Jazz Articles about Luke Wynter

About Luke Wynter

Album Review

Nubiyan Twist: Chasing Shadows

Read "Chasing Shadows" reviewed by Karan Khosla

by Karan Khosla
June 25, 2026

Since emerging from the Leeds College of Music scene in the early 2010s, Nubiyan Twist have grown into one of the more visible large ensembles within the modern UK jazz and Afrobeat scene, building a reputation through international touring and major festival appearances including WOMAD, Glastonbury and a recent appearance at Lollapalooza India. Led by guitarist, producer and composer Tom Excell, the group draws from Afrobeat, jazz, hip-hop, soul, dub and UK sound-system culture. Across albums like Freedom Fables (Strut, 2021) ...

Album Review

Nubiyan Twist: Freedom Fables

Read "Freedom Fables" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
January 23, 2021

Guitarist Tom Excell's Nubiyan Twist is one of the more substantial groove-based fusion outfits orbiting the perimeter of Britain's alternative jazz world. The band combines soul, funk, modal jazz, hip hop, and West African Afrobeat and highlife in a dancefloor-friendly melange which is a whole lot of fun while also possessing some depth. Based in Leeds in the north of England, the ensemble inhabits a similar bag as London's Ezra Collective and Levitation Orchestra. Freedom Fables is ...