{"id":15198,"date":"2017-07-18T12:47:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T11:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prsformusicfoundation.com.s147637.gridserver.com\/july\/?p=15198"},"modified":"2017-08-02T11:43:32","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T10:43:32","slug":"steve-reid-innovation-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prsfoundation.com\/2017\/07\/18\/steve-reid-innovation-showcase\/","title":{"rendered":"STEVE REID INNOVATION SHOWCASE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>STEVE REID INNOVATION SHOWCASE <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>at Total Refreshment Centre, London 12 September 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Event showcasing the latest STEVE REID INNOVATION AWARD artists<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Showcase will take place at Total Refreshment Centre, 2 Foulden Rd, London N16 7UR<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tickets are on sale now and open to those aged 18 and over<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>PRS Foundation<\/strong>, the UK\u2019s leading funder of new music and talent development, together with the Steve Reid Foundation will host the highly anticipated second edition of the <strong>STEVE REID INNOVATION SHOWCASE<\/strong> featuring performances from the recent talented awardees, <strong>Nubya Garcia, Ola Szmidt and The Little Unsaid and DJ set from Femi Koleoso<\/strong> at<strong> Total Refreshment Centre in London on Tuesday 12 September 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Doors open at 7pm and tickets for the event are available now and priced at \u00a35 from <a href=\"https:\/\/dice.fm\/event\/steve-reid-foundation-showcase-12th-sep-total-refreshment-centre-london-tickets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dice FM<\/a>.\u00a0 The showcase is open to anyone aged 18 and over.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15199\" src=\"https:\/\/prsformusicfoundation.com.s147637.gridserver.com\/july\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SRIS17-16.9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prsfoundation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SRIS17-16.9.png 2048w, https:\/\/prsfoundation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SRIS17-16.9-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/prsfoundation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SRIS17-16.9-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/prsfoundation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/SRIS17-16.9-1024x576.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Nubya Garcia<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>London-based saxophonist and composer, <strong>Nubya Garcia<\/strong>, is one of the leading forces behind the resurgence of jazz-influenced sounds in the UK. Raised in a creative environment built by a set of Caribbean parents, her brand of afro-tinged jazz has made her a key component in a string of new and established groups: from work with legendary jungle producer and toaster, Congo Natty, through to her own works as part of the Theon Cross Trio, six-piece Maisha, and the N\u00e9rija septet. Spring 2017 saw her release her first solo project via forward-thinking imprint, <strong>Jazz re:freshed<\/strong>. The project \u2014 which explores the common ground between progressive jazz, hip hop and soulful, groove led rhythms \u2014 is helping to cement her credentials in UK music.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Ola Szmidt<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ola Szmidt<\/strong>\u00a0is a singer-songwriter, musician, flautist and producer based in York. As a multi-faceted musician her work combines vocal and instrumental improvisations with live looping techniques, and self-produced electronics with sound art and song-writing.\u00a0<strong>Ola<\/strong>\u2019s music shifts between Scandinavian and Eastern Folk traditions, whilst including Soul, Jazz, Contemporary Classical and Ambient practices. She writes and sings in both English and her mother tongue, Polish. <strong>Ola<\/strong>\u00a0studied Jazz Improvisation with legendary free jazz improvisers\u00a0<strong>Keith<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Julie Tippett<\/strong> and is a featured artist with the Emmy Award Winning company\u00a0<strong>hitRECord<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The Little Unsaid<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Little Unsaid\u00a0have spent the last year travelling the UK and Europe, leaving audiences emotionally rapt with a live show that\u2019s been described as \u2018a thumping depth of passion, recalling the intensity and melancholic overtones of Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen.\u2019 Led by Yorkshire-born songwriter and multi-instrumentalist John Elliott, the band have just completed their forthcoming album,\u00a0<strong><em>Imagined Hymns &amp; Chaingang Mantras<\/em><\/strong><em>,<\/em>\u00a0recorded with Radiohead engineer and acclaimed film score producer Graeme Stewart. Stewart\u2019s touch lends a sweeping, cinematic quality to the album\u2019s ten deeply personal songs, written during Elliott\u2019s recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder after a year of ongoing personal trauma brought his life and music career to a standstill.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Femi Koleoso<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Femi Koleoso<\/strong>\u00a0began his musical journey at the age of 3 playing the drums at church. At 11,\u00a0<strong>Femi<\/strong>\u00a0met with jazz drummer\u00a0<strong>Tim Giles<\/strong>\u00a0for weekly lessons who broadened and inspired his musical taste, then meeting\u00a0<strong>Gary Crosby OBE<\/strong>, who saw his potential and drive, pushed him further into the direction he is in now. Since then he has become bandleader of award winning band\u00a0<strong>Ezra Collective<\/strong>\u00a0whilst becoming\u00a0<strong>MD<\/strong>\u00a0for internationally acclaimed rapper\u00a0<strong>Pharoahe Monch<\/strong>, also playing with former\u00a0<strong>Art Blakey<\/strong>\u00a0messenger\u00a0<strong>Jean Toussaint<\/strong>\u00a0and many other names in Jazz, Hip Hop and Afrobeat.<\/p>\n<p>The Steve Reid Innovation Award is a partnership between PRS Foundation and the Steve Reid Foundation which offers vital support to unsigned artists pushing musical boundaries. The winners each received talent development bursaries and mentoring from Steve Reid Foundation trustees which include pioneering artists Gilles Peterson, Four Tet, Theo Parrish, Floating Points, RocketnumberNine, Emanative and Charlie Dark. Previous recipients of the award include Moses Boyd, Lady Vendredi, Hector Plimmer and Sarathy Korwar.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/dice.fm\/event\/steve-reid-foundation-showcase-12th-sep-total-refreshment-centre-london-tickets\">Get tickets here<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Poster design by previous grantee <a href=\"http:\/\/cargocollective.com\/hectorplimmer\">Hector Plimmer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/user\/prsfoundation\/playlist\/3G2mLagpg0SRRJbubokPLB\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STEVE REID INNOVATION SHOWCASE at Total Refreshment Centre, London 12 September 2017 Event showcasing the latest STEVE REID INNOVATION AWARD artists Showcase will take place at Total Refreshment Centre, 2 Foulden Rd, London N16 7UR Tickets are on sale now and open to those aged 18 and over PRS Foundation, the UK\u2019s leading funder of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15201,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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