Harry Christelis + Pillow

A double bill at Heath Street Baptist Church, part of the EFG London Jazz Festival, pairing the Brighton-based act Pillow with the London-based jazz-adjacent quartet of Harry Christelis.

Part of the EFG London Jazz Festival, this evening brings together two acts that approach listening from different directions. Pillow, who are based in Brighton, play sombre acoustic music with a cinematic quality. Harry Christelis leads a London-based quartet that sits close to jazz, balancing the jazz tradition with ambient electronic textures.

Both acts are presented as aiming for an immersive, cinematic listening experience, and the pairing is described as deeply emotive and thought-provoking. The contrast between Pillow's acoustic sound and Christelis's electronic textures gives the bill its shape.

The evening takes place at Heath Street Baptist Church, a religious building in London, where Pillow perform before Harry Christelis.