musical moods. It is the ensemble that offers the greatest freedom in shaping form and musical dialogue.”

Grzegorz Pałka is a jazz drummer born in Kraków, Poland, in 1994, and a graduate of the Academy of Music in Kraków, where he completed his studies with distinction. He is the recipient of numerous awards at both national and international jazz and drum competitions and festivals, including Jazz Juniors, Krokus Jazz Festival, Blue Note Jazz Competition, and International Drumfest. A three-time Fryderyk Award nominee and two-time recipient of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage scholarship, he has performed at prestigious festivals and toured extensively across Europe, Asia, and North America, collaborating with many acclaimed artists from the Polish and international jazz scene.

Adam Glasser is a South African-born, UK-based jazz pianist, composer, and chromatic harmonica virtuoso, widely regarded as one of Europe’s leading jazz harmonica players. Raised in South Africa and deeply influenced by the country’s rich jazz heritage, Glasser blends South African musical traditions with contemporary European jazz. Over the course of his career, he has collaborated with artists including Joe Zawinul, Sting, Martha Reeves, and Dominic Miller, while also performing on numerous film scores, theatre productions, and international jazz festivals. As a bandleader, composer, and longtime musical director of The Manhattan Brothers, Glasser has established a distinctive voice that bridges jazz improvisation, African rhythms, and lyrical harmonic expression.

www.pawelignatowicz.com/eng/epk/

www.pawelignatowicz.com/pl/epk/

www.piotrwylezol.com

www.goout.net/en/grzegorz-palka/pzmrceg/

Video 1 (“Here and Now” – EPK): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfIOJjJ06Mk

Video 2 (Pawel Ignatowicz Quartet Live at Chris' Jazz Café: “Many Miles Away”): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pdb9RBlOmY

Video 3 (Pawel Ignatowicz - “Life on Mars?” (David Bowie)): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X77raRapEIE

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