FUTURE JAZZ NOW (LIVE) UP ON THE ROOF! Wed Dec 20 (8pm-12am / Free entry) - Prepare yourself for the launch of a brand new monthly (3rd Weds) jazz trip as GW Jazz presents "Future JAZZ Now!", showcasing the "Now & Next Generation" of JAZZ talent in the UK. Acts that you might not have heard of (yet) but will definitely be big names on the JAZZ landscape in the near future. All acts bringing pure jazz fire alongside your host and local legend GW JAZZ.

FUTURE JAZZ NOW continuing with the 21st century future jazz stylings of JOSEPH LEIGHTON TRIO (LIVE), UP ON THE ROOF at The CLF Art Lounge & Roof Garden.

More righteous LIVE jazz for your soul hole!

JOSEPH LEIGHTON TRIO - Artist on stage around 9pm, playing 2 live sets

JOSEPH LEIGHTON

Guitarist Joseph Leighton has been hailed as one of Ireland’s brightest new jazz talents. Starting out as a teenage rock prodigy in his hometown of Derry, he became interested in jazz and began to focus a lot of his playing and studies on that. Over the next few years his teachers would also include guitar icons Jesse van Ruller, Mike Walker and Peter Bernstein, following awards from Moving On Music, PRSF and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. He also attended the Banff Centre’s Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music in Canada, under the direction of Vijay Iyer in 2016.

Joseph has toured as a sideman to many exciting countries in the world including Vietnam, Singapore, Lebanon and Jamaica (where half of his ancestry belongs to). He leads this trio, featuring two of London’s rising rhythm section stars in Tom Sheen (Bass) and Ethan Sweeting (Drums).

GW JAZZ

Gordon Wedderburn is one half of the couple behind GW Jazz, a grassroots organization supporting Jazz, particularly emerging talent in London. Through his live event residencies, radio show, selector/dj activities and clothing brand, they’ve collaborated with and supported some of the biggest names on the London Jazz scene including, Sons of Kemet, Camilla George, Zara McFarlane, Ben Hayes, Nubiya Garcia, Moses Boyd, Lokkhi Terra, Dele Sosimi, Robert Mitchell, Collocutor, Tomorrow’s warriors and Ezra Collective.

Future Jazz Now

Runs: 3rd Weds each month

Doors + Food: From 5pm

Live + DJ: 8pm - 12am (Deep in the lounge)

Entry: Free (Booking recommended)

Walk Ins always welcome!

Next Event: Weds Jan 17 - Future Jazz Now with Live act (TBA)

See you deep inside and up on the roof

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