Artiste: Gregory Porter

Sons of Echo, Daniil Simkins’ answer to Kings of the Dance, deserves wider recognition. A brave foray into gala territory without the usual classical repertoire.

This Late Night Prom put together a Battle of the Bands between two groups of musicains to represent the bands of Count Basie and Duke Ellington. Basie's and Ellington's bands never in fact battled it out in real life, so this showcased what might have been.