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Sons Of Kemet at Bimhuis
Courtesy of Onno Beukenhorst | Posted on November 28, 2016
When
Thu, January 19, 2017
20:30
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Musicians
Shabaka Hutchings
woodwindsTheon Cross
tubaTom Skinner
drumsSebastian Rochford
drumsSons of Kemet
band / ensemble / orchestraAbout
Irresistible, danceable music by the frontrunners of new British jazz, the four-piece formation Sons of Kemet. ‘A wall of head-spinning sounds’ (JazzWise).
Everything that makes contemporary UK jazz so exciting is summed up in the irresistible, danceable music of Sons Of Kemet. Band leader, saxophonist and clarinet player Shabaka Hutchings, known as a member of The Heliocentrics, employs a wealth of styles for his colorful compositions. Aside from tuba player Theon Cross the group contains no less than two drummers: Seb Rochford (Polar Bear, Brian Eno) en Tom Skinner (Mulatu Astatke)....