{"title": "One Jazz presents Coltrane at 100 - with Denys Baptiste and Gary Crosby", "start": "2026-11-21T12:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Abney Park", "address": "219 Stoke Newington High Street, N16 0LH London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/spiritual-jazz", "occasion/anniversary"], "description": "One Jazz presents Coltrane at 100, an afternoon concert celebrating the centenary of saxophonist John Coltrane. Two of the UK's most acclaimed jazz musicians, Denys Baptiste and Gary Crosby, play a selection of classics from Coltrane's spiritual jazz canon. Bass player Crosby, founder of Tomorrow's Warriors and the only jazz musician awarded the Queen's Medal for Music, is joined by saxophonist Baptiste, a Tomorrow's Warrior himself and a devoted student of Coltrane's music. The show takes place in the restored Chapel of Abney Park Cemetery, the latest in a series of sold-out One Jazz performances there.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/one-jazz-presents-coltrane-at-100-with-denys-baptiste-and-ga-59944/", "official_url": "https://abneypark.org/upcoming-events/one-jazz-presents-john-coltrane-gaary-68eg7", "image": "https://noky.io/images/dc22a56e6c17abb74359c04afead3a1a3bbfbdc89432bd20040e05b5dfaca66e-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-21T12:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Abney Park", "address": "219 Stoke Newington High Street, N16 0LH London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "BRANFORD MARSALIS & DIANNE REEVES CELEBRATE JOHN COLTRANE", "start": "2026-11-21T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "British Airways Arc", "address": "Hammersmith Road, W14 8FJ London", "price": "From £67.80", "price_from": "67.80", "price_to": "67.80", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "An evening concert of jazz at the British Airways Arc, part of the EFG London Jazz Festival, in which saxophonist Branford Marsalis and singer Dianne Reeves honor the legacy of John Coltrane on the centennial of his birth. The two artists have recorded a tribute album revisiting Coltrane's 1963 collaboration with Johnny Hartman, released on Blue Note Records, with a worldwide tour following. Marsalis leads the Branford Marsalis Quartet, an ensemble celebrated for more than three decades for its interpretations of original compositions and jazz classics, while Reeves is a five-time Grammy-winning vocalist acclaimed as one of the foremost jazz singers of her time.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/branford-marsalis-dianne-reeves-celebrate-john-coltrane-62179/", "official_url": "https://www.britishairwaysarc.co.uk/event/branford-reeves/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4babb3bd2146bf3db5866d4155af90ecc9289bf3d93ac29cfa0419fd8e54493f-600.webp"}, {"title": "After John - Cosmic Music of Alice Coltrane", "start": "2026-11-13T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-13T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £20 / Vortex Members £18 / Students & UC beneficiaries £16", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/spiritual-jazz"], "description": "After John – Cosmic Music of Alice Coltrane is a live music performance at the Vortex Jazz Club. Award-winning duo Alina Bzhezhinska on harp and Tony Kofi on saxophone, joined by tabla virtuoso Yousuf Ali Khan, celebrate the visionary music Alice Coltrane created after the passing of her husband and musical collaborator John Coltrane. Blending jazz, Indian classical traditions and spiritual improvisation, the two-set performance takes audiences on an immersive journey of beauty, contemplation and joy. Created exclusively for the EFG London Jazz Festival, it is a rare, one-off event.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/after-john-cosmic-music-of-alice-coltrane-40203/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/alina-bzhezhinska-after-john-cosmic-music-of-alice-coltrane/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7825df2dd87ee493fdfe3de7e4e4f634f7c1194756572504285de1338ae840db-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Tony Kofi and The Organisation Celebrates 100 years of Lou Donaldson", "start": "2026-11-14T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "World Heart Beat", "address": "3 Ponton Rd, SW11 7BD London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A jazz concert by Tony Kofi and The Organisation marking the 100th birthday of saxophonist Lou Donaldson. It takes place at World Heart Beat, a concert venue in London's Embassy Gardens, as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/tony-kofi-and-the-organisation-celebrates-100-years-of-lou-d-61868/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d7d2c82ba0124367bbd87c225d9f7dbd754dde5d343de966253637f8e32fc832-600.webp"}, {"title": "Crowley / Bonney / Brice / Harlan", "start": "2026-11-11T18:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T20:15:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £12.50 / Vortex Members £6.25 / Students & UC beneficiaries £5", "price_from": "12.50", "price_to": "12.50", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-jazz"], "description": "A jazz quartet evening at Vortex, with one set of improvised music inspired by free jazz classics. 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Trumpeter Karl Charity leads the performance, celebrating the late jazz musician's breathy trumpet playing and hushed, confessional voice. The night brings Baker's quiet, intimate spirit to the Patchworks stage, turning heartbreak into music worth leaning in for.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/twickenham-jazz-club-karl-charity-the-music-of-chet-baker-70537/", "official_url": "https://www.cabbagepatch.co.uk/whats-on/twickenham-jazz-club-karl-ch", "image": "https://noky.io/images/dcf49e0c7b3a38f67a22113a5ad4b9d48dde8e0c29c0091e3087e717c3b90638-600.webp"}, {"title": "Spirit of Django", "start": "2026-11-19T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Smith Square Hall", "address": "Smith Square, SW1P 3HA London", "price": "£15-£20", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "20.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/manouche-jazz"], "description": "Spirit of Django is a concert of jazz and orchestral sound lasting one hour without an interval, staged at Smith Square Hall. 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It is presented by instrument maker Henri Selmer Paris together with Ladbroke Hall, and headlines Selmer Artist Damon Oliver, supported by young musicians hand-picked by Tomorrow's Warriors, a London-based charity for jazz talent development co-founded in 1991 by Gary Crosby and Janine Irons.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-selmer-jam-damon-oliver-and-friends-122194/", "official_url": "https://ladbrokehall.com/live-programme/jazz/the-selmer-jam-damon-oliver-and-friends/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/041d1abe8a56d47793ca56c626f5e3a5e27f240af66f46ec4314699730980503-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Dream Lives On – Celebrating Michał Urbaniak!", "start": "2026-11-14T20:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T22:30:00Z", "place": "Jazz Cafe Posk", "address": "King Street 238-246, W6 0RF London", "price": "£20", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A tribute concert celebrating the Polish music master Michał Urbaniak, part of the official programme of the EFG London Jazz Festival 2026. All-star players and key members of his Urbanator Band, including Xantoné Blacq, Otto Williams, Troy Miller, Femi Temowo and young violinist Casey Whyte, honour his life and music. Expect Polish melodies flowing over funk grooves decorated with jazz harmonies.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-dream-lives-on-celebrating-micha-urbaniak-36727/", "official_url": "https://jazzcafeposk.org/event/the-dream-lives-on-celebrating-michal-urbaniak/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c03b98af5202c0902f842d1e25bbe76c5d8e91626dd332bffc47f226f8f77fca-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Jazz at Trades, London Jazz Festival Special - The Music of Duke Ellington", "start": "2026-11-17T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-17T21:30:00Z", "place": "Walthamstow Trades Hall", "address": "61-63 Tower Hamlets Road, E17 4RQ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/big-band"], "description": "Jazz at Trades is Walthamstow's premier jazz night, and for this London Jazz Festival special it celebrates the 2026 festival with ambitious new arrangements of the music of Duke Ellington. The music is played by an all-star group of improvisers who, as bandleaders and composers themselves, constantly seek to expand the language of their own music, much like Ellington himself. The lineup features Kim Macari on trumpet, Reiss Ellis Beckles on alto saxophone, Riley Stone-Lonergan on tenor saxophone, Olly Chalk on piano, Tom Rivière on double bass and George Grundy on drums.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/jazz-at-trades-london-jazz-festival-special-the-music-of-duk-70771/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/90a7600bfe1778e3af7508d2a54b2b73c32fc8c7fd46e41dd00f732242035073-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Jean Toussaint Quintet Opening: Nnamdi Nnachi-Cole Quartet", "start": "2026-11-13T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "World Heart Beat", "address": "3 Ponton Rd, SW11 7BD London", "price": "£20/£22.50/£30", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "30.00", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz"], "description": "A jazz double bill at World Heart Beat Embassy Gardens, opening with a young London quartet and headlined by a quintet led by a Grammy Award-winning saxophonist. Nnamdi Nnachi-Cole Quartet opens the night: the young pianist, trained at the Julian Joseph Jazz Academy, leads a band with Ellis Gates on drums, Hass Richards on bass and Kassa Green Jaksci on alto saxophone. Headlining is Jean Toussaint's JT5, blending swinging, soulful, bluesy and funky contemporary jazz, drawing on Toussaint's years with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and his standing as a composer, bandleader and educator.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/jean-toussaint-quintet-opening-nnamdi-nnachi-cole-quartet-61795/", "official_url": "https://worldheartbeat.org/whats-on/event/jean-toussaint-quintet-opener-nnamdi-nnachi-cole-trio/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a883816fc67069c5c1d567fb8d452258009c044cf4407ad03168adeb4c936d4f-1200.webp"}]}