The Banger Factory

This is a special jazz outfit, well established and proven. Several years in making, they now have three very well received and critically acclaimed albums. Including ‘The Banger Factory’ (Ubuntu Music 2019) Arashi No Ato (2021) and Warriors (2022) both released on Banger Factory Records. The Banger Factory is a collective that is contingent upon bringing the people a good time. Over the last nine years, the band […]
Kinetika Bloco

Kinetika Bloco is a youth music charity with an exuberant mix of young brass and woodwind players, drummers, steel pan and dancers all in costume creating a “unique new British Carnival sound with a decidedly London edge” (BBC Radio 2). We draw our influences from the Caribbean, Brazil, Africa and New Orleans. Our achievements include: […]
Theo Erskine

Bristol-born and London-based saxophonist, Theo Erskine is a powerful player on the British Jazz scene, having played and collaborated with an eclectic group of musicians over his tenure. Audience members will know Theo for his muscular tone and uncompromising solos on both alto and tenor. Early in his career, Theo was an active member of […]
Mark Kavuma

Over the last decade composer, trumpeter, bandleader, and educator Mark Kavuma has established a reputation as an influential figure, equally at home performing at the cutting edge of the vibrant London nu-jazz scene as he is teaching and mentoring emergent talent in the community and in educational establishments. He has released six albums as leader […]
Artie Zaitz

Coming from a family of musicians,Artiewas exposed to the sounds of jazz from an earlyage. He developed a particular interest in recordings from the Blue Note label which has hada profound influence on material currently performed with his groups.Artiehas been workingand recording on the London and international scene for over a decade with artists such […]