Soweto Kinch

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

Life and work

Kinch, who comes from a theatrical family, began playing the saxophone at age 9, after he previously learned at primary school clarinet. After he encountered as a young Wynton Marsalis, he worked with jazz, first as a pianist and later on the alto saxophone. He studied history at the University of Oxford in 1999, but opted for a jazz education after he was offered a place at the Tomorrow's Warriors. He was promoted by Gary Crosby, Courtney Pine and Denys Baptiste. He took in 2001 with Crosby's Jazz Jamaica All Stars and founded in the same year his own trio with bassist Michael Olatuja and drummer Troy Miller, Courtney Pine and accompanied at the Royal Festival Hall and Cheltenham International Jazz Festival occurred. In 2003, his debut album.

Kinch was awarded in 2002 not only as a Rising Star at the Jazz Awards BBC, but also went as a winner of the International Sax Competition at the Montreux Jazz Festival produced and received the White Saxophone Prize. 2003 and 2007 he won the MOBO Award for Best Jazz Act. In 2004, he received two BBC Radio Jazz Awards as Best Instrumentalist and Best band; also received the Peter Whittingham Award for Jazz Innovation.

Disco Graphical Notes

• The New Emancipation ( 2010) ( Soweto Kinch Recordings)

Lexigraphischer entry

• Wolf Kampmann Reclams Jazz Encyclopedia Stuttgart 2002