Our glittering opening concert available as a free stream for international viewers only here. 

UK viewers can watch the concert back on BBC iPlayer here

Guy Barker and the specially created EFG London Jazz Festival Orchestra are joined by an incredible line-up of guest singers as they perform an array of iconic songs ranging from jazz standards to global tunes and originals, with extraordinary arrangements, plus an instrumental celebration of some classic jazz scores written for the silver screen, and is hosted by Jumoké Fashola

This year’s centrepiece is a medley of some of the greatest jazz scores ever written for the cinema, arranged by Guy Barker.
Scores include Italian Job by Quincy Jones, Ascenseur pour L'échafaud by Miles Davis, I Want To Live! by Johnny Mandel, Alfie by Sonny Rollins, A Streetcar Named Desire by Alex North, The Man With the Golden Arm by Elmer Bernstein, Taxi Driver by Bernard Herrmann, Anatomy of a Murder by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn and Round Midnight by Thelonious Monk.

This spectacular show was screened on BBC Four and broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and was filmed at Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London on Friday 12 November 2021

Ayanna Witter-Johnson - Vocals, Cello
Aynur Doğan - Vocals
Ego Ella May - Vocals
Georgia Cécile - Vocals
Sachal Vasandani - Vocals
Lakecia Benjamin - Vocals, Saxophone
Michael Mayo - Vocals
Adeline - Vocals
Jumoké Fashola Music - Vocals, Host
Guy Barker - Conductor, Arranger

Nathan Bray - Trumpet
Tom Rees Roberts - Trumpet
George Hogg - Trumpet
Martin Shaw - Trumpet
Mark Kavuma - Trumpet
Barnaby Dickinson - Trombone
Alistair White - Trombone
Daniel Higham - Trombone
Mark Frost - Bass Trombone
Phil Todd - Alto Saxophone
Sammy Mayne - Alto Saxophone
Jamie Talbot - Tenor Saxophone
Graeme Blevins - Tenor Saxophone
Chelsea Carmichael - Tenor Saxophone
Jessamy Holder - Baritone Saxophone
Dave Lee - French Horn
Jim Rattigan - French Horn
Nikki Yeoh - Piano
Chris Hill - Bass
Ed Richardson - Drums
Paul Clarvis - Percussion
Helen Tunstall - Harp

Warren Zeilinski - Violin 1
Julian Tear - Violin 1
Hat Davies - Violin 1
Sarah Daramy-Williams - Violin 1
Tania Passendji - Violin 1
Hazel Correa - Violin 1
Dai Emmanuel - Violin 1
Christina Emmanuel - Violin 1
Anna Szabo - Violin 2
Ellen Blair - Violin 1
Jonathan Truscott - Violin 1
Yu Yasuoroko - Violin 1
Lucy Waterhouse - Violin 1
Clare Connors - Violin 1
Elisa Bergersen - Viola
Clifton Harrison - Viola
Natalie Taylor - Viola
Nicola Hicks - Viola
Nick Holland - Cello
David Kadumukasa - Cello
Kwesi Edman - Cello

SET 1
1. Opening (Instrumental)
2. The Month of May (Georgia Cécile)
3. How Deep Is Your Love (Ayanna Witter-Johnson)
4. That's Why I Love You (Sachal Vasandani)
5. Govende (Aynur)
6. You and You (Michael Mayo)
7. Twilight (Adeline)
8. Syedda's Song Flute (Lakecia Benjamin)
9. Mr. Magic (Ego Ella May)

INTERVAL

SET 2
1. Jazz in film medley (Instrumental)
2. Do It Again (Georgia Cécile)
3. Throw It Away (Sachal Vasandani)
4. Sing On Nightingale (Ayanna Witter-Johnson)
5. Hedur (Aynur)
6. For The Both Of Us (Ego Ella May)
7. Cure (Michael Mayo)
8. March On (Lakecia Benjamin)
9. Someday We'll All Be Free (Adeline)
10. What's Going On (All)

BBC:
Rhodri Huw - Director
Serena Cross - Producer
Paul Bullock - Executive Producer
Sue Perry-Grech - PM
Tony Cahalane - BBC EM
Paul Freeman - Camera Sup
Marvin Ware - Sound BBC Radio Snd. Sup
Kevan Long - SOUND – BBC Radio OB Manager