MILAP AND LIJF PRESENTS ZOE AND IDRIS RAHMAN WITH SOHINI ALAM

Saturday, 26 February 2022, 2pm

Admission: £15

Zoe Rahman - piano
Sohini Alam - singer
Idris Rahman - clarinet/saxophone

Check out Zoe Rahman on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPApaiYEIZ8

Milap and LIJF presents a special collaboration between a jazz pianist/composer Zoe Rahman, her brother, Idris Rahman, on clarinet and British Bengali vocalist Sohini Alam, marking 50 years since the independence of Bangladesh.

Alongside new arrangements of music by Nazrul and Tagore, the musicians will also be performing music from Zoe’s Where Rivers Meet album, described in The Sunday Times as “a wholly original brand of Anglo-Asian music”.

“A remarkable pianist by any standard” - The Observer (on Zoe Rahman)

“(Idris) Rahman is a revelation - a saxophonist of fascinating creative resource, capable of both raw power and involved delicacy” - The Wire

CAMILLA GEORGE BAND

Saturday, 26 February 2022, 7.30pm

Admission: £15

Camilla George - alto sax
Daniel Casimir - bass (upright and electric)
Sarah Tandy - piano and keys
Rod Youngs - drums

Check out Camilla George on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYug_pumN3o

Born in Eket, Nigeria, Camilla George has been interested in music from an early age and particularly in the fusion of African and Western music. She grew up listening to Fela Kuti alongside Jackie McLean and Charlie Parker. She began playing the saxophone when she was 11 years old when she won a music contest and as a result won saxophone lessons.

Following studies in Jazz Performance at Trinity College of Music in 2014 she formed her own critically acclaimed band showcasing the stars of the new UK Jazz Scene and recorded three highly acclaimed albums including her debut, Isang, its follow up, The People Could Fly and her latest, Ibio Ibio, which is a tribute to Camilla’s tribe the Ibibio people of South Eastern Coastal Nigeria.

XHOSA COLE TRIO

Sunday, 27 February 2022, 7.30pm

Admission: £15

Xhosa Cole - saxophone
James Owston - bass
Jim Bashford - drums

Check out Xhosa Cole on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5S8zWkNJpQ&t=563s

Winner of the 2018 BBC Young Jazz Musician of the year, Xhosa Cole is an embodiment of the success of numerous community arts programmes in Birmingham including the Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra, Jazzlines Ensemble and Birmingham Music Service. Having grown up in Handsworth and first played the Tenor at Andy Hamilton’s Ladywood Community Music School, he’s now among a long legacy of Birmingham Saxophonists including Soweto Kinch and Shabaka Hutchings. Xhosa has performed twice at the BBC Proms, Composed music for the Ripieno Players, a Birmingham Based String Orchestra, recorded saxophone for Mahalia’s debut album Love and Compromise, completed a 22 date UK tour, all along side his studies as a scholar at Trinity Laban Conservatoire. Xhosa Also received the Parliamentary Jazz Award for ‘Best Newcomer’ in 2019 and Jazz FM’s ‘Breakthrough act of the Year’.

The Liverpool International Jazz Festival runs from Thursday 24th February to Sunday 27th February 2022 at the Capstone Theatre. Tickets are on sale now via Ticket Quarter or through the Capstone Theatre website.

http://www.thecapstonetheatre.com/jazzfestival/

Schedule

Thursday 24th February 2022 7.30pm Duology (Capstone Theatre) £15
Friday 25th February 2022 7.30pm John Law’s Congregation (Capstone Theatre) £15
Friday 25th February 2022 9pm Melodic Distraction After Party (Melodic Distraction, Constance Street) Free Admission
Saturday 26th February 2022 2pm Milapfest and LIJF presents Zoe and Idris Rahman with Sohini Alam (Capstone Theatre) £15
Saturday 26th February 2022 7.30pm Camilla George Band (Capstone Theatre) £15
Sunday 27th February 2022 11am Liverpool Sax Day 2022 (Cornerstone Building) £25
Sunday 27th February 2022 7.30pm Xhosa Cole Trio (Capstone Theatre) £15
Sunday 27th February 2022 10pm Sunday After Party (The Tempest, Tithebarn Street) £6

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