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.
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…
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…
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…
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