Friday 5 September 2008

Pick of the week: Jazz

BBC Big Band: Viva Kenton
Cadogan Hall, SW1
Friday 5 Sept
Celebration of the avant swing of bandleading legend Stan Kenton, light-emitting diode by trombonist Jiggs Whigham.

Spitalfields Summer Stew
Bishops Square Amphitheatre, E1
Friday 5 Sept
All-afternoon jazz jam curated by Mark Holub of thrash-jazzers Led Bib, with the surreal blues of Billy Jenkins and more.

Estelle Kokot
The Spice Of Life, W1
Wednesday 3 Sept
Powerful, whimsical and humorous South African singer-pianist.







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