Results for "Ruben Fox"

Beyond Afrobeat: Kokoroko's World of Black Music

by Peter Jones
March 19, 2022

London-based octet Kokoroko has been led by trumpeter-vocalist Sheila Maurice-Grey since she formed it in 2014 with percussionist Onome Edgeworth. The band's original idea was to update Afrobeat for a 21st century audience, inspired by the likes of Ebo Taylor, Tony Allen, and Fela Kuti. It was the extraordinary public reaction to their first release--a single ...

Arashi No Oto

By Mark Kavuma

Label: Banger Factory Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: Arashi No Oto; Eulid; Brother James; Love Will Find A Way; Hedz; David Danced; One More River.

Zodiac

By Chris Pattishall

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: Taurus; Gemini; Cancer; Leo; Virgo; Libra; Scorpio; Sagittarius; Capricorn; Aquarius; Pisces; Aries.

Mark Kavuma & The Banger Factory: Arashi No Oto

by Chris May
September 4, 2021

London-based trumpeter and composer Mark Kavuma was last seen in this parish in July 2019. At the start of that month, Kavuma released his second album with his nonet, The Banger Factory. A couple of weeks later, he led a quintet on the floor of the Barbican Art Gallery, performing Thelonious Monk's Brilliant Corners (Riverside, 1956) ...

Chris Pattishall: Zodiac

by Jerome Wilson
March 14, 2021

This is pianist Chris Pattishall's take on Mary Lou Williams' “Zodiac Suite," an extended work that has been unjustly overlooked in jazz history. Williams originally recorded this suite in solo and trio format but Pattishall rearranges it for his quintet and adds subtle sound design touches by Rafiq Bhatia that enrich the depth and context of ...

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Kansas Smitty's House Band: Kansas Smitty's

by Bruce Lindsay
November 9, 2015

Kansas Smitty's is the debut album from the eight-piece Kansas Smitty's House Band, a London-based octet with an open approach to the integration of many jazz styles. The result is a refreshingly original debut album filled with some of the catchiest and most engaging music around. House bands have a long history, playing regular ...