What we’re about
London Loves Jazz is an open forum for jazz lovers, musicians and artists, jazz venues and promoters to share their love of jazz and live music in all its varied forms. Please note there is a one-off £5 contribution when you join the group. Membership to LLJ is free thereafter.
As a member of LLJ, you can start going to amazing gigs with likeminded people and find out about the wide range of jazz on offer across London, from young bands starting their career to iconic jazz musicians passing through town, including a well of London based artists dedicated to playing great music.
LLJ also plays a part in supporting jazz artists in London. If you are a jazz musician, artist, promoter or venue, you are welcome to list your gigs on the LLJ calendar.
Listing gigs on LJM is free, it gives your event great visibility to a large group of jazz lovers. In return we ask that you arrange for a clearly signposted reserved space for LJM members who attend your gig. This is to ensure that LJM members can gather and socialise together. Please ask me for more details about how to list and host your event on LJM.
So introduce yourself and share why you joined. And if you see a gig that you’d like to go to and it is not on the calendar, you can post a message on LLJ to see who’s interested in going. If there are a few, you can become an event host for the night.
By becoming a member you confirm that you have read, understood and agree with LLJ our group rules below.
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LLJ GROUP RULES
LLJ is an inclusive group, we expect our members to feel safe when they attend events. Please be respectful and considerate.
When you sign to an event, it is your responsibility to purchase your own ticket for the performance, your own travel and pub expenses. Please only RSVP that you are attending an event, once you have bought a ticket for the performance.
It is your responsibility to find and arrive at the meeting place on time if you want to enjoy the gig with other LJM members. If you are late, please notify the event host. However it is up to the event host how long the group can wait for you.
Event hosts do not charge for organising and hosting events, they volunteer their time and energy to make everyone feel welcome. Please make it your responsibility too.
Please amend your RSVP to “not attending” if for any last minute reason you are unable to attend the event. It is important for the event host to have an accurate number of people attending the event, so they don’t have to wait unnecessarily.
Please contribute to our forum in any way you can, by sharing your ideas or making suggestions. Why not even organise an event once in a while? You have a choice to become a one-off or a regular 'event host'.
DISCLAIMER
LLJM events are free and community-driven.
LLJM members are a group of friends, not a business.
LLJM calendar offers different types of activities. Any LJM member may organize an event and you can too!
LLJM is not organized by a business nor any entity with commercial purposes. Any event details, instructions and other content in our group merely represent our shared personal knowledge, research and suggestions to enable members to get together and have a great time. As this is no business, there is no "product", "service" or "event leader". Each LLJM member is expected to arrange their own travel to and from the gig venue. Each LLJM member is responsible for their own safety and attendance, for meeting the group at the meeting location specified by the event host and at the time specified. Even hosts will not assume responsibility for anyone arriving late, getting lost, any kind of injury, damage or loss that may happen.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- 606 Jazz Club Presents: Jonny Liebeck Quintet606 Jazz Club, Chelsea, London, SW10
“Jonny Liebeck – pianist, organist, composer, bandleader – is a jazz musician who dares to do things differently. His range of influences is probably unique. There is almost certainly no other musician on the London music scene (as lively, diverse, and open to new ideas as it is), who has found such instinctively musical ways to combine jazz and electronic dance music. It is almost as if he is creating a new art form.“ Sebastian Scotney, London Jazz News
Join us for a wonderful evening of eclectic original music from rising jazz pianist and composer Jonny Liebeck. He will be performing his new ‘Influences’ EP released in January 2025, featuring compositions inspired by contemporary jazz and electronic dance music genres such as Jungle, Breakbeat and Deep House.
There will also be a few tunes from his albums ‘The Next Chapter’ and ‘Mellow Mind’ expect a fusion of soulful jazz harmony, luscious sound textures, lyrical guitar & sax melodies, groovy basslines and intricate breakbeats.
Jonny Liebeck
Born and raised in West London, Jonny started his musical life playing the Church Organ at Mass every Sunday from the age of 13. During his late teen years, although progressing rapidly as an organist, Jonny started teaching himself jazz piano.A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music & Trinity Laban, Jonny gigs all over London and has performed at many London venues including the Southbank Centre, Royal Albert Hall, Pizza Express Live, 606 Club, 91 Living Room, Rich Mix, Toulouse Lautrec, Bush Hall & Jazz Cafe Posk. In 2019, he played keyboards for Mica Paris at The Round Chapel, Clapton and performed with Cuban jazz violinist Omar Puente at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
An active composer, Jonny has just released his new Influences EP, featuring 6 new compositions with his band. This is a follow-up to his 2nd album ‘The Next Chapter‘ released in 2023, as well as his debut album Mellow Mind & 2 EP’s ‘A Message Through Sound‘ and ‘New Days & Past Times‘.
Drawing from his roots in classical and jazz music, Jonny’s sound is also heavily influenced by genres such as Jazz Funk, House, Jungle & Breakbeat, and he blends these influences together in his writing, creating a very interesting and unique sound.
VIDEO - HOUSE IN 7/4LINE-UP:
Piano/Keyboard – Jonny Liebeck
Alto Saxophone – Donovan Haffner
Electric Guitar – Owen Snider
Double/Electric Bass – Ezekiel Ajie
Drums – Andrew McLeanJONNY LIEBECK WEBSITE
EP Influences available:
https://jonnyliebeck.bandcamp.com/album/influences
https://www.jonnyliebeck.com/
https://www.instagram.com/jonnyonkeys/
https://www.facebook.com/jonnyonthekeys* Note: To be seated with the London Loves Jazz MeetUp Group bookings must be confirmed by bookings in advance of the gig directly with the venue.
- Jazz On The Plaza feat. Simon Spillett with Terence Collie & Andrew RobbCafe Yukari, Richmond
Join us for another evening of high-end acoustic jazz as we welcome Simon Spillett to join pianist Terence Collie and bassist Andrew Robb. Expect a night of expressive interplay, rich harmonies and inspired improvisation in the intimate and cosy Cafe Yukari.
The venue is a friendly and intimate family-run café in leafy Kew, a stone's throw from Kew Gardens Tube Station on the District Line and Overground. The café houses a beautiful Fazioli grand piano.
Optional Japanese meals are available and the audience are invited to bring their own wine/beer.Seats maximum 25 so early booking recommended!
NB: Please book ahead to ensure a place at the Meetup table!
Tickets through www.moodindigoevents.co.uk
£20+booking fee online or £25 on the day if available.
