Showcase Wednesday w/ Shamsi Music, Aug. 19 2020 @ Alliance Française’ Facebook Page

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Date: Wednesday 19 August, 2020
Medium: .@AFNairobi’s Facebook Page – https://facebook.com/Alliance.Francaise.Nairobi/…
Time: 7.30pm

Shamsi Music is an afro-jazz fusion band formed in 2014 by pianist, composer and musical director Paul Mbithi with Samwel ‘Laka’ Waithaka, a veteran saxophonist and Michael Munene, Immanuel Mohol, Kenn ‘Biggie’ Njoroge and George Nyoro. The band’s sound represents the best of Kenyan traditional rhythms and melodies reinterpreted through modern jazz.

Shamsi is Arabic for “Sun” as the group would like to be warmly capturing the heart, mind and soul of their listeners.

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Showcase Wednesday w/ Shamsi Music, Aug. 19 2020 @ Alliance Française’ Facebook Page

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Date: Wednesday 19 August, 2020
Medium: .@AFNairobi’s Facebook Page – https://facebook.com/Alliance.Francaise.Nairobi/…
Time: 7.30pm

Shamsi Music is an afro-jazz fusion band formed in 2014 by pianist, composer and musical director Paul Mbithi with Samwel ‘Laka’ Waithaka, a veteran saxophonist and Michael Munene, Immanuel Mohol, Kenn ‘Biggie’ Njoroge and George Nyoro. The band’s sound represents the best of Kenyan traditional rhythms and melodies reinterpreted through modern jazz.

Shamsi is Arabic for “Sun” as the group would like to be warmly capturing the heart, mind and soul of their listeners.

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Celebrate the International Jazz Day with Manu Dibango & Soul Makossa Gang (Cameroon) with Kenyan Great Jazz Acts, May 1 2018 @ Carnivore Grounds

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Manu Dibango | Image: Courtesy
Date: May 1, 2018
Venue: Carnivore Grounds, Langata
Time: Gates Open at 11 am | Show 12 noon
Tickets: KES 2,000/-

Kenyan Great Jazz Acts: James Gogo and Gogosimo Band, Eddie Grey, Nairobi Horns Project with Africa Plus, Edward Parseen & the Different Faces Band, Swahili Jazz Band, Chris Bittok, Jacob and Kavutha Asiyo, Limericks, Mambo Tribe, Shamsi Music and Ghetto Classics

Visiting Jazz Act: Manu Dibango & Soul Makossa Gang – Cameroon

Jazz Attitude 2.5 with Guinean Kora Master Sekou Kouyate ft. Shamsi Music, Tetu Shani & Yellow Light Machine, Aug. 27 2017 @ the Alchemist Bar

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SEKOU KOUYATE | Photo: Carolina Vallejo
Date: August 27, 2017
Venue: the Alchemist Bar – Westlands
Time: 3-9 pm
Tickets: KES 1000, Advance: KES 500 (Available only till Tuesday on https://mymookh.com/tickets/event/429)

About
JAZZ ATTITUDE is Nairobi’s newest Premier Jazz Series that features stellar performances by incredible Kenyan Live acts in a Jazz themed setting suitable for the whole family.

In this Special Edition “2.5” we are proud to present our first International act, Legendary Kora innovator and Virtuoso SEKOU “KORA” KOUYATE. The Guinean Kora master has been dubbed the Jimi Hendrix of the Kora by several elite music magazines and reviewers. He’s won several awards for his Albums including the Gold Medal at the Global music awards. He is also part of the renowned West African band “Ba Cissoko” that has toured the world extensively.

“Sekou ěs sound, mode of playing and the invention of the electric kora, has inspired a whole new generation of kora players. Today, Sekou Kouyate is considered among the world’s finest kora players.”

His band is Joined by three Incredible Kenyan bands. The dynamic and afro fused Jazz sounds of Shamsi Music, the ever green modern pop fusion of Tetu Shani and a debut performance by one of the most Viby sounds in Nairobi today, Yellow Light Machine.

These amazing musicians will take over the band stand from 3pm till 9pm in what will surely be a thrilling Sunday event.

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Safaricom Jazz Festival: David Sanborn – USA & TaxiWars – Belgium, Feb. 26 2017 @ Training Grounds – Kasarani Stadium

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Date: February 26, 2017
Venue: Training Grounds – Kasarani Stadium
Time: Gates open at 10 am and show starts at 12 noon
Tickets: Regular KES 2,000/- and Students KES 500/-

Performances by: David Sanborn – USA, TaxiWars – Belgium, The Hazelnuts – Israel, Ray Lema & Saka Saka – Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Bokani Dyer – South Africa, Arun Ghosh – UK, Shamsi Music – Kenya, Mwai and the Truth – Kenya, and the Nairobi Horns Project – Kenya

All proceeds from the ticket sales will go to funding Ghetto Classics