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Femi Temowo Jazz & Dinner Sunbeam Theatre

Doors open – 6:30pm
Performance begins – 7:30pm

£30 Table Seating | £15 Standing | Complimentary for Patrons

Order from the Jazz Menu directly to your table in the Sunbeam Theatre. We recommend coming in early to enjoy a bite and a drink before the music starts.

Nigerian-born, MOBO-nominated, UK-based composer, guitarist and vocalist, well known for his work with artists such as Amy Winehouse, Dee Dee Bridgewater, The Roots and Soweto Kinch returns to Ladbroke Hall with his new program featuring all star 6-piece band.

Bio:

Femi Temowo was born in 1976 in Akure, Nigeria, and moved to London at the age of 10. He began playing guitar when he was 17 and was playing professionally by the age of 21.

When talking about his music, he explains that while connected to his Nigerian roots, he is exploring his cultural background from the perspective of someone born in Nigeria but living as a British person in the UK.

Early benchmarks in Femi’s career include being approached by critically acclaimed jazz saxophonist and UK Hip Hop artist Soweto Kinch, who asked him to become part of his newly formed quartet in 2002. His pheno

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George Benson, Courtney Pine, The Roots, Omar, Roachford, Amy Winehouse, Jason Rebello, Eska Mtungwazi, Soweto Kinch, Terri Walker, Jean Toussaint, Don Blackman, Michal Urbaniak

Femi Temowo was born in 1976 in Akure, Nigeria, first in a family of ten siblings. Femi moved to London, England at age 10, and began playing guitar at 17. He quickly entered the professional scene, and by 21 was highly regarded on the jazz and pop music scenes. Between 1998 and 2001, Femi studied jazz at Middlesex University under the great educator Stuart Hall (Loose Tubes). After graduating, he was approached by the UK jazz/hip-hop artist Soweto Kinch to join his then-brand-new quartet; the group went to on to win many awards including a Mercury Music Prize nomination, BBC Jazz Award for best new group, and several Mobo awards.

As an educator, Femi is on the guitar faculty at Tech Music School, a contemporary music institute based in west London. He also gives master classes and seminars all over Europe and the UK as part of The Urbanator Project, a music education programme founded by violinist Michal Urbaniak (Miles Davis) and based in Poland.

Femi’s slick and melodic guitar sound has earned him a place beside many great musicians and artists from across many genres, including George B