The Guildhall Jazz Festival in association with the EFG London Jazz Festival features current and past students, Guildhall Jazz teachers, and special guests in a celebration of the wealth of creativity and originality within the Guildhall Jazz community.

Marlon Hibbert & Will Hobson 7:00PM

Marlon Hibbert & William Hobson are a Steelpan a Piano duo, recently graduated from Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Playing a mixed repertoire of standards, Caribbean and Latin music the duo aspires to the likes of the Gary Burton & Chick Corea duet.

Marlon is an aspiring Jazz musician, Educator and performer born in London, Uk. With 15 years of experience performing in the UK, USA, Trinidad, Switzerland, Slovakia and more, he aims to continue to take the instrument around the world and demonstrate the artform.

Will Hobson is a versatile and forward-thinking young pianist/composer based in London. At 23 years old, his artistic voice draws on a wide range of influences, where a deep knowledge of the jazz idiom meets minimalist inspired cells, elements of ambient sound design and catchy earworm melodies.

Gareth Lockrane's Pipes of Doom 7:45PM

Jazz flute legend Gareth Lockrane joins forces with fellow jazz flautists Ruta Sipola, Martina Mihulkova and Harry Trevillion to play a mixture of original compositions and jazz standards with a line up no one has ever seen before.

They are joined by rhythm section Anmol Mahara on drums, Isaac Burland on bass and Francisco Garcia de Paredes on guitar.

TONI KOFI PRESENTS INSIDE STRAIGHT 8:30PM

INSIDE STRAIGHT is a celebration of the music of the great Cannonball Adderley, featuring compositions by Joe Zawinul, Nat Adderley, and of course Cannonball himself. Led by award winning alto saxophonist Tony Kofi, the band explores exciting repertoire from the late 1960s / Mid 1970s which helped to push the boundaries of jazz music at the time and pave the way for the oncoming jazz funk revolution.

Tony is joined in the engine room by Martyn Spencer (double bass), Andrew ‘Woody’ Wood (drums) & Matthew Ratcliffe (piano, keyboards & synthesiser). On the frontline, Tony is joined by top brass men, Hugh Pascall on trumpet and Dennis Rollins MBE on trombone.