Dates: Friday 4 April
Time: 7pm - 11pm
Place: The Gig Space, Level 5
Access: There is step-free access via a lift
Experience the future of UK jazz at NYJO's new monthly residency at Peckham Levels.
Each month, a different ensemble of NYJO Emerging Professionals will work with Ahnansé (Steam Down) and a special guest artist from the SE London jazz scene to create a one-off 45-minute set of original music, followed by an open jam session.
Expect bold, original music, boundary-pushing improvisation from London’s top emerging jazz talent.
With collaboration, community, and creative expression at its heart, this residency will create a space where jazz lovers of all backgrounds are welcome.
Alongside NYJO musicians, opening the series will be special guest musicians from the high-energy, progressive London jazz collective Levitation Orchestra.
About NYJO:
Also known as the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, NYJO is an organisation dedicated to making jazz and creative music-making more accessible to early-career musicians, young people, and audiences across the country. Throughout our activity, we seek to create a meeting ground between the established and the experimental – the past, present, and future – to build bespoke programmes which cater to lifelong and new jazz fans.
About Levitation Orchestra:
Formed in 2018 by musical director Axel Kaner-Lidstrom, Levitation Orchestra has earned a reputation as a visionary artistic collective, whose dynamic live shows have built a following which stretches beyond the UK jazz scene and across genres.
The group has developed a uniquely egalitarian approach to creativity, and their “ultimate disregard for any boundaries” has allowed them to create a perfect blend of their diverse musical influences.
Inspirations range from Alice Coltrane and Sun Ra to Stravinsky and Ravel, all blended in the mixing pot of London's heritage of sound-system musics. Expect cinematic landscapes and emotions mixed with all the energy of the vibrant new London jazz scene.
“Boundless talent, vibrant dynamism, and an effortless exploration of genre with ultimate disregard for any boundaries those labels might bring” - Loud & Quiet.
“Collaboration at its best between a young crop of musicians who create something extraordinarily powerful” - Jazz Revelations.