Soweto Kinch

Born in London, England to a Barbadian father and British-Jamaican mother, Soweto Kinch is one of the most exciting and versatile young musicians to hit the British Jazz and Hip Hop scenes in recent years. He first became interested in music at the tender age of eight, playing clarinet at primary school. He quickly developed a fondness for the alto saxophone and was given his first instrument when he was nine.

Soweto’s debut album ‘Conversations With The Unseen’ (2003) brought together his love of Jazz and Hip-Hop, combining influences of Charlie Parker and Q-Tip, straight-ahead jazz with cutting edge hip-hop. It subsequently won the 2003 Mercury’s Best Album Award and MOBO’s Best Jazz Act. Since then, Soweto hasn’t looked back and has been busy touring internationally with his band. His following albums, A Life In The Day Of B19 - Tales Of The Tower Block (2006) and The New Emancipation (2010), gathered similarly exceptional reviews.