There’s no denying that jazz and jazz fusion is a more popular genre right now than perhaps it was five or 10 years ago. This rise in popularity, I believe, can be attributed to the wave of jazz fusion bands in London, such as Kokoroko and Yazz Ahmed. A name that jumps immediately to mind when talking about contemporary jazz is Nubya Garcia.
Just as jazz is a free form of expression, Nubya is original and unique in her approach to her characteristic boundary-less jazz compositions.
Having performed with all manner of accompaniments, Nubya will be bringing her saxophone and more to the legendary Village Underground in East London on Monday the 4th of March, the perfect venue for the authentic and emotive motions experienced through the atmosphere at Nubya Garcia concerts. This is one date in only three on her tour, so a rare chance to capture Britain’s next biggest jazz star.
London-based saxophonist and composer Nubya Garcia recently took part to BBC Radio 6 Music 2021 performing, among others, ‘The Message Continues’, part of her latest album Source. You can watch her set in its entirety visiting the BBC Radio 6 website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p098pwnl
Artists: Nubya Garcia![Album Review: Nubya Garcia – SOURCE [Concord Jazz; August 2020]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/nubya-garcia-source-620x620.jpg)
SOURCE is the first long player by tenor saxophonist and one of London’s young jazz luminaries Nubya Garcia. London has been the campus for what has been happening in jazz lately, and the hothouse of Tomorrow’s Warriors and Trinity Laban Conservatoire along with nights like Jazz Re:freshed and Church of…
Artists: Nubya Garcia![Event Review: Boiler Room Festival @ Peckham [London; Wednesday 9th & Thursday 10th October 2019]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/br-festival_jazz_ryan-buchanan_038-620x413.jpg)
Filming performances to be broadcast to viewers at home who can still feel somewhat part of the party is not novel. Boiler Room, the flagship online platform for underground acts to increase their exposure, tapped into a pre-existing appetite amongst the try-before-you-buy internet generation but that doesn’t negate the impact…
Artists: Cykada , D Double E , Greentea Peng , Jammer , Nubya Garcia , Rachael Anson , Reid , Resavoir , Steam Down
The glorious Love Supreme returned to the prime Sussex pastures of Glynde for its seventh year, and what a return it was. With such a startling array of talent on offer, it was a mighty challenge to stay in one spot for too long for fear of missing out elsewhere….
Artists: Alicia Olatuja , Allysha Joy , Chip Wickham , Dj Khalab , Ezra Collective , Gladys Knight , Gogo Penguin , Jimmy Cliff , Joe Armon-Jones , Lauryn Hill , Mahalia , Nubya Garcia , Sampa The Great , Snarky Puppy , Tank And The Bangas , Tenesha The Wordsmith , The Teskey Brothers , Theon Cross , Yakul
Brixton has been known as the cultural home of Caribbean diasporic music since the years of the Windrush, but this one-day festival, held in Brockwell Park, has certainly ear-marked the growing popularity in the nu jazz movements that have infected the London music scene, as well as the growing popularity…
Artists: Chaka Khan , Dawn Penn , Eliza , Lava La Rue , Masego , Mikey Dread , Nubya Garcia , Oscar Jerome
Set in the heart of the Sussex Downs, Love Supreme Festival returned for its 6th year of spreading the gospel of jazz, blues and soul to some 40,000 music lovers. Unless you were the man who told me, bizarrely, that he “doesn’t like virtuosity in music”, you were going to…
Artists: Beat Replacement , Brand New Heavies , Earth Wind & Fire , Elvis Costello , Ezra Collective , Lalah Hathaway , Level 42 , Mavis Staples , MF Robots , Moses Boyd , Nubya Garcia , Steve Winwood , Tony Allen![Album Review: Various Artists – We Out Here [Brownswood Recordings; February 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/we-out-here-620x620.jpg)
Colours rise from dark contours as a London jazz renaissance takes form. Feeling both early and late, We Out Here captures the tones of this evolving shape. Tenor saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings directs the way, bringing together a collection of his most in-demand friends on the new-jazz scene. Familiar names such…
Artists: Ezra Collective , Joe Armon-Jones , Kokoroko , Moses Boyd , Nubya Garcia , Shabaka Hutchings , Theon Cross , TriForce
Last Sunday we went to The Pickle Factory for the first night of Ovation, a monthly series that will bring the best of contemporary jazz and world music to the intimate East London venue. The events are co-curated by Tom Skinner (Hello Skinny, Matthew Herbert, Owiny Sigoma Band, and Sons…
Artists: Moses Boyd , Nerija , Nubya Garcia , Theon Cross Trio , Tom Skinner
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