Ronnie Scott’s, London’s most prestigious jazz club teams up with Afrobeat Seun Kuti & Egypt 80.
The event took place on the 12th of June so enjoy the reloop above.
Son of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Seun first played with Egypt 80 (Fela’s band) at the age of eight, following in his father’s footsteps as a saxophonist & vocalist as well as inheriting his social-consciousness & outspoken political opinions.
Seun has now been at the helm of Egypt 80 for more than twenty years, having worked with the likes of Brian Eno & John Reynolds, the band’s most recent album, A Long Way To The Beginning, was produced by Grammy-winning jazz renaissance man Robert Glasper and is described by Kuti as “a soundtrack for the mindset of most young people in Africa today”.
