Sun Ra Arkestra, Art Blakey Tribute, Mark Guiliana and SEED Ensemble light-up autumn nights at Jazz Cafe
Mike Flynn
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Camden’s Jazz Cafe will host the fiery freeflowing spiritual jazz of the Sun Ra Arkestra, under the inspirational leadership of the 95-year-old Marshall Allen, when the group appear there for two nights on 21-22 October.
Prior to this acclaimed UK drummer Shaney Forbes leads a high-calibre band for The Art of Art Blakey (11 Oct) in the month marking the iconic drummer’s centenary. The band includes a powerful three-horn font-line of tenorist Mussinghi Brian Edwards, trombonist Trevor Edwards and fast rising trumpeter Mark Kavuma.
Other notable jazz nights include exciting Cuban trumpeter Yelfris Valdés playing music from his new electronically-charged album For The Ones (10 Oct); saxophonist Bukky Leo and Black Egypt’s fiery tribute to the music of Fela Kuti (15 Oct); funky sounds from the horn-heavy Souljazz Orchestra (16 Oct); French bass legend Henri Texier and his Trio (24 Oct); and US garage-funk-fusion quartet Forq with support from UK trio SEN3 (30 Oct).
Top names for November include preeminent US trumpeter Charles Tolliver, who appears with his all-star band of Lenny White, Buster Williams and saxophonist Jesse Davis (8 Nov); former David Bowie drum don Mark Guiliana’s Beat Music band (9 Nov); hard-hitting US tenorist Joe McPhee with his Trio (12 Nov); influential cult piano trio The Bad Plus (13 Nov); Grammy-winning soul-jazz singer Bilal (21 Nov); exciting London groove-crew Cykada (22 Nov); Polish jazz stars the Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet (23 Nov); alto saxophonist Cassie Kinoshi’s Mercury-nominated nine-piece SEED Ensemble (24 Nov) and two explosive fusion nights from master drummer Billy Cobham to close out the month (27-28 Nov).
For full listings and tickets visit www.thejazzcafelondon.com