Winner of the International Saxophonist of the Year Award at the Montreux Jazz Festival and the BBC Radio Jazz Awards Rising Star in 2002. The New Emancipation tour draws its inspiration from 19th century work songs and early blues, exploring the modern resonances of the emancipation story. From debt/wage slavery, to creative oppression in the music industry and ideas of race in a post-Obama age, it combines this rich musical inheritance and revisits it with stellar jazz ensemble and modern hip hop production. Citing influences including Duke Ellington, Madlib and Frederick Delius, the piece is both an ode and polemic.| 30 Sep 11 | Theatre Royal York, North Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
