Reviewing the 2020 EFG London Jazz Festival: Part 1 (including The Jazz Voice)

Watford Jazz Junction

Chris reviews 4 gigs and a conversation that were held in the first half of this year's EFG London Jazz Festival (13-22 November 2020). All the gigs reviewed should still have their streams available to watch for free on the LJF website.

Using a complex scoring structure(!) Chris reflects on performances from Guy Barker's 'Jazz Voice', Jasdeep Singh Degun, Emile Parisien & Vincent Peirani, Harold López-Nussa and a powerful conversation between Kevin Le Gendre, Carleen Anderson and Orphy Robinson,

And since it was the presenters birthday when this podcast was recorded, there are a few (rarely to be repeated) clarinet interludes...

Look out for the next episode when we'll be in conversation with Faye MacCalman from free jazz specialists Archipelago.

No specific album recommendations but check out:

• Echo in the Bones by Renell Shaw (2020) - Prd. Renell Shaw. Available to watch on YouTube.

• Dread Beat an' Blood documentary (1979) - Dir. Franco Rossi. Available to watch from the BFI archives.

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Show info

Presenter: Chris Newstead.

Theme: by SoundWorkLab, licensed through AudioJungle.

Recorded 19 November 2020.