Sabina Desir: Freedom Road Re-Imagined

Jazz vocalist Sabina Desir performs Freedom Road Re-Imagined, a live music and photography show exploring Black civil rights history, at the EFG London Jazz Festival.

Sabina Desir brings her Freedom Road Re-Imagined project to House of Sisters Grimm for two performances as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival 2026. Led by Desir on vocals with Jessica Lauren as musical director on keyboards, the band performs material spanning jazz, blues, soul and reggae, including songs associated with Roberta Flack, Nina Simone, Gil Scott-Heron and Mongo Santamaria. The performance incorporates photography by Vanley Burke and Charlie Phillips OBE documenting Black British communities, alongside a filmed contribution from Taariq Forder, creating an immersive portrait of Black experience and collective memory. Doors open at 6pm with the performance at 7.30pm.