EFG London Jazz Festival: The Hugo Jennings Trio

Jazz pianist Hugo Jennings is joined by Lorenzo Morabito on bass and Louis Brown on drums at Morocco Bound to open the EFG London Jazz Festival. Hugo Jennings is a jazz pianist, singer and bandleader, orchestral conductor, teacher, and music curator. He has established himself as a respected name on the London jazz scene, both through his playing and through his work as founder and director of the highly successful Battersea Jazz Festival. His music is inspired by Barry Harris, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, Cedar Walton, Thelonious Monk, the Great American Songbook, and a variety of other jazz and classical composers. Hugo has performed regularly at various jazz venues and concert halls across London and Britain, such as Toulouse Lautrec Jazz Club, Hampstead Jazz Club, The Junction, Battersea Power Station, Pizza Express Dean Street, Southampton Modern Jazz Club, and the Clapham Grand. He has appeared alongside high-profile British artists such as Alex Garnett, Steve Fishwick, Tom Smith, Fraser Smith, Sam Braysher, and countless others, as well as American musicians including Adam Moezinia and Chuck Redd. In addition to his performing as a jazz pianist and singer, Hugo also works as conductor of Social London Orchestra and the South London Jazz Orchestra. He has led his eponymous trio for over three years.