由轰动性的管乐部分(Maurice Grey,萨克斯风演奏家Cassie Kinoshi,长号手Richie Seivwright)、吉他(Oscar Jerome)、键盘手(Yohan Kebede)、鼓(Ayo Salawu)和打击乐器(Onome Edgeworth)带来源源不断的活力;Kokoroko的想法是使用Afrobeat作为媒介来创造出新的音乐语言。 The band’s name is an Orobo – a Nigerian...
For all that experimentation, the band’s sonic calling card is its intimacy. What they do best is play things slow and even-keeled, what some would consider antithetical to the fast paced London jazz scene. In fact what was most noticeable from Kokoroko’s 2018 debut self-titled EP was ...
Kokoroko’s frontline of alto saxophonistCassie Kinoshi, trombonist Richie Seivwright and trumpeter/bandleader Sheila Maurice-Grey swiftly became emblems of the 'redressing' of jazz gender bias.
KOKOROKO are a young, London based Afrobeat 8-Piece band led by trumpeter Sheila Maurice-Grey. We play music we love, we grew up with and our parents got funky to. Inspired by Fela Kuti, Ebo Taylor, Tony Allen and the great sounds that come out of West Africa, we put on a performa...
During the encore, all of Kokoroko’s energy exploded and erupted, all the pent-up energy from the hour before. The rhythm entered everyone’s legs. The air was electrified by the sound, the interaction, the band finally the unity that everyone had described, proof that they are one of ...
‘Carry Me Home’. Upon the end of the finale, after Kokoroko had exited the stage, the erupting chants for an encore demonstrated that the Edinburgh attendees weren’t ready for the night to die down. In response, the band played two more tracks, soaking in the genuine love from the ...
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With a new album on the near horizon, the eight-piece band shares insight into their journey and new sounds
” Onome agrees, “[In London] you just grow up with every influence in the world and so from when we let go of trying to be anything as a band, trying to be an African band or trying to be a jazz band or any of that, you just open the door to everything naturally, all of...