World Jazz Jive feat Yamikani, Levniz & Kanavu

Longtime Leeds world music/jazz promoter DJ Lubi returns to The Attic for a night where contemporary jazz meets Afro-Cuban rhythms, Brazilian beats and Indian carnatic music, featuring a new generation of emerging artists from Leeds, Brazil, Turkey and Bristol making exciting world jazz fusion today. Yamikani Conguero Yamikani Soko and his orchestra are a new and exciting Afro-Diasporic jazz fusion ensemble in Leeds. This is the latest project led by Reece Soko, bandleader/saxophonist of the popular afrojazz band Afrodesia, and regular band member of Ferg's Imaginary Big Band and the Amon Ra Collective. They play a repertoire of original music in the tradition of CuBop (Afro-Cuban jazz), Rumba, Calypso and Spiritual Jazz, inspired by music legends Chano Pozo, Max Roach and Mongo Santamaria. Levniz UK based Turkish classical guitarist Levniz is an incredible young talent playing classical, jazz, Turkish and flamenco music, alongside her love of Brazilian bossa nova, particularly music by the guitar masters Baden Powell, Luis Bonfa, Roberto Menescal, and Rosinha de Valença. Kanavu Led by alto saxophonist/flautist Arthana Tharmasekaran, Kanavu explores ways to combine jazz and traditional Carnatic music, taking inspiration from Steve Coleman and Rudresh Mathanappa. This trio aims to show audiences how a multitude of sounds can connote different feelings and emotions through the use of ambience and complex rhythms.