Jazz Articles about Camilla George

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Radio & Podcasts

Camilla George, Bennie Maupin, Sasha Berliner, Tumi Mogorosi & More New Releases

by Ludovico Granvassu
July 30, 2022

From Africa to Brooklyn, and a few stops in between, a playlist replete with a diverse range of new and upcoming albums.Happy listening!PlaylistBen Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Kamil Piotrowicz Sextet “TFE" Weird Heaven (Howard) 0:16 Host talks 3:14 Sasha Berliner “Ephemerality" Onyx (JMI Recordings) 4:18 Host talks 8:13 Omri Ziegele Where's Africa Trio “Back Home" That Hat (Intakt) 9:59 Camilla George “Abasi Isang" Ibio-Ibio (Ever) 16:28 Tumi Mogorosi feat. ...

Live Review

Camilla George At The MAC

by Ian Patterson
July 4, 2022

Camilla George The MAC jny:Belfast, N. Ireland June 25, 2022 It was a sell-out crowd for Camilla George's Belfast gig, the penultimate stop on a ten-date tour of Ireland. In part, this no doubt reflected people's hunger for live music after the socio-cultural privations of lockdown, but above all, it was a sure indication that MOBO-nominated George is hot property these days.The Nigerian-born, London-based saxophonist's rise has been fascinating to watch. From ...

Interview

Camilla George: Warrior Charge

by Chris May
February 13, 2020

In 2017, alto saxophonist and composer Camilla George's band was the support act for a Dee Dee Bridgewater gig at the London Jazz Festival. After George had finished her set, Bridgewater, who had been listening in the wings, came onstage, took the mike, and announced: “The world is safe because we have Camilla." Others in Cadogan Hall that night felt the same way. Three years on, the band is fiercer still and George is prominent among the cohort of London ...

Album Review

Camilla George: The People Could Fly

Read "The People Could Fly" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey
October 8, 2018

Camilla George's follow-up to her debut album Isang (Ubuntu, 2016) is, if anything, even better than her first. The record's title derives from a picture book of folktales by Virginia Hamilton portraying the plight of African slaves and how they could escape their oppression by flying back to their homeland. The titles of seven of the eight tracks directly reflect the subjects of enslavement and freedom. The eighth track, with its sympathetic lyrics ("How did I get so far gone? ...

Album Review

Camilla George Quartet: Isang

by Roger Farbey
December 24, 2016

Isang is the long overdue debut album for alto saxophonist Camilla George, a graduate of London's renowned Trinity College of Music. George has worked with several leading bands including Tomorrow's Warriors, Nu Civilisation Orchestra and Jazz Jamaica. She's led her own quartet since 2014 and her love of African and Western music is influenced by her country of birth, Nigeria. The album's title Isang (pronounced E-S-A-N-G) is an old Efik/Ibibio word that means voyage and symbolises George's own musical journey. ...