We are excited to present one of the UK’s most exciting Jazz outfits and recent MOBO award winners, Sons Of Kemet at Rich Mix, Shoreditch. Their debut album ‘Burn’, released earlier this year, has created a huge buzz on the BritJazz circuit. The cultural hub Rich Mix provides an intimate setting for what is set to be an exhilarating show!
This super -group of sorts is led by clarinetist, saxophonist and composer Shabaka Hutchings, featuring Oren Marshall on tuba and both Tom Skinner and Seb Rochford on drums. They deliver a unique take on jazz, Caribbean folk music and African Diasporan history all wrapped up into one extremely accessible bundle! Their sound is a sophisticated mixture of atmospheric sounds, cross-rhythms and drum chattery. Their broad influences range from Calypso to New Orleans street music constituting danceable grooves, originality and sophistication.
The combined credentials of the band members is more than impressive, including Radiohead, Courtney Pine, Matthew Herbert, Zero 7, Polar bear and the BBC Concert Orchestra amongst many more. The four mighty creative forces of Sons of Kemet yields music that is powerful, lyrical and, above all, fiercely original.
Prepare yourselves to be taken on a musical journey with this incredible quartet, this is not one to miss out on so save the date in your Diaries!