Latest Music Bar Promotes PierFest: Brighton Jazz Festival ‘Mark Kavuma +the Banger Factory and Cherise’
8pm-10:30pm // Horatios Bar on Brighton Palace Pier // TICKETS
The Banger Factory:
The Banger Factory is a group of companions contingent upon bringing the people a good time. Born in the heart of Brixton, south London, the band has developed and nourished a truly unique and unmistakable sound. The Outfit, lead by young lion Mark Kavuma (trumpet), explores completely original material and features some of the most gifted, engaging and masterful musicians on the London jazz scene today.
Mark Kavuma – Trumpet
Mussinghi Brian Edwards – Tenor Sax
Ruben Fox – Tenor Sax
David Mrakpor – Vibraphone
Artie Zaitz – Guitar
Dechanel Gordan – Piano
Michael Shrimpling – Bass
Will Cleasby – Drums
Cherise:
Owing much of her early musical development to the highly respected grass roots organisation Tomorrow’s Warriors, whose alumni include Nubya Garcia and Ezra Collective, Cherise then went on to study at the prestigious Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music. Since then she has played venues including the Royal Albert Hall and Washington DC’s Kennedy Centre, festivals including The London Jazz Festival and Love Supreme as well as performing alongside artists including Nubiyan Twist and Corinne Bailey Rae. To add to this, in 2019 Cherise was awarded Jazz FM’s Vocalist of the Year Award and in 2020, she was also named Vocalist of the Year by the Parliamentary Jazz Awards.A truly multi-faceted artist, Cherise is fast proving herself to be one of the most fiercely talented young musicians around. Her effortless, irresistible vocal alongside her honest and soulful song writing manage to be simultaneously contemporary and timeless, firmly marking her out as one of the most exciting talents around.