London jazz festival 2012: sounds from the new Europe

From France to Finland, a new wave of European musicians are taking jazz on a journey into uncharted watersSix days into this year's London jazz festival, and plenty of big stars on big stages – from Imelda May and even Boy George on the jazz periphery, to the central figure of Herbie Hancock, and on to Robert Glasper and John McLaughlin – have been and gone. But the LJF is not only about stars: it brings together household names and unknown artists, familiar methods are given fresh spins, a...

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