An astonishing new supergroup, the Five Peace Band, featuring Chick Corea on keyboards, guitarist John McLaughlin, saxophonist Kenny Garrett, bassist Christian McBride and drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, has just been announced for the closing night of this year’s London Jazz Festival at the Royal Festival Hall on Sunday 23 November. This is the first time Corea and McLaughlin have worked on a joint project since the Miles Davis Bitches Brew sessions over 40 years ago and repertoire will be drawn from that period as well as more recently composed work. The festival, now in its sixteenth year and held in association with BBC Radio 3 and sponsored by Jazzwise, takes place from 14-23 November at most of the major concert venues and jazz clubs across London.

Last month Herbie Hancock was exclusively revealed in Jazzwise as a festival headliner playing two different shows at the Royal Festival Hall and the Barbican and with other big names announced below the festival is undoubtedly one of the most exciting and eagerly anticipated in years. Tickets are now on sale for Dhafer Youssef and Joanna MacGregor and the Britten Sinfonia ( 14 Nov, Queen Elizabeth Hall); Femi Kuti (Royal Festival Hall, 14 Nov); Herbie Hancock (RFH, 15 Nov); Peter Brötzmann plus The Final Terror ( Purcell Room, 15 Nov); Bill Frisell (Barbican, 15 Nov); Richard Bona plus Danilo Perez (Barbican, 16 Nov); Take 6 (RFH, 16 Nov); Richard Galliano and Gonzalo Rubalcaba (QEH, 16 Nov); Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet with Vijay Iyer plus Arun Ghosh (Purcell Room, 16 Nov); Manu Katche Band plus Iro Haarla (QEH, 17 Nov); Kurt Elling (QEH, 18 Nov); Herbie Hancock (Barbican, 19 Nov); Courtney Pine plus Empirical (Barbican, 19 Nov); Milton Nascimento (RFH, 20 Nov); The Bays plus Heritage Orchestra (RFH, 22 Nov); Chucho Valdes and Irakere (Barbican, 22 Nov); Andy Sheppard and Melody Gainsbourgh (Purcell Room, 23 Nov). Tickets are available from The Barbican box office ( tel: 020 7638 8891 and the Southbank Centre for the RFH, QEH and Purcell Room(tel: 0871 663 2505) For more info go to www.serious.org.uk

 

Pictured: John McLaughlin 

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