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TC & The Groove Family: First Home

by Chris May
June 9, 2022

The nine-piece collective TC & The Groove Family are based in the northern English city of Leeds. All but one of the members studied at Leeds College of Music. They play a goodtime mash-up of Afrobeat, jazz, funk, hip hop, dub and samba, reflecting the cultural melting pot which exists in most English cities and which has, to varying degrees, shaped the country's alternative jazz scene. TC & TGF are at the extreme gumbo end of the English ...