The Institut Français’ It’s All About Piano festival features John Taylor, Dan Tepfer and French rising star Édouard Ferlet – known for his work with Mark Murphy and Geoffrey Oryema – among its jazz strand this year.

The third running of the London-based festival, which encompasses a variety of styles beyond jazz, Dan Tepfer’s recent work includes a duo album with singer Joanna Wallfisch his empathetic Mehldau-esque style moving into his own space as an improviser on ‘Never Let Me Go.’ The Paris-born US player was also on the Lee Konitz album First Meeting: Live in London Volume 1 featuring a masterly take on ‘Giant Steps’ caught above in the video in another playing context. 

UK jazz great John Taylor, who spoke so movingly at the memorial service of his late friend Kenny Wheeler last autumn, released In Two Minds for the Italian CamJazz label at the beginning of 2013, an exquisite solo piano album that featured the distinguished Manchester-born jazz pianist’s three-part ‘Ambleside Suite’ and six other compositions including two by Wheeler. The festival runs from 27-29 March. More information may be found here