Join us at Grand Junction for this year's acclaimed EFG London Jazz Festival, where three brilliant artists will showcase their unique fusion of Middle Eastern and jazz sounds on our stage.

EFG London Jazz Festival 2024 at Grand Junction

**Egyptian singer-songwriter Amena is bringing her Arabic-infused Jazz music to Grand Junction as part of the London Jazz Festival 2024!**

Amena, a talented singer and songwriter from Cairo, Egypt, draws inspiration from early Egyptian and Lebanese legends like Sheikh Imam, the Rahbani Brothers, and Sayed Darwish, adding her unique twist to their timeless compositions. Growing up in Cairo, she fell in love with both Arabic and Jazz music.

Now studying Jazz singing at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Amena brings together the best of two worlds and blends her cultural roots with the harmony and rhythms of Jazz.

Musicians:

**Amena** \- vocals

**Ziad Hisham** - Guitar

**Abdelghany Sayed** - Oud

**Josh Stidwill** - Keyboard

**Julian Woods** - Double Bass

**Anmol Mohara** - Drums

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**We recommend pre-booking tickets to guarantee entry. Booking on the door will result in an additional fee of £1.**

This is an all ages event.

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Amena - London Jazz Festival 2024

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**Renowned trumpeter and composer Yazz Ahmed performs in the Grand Junction as part of EFG London Jazz Festival 2024.**

Yazz has garnered global acclaim with her own distinct brand of psychedelic-Arabic-jazz. Her career has included collaborations with Radiohead and Transglobal Underground, and commissions for Adult Swim and Blue Note.

She has received rave reviews for her albums La Saboteuse (2017) and Polyhymnia (2019), with Downbeat Magazine naming her an artist set to shape the future of jazz over the next decade. In 2020, Yazz won two Jazz FM awards—Jazz Act of the Year and Jazz Album of the Year—as well as the Ivor Novello Award for Innovation in Composition.

**We recommend pre-booking tickets to guarantee entry. Booking on the door will result in an additional fee of £1.**

Yazz Ahmed - London Jazz Festival 2024

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Yazz Ahmed

A Palestinian Nay Master and Percussionist, redefines the parameters of the Nay, an ancient Middle Eastern flute dating back to 5000 b.c.

With an evocative and improvisational approach, he plays the Nay while simultaneously accompanying himself on leg-percussion, seamlessly embodying a fresh and unique fusion of Middle Eastern, Jazz, and contemporary Folk sounds.

As part of the 2024 EFG London Jazz Festival, the talented Palestinian Composer brings his Kham Project to the English capital for traditional music explorations. Faris is renowned for revitalising traditional Palestinian shepherd playing while pioneering contemporary jazz.

His latest project is "Kham," which in Arabic means "Raw," is inspired by the Nay’s raw material (Sugarcane), guiding Faris’s artistic exploration to honour its roots while exploring the ultimate and innate performance potential of this minimal instrument. The project members are distinguished by masterful and diverse musical artistry in world music cultures, especially jazz, Middle Eastern, and African music, inspiring an innovative dialogue between four ancient instruments. For Faris, "Raw” represents the faith in the inherent potential of any idea, substance, or even person, and the whole-hearted investment in perceiving and working with it.

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EFG London Jazz Festival 2024 at Grand Junction