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Andrew McGregor introduces the EFG London Jazz Festival's opening night gala, live from the Royal Festival Hall in London. Guy Barker conducts the London Jazz Festival Orchestra in Jazz Voice 2016 - a celebration of some of the great songs of the past ten decades, sung by some of the finest voices of today.

Among this year's line-up are Brooklyn-born, Harlem-based baritone Allan Harris; Londoner Jacob Collier, one of the jazz world's newest voices who was 'discovered' by Quincy Jones in 2014; Nashville-based singer Kandace Springs; American singer and guitarist John Pizzarelli; Polly Gibbons, British singer-songwriter now signed to a major USA jazz label; and American jazz and R&B artist with roots in folk and gospel, Lizz Wright.

The event is hosted by Jay Rayner, and the programme of songs, all specially arranged by Guy Barker, draws on major anniversaries, birthdays and milestones that link the decades stretching back from 2016.