"Earlier this year, Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings released one of the most talked-about compilations in its decade-long history, capturing a cross-section of London’s jazz-inclined musicians through nine original compositions.
Highlighting the tightly-knit community of friends and contemporaries that has helped incubate a sound drawn from the jungle, grime and hip-hop vibrations of the city as much as the music’s storied heritage, We Out Here was accompanied by a 40-minute documentary that has been screened across the world since its release.
The work of photographer and film-maker Fabrice Bourgelle, We Out Here: A LDN Story captures “the journey of a certain group of young gifted players among many, who have trained and come up together, and whose sounds are now becoming an integral part of our musical landscape.”
These include colossal saxophonists Shabaka Hutchings and Nubya Garcia, drummers Moses Boyd (whose second EP Absolute Zero was released on The Vinyl Factory last year) and Femi Koleoso, keyboardist Joe-Armon Jones, tuba player Theon Cross and many more.
To accompany the general release of the documentary, which is now online..."
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It's now up on YOUTUBE. Sorry my phone won't link but it looks an interesting c 40minutes of anyone's time. Even "old folks" Just search Utube on "We Out Here London Jazz"
BN.
Highlighting the tightly-knit community of friends and contemporaries that has helped incubate a sound drawn from the jungle, grime and hip-hop vibrations of the city as much as the music’s storied heritage, We Out Here was accompanied by a 40-minute documentary that has been screened across the world since its release.
The work of photographer and film-maker Fabrice Bourgelle, We Out Here: A LDN Story captures “the journey of a certain group of young gifted players among many, who have trained and come up together, and whose sounds are now becoming an integral part of our musical landscape.”
These include colossal saxophonists Shabaka Hutchings and Nubya Garcia, drummers Moses Boyd (whose second EP Absolute Zero was released on The Vinyl Factory last year) and Femi Koleoso, keyboardist Joe-Armon Jones, tuba player Theon Cross and many more.
To accompany the general release of the documentary, which is now online..."
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It's now up on YOUTUBE. Sorry my phone won't link but it looks an interesting c 40minutes of anyone's time. Even "old folks" Just search Utube on "We Out Here London Jazz"
BN.
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