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Episode 12 November 2021

Always a highlight of the EFG London Jazz Festival, Jazz Voice returns this year with a host of special guests and a celebration of some of the classic jazz scores written for the silver screen.\n\nEnglish jazz trumpeter and composer Guy Barker is once again at the helm of this musical extravaganza, conducting a specially formed 45-piece orchestra, who take centre stage at London’s Royal Festival Hall.\n\nHosted by Jumoké Fashola, this year’s guest performers include cellist and vocalist Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Kurdish singer Aynur, neo-soul and contemporary jazz singer Ego Ella May, vocalist and composer Georgia Cécile, singer Sachal Vasandani and saxophonist and spoken word artist Lakecia Benjamin.\n\nThis year’s centre piece is a medley of some of the greatest jazz scores ever written for the movies. Arranged by Guy Barker, these include: Ascenseur pour L'échafaud by Miles Davis, I Want To Live! by Johnny Mandel, Alfie by Sonny Rollins, A Streetcar Named Desire by Alex North, The Man with the Golden Arm by Elmer Bernstein, Taxi Driver by Bernard Herrmann, Anatomy of a Murder by Duke Ellington and Round Midnight by various artists.

Source: BBC 4