Born and raised in Uganda, Mark Kavuma is a key young trumpet player on the British jazz scene and leads his own band, Kavuma & The Banger Factory, as well as playing with Jean Toussaint's Young Lions, Jazz Jamaica and the Nu Civilisation Orchestra. In 2012, Mark was featured as Guest soloist with Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra. He also played the support slot for Wayne Shorter at the Barbican.
Kavuma & The Banger Factory is a London – New York collective that delivers soulful jazz whose purpose is to get people to dance, by feeling the music’s heart and soul. Mark’s debut album, Kavuma, will be released on the Ubuntu Music in the spring of 2018.
Into The Darkness
Carolina Moon
Modibo
Barbar G
Papa Joe
Abide With Me
Church
Mark Kavuma: trumpet
Mussinghi Brian Edwards, Ruben Fox: tenor saxophone
Artie Zaitz (2-4): guitar
Reuben James (1-5, 7): piano
Conor Chaplin: bass
Kyle Poole: drums
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Michela Marino Lerman: tap dancing (7)
