The first day of the London Jazz festival and we're off to see the Marcin Wasilewski Trio at Cadogan Hall. This band has been together for 25 years; I first became aware of them when they were the rhythm section for Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko. By the time I saw Stanko playing some years ago he had a new band, so this would be the first time I had seen Wasilewski and colleagues in action.
East Midlands Railways, in their infinite wisdom, had chosen this weekend to perform maintenance and development work on the line to St Pancras; since neither of us likes using the provided substitute buses we switched to our Plan B for such eventualities.
After a straightforward drive to Luton Airport Parkway we booked into the Premier Inn and walked to the station, where we caught a local service (unaffected by the works) into London:
By tube to Sloane Square and then a short walk to the hall:
The annexe to the Oakley Room bar was empty when we arrived, so we were able to partake of outrageously overpriced drinks and snacks (Chelsea being but a stone's throw away):
Into the main hall for the obligatory selfie:
A great concert, and the band took their bows:
and your correspondent was a happy bunny on the way back to the Premier Inn:
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