‘They’re easily the most exciting band to come my way on the new BritJazz scene over the last year.‘’ Stephen Graham | Jazzwise Magazine “One of the
‘They’re easily the most exciting band to come my way on the new BritJazz scene over the last year.‘’ Stephen Graham | Jazzwise Magazine
“One of the hippest of new UK bands – Sons of Kemet, a quirky quartet of sax, tuba and
two drummers – showed a rammed Vortex jazz club why it's almost certain to
dominate the best of 2012 lists at the end of the year." | John Fordham, The Guardian
Sax, Tuba and Two Drummers(and not a packet of crisps in sight) |
Sons of Kemet is the brainchild of young reeds player and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Shabaka Hutchings, whose ambition for this ensemble was to assemble the most unlikeliest of line-ups and allow them free rein for their distinct musical personalities to shine through. The resultant music is loud, earthy, vital, and refreshingly rough-edged at times but surprisingly danceable; the two drummers spur off each others’ energies and the tuba occupies a variety of roles from breathless walking bass to subtle, overdubbed layers of sound. Shabaka’s plaintive tone and uncluttered compositions frame the sound. The band is currently recording it's debut slated for release in December 2012.
The band features |
Shabaka Hutchings - Sax/Clarinet (Mulatu Astatke and the Heliocentrics, Courtney Pine, Soweto Kinch)
Oren Marshall - Tuba (Moondog, Charlie Haden, Radiohead),
july 19 - band on the wall, manchester
oct 13 - marsden jazz festival
oct 14 - the cluny, newcastle
oct 16 - warwick arts centre
nov 13 - london jazz festival | queen elizabeth hall (with bbc concert orchestra)
2013
13 March - Queen's Theatre, Barnstable
11 April - The Watermill, Dorking
4 or 5 May - Cheltenham Jazz Festival
31 May 2013 - Sheffield Jazz
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