Peter Somuah Group

Peter Somuah is a young, promising trumpeter hailing from Accra, Ghana and currently based in Rotterdam. An impressive autodidact and virtuoso, he developed his warm, melancholic sound by listening endlessly to his trumpet heroes Roy Hargrove and Miles Davis. In his danceable grooves you can hear traces of jazz, funk and electronic music, as well as West-African styles and traditional Ghanian rhythms.

Recently Peter Somuah won an Edison Jazz Award 2022 for his debut album Outer Space. It includes an ode to Roy Hargrove (‘Dedicated to Roy’) and collaborations with rappers Amazumi and Delasi. A ‘masterpiece’ according to the jury of the Edison Jazz Awards: ‘With this self-written album he takes the listener to a musical cosmos, crossing lines and pushing boundaries. He connects the new to what already exists, creating his own sound.’