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Dele Sosimi & Friends At Ronnie Scott's Club
by Chris May
Dele Sosimi & Friends Ronnie Scott's Club London June 11, 2023 Born in London but brought up in Lagos, keyboard player Dele Sosimi was a child prodigy who joined Fela Kuti's Egypt 80 the moment he left secondary school in 1979. Sosimi had by that time been rehearsing with Egypt 80 for over a year, but Kuti had insisted he finished his schooling before officially joining the band. (Kuti had taken Sosimi under his ...
read moreJustin Thurgur: Many Faces
by Chris May
London-based trombonist Justin Thurgur is at home in several traditions. He plays contemporary English folk music with the band Bellowhead and Afrobeat with the Afrobeat Orchestra, the ensemble led by keyboard player Dele Sosimi, a childhood protégé of Fela Kuti, who has done more than any other musician to keep the Afrobeat flame alight in Britain. Thurgur is also a member of keyboard player Kishon Khan's Lokkhi Terra, who mix Bangladeshi folk music and Cuban rumba and who ...
read moreDele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra at the Jazz Cafe
by Chris May
Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra / Yung Afriqa Pioneers The Jazz Cafe London January 24, 2020 Time was when if Londoners wanted to hear authentic live Afrobeat they needed to take a flight to West Africa, preferably Nigeria. Not anymore. All they need do in 2020 is take the subway to the next gig by the Dele Sosimi Afrobeat Orchestra. The band has been gaining traction every year since its formation in the ...
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