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London Jazz Festival Thread
I feel that there should be one. Anyone gone to any of the events?
I saw a few free events over the weekend at Southbank. Some of the guys were mentally good. Soul Rebel Brass Band were loads of fun (I don't think I've ever heard a sousaphone sound that funky - almost made me want to take it up). Kit Downes sextet wasn't as good as I was hoping it was going to be (although I did like the instrumentation of the group), but I was really impressed with Sam Crowes group (especally the vibes player). I also saw the Lionel Lourke masterclass he gave and some of his playing is truely inspiring. Then I saw a group called Little Red Suicase that I didn't think a lot to (after watching some high calibur players it looked too much like some drunk drama students pissing around on stage with some songs they thought of during a stoner session, although I was quite moved by their version of What a Wonderful World)
Overall, I've been really impressed by many of the acts - especally Soul Rebels and Lionel Lourke
was that the live set
they were doing with Jyager? I saw the soundcloud videos of them playing together and looked pretty cool
Thought it was great.
'Appear, Moves and Sails' was immense.
Loved the free punch too. Any gig could be improved with free punch.