At times, we are the first to lose track of how many exciting music events happen in London each month, so we have decided to offer you some sort of “public musical service”, meant for all the locals and passers-by, with the aim of suggesting where to listen to some...
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An inaugural festival is always going to be packed with risk and suspense, and after the downpour that Friday night experienced, a breath was held in anticipation of Saturday’s events. However, it is with sheer delight I report that the proceedings seemingly went ahead seamlessly. Saturday I have to jump...
If the London jazz scene has a face, that’s the one of Shabaka Hutchings. The saxophonist, clarinettist and bandleader has indeed surged as one of the most popular interpreters of the movement, playing solo or collaborating and enriching the work of many of its actors, and becoming its ambassador around...
21/09/2019 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm Shabaka Hutchings' One Fest EartH (Hackney Arts Centre), London
Over 1,000 musicians will come together in Rotterdam for the North Sea Jazz Festival, the largest festival in Europe for the genre. Not just solely focused on jazz, a diverse range of acts will be playing world-jazz, swing, Latin, African, soul and funk rhythms. Initially founded in the ‘70s, the...
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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...
In 2017 the British jazz scene started taking centre stage and 2018 is likely to see the genre become the rising star of contemporary music with a long-awaited hip-pumping invasion. Brownswood Recordings have brought together their hotly tipped acts from a three-day recording session which produced We Out Here. The...
Wormfood is an events company that sets out to align London domiciled African music with the dance floor energy of club nights. Set up in 2007, they have injected energy into many UK festivals and London’s wide array of world music venues. This ten-year celebration at South London’s Electric Brixton...
16/12/2017 - 17/12/2017 11:00 pm - 6:00 am Congo Natty Family Live KOKO London, London
Afro-futurism exploration from tenor saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings. His latest tour showcases the album Wisdom of Elders wherein he re-imagines the voices of ancient elders through a free-jazz expression of South African music. Alongside his virtuoso African band (the Ancestors) he will introduce you to his influences of Ugandan Amadinda, calypso...