Soweto Kinch

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Soweto Kinch with his trio at the INNtöne Jazzfestival 2018
Soweto Kinch (2007)

Soweto Kinch (born July 10, 1978 in London ) is a British jazz musician ( alto and tenor saxophone , rap ).

Live and act

Kinch, who comes from a theater family, started playing the saxophone at the age of nine, having previously learned the clarinet in elementary school . After meeting Wynton Marsalis as a teenager , he became involved in jazz, first as a pianist and later on the alto saxophone . He first studied history at the University of Oxford in 1999, but then decided to take a jazz education after being offered a place at Tomorrow's Warriors . He was sponsored by Gary Crosby , Courtney Pine, and Denys Baptiste . He recorded Crosby's Jazz Jamaica All Stars in 2001, and in the same year formed his own trio with bassist Michael Olatuja and drummer Troy Miller, who accompanied Courtney Pine and performed at the Royal Festival Hall and the Cheltenham International Jazz Festival . His debut album was released in 2003.

Prizes and awards

Kinch in 2002 not only as a rising star at the Jazz Awards the BBC excellent, but also went as a winner of the International Sax Competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival produced and received the White Saxophone Prize . In 2003 and 2007 he won the Mobo Award for best jazz act. In 2004 he received two BBC Radio Jazz Awards for best instrumentalist and for best band; also received the Peter Whittingham Award for Jazz Innovation. He was named best alto saxophonist at the British Jazz Awards 2017 .

Discographic notes

  • Conversations with the Unseen (2003) (Dune Records)
  • A Life In The Day Of B19 - Tales Of The Tower Block (2006) (Dune Records)
  • War In A Rack (2009) (Soweto Kinch Recordings)
  • The New Emancipation (2010) (Soweto Kinch Recordings)
  • The Legend Of Mike Smith (2013) (Soweto Kinch Recordings)
  • Nonagram (2016) (Soweto Kinch Recordings)
  • The Black Peril (2019) (Soweto Kinch Recordings)

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SURNAME Kinch, Soweto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH London