The spectacular opening gala of EFG London Jazz Festival returns with a dazzling line up of soloists joined by arranger and conductor Guy Barker, and the specially created EFG London Jazz Festival Orchestra.

Two-time Grammy winner and one of the greatest jazz vocalists of our times Kurt Elling, reggae and funk-jazz legend Carroll Thompson, alternative country and blues singer-songwriter Amythyst Kiah and Van Morrison collaborator, jazz singer Dana Masters will be among the eight soloists to celebrate the joy of song and human voice with this orchestral extravaganza.