Join internationally renowned vocalist and composer, Cleveland Watkiss MBE, for an electric performance with Guildhall's Improvisers' Ensemble.  A co-founder of the vastly influential Jazz Warriors Big Band, Watkiss is one of the UK's most innovative improvising musicians.

Improvisers' Ensemble featuring Cleveland Watkiss MBE

Milton Court Concert Hall

Dark Days is a new work by bassist and composer Neil Charles. It responds to the uncompromising clarity and poetic force of James Baldwin’s reflections on psychic survival, resistance and the emotional toll of racial injustice.

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Oct 20, 2026

Improvisers' Ensemble featuring Cleveland Watkiss MBE · Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Nov 18, 2026

Guildhall Jazz Festival: Dark Days: Neil Charles, Mark Sanders and Cleveland Watkiss · Guildhall School of Music & Drama

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