Justin Thurgur

• heavyweight vinyl LP

For those of you who follow the ‘World’ Music scene in the UK, Justin Thurgur will be a familiar face; through his long term collaborations with both the Afrobeat Maestro Dele Sosimi and with Kishon Khan, plus working with the likes of Afrobeat drum legend Tony Allen and Cuban giants Julito Padron and Giraldo Piloto, he has cemented a place at the forefront of that community.

His own project has taken this experience and combined it with his love of the likes of Miles Davis, Lee Morgan, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Coltrane, et al…. to create a powerful ‘Global’ Jazz project.

This gig showcases his new album Many Faces. The album features established members of Thurgur’s group, including the mighty trumpeter Graeme Flowers and the ever-inventive Kishon Khan on piano, Rhodes and Hammond, plus collaborations with young rising singing stars Sahra Gure and Jade Pybus and two tracks of Afrobeat-infused Soul Jazz co-written with Dele Sosimi, who will be guesting with the group on this gig.

PERSONNEL:

• Sahra Gure - (vocals on A1)
• Jade Pybus - (vocals (on B1)
• Justin Thurgur - (trombone, vocals B2)
• Graeme Flowers - (trumpet)
• Simeon May - (tenor, baritone & alto sax)
• James Allsopp - (bass clarinet)
• Phil Dawson - (guitar)
• Kishon Khan - (piano, hammond organ and fender rhodes)
• Dele Sosimi - (piano on A2 B3)
• Suman Joshi - (double bass)
• Jimmy Martinez - (double bass on B2)
• Afla Sackey - (congas, djembe, shekere and cowbell on A1, A2 & B3)
• Oreste Noda - (congas on A3 & B2)
• Tansay Omar - (drums on A1, A3 & B1)
• Kunle Olofinjana - (drums on A2 & B36)
• Yoann Julliard - (drums on B2)
• Evie Hilyer-Ziegler - (violin, viola)
• Paul Sartin - (violin)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Be A Little Wiser
• A2. The Reeducation Of Mr Otheralisation
• A3. How It Is
• B3. Iwa Re Re

• SIDE B
• B1. Woman
• B2. The Reality Of Reality
• B3. Iwa Re Re