Bassist GARY CROSBY OBE and alto saxophonist NATHANIEL FACEY lead two sizzling line-ups of Warriors past and present, on WEDNESDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER.
| As part of our anniversary year celebrations, on Wednesday 8th September, we’re heading to prestigious venue Ronnie Scott’s jazz club with a show that you don’t want to miss. Over almost three decades, Tomorrow’s Warriors has proved a crucial development platform for many of the artists now tearing up the international jazz scene – Moses Boyd, Nubya Garcia, Cassie Kinoshi and Nérija, Femi Koleoso and Ezra Collective, Binker Golding, Shabaka Hutchings and Sons Of Kemet, Cherise Adams-Burnett, Eska, Denys Baptiste, Soweto Kinch, Zara McFarlane, and so many more… In this special gig, bassist and co-founder of Tomorrow’s Warriors, Gary Crosby OBE will lead a band of the new generation of young Warriors including Kurt Mayling, Donovan Haffner, Maddy Coombs, Emily Roberts, Alex Ho, and Sons of Kemet’s Eddie Hicks on drums. Then, Tomorrow’s Warriors alumni and award-winning saxophonist Nathaniel Facey will lead a band featuring vocalist Cherise and a line-up of more emerging artists from the Warriors roster including Allexa Nava, Hamish Moore and Blake Cascoe. WEDNESDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER RONNIE SCOTT’S JAZZ CLUB, LONDON TICKET LINK BELOW: |
Tomorrow’s Warriors was founded in 1991, with the aim of helping aspiring young artists discover their magic and achieve their creative ambitions. For the past thirty years we’ve built engaged, diverse audiences and championed inclusion and equality in jazz and across the music industry.
We have a focus on Black musicians, female musicians and those whose financial or other circumstances might lock them out of opportunities to pursue a career in the arts.