One of London’s most iconic live music venues, plays host to an array of Soul, Reggae, Gospel and R’n’B legends over the coming months.

Our top picks:

• Les Amazones d’Afrique  Wednesday 29th January 2020, 7.00 PM – 10.30 PM. Standing £17.50. 

We are honoured to present the all-female West-African supergroup, Les Amazones d’Afrique who use music as a means to change the society around them. While their cause – campaigning for gender equality and eradicating ancestral violence – is worthy enough in itself, their musical creative expression is equally powerful. Combining historic percussive rhythms with funk and blues influences plus lyrics sung in English, French and Mandinka, the resulting debut album République Amazones was received with critical acclaim. Not least by one Barack Obama who named the album his favourite of 2017.

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• Sanctified with London Community Gospel Choir   9th February, 5th April & 31st May 2020, 5.00 PM – 9.00 PM. Standing £10 – £17.50. Restaurant £15 – £25

Join us for an unforgettable experience at The Jazz Cafe as a repertoire of soul, hip-hop and era-defining songs are given the full gospel choir treatment with the UK’s best outfit, London Community Gospel Choir. Expect to hear classics from the likes of D’Angelo, Erykah Badu, A Tribe Called Quest and John Legend performed live by LCGC’s world-renowned choir and The Jazz Cafe’s Sanctified Live Band in an unrivalled evening experience of Gospel Sunday goodness. LCGC have performed at Wembley Stadium, The Royal Albert Hall and sung on stage with some of the world’s biggest acts such as Madonna, Eric Clapton and George Michael.

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• R’n’B & Gospel Star Mario Winans  26th February 2020, 7.00 PM – 10.30 PM. Standing 320. Restaurant £30.

GRAMMY Wining, R&B star Mario Winans plays an intimate show at The Jazz Cafe this February. Reaching UK fame and widespread appeal with the number one single ‘I Don’t Wanna Know’, which famously sampled Fugees’ 1996 hit single “Ready or Not”. Winans won a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance for co-writing CeCe Winans’s song “Pray” and became a household name in the R&B and Gospel category for his collaborations with the likes of P-Diddy and Foxy Brown.

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• Soulgigs presents: Teedra Moses   23rd & 24th February 2020, 7.00 PM – 11.00 PM. Standing £26.50

Teedra Moses is a one of a kind artist, one of the select few who embody the Jazz Cafe spirit through and through. She released her debut album Complex Simplicity in August 2004 to critical acclaim, finding success on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, the Top Independent Albums, and the Top Heatseekers, reaching number twenty, number eleven, and number ten, respectively. In addition to executive producing and penning all the lyrics on her own project, Moses has written songs for other artists including Nivea, Christina Milian, Mary J. Blige and a host of others. She was featured on and co-wrote two songs from Raphael Saadiq’s 2004 album Ray Ray, “Chic” and “I Want You Back”.

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• Conscious Reggae Icon: Luciano  15th March 2020, 7.00 PM – 10.30 PM. Standing £27.50

Luciano has reigned as the king of “conscious” reggae music for over 2 decades. Landing on the scene in 1993, his collaboration with reggae ambassador Freddie McGregor on his “Big Ship Music” label resulted in a UK chart topping cover of Cheryl Lynn’s R & B hit “Shake it Up Tonight”. Versatile in many ways, Luciano’s singing talents are able to crossover from dancehall to roots & culture, to R&B/Disco, to Blues and even Country and Western.

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• British Reggae Pioneers Aswad + The Hempolics   4th April 2020, 7.00 PM – 10.30 PM. Standing £30. Restaurant £35.

Formed in the late seventies, Aswad, along with UB40, quickly became one of the most important reggae artists to ever emerge from the UK. Early hits such as ‘Warrior Charge’ and ‘Three Babylon’ established the band a massive following culminating in a UK number one hit with ‘Don’t Turn Around’ in 1988. The band continued their assault on the UK pop charts with tracks such as ‘Give A Little Love’, ’54-46 Was My Number’, ‘Shine’, ‘Shy Guy’, ‘If I Was’, ‘Beauty’s Only Skin Deep’, ‘Set Them Free’ amongst many more, working with The Wailers, Sting, Vanessa Mae, Janet Kay and Jah Shaka in the process.

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• Legendary Nigerian Vocal Group: Yoruba Women Choir  8th April 2020, 7.00 PM – 10.30 PM. Standing £18.

Africa’s greatest choir The Yoruba Women Choir is one of Nigeria’s biggest musical exports. The choir, directed by founder Funmi Olawumi, creates music of astounding power. Each of the 11 singers is a soloist of the highest order and they combine exquisite harmonies and joyful songs to create a spectacular show bursting with passion. Their songs lift your soul and uplift your spirit in a remarkable way. Powered by a six-piece band that provides the pulse for a musical and spiritual alchemy that touches a worldwide audience.

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• UK Soul Icons: Loose Ends  25th April 2020, 7.00 PM – 11.00 PM. Standing £20. Restaurant £30. 

One of the most successful UK soul bands of the 1980’s, Loose Ends first hit the charts in 1985 with “Hanging on a String” which went to number one in the USA and hit the national top 10 in the UK. More hits followed on both sides of the Atlantic with “Magic Touch”, “Slow Down” and “Watching You ( Watching Me )”. In 1990 two of the original members, Jane Eugene and Steve Nichol, left the band and were replaced with Linda Carriere and Sunay Suleyman, who joined founding member Carl McIntosh, and who have now brought Loose Ends back to overwhelming demand.

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• R’n’B Legend: Jocely Brown  12th 7 13th June 2020, 7.00 PM – 10.30 PM. Standing £30. Restaurant £40. 

R&B legend Jocelyn Brown returns to her spiritual home. A staple at the Jazz Cafe, Jocelyn is back for a special intimate show – her performances with us have never been less than spellbinding, as many would attest. Spanning not just R&B but soul, funk and jazz as well, we can’t think of many other artists that embody the spirit of the Jazz Cafe as well as Jocelyn Brown.

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• UK Soul Legend: Omar  26th & 27th June 2020, 7.00 PM – 10.30 PM. Standing £20. Restaurant £30-£35.

British born, classically trained soul legend Omar’s career spans nearly 30 years. The multi – instrumentalist’s blend of classic and neo-soul performances at the Jazz Cafe are always an enchanting experience, and following last year’s new solo album and his collaborative album with Courtney Pine, this year’s shows will be no different.

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