We move into the sixth session of Concrete Lates, a collaborative event series from Boiler Room and Southbank Centre, with a special EFG London Jazz Festival edition, connecting the dots between club culture and contemporary jazz.
The mercurial talent of Theon Cross is brought into sharp focus, bringing a distinctive, swaggering approach to playing the tuba alongside a full live band. His high-energy style prismatically reflects London’s vast musical underground, brushing on grime, dub, soca, and other sounds from the Afro-Carribean diaspora.
Joining Cross on the night are two highly acclaimed DJs with jazz running through their veins; the legendary DJ Spinna (producer for Eminem, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch and De La Soul...) and Brilliant Corners and NTS Radio resident, Donna Leake.
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:
Artists: Bomba Estereo , Combo Chimbita , Criolo , Dowdelin , Iamddb , Little Simz , M.anifest , Maia Barouh , Moor Mother , Nihiloxica , Rakoon , Rincon Sapiência , The Specials , Theon Cross , Xenia Rubinos
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![Album Review: Theon Cross – Fyah [Gearbox Records; February 2019]](https://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/theoncrossfyahcover-620x620.jpg)
“People always underestimate the tuba” observes Theon Cross, whose new album Fyah sets out to put this straight with fierce intent. Cross is an alumni of Tomorrow’s Warriors – the free music education programme resident at Southbank Centre, responsible for the health and diversity of the London jazz scene right…
Artists: Theon Cross
From the first Jamaican rude-boy sound systems of Duke Reid and Prince Buster to Trojan Records of London 1968, ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub sound system culture has thrived in Britain’s black culture and has defined generations and popular trends. A sunny May Bank Holiday saw hundreds take to Peckham Rye…
Artists: David Rodigan , Horace Andy , Nubiyan Twist , Soothsayers , Theon Cross , Theon Cross and The Fyah![Album Review: Various Artists – We Out Here [Brownswood Recordings; February 2018]](https://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
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