esc, prononcé « sesk », diminutif de Francesc, l’équivalent Catalan de François, est un musicien, pianiste de jazz, multi-claviste de funk, accordéoniste klezmer, compositeur et pédagogue né en Catalogne qui a grandi au Luxembourg, travaillé à Londres et qui réside à présent à Bruxelles.

S’étant formé à la base come pianiste de jazz moderne (Conservatoire de la Ville de Luxembourg, London Royal Academy of Music), Francesc est aussi devenu percussionniste au sein d’une orchestre de samba (caixa, surdo, repique, pandeiro) et a acquis une ample expérience comme accordéoniste de Klezmer et d’autre folklore européen. Il s’est depuis spécialisé en « stride piano », redécouvrant dans les débuts de l’histoire jazz une musique vibrante qui combine les vertus de son hétérogène profile musical.

Au cours de son séjour Londonien, Cesc a collaboré étroitement le collectif F-IRE, notamment avec son fondateur Barak Schmool, dans Timeline, un ensemble M-Base inspiré par la musique Ewé, et dans Méta méta, reprenant le répertoire sacré de la Santería Cubaine. Membre de Rhythms of the city, l’orchestre de samba et fusion, il a enregistré un album à la percussion, un single avec Friendly Fires, est apparu à Glastonbury et au Barbican Centre . Il a collaboré avec Son Veneno et Monobloco, et donné des concerts sur l’histoire de la samba avec Bosco de Oliveira.

Cesc a participé dans de nombreux ensembles créatifs. Il a crée, dirigé et composé la musique de The Irreverents Funk Band, qui est apparu au Thames Festival et à Jazz FM. Avec Fly Agaric (Jiri Slavik, Fred Thomas et Zac Gvirtzman), il a réalisé plusieurs tournées européennes et est apparu au Royal Festival Hall Foyer. Le début album In Search of Soma a reçu des revues enthousiastes de Jazzwise et The Wire, et le deuxième album en collaboration avec The Magic Lantern sortira au cours de 2015.

Dans sa capacité de pianiste stride, Cesc est rentrée dans la scène swing et Dixieland britannique, membre des Basin Street Brawlers et des Sunshine Kings, et a joué avec Martin Wheatley et Tony Pitt dans des cadres tels que le Royal Albert Hall Elgar Room ou le London swing Festival.

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London-based  band Awalé returns with a new sound, Senegalese soul. Biram Seck’s  soaring voice evokes messages of love and peace, underpinned by heavenly  poly-rhythm groove explorations. Intense and spiritual Sabar Senegalese  percussion and Afro-Latin drums conversations, weaving intricate guitar  patterns and horn lines with catchy bass riffs. Like a spinning  kaleidoscope of sounds, each tune travels on a varied musical journey,  from afrobeat to soul, deep Afro-jazz to Latin. Awalé is on a mission  to experience happiness together in these fractured times.
‘A  truly magical and uplifting cross-cultural collaboration, bringing  together Afro-latin, funk and soul elements with a Senegalese twist. The  wonderful voice of Biram Seck and Thibaut Remy’s compositions make for  an unmissable combo. Must See!’ - Tim Garcia (Jazz FM/Musica Macondo)
‘Most  Impressive, echoes a lot of greats like Orchestra Baobab and Youssou  N’Dour but with very much it’s own sound’ - Jamie Renton (DJ, fROOTS)

Soothsayers' music contains deep, hypnotic grooves, punctuated by emotive horn lines and sublime vocal harmonies. Lyrically conscious, Soothsayers create a deep and spiritual musical experience, and have built up a loyal fan base through their consistently high quality live performances around the world and their expanding catalogue of vinyl and cd releases on their own Red Earth label. Comparisons to the work of the Wailers and Fela Kuti go some way to describing the Soothsayers’ sound, but originality is the key to the continuing success and longevity of the group. IF you like what you hear please like us on facebook.

La Compañia:

Aguamansa 'I love Babies yey!'
Tomate Seco 'Guitar Hero'
Faissssssca 'Mathboy'
The Squirrel 'Whooping Fart Balls Lubricated Titty Burgers Indifferent Rectal Semen Splooge'
MC Slave aka Blastey Boy
Flautinho 'The Commie Jew'
Astrud Gilberto (The Turk)
Duda fka The Shulmanator
Mamarantxa the Wild
El Padrino Violinista
Oak Moss by J'Doe aka Podecrer

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The Basin Street Brawlers are 'London's top hot jazz ensemble' (visitlondon.com). They are specialists in early jazz styles and are renowned for delivering their music 'with all the energy and assurance of a bunch of Kansas City veterans' (The Sunday Times). Their debut record 'It's Tight Like That' has garnered critical acclaim, described as a work of 'world class musicianship' (BBC). 

The Brawlers regularly give concerts at the UK's major jazz and chamber music venues, including the Royal Albert Hall's Elgar Room, the Pizza Express Jazz Club and the Holywell Music Room. The group are also in demand playing for dancers, featuring at the European Swing Dance Championships and headlining the London Swing Dance Festival numerous times.

The Brawlers have also led masterclasses in early jazz styles at schools and conservatoires, including the Guildhall School of Music. 2016 will see them continue to develop their educational work alongside an exciting performance schedule.

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Hi. My name is Mishka. I am a singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, voice teacher and part time massage therapist, living between two incredibly vibrant cities : London and Berlin. The music I play is hard for me to describe, but it brings together the genres I love –jazz, folk, and music from all over Brazil – through a number of different projects. I love collaborating with other musicians and I consider myself lucky enough to have a musical family of people I have worked with over the span of many years and over several countries – England, Germany, The Philippines and Brazil – and who I continue to work with and be inspired by.  Most recently, I released an album in the UK with the great Pete Churchill called Stories to Tell. It is a collection of incredible songs written by Pete that we recorded with an astonishing group of musicians: Mark Lockheart, Adriano Adewale and Ben Barritt. I am also working on a new duo project in Berlin with one of my favourite piano players in the world, Pedro Carneiro Silva. We are in the middle of co-writing for an album that we hope to record in 2016.

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