We are delighted to welcome **Queenstown Collective** to Ninety One for their living room debut with two sets spread across the evening. An exciting new collaboration between a diverse group of musicians, expect a high-energy live show to lift your spirits.

After the live show, let's push the tables back and groove to the sun-filled sounds of DJ collective **Discothèque Tropicale,** playing 'til close.

**QUEENSTOWN COLLECTIVE**

Born out of a prolific Brixton jam night, Queenstown Collective is a diverse group of musicians with its roots firmly in the London Jazz scene.

Having only begun their journey as a band at the start of 2023, they have already sold out Pizza Express Live without any music released.

Between them, each band member has established themselves in the industry playing regularly with the likes of King Krule, Joe Armon Jones, Cherise, Mansur Brown, Levitation Orchestra and more.

Working towards their debut EP, their music explores the intersections between the likes of Yussef Dayes, Kamasi Washington, Alice Coltrane and Fela Kuti.

Led by drummer James Morgan, this collective are high energy, and will take you on a journey that will lift your spirits and free your mind.

**ABOUT DISCOTHEQUE TROPICALE**

After coming to the end of a very strong first year, Discothèque Tropicale has quickly gained support from the likes of Antal, Hunee, Palms Trax, Barbara Boeing, Poly Ritmo and Dar Disku to name a few. The collective, London based events series, and licensed reissue label’s first project is focussed on highlighting the sounds of Guadeloupe and the Southern French Antilles. In doing so they hope to champion and honour the talented artists that birthed this beautiful music. With head honcho 'JOSH FB' and world music CD fanatic 'Fred Salt' at the helm, you can expect globally sourced soulful, sun filled dance music carefully selected to make you smile while you dance...Let's zouk!

Doors 7pm.

This is an 18+ event

Queenstown Collective + Discothèque Tropicale

Queenstown Collective

Discotheque Tropicale

Gigs

London

Ninety One Living Room

Jazz Lates is a series of intimate Jazz events that take place in our wonderful living room. On Saturday, 23rd September it is with great pleasure that we welcome Miles Spilsbury to the living room stage, performing his debut solo album 'Light Manoeuvres' live for the first time.

**MILES SPILSBURY**

Miles Spilsbury is a saxophonist, composer and multi-instrumentalist. His debut solo album Light Manoeuvres, set to be released on Rush Hour in October 2023, features Carlos Niño on percussion and is produced by Slugabed. He is bringing the music of Light Manoeuvres to 91 Living Room with a quartet featuring Cameron Dawson (Vels Trio), Jake Long (Maisha, Gary Bartz) & Oliver Cadman (Nubiyan Twist, John Carroll Kirby).

Light Manoeuvres is Spilsbury’s first full-length album as bandleader, and the Brighton-based artist brings more than a decade of experience to bear on this record. He’s worked with a wide range of collaborators including Carlos Niño, Slugabed, Iglooghost, Nate Mercereau, Surya Botofasina and Yasei Collective, and is also part of celebrated avant-rock experimentalists The Physics House Band. He has performed at prestigious UK venues such as the Southbank Centre and the London Jazz Festival, and has toured extensively throughout North America, Europe and Japan.

Spilsbury’s music mines a depth of jazz & fusion influences, ambient, and the freeform edges of improvisation, without being beholden to any style in particular. The music will follow the tides one minute, adhering to dense arrangements, then leap into the open void the next, as textured soundscapes blur into aerial saxophone adventuring.

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Jazz Lates: Miles Spilsbury 

Adam Znaidi - Mouse Variations (feat. James Glazier & Miles Spilsbury)

Adam Znaidi - Mouse Variations

Miles Spilsbury

We proudly welcome **Dragos** for his Living Room debut, with an intimate DJ set following Miles Spilsbury's live Jazz Lates performance.

**ABOUT DRAGOS**

Dragos is a Romanian DJ and Radio Host based in London. Exploring the emotional bond between records from a wide array of genres and times. His journey includes local radio shows from NTS, Balami and Netil Radio to international shows on The Lot in New York, Red Light Radio in Amsterdam and Radio Relativa in Madrid. Currently he is running a monthly show on Netil Radio called JAS where he has hosted the likes of Khidja,ТЕПЛОТА and Jaye Ward to name a few. In addition, Dragos has been playing regularly for the past 10 years in local venues such as Brilliant Corners, Spiritland, Earth Hackney, Southbank Centre and The Glove That Fits.

Please note that Tonight's Vibe takes place after our ticketed event Jazz Lates: Miles Spilsbury. This ticket will allow you entrance after the live show at 10PM, but if you wish to attend the live show, please follow this link to purchase tickets for Miles Spilsbury's live performance: https://link.dice.fm/Ed31b8593fee

This is an 18+ event (Photo ID Required).

Tonight's Vibe: Dragos

We are proud to welcome Lude Magazine and their monthly Lude Local event, showcasing some of the city's emerging talents. Join us for a night of incredible live performances from 00AB, Emile, Abolaji & Hazel Sapphire, plus DJs Moses Day, Paris Francis, Damali Tyson, AMPS & NBK, Lord Dusty & Remi.

**ABOUT LUDE MAGAZINE**

Lude is an online publication celebrating the stories and voices of working class creatives. Highlighting the contributions these creatives are making to their respective fields, Through interviews, video content and editorials. providing readers with intimate insights to the minds and lives of creatives in London and across the UK.

Free Entry. Please be aware that a free entry ticket does not guarantee entry to the event. Please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

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Lude Local: Where Are All My Friends?

Illasoul's 6th installement of its 'In Real Time Takeover Series' see Maddy Coombs & Friends to the Ninety One Living Room Stage! We also have the pleasure of a Rudi Creswick Solo set to open so make sure you're down early to catch it!

This event will see perform a blend of jazz, fusion and hip hop music! All are welcome down to Brick Lane's 91 Living Room for an ear catching set, with a jam to follow.

7pm - Doors

8pm - Rudi Creswick Solo

8.30pm - Maddy Coombs + Friends

9.30pm - Jam

11pm - Close

\*please note, we have limited jam time. We cannot gurantee everyone will be able to play, but will try our best to accomodate as many as possible!

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Illasoul: Maddy Coombs + Rudi Creswick Solo

Rudi Creswick

A brand new transcultural concept band called 'Energy Exchange Ensemble' formed by drummer/producer Ziggy Zeitgeist and keyboard player/producer Lewis Moody , bringing together musicians from London, Berlin and Melbourne. Their immersive, dancefloor-inspired debut album is called Energy Exchange Records Vol 1. produced and released via their own label Energy Exchange Records in September 2023.

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jazz re:freshed

EX Records Album Launch at Jazz re:freshed 

Ziggy Zeitgeist

Lewis Moody

We are delighted to welcome DeCarteret to Ninety One for her living room debut! Join us for a special night as DeCarteret launches her new EP, with performances from Qbanaa, Tertia and Nia!

**DeCarteret**

Elected earlier in the summer as one of District Magazine’s Future Of Irish Music 2023 artists (alongside the likes of Curtisy, Moio and Qbanaa), DeCarteret is a short lady from County Clare Ireland, who likes to make lo-fi beats and classical music. Sometimes she makes other things such as neo-soul, jazz and R&B and sometimes she draws too. Sometimes she dances but she’s not great at it, she misses the countryside and her favourite colours are brown, blue, green, purple (she can never decide).

Having released a string of tracks over the past couple of years, DeCarteret is now ready to reveal her debut EP – a record themed around the good and bad side of childhood reminiscences. Including recent singles ‘Trip Me’, ‘Icarus’ and ‘Jerry’, *Crying & Cumming On The Bathroom Floor* sees her collaborate with the musical community of which she has become such a vital part. The likes of Ahmed With Love, Tadhg, Sweet Jayne and Khakikid all feature – as do long time musical soul mates Bricknasty on the stark, startling ‘Belly Of The Beast’. Her music to date has featured on Spotify’s New Music Friday UK, Our Generation, Jazz UK, A Breath of Fresh Eire, Alternative Ireland and The New Eire, with media support from BBC Radio 1, RTE2FM, Nialler9, Hot Press and GoldenPlec.

**Qbanaa**

Based in Dublin, Qbanaa is influenced by a blend of Soul, Jazz, Latin and contemporary genres. Her 2022 debut single 'Truth and Desire' hit four key Spotify playlists, was listed in the ‘Top 40 Irish Songs of the Year’ by DJ Peter Curtin and was nominated for 'Track of the Year' by Hot Press, alongside an appearance in the category of Most Promising Artist. Recently announced by District Magazine for their Future of Irish Music in 2023, Q has a reputation for an incredible live performance, selling out her debut headliner, playing All Together Now, Body & Soul, Ireland Music Week, Continuous Patterns, Music Town, St. Patricks Festival and supporting the likes of Ruby Waters and Liv.E.

**Tertia**

Tertia (tur-sha) is a singer/songwriter and producer from West London. Her music takes inspiration from artists like John Maus, Boards of Canada and Arlo Parks. Her alt-pop sounds can be identified by their honest lyricism, complex harmonies and synthy goodness. Tertia is gearing up for a big year of live shows and long awaited single releases in 2023. **NIA**

**NIA** is a Birmingham born - London based artist combining Jazz, Neo-Soul and elements of electro fused together with mellow, soothing vocals and journalistic narratives for an intimate and soul-stirring live experience.

Doors at 7pm. 18+. ID Required.

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DeCarteret & Friends

Qbanaa

Tertia

Jazz Lates is a series of intimate Jazz events that take place in our wonderful living room. On Saturday, 30th of September it is with great pleasure that we welcome saxophonist **Gabriele Pribetti** to our living room stage.

(Two Sets)

**GABRIELE PRIBETTI**

The year 2023 started with a bang for **Gabriele Pribetti** as he sold out his first Ronnie Scott's main show.

With a very percussive approach to his instrument and his compositions, Gabriele's music combines his love for jazz and improvisation with his classical upbringing, leaving large spaces to interplay and free instantaneous composition. His collaborations and his experience as session musician in London bring everything to life with hip grooves and rumbling synths. Today some of his collaborations include: Stormzy, Wizkid, Tiana Major9, Geko, Maleek Berry, Stefflon Don, Jordan Rakei, Daymé Arocena, WSTRN, Mostack, Burna Boy, Skepta, Sasha Keable, General Levy, Zion Train, Kamaal Williams, Jah9, Channel one sound system, Kiko Bun, Omar Lyefook, Congo Natty, Keith & Tex, Stylo G, The Pioneers, U-Roy, Vivian Jones, The Toasters and many others...

**The lineup:**

Gabriele Pribetti on saxophones and fxs

Dylan Jones on trumpet

​Cenk Esen (Turkey) on piano, keys and synths,

Steven G Legend (UK) on drums

Tom Driessler (Italy) on electric bass, double bass and fxs

**"Innovative, has found his own voice and language"- Jazz FM**

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Jazz Lates: Gabriele Pribetti

Gabriele Pribetti - Fine City

Gabriele Pribetti

We proudly welcome DJ duo **Merchant** for their Living Room debut, with an intimate set following Gabriele Pribetti's live Jazz Lates performance.

**ABOUT MERCHANT**

An inherent passion for experiencing and sharing music with others is the catalyst behind Merchant’s journey. At the heart of their partnership is the sense that music has a unique ability to captivate peoples’ sensibilities, creating shared moments that can lead to lasting and meaningful friendships. The duo’s sound is rooted in deeper, more worldly and groove-centred rhythms, fueled by an innate desire to dig for music...

Since joining forces as Merchant, Al and Harry have also appeared on a variety of renowned mix series (e.g., Headphone Magic, Radio Sofa, Alter Disco, Loose Connections and Satriale’s Listening Sessions) with a residency on London’s own Balamii Radio. They have also played a diverse range of influential venues such as London’s The Old Baths and Brilliant Corners, to Motion in Bristol and Borisov in Amsterdam, Paris hotspot Le Mazette, Vago in Lisbon, and Terminal in Lyon.

Looking to the future, they are focused on developing their music production skills. With a few choice edits already being supported on some of Europe’s biggest stages by luminaries such as Hunee and Palms Trax, more edits are on the way, and with the help of Al’s training in classical piano, their first original EP is in the pipeline...

Please note that Tonight's Vibe takes place after our ticketed event Jazz Lates: Gabriele Pribetti. This ticket will allow you entrance after the live show at 10PM, but if you wish to attend the live show, please follow this link to purchase tickets for Gabriele Pribetti's live performance: https://link.dice.fm/Q9d508bd6172.

This is an 18+ event (Photo ID Required).

Tonight's Vibe: Merchant

&ME - Saving My Love - Palms Trax Remix

Ninety One are proud to welcome back our jam residency, brought to you by State Is Flow! Every first Wednesday of the month a jam will be hosted by the music and creative collective, bringing you a house band and improvised musical magic, spanning Soul, Jazz, RnB, Neo-Soul and more!

State Is Flow is a London-based collective composed of music artists and creatives. Established in 2022, they and their comprising members have played shows around the UK at venues such as the legendary Roundhouse. Formed from a community that arose around the jam nights running out of their creative space, after a jam hiatus this summer they're excited to be back and have a new home at 91 Brick Lane

If you're interested in playing and performing get in touch via: contact@stateisflow.com

This is a predominantly seated event. Book a table here: https://91livingroom.com/bookings/

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State is Flow Jam Session

Toby Corton - All These Little Things

Toby Corton - All These Little Things (feat. Life)

Dark Little Poets is a new group formed of Sean Khan, Jackson Baird, Filippo Galli and Tom Dreissler, bringing together pioneers from the original broken beat era with a new wave of innovators on the vibrant London jazz scene.

Each band member has collaborated with a host of different artists including; Bugz in the Attic, 4hero, Omar, Adele, Henry Wu, Yussef Kamaal, Kaidi Tatham, Mama Sutra, Yussef Dayes and whole host of others.

Through Jazz compositions, this quartet expresses an array of different cultures and grooves from drum and bass, hip hop to broken beat and more. Expect high energy and forward-thinking musicianship.

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Dark Little Poets at Jazz re:freshed

Jazz collective TUCAN return with another live jam session here at Ninety One Living Room. Their monthly residency brings good vibes and great music, with a groovy house band and plenty of special guests hitting the stage. The collective invite you to join the 'TUCAN Family', everyone is welcome to get up to jam and do their thing! Catch the party on the first Friday of every month.

**About TUCAN**

The Jazz collective have embarked on their journey of the exponentially growing UK Jazz scene. Their sound is the musical representation of community and togetherness, with multinational members and cross-cultural inspirations. TUCAN’s fresh take on Jazz sees them incorporate Soul, Funk and RnB, with the injection of West-African and Latin American rhythms and melodies, drawing inspiration from the likes of Snarky Puppy, Robert Glasper and Ezra Collective.

As TUCAN solidify their focus on bringing people together, their live shows have blossomed through their energetic and captivating performances, often leaving the audience moving and grooving. Formed in 2017, the band met on the music programme at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. The collective soon made a name for themselves, with a gig supporting internationally renowned Chicago Jazz Drummer, ‘The Beat Scientist’, Makaya McCraven, with their debut release of their single ‘Flight’, recorded and filmed at the famous Abbey Road Studios.

With the band now based in London, TUCAN the collective are constantly growing their fanbase with their releases; their debut EP ‘LIBRE, and accompanying Remix Album ‘LIBRE: THE REWORKS’ showing their infectious energy and versatility.

Doors - 7:00pm

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TUCAN: The Nest Sessions

TUCAN - Mbalax

Tucan

This Ghanaian keyboard wizard and musical prodigy has talent that comes around once in a generation.

Kwame has toured and recorded with Stevie Wonder, Omar, Osibisa and Ken Boothe. He is currently the main touring and recording guitarist for Craig David and Cat Stevens. He is also the leader and main brain behind Pat Thomas’s infamous Kwashibu Area Band – who have recorded 2 best selling albums for Quinton Scott at Strut Records.

The Kwarmy Band is Kwame’s newest musical project and comprises a line-up of handpicked young talented musicians all based in London. Kwame playing a sold out show at London’s iconic Jazz Cafe and Ronnie Scoots is a bold statement of creative possibilities that has always underscored Kwame’s work ethic.

Get ready for the intense sound of irresistible fender Rhodes fuelled African jazz funk compositions that could set any dance floor alight.

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Kwame Yeboah at Jazz re:freshed

Kwame Yeboah

Back again at Ninety One Living Room, but this time he's bringing some friends! After the launch of his 'Don't Blame Me' EP at 91, back in April, we've got Toby (founding member of our jam residents State Is Flow) back once more. With his incredible 9-piece band, he'll bring you a Friday show full of British soul. AND he'll be joined by some very special guests and close friends, for what promises to be evening to warm your soul as the nights draw in.

**ABOUT TOBY CORTON**

Described by BBC6 Music's Tom Robinson as a 'charismatic cockney creative', Toby Corton has been singled out by Brick Lane Jazz Festival, as a queer community leader through his work in establishing music platform Sounds Queer. With his band he's graced the main stages of major Pride events and this summer played his maiden show at Glastonbury.

He's currently working on new bodies of work, for release in 2024.

This is an 18+ event

Toby Corton & Friends

Toby Corton

We are delighted to welcome singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Amber-Simone to Ninety One for her living room debut. Expect an intimate live show with rich vocals and a blend of neo-soul, gospel & modern RnB that you'll feel in your soul.

**AMBER SIMONE**

London-based singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Amber-Simone has unveiled her latest EP ‘Black, No Sugar’. Showcasing her rich, soulful voice, Amber-Simone's second EP is a stunning blend of neo-soul, gospel and modern R&B sounds. Explaining that the EP demonstrates a period of self-growth, Amber-Simone says “Making this project saw me through some big life changes and as a result I’d say it’s my proudest, most honest work, exploring themes like race and identity, love and the general growing pains of change. Sonically it’s taken a new energy marking my steps into womanhood, exploring a new found empowerment in writing. Black, No Sugar has been a real labour of love and a true example of how music thrives best in collaboration, featuring many amazing friends who’ve made this project possible as I took my first leap into production.”

An honest reflection of Amber-Simone’s journey into womanhood, ‘Black, No Sugar’ showcases her incredible levels of talent as a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and more recently, producer. As she continues to develop her sound, her recent releases have received an array of radio support from the likes of BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Jamz Supernova, Foundation FM, Rinse FM and Reprezent, plus further press coverage from Notion, The Line Of Best Fit, COLORS, Complex UK, GRM Daily and more.

This is an 18+ event

91 Presents: Amber-Simone

Amber Simone - Hold You Down

Amber-Simone

Join us at Ninety One on Sunday the 15th October for The Hempstress Market pop-up shop. Plenty of green creatives and entrepreneurs will be promoting their environmentally friendly products and services to the public. Grab a drink from our outdoor bar and browse the stalls, discovering new conscious brands.

Free entry, from 12pm to 6pm.

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The Hempstress Market

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Social

Ninety-One are proud to bring you Jazz2Rocksteady, a long-standing danceable jazz night fronted by Bruno Heinen. Building momentum for many years in The Vortex followed by Farrs in Dalston, Heinen brings his host of talented musicians this time round to the Living Room Stage. Bruno leads a band on the night that will be joined by Rachael Cohen on saxophone, Larry Bartley on bass and Jordan Hadfield on drums. Spoilt with talent and free entry on the night, the 18th October is one for the calendar!

Songs by the greats get a sunny spin, with danceable grooves from Duke Ellington to Alton Ellis, Thelonious Monk to Johnny Osbourne and Fats Waller to Ernest Ranglin. The house trio features Bruno Heinen at the keys, Larry Bartley on bass, Winston Clifford at the drums and a rotating special guest front line. Blues, jazz, rocksteady, lovers rock, Latin flavours and reggae dub all get the deep treatment by some of the finest musicians in London.

Doors at 7pm.

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Jazz2Rocksteady at Ninety One

The W - Portrait

The W - Where's Waldo (feat. The W, Bruno Heinen & Andrea Di Biase)

Bruno Heinen Trio

We are delighted to welcome Cousin Kula to Ninety One for their living room debut on Saturday, 20th October. Expect dreamy, laid-back grooves from this psych-soul 5-piece.

**COUSIN KULA**

Living together, nestled in the sun-drenched hills on the outskirts of Bristol, Cousin Kula have created their own otherworldly musical universe of serene pop, with vastly distinct, but complementary elements: “the possibilities of jazz, the emphatic energy of club culture, and the sonic tapestries of psychedelia” CLASH remark.

In 2020 the release of a lo-fi, mostly live, cassette grabbed the attention of beloved tastemaker and DJ Bradley Zero. The band put together their first full length Double Dinners, released on Rhythm Section Intl. in 2021. “The band balance an outsider approach with more hooks than you can shake a stick at” the label boss & DJ explains “the result being a gently beguiling sound that effortlessly draws you in, revealing more character with each listen.” Their music received similar praise from CRACK, The Guardian, Gilles Peterson, Jamz Supernova, & Jamie Cullum to name only a few, and saw Cousin Kula tour with Mildlife around the UK.

Masters of their craft, but also of restraint, this prodigal band is known mostly to fans for their live show. Seeking to capture this energy for an online audience, the band recorded a series of home-made online sessions, some originals and some covers; some at home and some in spectacular settings. These were so successful, in fact, that the band were soon courting offers to perform for Boiler Room and to be a part of XL signees BADBADNOTGOOD’s official single launch, by recording a Kula adaptation of ‘Signal From the Noise’.

Now Cousin Kula flutter into the collective consciousness with a timeless slice of psychedelic disco on their new material. The latest band to emerge out of the buoyant Bristol music scene, they have stripped back all excess baggage for their most accomplished recordings to date. Their new music is for the lovers, but also for the dancers. It’s a rare case of perfect thematic and musical synergy. It will pick you up and leave you with a good feeling.

Doors 7pm.

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Cousin Kula

Cousin Kula - BabyBack

Cousin Kula - Babyback

We are delighted to welcome Loshh to Ninety One for his living room debut. The Nigerian, Netherlands-born, London-based artist will perform alongside his 6-piece band.

**LOSHH**

Receiving plaudits across the breadth of the media for his debut singles FEELAM and FAJI, the multidisciplinary artist follows up with his much-anticipated 7-track EP full of smoky Latin-tinged, percussion-heavy tracks produced by Santiago Morales set against his powerful vocal delivery. An EP created in its entirety through the month of July 2020, both the artist and producer locked themselves away to create a breathtaking body of work at the producer’s home studio in London during lockdown.

With roots in poetry, visual art and sound, Loshh is an artist with a clear vision who knows exactly what direction to take. The real beauty is in his performance, on stage with his six-piece band is where he really shines and takes the audience on his journey, as displayed in his 2020 Afropunk show. Growing up in a family with notable connections to the performing arts, he accredits the Juju, Fuji and Gospel sound as his earliest inspirations for his music and expression. Not going unnoticed by the spectrum of the media, Loshh has been rightfully tipped as someone to look out for by Pitchfork, The Guardian, The Face, Highsnobiety and Crack Magazine to name a few. It’s forward momentum only for this polymath.

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91 Presents: Loshh

Loshh - Ko Si Mọ

Loshh

We are proud to team up with The Wombat Jazz Club to present Ni Maxine x Rudi Creswick on their 'Dark Days Are Done' tour.

For the first time, Ni Maxine, the Liverpool-based artist reclaiming ‘Jazz’ with an afrocentric & soulful take, is teaming up with Newcastle’s finest, the globally respected bass player & producer, Rudi Creswick, for the ‘Dark Days Are Done’ tour.

Rudi Creswick, Ni Maxine – Dark Days Are Done – Out Wednesday 13th September 2023. This groovy, Rudi Creswick bass-driven, synth scattered track is woven seamlessly with Ni Maxine’s classic jazz vocal, creating an iconic new 21st Century sound. Sharing an uplifting message of unity & hope, ‘Dark Days Are Done’ carves a path for better times.

Speaking on their new single, Ni & Rudi share the inspiration: This emotive, new collaboration is symbolic; two people from different corners of the UK ‘coming together, sharing common dreams’, bringing people from all walks of life together to stand up for our collective rights & freedom. We don’t have to accept the way that things are. We can change the world if we stand together. Join the movement.

RUDI CRESWICK

Having spent some time supplying low notes as bass player for a multitude of UK Soul & Jazz artists (including Tom Misch, Loyle Carner, Berwyn, Jordan Rakei, Poppy Ajudha, Puma Blue, Jorja Smith & Alfa Mist), Rudi Creswick has been stepping into the spotlight, after releasing his first full-length solo offering ‘Different Forms’ on Alfa Mist’s Sekito imprint, featured by Jamz Supernova as ‘The One’ on 1Xtra & in Clash Magazine.

Hailing from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, Rudi was immersed in DJing and club culture from a young age, the low-end sonics of early dubstep, house, dub, hip-hop and garage guided his bass playing and led him to discover his own voice on the instrument.

In the years that followed, Rudi continued to hone his craft & production, melding the sub-rattling sounds of producers such as J Dilla, Mala & Kaytranada with the technical sensibilities of influential bass players such as Pino Palladino, Derrick Hodge & Thundercat.

NI MAXINE

Hailed a ‘Black Woman at The Forefront of the UK Jazz Scene’ (Black Ballad), the Neo-Jazz Singer-Songwriter Ni Maxine is a Black British woman sparking intergenerational conversations for change, exploring themes of home, identity, self-esteem & belonging. Described as Erykah Badu & Gil Scott-Heron’s lovechild, her conscious & political lyricism has taken her to the main stage at Liverpool’s Africa Oyé (sharing the stage with the legendary Seun Kuti) & the EFG London Jazz Festival.

Following a string of sold-out shows in Liverpool last year, including her debut headline show, ‘An Ode To Billie Holiday’ in The Philharmonic’s Music Room, & a successful collaboration with Tomorrow’s Warriors landing international coverage on Selector Radio (The British Council), Ni Maxine is taking her music on the road with Rudi Creswick, a friend & ally to the Black community, to spread a message of hope & unity across the country with the ‘Dark Days Are Done’ tour.

With a BBC Introducing highlight session under her belt, a live performance broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s J to Z, & her debut self-released single ‘Strange Love’ played across Jazz FM, Radio 1, BBC Radio 2 (The Jazz Show), 1Xtra & Selector Radio (internationally), Ni Maxine is one to watch.

Doors 7pm.

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Ni Maxine x Rudi Creswick: Dark Days Are Done Tour

Ni Maxine

We are delighted to welcome multi-instrumentalist and producer Oli Morris to Ninety One for his living room debut. Join us for a special early-evening Sunday show with plenty of feel-good, mellow tunes.

**OLI MORRIS**

**O**li Morris is a multi-instrumentalist and producer based in Bristol, who is set to launch his debut EP, 'A Brief Return to Solitude', in October this year.

Honing his craft in Bristol’s bustling and creative music scene, Oli carved a unique sound which is described as punchy and upbeat, conversant with many different aspects of the jazz genre (Derek Nash - Jools Holland’s Rhythm and Blues Orchestra) and Chilled, mellow and got some serious soul. (A&R Factory).

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91 Presents: Oli Morris

Oli Morris - Diversion

Jazz Lates is a series of intimate Jazz events that take place in our wonderful living room. On Saturday, 4th November it is with great pleasure that we welcome Josef Akin to the living room stage, performing two outstanding EP's - ‘Chimera' and 'Enymore' alongside his band.

**JOSEF AKIN**

Musician, producer and composer, Josef is currently jumping between Glasgow and London, lighting up festivals, live music and jazz venues. Primarily a pianist/keyboardist, his music moves between genres to reflect his many influences: jazz, hip-hop, dance music, afrobeat, spiritual jazz, to name a few.

Josef is currently on tour, performing two outstanding EP's - ‘Chimera' and 'Enymore' alongside a stellar band which features Harry Weir (Corto.alto), Anoushka Nanguy (Kokoroko) and India Blue (Azamiah). Both EP's are inspired by Akin's extensive listening and absorption of music around him, in particular hip-hop, jazz, spiritual jazz and soul, whilst trying to find his own voice within this.

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Jazz Lates: Josef Akin

Josef Akin - Blue Brew (feat. India Blue)

Joseff Shields - Sway Me Away

Josef Akin

**This event is part of EFG London Jazz Festival 2023**, the capital’s biggest pan-city music festival, taking place annually in November, which has long been acclaimed for showcasing a heady mix of talent from around the world. Widely acknowledged for delivering world-class artists and emerging stars, the Festival continues to take jazz to a massive audience, in one of UK’s landmark music events. Following an exceptional edition last year, EFG London Jazz Festival returns with a programme of live performances by an electrifying lineup of global stars, special collaborations, and the finest and freshest music. On Friday 10th November 2023 it is with great pleasure that we welcome **Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange** to the living room stage.

**ZEITGEIST FREEDOM ENERGY EXCHANGE**

ZFEX is the meeting point of improvisation and dance music. Headed up by drummer Ziggy Zeitgeist, a staple of the Australian music scene, most prominently touring and recording with Melbourne Nu-Soul / future-jazz collective '30/70'. Ziggy's music has already been championed across the breadth of the jazz and dance world, with support from the likes of Gilles Peterson, Kamaal Williams, Byron the Aquarius and Alexander Nut just to name a few.

ZFEX is the synthesis of dance music in human form. A live band experience humanising the extended DJ set. Heavily influenced by club culture and transcendent psychedelic experiences, ZFEX is a continuous odyssey of sound where synths intertwine with flutes and jazz drums are played with the raw energy of classic broken beat records.

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Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange

Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange & Wayne Snow - Take Your Time

Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange - Take Your Time

**This event is part of EFG London Jazz Festival 2023**, the capital’s biggest pan-city music festival, taking place annually in November, which has long been acclaimed for showcasing a heady mix of talent from around the world. Widely acknowledged for delivering world-class artists and emerging stars, the Festival continues to take jazz to a massive audience, in one of UK’s landmark music events. Following an exceptional edition last year, EFG London Jazz Festival returns with a programme of live performances by an electrifying lineup of global stars, special collaborations, and the finest and freshest music. On Saturday 11th November 2023 it is with great pleasure that we welcome **Ivan Ave** to the living room stage.

**IVAN AVE**

A Norwegian MC, rapping in English, making his mark on the global underground hip hop scene is pretty rare. Eivind Øygarden aka Ivan Ave is that rare exception. He has carved out his own path with jazz-fusion heavy, nineties- inspired rap, creating his own lyrical universe whilst collaborating with world- class producers, such as Mndsgn, Dâm- Funk, Kiefer and Kaytranada.

Growing up in Telemark in Norway, an area surrounded by rugged, majestic mountains, more known for its hiking, literature and folk music heritage than rap, Ivan found his musical influences in the RnB records of his older sisters; The Fugees, Janet Jackson and Raphael Saadiq. His love of music was established, and when the family relocated to near Stavanger in southwest Norway, the teenager gravitated to the city’s Hip- Hop, break dance, DJ and graffiti scene. All influences he took with him to NYC in his early 20s, a life-changing self-imposed residency, where he was hanging out and collecting records at cult institutions such as A-1 Records. Through Hip-Hop he discovered 70s jazz and soul, and the eye-opening experience of sampling as a way of making music.

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Ivan Ave

Ivan Ave - Oh Word

**This event is part of EFG London Jazz Festival 2023**, the capital’s biggest pan-city music festival, taking place annually in November, which has long been acclaimed for showcasing a heady mix of talent from around the world. Widely acknowledged for delivering world-class artists and emerging stars, the Festival continues to take jazz to a massive audience, in one of UK’s landmark music events. Following an exceptional edition last year, EFG London Jazz Festival returns with a programme of live performances by an electrifying lineup of global stars, special collaborations, and the finest and freshest music. On Sunday 12th November 2023 it is with great pleasure that we welcome **Fieh** to the living room stage.

**FIEH**

Like D'Angelo's the Vanguard, straight outta the rural Norwegian countryside, Norwegian 8-piece Fieh emerged with breakthrough single “Glu” in 2017. The song landed on the soundtrack for EA Sports’ video game FIFA 20 and Fieh quickly rose to local and international fame thanks to broad support from the likes of Clash Magazine, DIY Magazine and The Fader.

The powerful ensemble, known for their ecstatic live shows, consists of a group of friends that have been playing together for a long time, constantly honing their sound and skills. Being hugely talented musicians, they function effortlessly together as a super tight unit, where each member brings his or her taste and influences into the mix.

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Fieh

Fieh - Band Aid

Fieh - Telephone Girl

FIEH

**This event is part of EFG London Jazz Festival 2023**, the capital’s biggest pan-city music festival, taking place annually in November, which has long been acclaimed for showcasing a heady mix of talent from around the world. Widely acknowledged for delivering world-class artists and emerging stars, the Festival continues to take jazz to a massive audience, in one of UK’s landmark music events. Following an exceptional edition last year, EFG London Jazz Festival returns with a programme of live performances by an electrifying lineup of global stars, special collaborations, and the finest and freshest music. On Tuesday 14th November 2023 it is with great pleasure that we welcome Nick Walters to the living room stage.

NICK WALTERS

He has just announced his majestic new album 'Marine Moods', set for release in October on his own D.O.T. Records imprint. The album revives his sextet, who last appeared together on his 2019 album 'Active Imagination'. This stellar collection of musicians picks things up where they left off, delivering an exquisite suite of contemporary jazz-fusion, gleaning the very best elements from afro, modal and spiritual jazz.

‘Marine Moods’ is a collection of compositions inspired by the sea. The compositions are designed to allow space and creative freedom for all the musicians to express themselves and interact with one another. Much like the oceans which have inspired the album, the pieces take the listener through a range of moods - from the energetic optimism of ‘Gulf Stream’, through the darker hypnotic groove of ‘Hydrothermal’, to the stillness and peacefulness of the raga-inspired ‘Journey for Joan’. Recorded in one summer's day in a roasting hot North London studio, ‘Marine Moods’ is a document of six musicians and friends coming together to improvise, interact and collaborate to create something new.

Line Up:

Nick Walters - trumpet & synths

Tenderlonious - flute & soprano

Rebecca Nash - piano

Nim Sadot - bass

Laurie Lowe - drums

Kudjovi Kush - percussion

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Nick Walters - Marine Moods (Album Launch)

Nick Walters - Goa

Nick Walters - Goa (feat. Tenderlonious)

Nick Walters

**This event is part of EFG London Jazz Festival 2023**, the capital’s biggest pan-city music festival, taking place annually in November, which has long been acclaimed for showcasing a heady mix of talent from around the world. Widely acknowledged for delivering world-class artists and emerging stars, the Festival continues to take jazz to a massive audience, in one of UK’s landmark music events. Following an exceptional edition last year, EFG London Jazz Festival returns with a programme of live performances by an electrifying lineup of global stars, special collaborations, and the finest and freshest music. On Wednesday 15th November 2023 it is with great pleasure that we welcome **La Via Del Ferro** to the living room stage.

**LA VIA DEL FERRO**

‘La Via Del Ferro’ is a UK/Italy/New Zealand collaboration between four artists at the forefront of their respective jazz scenes.

The son of a Congolese master percussionist, born and raised in New Zealand listening to hip hop, jazz and dance music, as an artist Myele Manzanza brings an eclectic style and diverse skill to his craft to create a genre bending experience rooted in jazz and African rhythm. Manzanza is a powerful drummer who has earned himself a reputation as a composer with vision, and a musician who is not afraid to experiment.

Maria Chiara Argirò is a London-based artist, pianist, synth player, composer and producer. She is known for her dramatic atmospheric jazz, but is venturing into new territories incorporating electronic soundscapes and vocals. She has been quietly weaving her way around the UK jazz, classical and electronic worlds since she moved to London from Rome 11 years ago. Freshly signed to Innovative Leisure, Argirò has marked herself out as an exciting new name in electronic, jazz-fusion with her new album 'Forest City'.

Saxophonist Alex Hitchcock is an immediately distinctive improviser and a leading voice on his instrument in the UK. An Ivor Novello-nominated composer, his innovative collaborations have confirmed his growing international reputation as an instigator and catalyst for captivating musical encounters inspired by the uniquely creative and diverse voices of the musicians he works with - always with human connection and communication as their guiding principle.

Michelangelo Scandroglio, barely twenty years old, is already considered one of the most interesting promises of Italian jazz. He was one of the winners of the Riga International Jazz Bass Competition, he won the Tomorrow’s Jazz 2018 prize for the best young talents of Italian jazz, and in 2021 he won the Getxo International Jazz Competition in Bilbao. In 2022 he was selected for the prestigious Betty Carter Jazz Ahead at Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.

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La Via Del Ferro

**This event is part of EFG London Jazz Festival 2023**, the capital’s biggest pan-city music festival, taking place annually in November, which has long been acclaimed for showcasing a heady mix of talent from around the world. Widely acknowledged for delivering world-class artists and emerging stars, the Festival continues to take jazz to a massive audience, in one of UK’s landmark music events. Following an exceptional edition last year, EFG London Jazz Festival returns with a programme of live performances by an electrifying lineup of global stars, special collaborations, and the finest and freshest music. On Friday 17th November 2023 it is with great pleasure that we welcome **David Mrakpor** to the living room stage.

**DAVID MRAKPOR**

London-based multi-instrumentalist David Mrakpor creates his own all-engrossing world on stage - with a George Benson-esque atmosphere and plenty of riff-groove alchemy. Each incarnation of Mrakpor, from keys to bass to drums showcases his instrumental prowess in a way both impressive and ever-so-cool.

Mrakpor began playing instruments at just three years old before attending Tomorrow's Warriors and WAC Arts in London where he met **Blue Lab Beats** co-collaborator NK-OK. The grammy-winning duo, signed to Blue Note, create powerful Jazztronica which moves through a span of sounds from avant-jazz to afro-funk and hip-hop.

In recent years, he's released a series of singles under the Jazz Re:freshed label, with big name collaborators such as Nubya Garcia & Kojey Radical.

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David Mrakpor

David Mrakpor - Lonely

David Mrakpor & Blue Lab Beats - Lonely

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