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Seed Ensemble at Turner Sims
Courtesy of Jo Roberts | Posted on March 29, 2021
When
Fri, October 1, 2021
20:00
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Musicians
Cassie Kinoshi
saxophoneTheon Cross
tubaSheila Maurice-Grey
trumpetShirley Tetteh
guitar, electricMiguel Gorodi
trumpetChelsea Carmichael
saxophoneJoe Bristow
tromboneDeschanel Gordon
pianoRio Kai
bassPatrick Boyle
drumsAbout
Our venue is currently closed to the public in line with Government guidelines. If you have tickets for this event, please be assured that we are liaising with the artists and we will be in touch with you should we need to reschedule or cancel. We appreciate your patience whilst we wait for news of any easing of the current lockdown restrictions.
This event has been rescheduled from the originally publicised date of 4/4/2020.
SEED Ensemble is a Mercury Award-nominated ten piece band led by alto saxophonist and composer Cassie Kinoshi.
The band presents a stellar line-up featuring some of London’s most up-and-coming young jazz musicians including tuba player Theon Cross (Sons of Kemet), trumpeter Sheila-Maurice-Grey (Kokoroko) and guitarist Shirley Tetteh (Maisha). Combining jazz with inner-city London, West African and Caribbean influenced groove, SEED explores a blend of genres through original compositions and improvisation. Their debut release Driftglass (Jazz Re:freshed, 2019) features the track Afronaut (feat. XANA) which won the Ivors Academy Award 2018 (formerly known as BASCA, British Composer Award) for Jazz Composition for Large Ensemble....