Whiddon Autumn Festival: Devon

Festival Jazz Night

Curated by WAF favourite Harry Baker, this year’s Festival Jazz Night features special guest trumpeter Laura Jurd, who jazz superstar Jamie Cullum called “the kind of musician I want to be in my next life”.

Laura will front a specially convened jazz quartet, performing her own original music, which celebrates and innovates in the rich traditions of jazz and folk. Described by BBC Music Magazine as “simply stupendous … a glorious shifting collage of sound”, her music digs into something primal and earthy, whilst taking twists and turns that prove Laura to be one of the UK’s most distinctive composer-performers in contemporary music.

For their second set, the quartet led by Laura and Harry will be joined by WAF’s own Festival String Quartet for a very special one-night-only collaboration.

And back for another year by popular demand, the evening will open with an a cappella set from the “WAFter Eights”, formed from the lower voices of Corvus Consort.