UK Jazz set to storm SXSW
Nubya Garcia premieres new EP title track ‘When We Are‘ with NPR Music and Vinyl Factor ahead of SXSW 2018 Jazz re:freshed showcase celebrating UK Jazz’s global success
Track also featured on New York Times Playlist
SXSW Official showcase. Main II. Wednesday 14 March from 8pm
Ashley Henry and the Re:Ensemble
CHECK OUT THIS YOUTUBE PLAYLIST OF UK ACTS PERFORMING AT SXSW
Garcia has an imploring and soulful style on tenor, with enough controlled brawn in her tone to evoke a touchstone like Sonny Rollins – NPR Music
This rising young star of the London jazz scene is blazing a trail for the sax sisterhood – The Guardian
It’s time to make way for Nubya Garcia – New York Times
Garcia produces jazz-funk that’s imminently listenable – if there’s one jazz musician poised to breakout in 2018, it’s her – ROLLINGSTONE.COM
London saxophonist and producer Nubya Garcia premiered the title track of her forthcoming ‘When We Are’ EP with NPR Music and Vinyl Factory ahead of her much talked about Jazz re:freshed SXSW showcase which will feature the very best of British emerging jazz. Nubya featured on The New York Times playlist as well as featuring alongside SXSW showcasing artist Ashley Henry, in a UK Jazz essay on RollingStone.com reviewing several key recent UK Jazz releases. Check it out here.
Innovative music curator Jazz re:freshed and showcase producer British Underground recently announced the return of UK Jazz to SXSW Festival with a 2018 showcase featuring a world-class line up of the emerging UK jazz artists currently shaping our understanding of the contemporary UK jazz scene.
The showcase on 14 March in Austin TX, which will feature performances from acts including Nubya Garcia, Zara McFarlane, Ezra Collective, Blue Lab Beats, Ashley Henry and the Re:Ensemble and Moses Boyd, Solo X, follows the unprecedented international success of the launch of JAZZ RE:FRESHED OUTERNATIONAL – a two year global partnership project presenting the artists at the frontline of the UK jazz revolution.
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