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- Running time:
- 2hrs 10mins (incl interval)
Locally-based Lighthouse favourites Thokozile Collective play joyous world jazz sounds, heavily influenced by Southern and West Africa, as well as the London acid jazz scene.
The band have sold out Studio Jazz the two times they have headlined previously and early booking is advised as the sextet return for the first ever live performance of their brand new album ahead of a UK tour.
Thokozile Collective was originally formed in 2010 on the back of a British Council music exchange with South Africa. The band continued as a legacy of that project and played sporadic gigs in local venues along with supporting name bands such as James Taylor Quartet, New Cool Collective, Osibisa and others, honing its live set and growing a local following.
The band settled into its current sextet line up in the early 2020s with African, Canadian, European and British members. Eponymous debut album Thokozile Collective dropped in 2024, consisting of a couple of originals plus some South African jazz standards and other tunes from different genres the band had played live over the first few years. It garnered rave reviews in the UK and in Europe; ‘a wonderful debut…remarkable’ stated Liverpool Sound and Vision; ‘Accomplished… fun, enjoyable’ stated Songlines; ‘A masterfully good record’ beamed Dutch site, Moors Magazine.
Now Thokozile return with their follow up, second album, which contains mainly originals as well as a couple of South African covers. The band will play the whole of the new album live for the first time, as well as some of the older classics. Come and see what all the fuss is about.
Dan Somogyi – keyboards / guitar
Rob Palmer – guitar
Terry Quinney – saxes
Jack Shaughnessy – bass
Neil Evans – drums
Cheikh Diop – percussion
“Hearfelt, joyful jazz rooted in South and Western Africa… reverberates with festive rhythms, global vibes and a touch of London’s acid jazz scene”Jazzismus
“On heavy rotation on the stereo”Fatea Magazine
“Just great music… every track is an absolute knockout”The Big Jazz Hullabaloo
“A rich, joyous mix… uplifting and optimistic”Bebop Spoken Here