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Soweto Kinch by Damian Rafferty

Featuring jazz cult-figure Evan Parker; Soweto Kinch’s tribute to the genius of Jamaican jazz alchemist Joe Harriott; Tomorrow’s Warriors Jazz Orchestra’s celebration of Steve Williamson and a tribute to John Dankworth and the Big Band

As part of Southbank Centre’s Festival of Britain 60th anniversary celebrations with MasterCard, the GREAT BRITISH JAZZ mini-series of four concerts is a celebration of some key moments in the evolution of jazz in the UK and the musical movers and shakers that have defined British jazz over the past six decades, since the Festival of Britain in 1951.

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• Artist: Evan Parker
• Date: Tuesday, July 19th 2011
• Time: 7:30pm
• City: Evan Parker in London
• Venue: Purcell Room, QEH
• Address: Queen Elizabeth Hall, Belvedere Road
• Venue phone: 020 7960 4200
• Country: UK
• Admission: £15 £10
• Notes: The Freedom Principle: 50 Years of British Impro. Part of Great British Jazz: Six Decades of Tributes, Stories and Impro at Southbank Centre- 19-26 July 2011
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• Artist: Tomorrow’s Warriors Jazz Orchestra
• Date: Saturday, July 23rd 2011
• Time: 7:45pm
• City: Tomorrow’s Warriors Jazz Orchestra in London
• Venue: Purcell Room, QEH
• Address: Queen Elizabeth Hall, Belvedere Road
• Venue phone: 020 7960 4200
• Country: UK
• Admission: £13
• Notes: This concert also forms part of the London Is The Place For Me weekend, celebrating some of the seminal moments in black British music.
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• Artist: A Tribute to John Dankworth
• Date: Monday, July 25th 2011
• Time: 7:30pm
• City: A Tribute to John Dankworth in London
• Venue: Queen Elizabeth Hall
• Address: Queen Elizabeth Hall, Belvedere Road
• Venue phone: +44 (0)20 7960 4200
• Country: UK
• Admission: £25 £20 £10
• Notes: The GREAT BRITISH JAZZ mini-series of four concerts is a celebration of some key moments in the evolution of jazz in the UK and the musical movers and shakers that have defined British jazz over the past six decades, since the Festival of Britain in 1951.
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• Artist: Soweto Kinch
• Date: Tuesday, July 26th 2011
• Time: 7:30pm
• City: Soweto Kinch in London
• Venue: Queen Elizabeth Hall
• Address: Queen Elizabeth Hall, Belvedere Road
• Venue phone: +44 (0)20 7960 4200
• Country: UK
• Admission: £20 £10
• Notes: Abstract. Tribute to Joe Harriot. The GREAT BRITISH JAZZ mini-series of four concerts is a celebration of some key moments in the evolution of jazz in the UK and the musical movers and shakers that have defined British jazz over the past six decades, since the Festival of Britain in 1951.
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