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Sons of Kemet in session

Jamie has live music this week from the trailblazing UK quartet Sons of Kemet, with a pair of tracks from their latest album, Black to the Future, recorded at Maida Vale

Jamie has live music this week from the trailblazing UK quartet Sons of Kemet, with a pair of incredible tracks from their latest album, Black to the Future!

Led by saxophonist and jazz philosopher Shabaka Hutchings, Sons of Kemet鈥檚 unique sound鈥攂uilt on an unconventional lineup of Shabaka on woodwinds, Theon Cross on tuba and both Eddie Wakili-Hick and Tom Skinner on drums鈥攈as seen them pick up MOBO awards, Mercury Prize nominations and heaps of critical acclaim over the past decade.

Their fourth album, Black to the Future, was released on Impulse! earlier this year鈥攕o to celebrate, the band were in session at the 成人快手鈥檚 Maida Vale studios to record an instrumental take of their recent single Hustle and, exclusively for the show, a version of the powerful album track In Remembrance Of Those Fallen

1 hour

Last on

Tue 3 Aug 2021 21:00

Music Played

  • Jazzmeia Horn and Her Noble Force

    Lover Come Back To Me

  • Benny Carter

    Crazy Rhythm

    • Impulse!.
  • Tony Bennett & Amy Winehouse

    Body And Soul

  • Kiefer

    When There's Love Around

    • Stones Throw.
  • Herb Ellis

    A Simple Tune

  • Sons of Kemet

    Hustle (6 Music Session, 4th June 2021)

  • Brian Jackson

    Ethiopian Sunshower

  • Gil Scott鈥怘eron

    Lady Day And John Coltrane

    • Global Television.
  • Sons of Kemet

    In Remembrance Of Those Fallen (6 Music Session, 4 June 2021)

  • Kurt Elling

    Manic Panic Epiphanic

    • Edition Records.
  • Airto Moreira

    Tombo in 7/4

    • CTI Records.

Broadcast

  • Tue 3 Aug 2021 21:00