Jamaican Jazz Sessions: Moses Boyd and Vin Gordon
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Topic: Jamaican Jazz Sessions: Moses Boyd and Vin Gordon
Posted By: snobb
Subject: Jamaican Jazz Sessions: Moses Boyd and Vin Gordon
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2019 at 11:12am
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Enjoy a complimentary cocktail while listening to the best new talent in British jazz at a Jamaican Jazz Sessions gig  Jamaican Jazz Sessions with Moses Boyd (pictured) and Vin Gordon
A gig hosted by Jamaican Jazz Sessions sees two living legends of the
genre unite: drummer, composer, producer, and two-times MOBO winner
Moses Boyd is performing with superstar Jamaican trombonist Vin Gordon
at London Bridge venue Omeara. The gig is part of a series presented by
Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum and DJ Gilles Peterson. The aim of the Jamaican Jazz Sessions series is to showcase the new
wave of talent leading the resurgence of the UK jazz movement. All acts in the line-up
have been hand-selected by Peterson himself. Gordon
began his career in 1964 as a member of ska band The Skatalites. He
became the main trombonist of Studio One and went on to record with a
number of major producers of Jamaican music in ska, rocksteady and
reggae. Today, Gordon is a leading name in Jamaican music, best-known
for being Bob Marley’s trombonist, a position he held for 12 years on
tour and in recording Marley’s albums Exodus and Kaya. Boyd,
meanwhile, has collaborated with the likes of Lonnie Liston Smith,
Floating Points and Sampha over the course of his career. In addition to
his MOBO awards, he received the John Peel Play More Jazz award from
the Gilles Peterson Worldwide Awards in 2016 and the Worshipful Company
of Music’s Young Jazz Musician of the Year award in 2014. Boyd has
released music under his own label Exodus Records and has recently
become a new resident on BBC Radio 1Xtra.
The gig at Omeara is a rare chance for jazz-loving Londoners (aged 18+) to see two giants of the genre collaborate on stage. Tickets come with a complimentary Appleton Estate Rum cocktail, so you can taste – as well as listen – to all the right notes.
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