Within the new crop of London-based jazz artists, there aren’t many that are still in demand to see perform live. With a huge number of venues, festivals and promoters buying into UK jazz, there is normally a wealth of options every night across London to see the likes of Nubya Garcia, Ruby Rushton, Zara McFarlane or one of the many excellent artists who have blossomed from this new wave.

Alfa Mist, after releasing Antiphon in 2017, became an artist that is almost rare to see live. The album, which was one of the best released in 2017, brought him huge success and respect, selling out immediately. With the new album, Structuralism, just out, this will be one of the biggest shows Alfa Mist will have done yet in the UK. At a largish venue, Village Underground, his infusion of traditional jazz and hip-hop will boom out of the D&B speakers into the Hackney warehouse.

Alfa Mist’s particular form of jazz highlights his skill on the keyboard, while allowing his band to take centre stage on songs. The drums create a hip-hop form of jazz that is the perfect backing for the long trumpet notes, which are a staple of every one of his tunes. A gig not to be missed; as these jazz artists become ever more successful, releasing more and more critically acclaimed albums, the venues will only get bigger and less intimate.

Daily Discovery: Alfa Mist – Organic Rust | A COLORS SHOW

Enjoy East London producer, pianist, bandleader and MC Alfa Mist performing ‘Organic Rust’ during his COLORS session.   The tune is taken from his upcoming album Bring Backs out on April 23 via Anti- Records: https://alfamist.bandcamp.com/album/bring-backs   “On his new album Bring Backs the producer, self-taught pianist and rapper takes us…

Artists: Alfa Mist

Visions of Sound (March 2021)

Every month, we bring you a collection of the best world music-related videos. That’s our way to give value to too often overlooked, rich and diverse artistic expressions. Listen with your eyes! Watch the full playlist: TweetSharePin0 Shares

Artists: Alfa Mist , Ana Moura , Angelique Kidjo , Baianasystem , Balkan Taksim , Blinky Bill , BLK JKS , Branko , Dobet Gnahore , Heavy Baile , Joao Selva , Les Mamans du Congo , Magugu , Masayoshi Fujita , Matata , Natalia Lafourcade , Pascuala Ilabaca , Rrobin , Yemi Alade

Preview: Alfa Mist @ Earth (London; Tuesday 3rd March 2020)

Experience a genre-crossing musical deluge, travelling between hip-hop, grime, jazz and classical with one of London’s most forward thinking artists. Fast becoming a staple of London live music culture, Earth provides a space that can offer big and international acts an interesting space to play to large audience. Not sanitised…

Artists: Alfa Mist

Album Review: Alfa Mist – 7th October (Epilogue) + Antiphon [Sekito Records; 7th October 2018]

We’ve talked quite often about the rising British nu-jazz scene, with London town being the pulsing heart of this new wave of talented musicians. Among its bright protagonists, like Kamaal Williams, Nubya Garcia, Shabaka Hutchings, we couldn’t fail to mention Alfa Mist – composer, keyboardist, multi-instrumentalist hailing from Newham, London…

Artists: Alfa Mist