Emilia Mårtensson, Matt Robinson, Adam Waldmann
Emilia Mårtensson, Matt Robinson, Adam Waldmann at The Vortex Jazz Club, London
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EFG London Jazz Festival: Emilia Martensson/Matt Robinson
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About the show
Emilia Märtensson & Matt Robinson bring together lyrical songwriting, improvisation, and contemporary European jazz in music that is both intimate and expansive. Their long-standing musical partnership centres on a shared love of space, clarity, and expressive storytelling, creating performances that are immersive, spontaneous, and deeply connected.
Parliamentary Jazz Award-winning vocalist Emilia Märtensson is recognised as one of the most distinctive voices in UK jazz, celebrated for her expressive tone and emotionally nuanced storytelling. The Observer described her as "the new face of British jazz," while Jazzwise praised her as "a voice of quite remarkable expressive depth."
Pianist, composer, and producer Matt Robinson, known for his work with Snowpoet, is acclaimed for his melodic improvisations, harmonic richness, and imaginative use of piano, synthesisers, and live electronics.
Drawing inspiration from iconic European jazz duos such as Sidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft and Norma Winstone & John Taylor, Märtensson and Robinson subtly reimagine the voice-piano format through improvisation, extended techniques, and understated electronics, while preserving its essential intimacy.
For this performance, the duo is joined by acclaimed saxophonist Adam Waldmann, bassist Max Luthert, and drummer Will Glaser. Together, the quintet expands the duo's finely detailed musical world into a richly textured ensemble, balancing openness, lyricism, and collective improvisation.
Featuring - Emilia Mårtensson
Blurring the lines between folk and jazz, Emilia Martensson's clear toned intimate voice is at times deeply soulful, at others ethereal.
Emilia grew up listening to the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Anita O'Day, from whom she draws inspiration, while the folk songs of her native Sweden underpin who she is.
'The new face of British Jazz 2012' (The Observer).
Matt Robinson
Adam Waldmann
Max Luthert
Regarded as one of the most in-demand musicians of his generation in the UK, Max is known for his distinctive sound, approach to improvisation and is quickly generating a name for himself as a composer and band leader.
In the last couple of years Max has been performing around the UK and Europe with artists such as Zara McFarlane, Paritkel, Benet McLean, Duncan Eagles, Gareth Lockrane, Mark Mondesir, Peter Edwards and Ollie Howell.