To set July in motion with some funky notes, check out the new episode of our Rhythm Passport On Air podcast, recorded at Soas Radio. For the occasion, we have reached Justin Stanton, trumpeter, composer and producer of the outstanding big band Snarky Puppy and proud owner of a solo career...
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Infectious, deeply rooted and constantly swinging, Preservation Hall Jazz Band swagger with musical pride. Founded in the sixties, the group aims to preserve the New Orleans historical sound – rhythm and blues, swing and jazz mixed with Afro-Cuban and African rhythms. This group is the flag-bearer for the city’s most...
Snarky Puppy is a sonically charged revolution of intelligent, jazz-inspired funk-infused with a dizzying mix of rip-roaring bombastic rock, easing into edgy, new era classical, melancholic electronic (and perfectly blended) world music; a freshly invented and entirely new genre. Lead by bassist, composer and producer Michael League, the 3* time Grammy...
In two days’ time, Snarky Puppy will seize Brixton for one night… and what a night it will be! The O2 Brixton Academy, London will be the setting for a one-off show from a one-off band and trust us, everything will be extraordinary. There’s nothing standard or already seen or heard when...
The Holy Mothership is approaching London. Captained by Dr. Funkenstein a.k.a. George Clinton, the arcane vessel will bring to Earth the full epic spectacle of P-Funk, an orchestral army of unprecedented magnitude, – the legend tells that once a stage collapsed under its weight – including a brass section, several...
Blending hip-hop, jazz and funk styles with the iconic sounds of New Orleans brass, bring your big brash boogie boots to Rich Mix next week, the Hot 8 Brass Band are in town. Formed by Bennie Pete, Jerome Jones, and Harry Cook in 1995, The Hot 8 not only merged two earlier bands – the Looney Tunes...
