Event overview
***POSTPONED*** to Friday 10 December
Born in Zimbabwe and raised and educated in south east London, vocalist, performer, songwriter, musician and producer Eska Mtungwazi is highly respected amongst her musical peers, and is widely recognised as one of the most talented British soul / jazz artists of her generation, singing with Zero 7 and the Matthew Herbert Big Band amongst many others.
Her previous catalogue of recorded collaborations and live performances with a diverse range of artists. These include Mercury Music Prize nominee UK rapper Ty, jazz / hip-hop saxophonist, MOBO award winner and Mercury Music Prize nominee Soweto Kinch, neo-soul artist Julie Dexter, psychedelic soul singer Lewis Taylor, bassist Anthony Tidd’s Philadelphia-based jazz / hip-hop project Quite Sane (with whom she won several awards and shared the stage with the likes of James Brown and The Roots), brokenbeat producer I.G. Culture’s New Sector Movements project, multi-instrumentalist Nitin Sawhney, Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen, dance music producer Mark Pritchard’s Troubleman project, and legendary British jazz musicians Courtney Pine, Robert Mitchell, and Denys Baptiste, amongst others. Eska was also keyboardist in the live band for DJ Pogo’s monthly hip-hop residency Lyrical Lounge.
All welcome to observe
http://www.myspace.com/eskamtungwazi
Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Dec 2010 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm |
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