Mark Kavuma Presents Banger Factory Records Live At The Barbican.
JUST ANNOUNCED FOR NOVEMBER 2022
Mark Kavuma presents Banger Factory Records
Friday 18 November, Milton Court Concert Hall, 7:30pm
Tickets £17.50 – 20, plus booking fee
As part of the EFG London Jazz Festival, the Barbican welcomes back British jazz trumpeter and band leader Mark Kavuma for a night celebrating his new label Banger Factory Records. Featuring Zaitz & Kavuma, The Banger Factory and Kinetika Bloco, this one-off event brings together an all-star line-up of musicians and special guests from across the London jazz scene, including Sheila Maurice Grey, Theon Cross and Deschanel Gordon.
Banger Factory Records burst on to the scene in 2021 and has rapidly established itself as a label where veterans of British jazz rub shoulders with young lions to release music that encapsulates the sound, the look, the language, and the swagger of jazz music, spreading love and good vibes that promise to shape the future of music beyond genres, gender and borders.
Kavuma returns to the Barbican following a co-curated series of evenings in 2019 entitled L’Aubette Live Thursdays in the Barbican Art Gallery as part of its Into The Night exhibition, celebrating the creative spaces where artists congregated to push the boundaries of artistic expression from 1880-1960. In the same year, he led a musical response to one of Lee Krasner’s favourite jazz records – Thelonious Monk’s 1957 album Brilliant Corners as part of the exhibition Lee Krasner: Living Colour.
Programme:
Zaitz and Kavuma: Artie Zaitz, Mark Kavuma, Will Cleasby
An instrumental switch-up sees guitarist Artie Zaitz on organ and trumpeter Mark Kavuma playing piano in a mix of original material and classic tunes underpinned by drummer Will Cleasby's dexterity and mastery of groove.
The Banger Factory
Mussinghi Brian Edwards, Theo Erskine, David Mrakpor, Deschanel Gordon, Artie Zaitz, Will Cleasby, Jack Garside, Michael Shrimpling
Special Guests: Theon Cross, Ruben Fox, Trevor Edwards, Ritchie Seivwright and The Choir led by Shayanna Dyer-Harris
Mark Kavuma leads his eclectic ensemble of exceptional musicians performing music from albums ‘Arashi no Ato’ (2021), and the upcoming ‘Warriors’ (2022).
Kinetika Bloco
Special guests: Sheila Maurice Grey, Kaidi Akinnibi and Theon Cross
Fusing influences from Brazil, New Orleans, Africa and the Caribbean, this joyful performance revisits some of carnival band Kinetika Bloco’s iconic pieces, capturing the spirit of youth and showcasing the wealth of creative musical talent in London.
Produced by the Barbican in association with the EFG London Jazz Festival
On sale to Barbican patrons and members on Wed 3 Aug 2022
On general sale on Fri 5 Aug 2022
COMING UP SOON AND NEW DATES
Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time – Thirty Years of The Divine Comedy (Wed 31 Aug – Sun 4 Sep 2022, Barbican Hall, 7.30pm)
Ichiko Aoba & 12 Ensemble present Windswept Adan (Sat 3 Sep 2022, Milton Court Concert Hall, 8pm)
Voices from the Lake + Grand River (Wed 21 Sep 2022, Barbican Hall, 7.30pm)
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Yahael Camara Onono: Masterclass (Thu 29 September 2022, Milton Court Concert Hall, 2pm)
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Autechre + Zoviet France (Fri 7 Oct 2022, Barbican Hall, 7.30pm & 10pm)
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Ravi Coltrane: Cosmic Music (Tue 11 Oct 2022, Barbican Hall, 7.30pm)
Darbar Festival 2022 (Thu 13 – Sun 16 October 2022)
Lykke Li: EYEYE (Sat 22 Oct 2022, Barbican Hall, 8pm)
Caterina Barbieri (Wed 26 Oct 2022, Barbican Hall, 7.30pm)
Souad Massi + Ruba Shamshoum (Sat 29 Oct 2022, Barbican Hall, 8pm)
Aoife O’Donovan + Donovan Woods (Wed 2 Nov 2022, Milton Court Concert Hall, 7.30pm)
Youssou N’Dour (Thu 3 Nov 2022, Barbican Hall, 8pm)
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The Staves (Tue 22 Nov, Barbican Hall, 8pm, plus new date added due to popular demand: Sat 3 Dec, 7:30pm)
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Lotic: Water (Sun 27 Nov 2022, Milton Court Concert Hall, 8pm)
Sō Percussion with Caroline Shaw (Sun 4 Dec 2022, Milton Court Concert Hall, 7.30pm)
Seven Septets (Tue 6 Dec 2022, Milton Court Concert Hall, 7.30pm)
COMING UP IN 2023
Lucinda Williams (Sat 21 Jan 2023, Barbican Hall, 7:30pm)
Kayhan Kalhor + Erdal Erzincan (Sat 21 Jan 2023, Milton Court Concert Hall, 7.30pm)
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ENDS
Notes to Editors
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