Vocalist

For this year’s EFG London Jazz Festival, The Jazz Repertory Company celebrates its 50th concert at Cadogan Hall with a production featuring Pete Long’s 40-piece orchestra in a wonderful selection of music from the 1950s and ’60s including songs from Sinatra‘s Capitol and Reprise years, Billie Holiday‘s lush album of ballads Lady In Satin, plus selections from Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington and Nat ‘King’ Cole.

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Swingin’ with Strings

Cadogan Hall 

The internationally acclaimed BBC Big Band is joined by the incredible vocal talents of Emer McParland and Iain Mackenzie for a unique musical celebration of perhaps the world’s most iconic movie franchise: James Bond.

This very special concert explores the best of Bond. Expect numbers ranging from Goldfinger and Thunderball, through to Nobody Does It Better and Live and Let Die, as well as most recent themes from Skyfall, and No Time to Die – all specially arranged for Big Band, and performed in the orchestra’s own, inimitable style!

BBC Big Band

Featuring the music of Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Count Basie and Duke Ellington, Jazz At The Philharmonic and more, performed by the 17-piece Pete Long Orchestra.

1956 was an excellent year for jazz with many fantastic albums released – in this concert we’ll be revisiting five of the very best – Ella Fitzgerald’s Cole Porter Songbook, Count Basie’s April in Paris and The Atomic Mr Basie, Frank Sinatra and Nelson Riddle’s magnificent Songs for Swinging Lovers.

Plus Duke Ellington at Newport – his live album that captured the jazz highlight of the year when his orchestra made a dramatic comeback with a stunning performance that featured the extraordinary Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue.

Vocalist

Iain Mackenzie

Events

Upcoming events

Mar 6, 2026

BBC Big Band · Cadogan Hall

Sep 27, 2026

1956: A Jazz Jubilee · Cadogan Hall

Past events

Nov 23, 2025

Swingin’ with Strings · Cadogan Hall

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