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Boiler Room x Total Refreshment Centre

Dreaming The City

,Barbican Hall
Artwork for Boiler Room x TRC

A conceptual night telling the story of a music hub and scene in east London, as told by some of UK jazz's central figures and rapidly rising stars.

Over 30 musicians from the thriving jazz scene including Cassie Kinoshi and her Seed Ensemble, drummer-producer Kwake Bass, Jazz Warrior Orphy Robinson, Tom Skinner's Wildflower, folk-crossover artists Rozi Plain, Alabaster DePlume and Joshua Idehen team up to trace the contemporary lineage of jazz music between London, west Africa, the Caribbean and continental Europe.

Total Refreshment Centre is part and parcel of east London’s recent music history. The building's musical journey started as a Caribbean social club and studio and evolved into the musical hub that it is today, playing an integral role in the upsurge of the new and exciting London jazz scene. To mark nearly 30 years of influential music in the building, TRC has teamed up with Boiler Room – the revered global music broadcasting platform – who will broadcast the gig live.

Tagged with: Contemporary music Young Barbican

This performance will begin promptly at the advertised start time and running time will be confirmed closer to the event.

Produced by the Barbican in association with Boiler Room and Total Refreshment Centre

Musicians

Cherise Adams-Burnett vocals
Dylema Amadie vocals
Kwake Bass drums
Patrick Boyle drums
Leon Brichard bass
Joe Bristow trombone
Chelsea Carmichael tenor sax, flute
Mutale Chashi bass
Alabaster DePlume sax
Deschanel Gordon piano
Miguel Gorodi trumpet
James Howard guitar, vocals
Joshua Idehen vocals
Tyrone Isaac-Stuart dance and choreography
Oscar Jerome guitar
Rio Kai bass
Yohan Kebede keys
Cassie Kinoshi alto sax, composer
Sheila Maurice-Grey trumpet
Noriko Okaku visual artist
Yahael Camara Onono percussion
Maria Osuchowska harp, vocals
Rozi Plain bass, vocals
Idris Rahman flute, sax
Crispin Spry Robinson percussion
Orphy Robinson vibraphone
Tom Skinner drums
Patrick Boyle piano
Shirley Tetteh guitar
Emma-Jean Thackray trumpet
Donna Thompson percussion, vocals
Rai Wong tape loops

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