Guildhall Jazz Festival: ImPossibilities

Impossibilities exclusively perform their own collaborative compositions, especially created for each and every performance event.

ImPossibilities create a sonic amalgam of free jazz, spiritual sounds, roots and folkloric music, hip-hop, nu-soul, spoken word, groove and abstraction. Formed in 2013, the project created a collective of musicians and creative thinkers to make music, sound and poetry inspired by Sun Ra and his Arkestra, which would reflect the broad range of artists and art forms that his legacy continues to inspire.

Since its inception, students from the Guildhall School have collaborated with young aspiring musicians, poets and leading international jazz musicians to create new musical hybrids, under the artistic leadership of guitarist, educationalist, composer and Sun Ra archivist, Paul Griffiths. The ethos of this project is to facilitate growth and development amongst young people from different backgrounds, with a shared passion for music. In line with this vision, the band members work with young people in secondary schools and colleges across East and South London through their Satellite Collectives.

Part of the School’s annual Jazz Festival, presented in partnership with EFG London Jazz Festival, celebrating the creativity and originality of the Guildhall Jazz community.