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Aimua Eghobamien: BLACK SESSIONS at
Courtesy of Aimua Eghobamien | Posted on February 25, 2012
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Wed, March 21, 2012
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Determined to blatantly marry all his influences on one stage, Aimua Eghobamien combines his jazz and classical backgrounds with Nigerian roots and contemporary sensibilities to reach beyond the limits of genre classification. With original compositions, freTrshly realised arrangements—of music by Gabriel Fauré, Henry Purcell, Johann Sebastian Bach, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Wayne Shorter and Randy Newman—and an exhilarating ensemble this programme is a lyrical exploration of one artist’s formation.
Collaborating on arrangements and joining the ensemble are bassist Jerome Davies (‘astute arrangements’ —Sunday Times), violinist Julian Ferraretto (‘sinuous and dynamic.....