Like beat boxing is to rap and krumping is to street dance, scatting is synonymous with jazz – and the London Jazz Festival has just swung into town.

Until November 22, acclaimed musicians from across the globe will descend on London’s finest concert halls and intimate jazz clubs to scat, bebop and inject some razzamatazz into the capital’s chilly evenings.

For those whose knowledge of jazz is limited to names like Jimmy Smith and Count Basie and images of Blue Notes and smoky jazz clubs, the London Jazz Festival is the place to discover some new jives.

And while featuring older and more established acts, like the legendary jazz doyenne Cleo Laine (picture above), the London Jazz Festival hopes to introduce new and emerging talent to younger audiences.

American jazz bassist, Esparenza Spalding, is set to play premier jazz venue Ronnie Scott’s on November 21 where she’ll fuse her quirky jazz styles with blues, funk and Brazilian and Afro Cuban arrangements.

This year’s festival is bigger than ever before, with over 250 events, of which a quarter a free, so whether you live in Dalston or Deptford, or are about in Soho or the Southbank, you can still get involved.

So whether you want to discover the evolution of jazz or see how leftfield strands weave their way around the festival, check out the listings quick, as there’s bound to be a whole lot of trumpet-toting and coronet-crooning dazzling music fans this week.

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