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The hottest jazz gigs of autumn 2013: from Mehldau to Marsden

by John Fordham, Robin Denselow

The London jazz festival is the seasonal highlight, but Hugh Masekela, Larry Willis and a full performance of Bright Phoebus are nothing to sneeze at eitherLondon jazz festivalThe singer, composer and bassist Esperanza Spalding has broken out of the jazz loop with more pop-oriented music, but she comes to the 2013 LJF as a virtuoso double bassist, part of a trio with the pianist Geri Allen and drummer Terri Lyne Carr…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:00pm on September 1, 2013