Friday 14 October 2011
SOWETO KINCH
Soweto Kinch saxophone/vocals/rap, Karl Rasheed-Abel bass, Graham Godfrey drums
Jazz, hip
hop and UK Soul are joined in a completely logical way by the British alto
saxophonist/rapper Soweto Kinch. On his most recent CD The New Emancipation he
comments on street life with socially conscious raps, loud beats and warm
solos. He references both forward thinking jazz artists such as Charles Mingus,
as well as critical thinkers in rap such as KRS-One. ‘An unusually powerful
force as both a contemporary jazz musician and an unsanctimonious social commentator’
(The Guardian).