Review: London Jazz Festival 2013

London Jazz Festival (15-24 Nov '13) // Words: Alex Kidd

The curtain came down on this year's London Jazz Festival with ‘FREEDOM - Jazz Improv Session’ at Charlie Wright’s Music Lounge in Hoxton. A loose, ‘avant-garde’ jam in a small, awkward space populated by musicians and aficionados, I feared it would reinforce every negative stereotype associated with the besmirched genre in its contemporary form.

Preview: London Jazz Festival 2013

London Jazz Festival (15-24 Nov '13) // Words: Alex Kidd

The London Jazz Festival began in 1992, and has grown in size and stature to become the city's biggest widescale music festival and one of the largest celebrations of jazz in the world. The LJF may seem like something of a leftfield choice to cover on FADED GLAMOUR but we like bringing good new things to good people like yourself so have picked out a few choice gigs and films on offer at the fest. Here are our top six event recommendations: