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STARTS IN SHEFFIELD
1984-89
Guitarist with DIY reggae band The Chromatiks & with avant-pop group Final Frontier, then guitar & bass with Sextet Chromatique jazz/roots fusion. Bassist with steelpan ensemble Classic Steel.
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TACHINDAS
OF LEON, SPAIN
1989-93
Bassist with freejazz group 4 Tachindas & Kinatocaroto music & mime company
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NORTHAMPTON
CULTURE MIX
1993-98
Bassist on improv group Four Bop Drop album 1997 SLAM label. First version of Rafiki Jazz briefly emerges with cassette release Juju Jazz Diamonds 1995. Bassist for roots reggae star Glenroy Grant’s Culture Mix.
Bassist on improv group Four Bop Drop album 1997 SLAM label. First version of Rafiki Jazz briefly emerges with cassette release Juju Jazz Diamonds 1995. Bassist for roots reggae star Glenroy Grant’s Culture Mix.
BATANAI YEARS
1995-2005
10 years embraced by Zimbabwean rootsdance music in the UK, as bassist with Arnold Mabere’s Sangoma (album CD Pindu 1997) then with Wedzerai Zvirevo’s Batanai Marimba (album CD’s Moto Moto, Mudzimu Mudzimu, Matumba Matumba 2000-2003)
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RAFIKIAN YEARS
2006-21
15 years as bassist & bandleader of the memorable Rafiki Jazz with its evolving cross-continental line-ups and prolific touring, artist development & recording projects. Two WOMAD appearances, Tasmania tour, Mundial Montreal showcase stand out, plus 6 album CD & various video & single releases from 2007’s Big Muzik from Over There onwards, with 2017’s Har Dam Sahara & 2021’s Nduggu releases both reaching Transglobal World Music Charts…
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