Camilla George
Friday 23rd May
Doors: 7.00pm Music: 7.45pm
Presented by Howard Assembly Room
Tickets: £20 (+ £1 booking fee)
or Under 30s Members - £10
Camilla George is a visionary saxophonist, composer, bandleader and innovator.
Her strong cultural roots and love of fusing African and Western Music has informed her own unique style, a key reason why she is a firm fixture on the new London Jazz scene, alongside peers such as Nubya Garcia and Shabaka Hutchings. Her music is a hypnotising blend of Afrofuturism, hip hop and jazz, with a politically minded subtext that has a powerful connection to her Nigerian identity, lineage and heritage, reflecting African history, culture and slavery.
Her most recent album, ‘Ibio Ibio’, is a tribute to her tribe the Ibibio people of South Eastern Coastal Nigeria: “George is the undoubted star, delivering criss-crossing solos with a ‘50s hard-bop bent” ★★★★ (Mojo Magazine).
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Venue Information
14+ / Access info - The Howard Assembly Room is located inside Leeds Grand Theatre.
To access the venue, there are six steps from the street up to the Grand Theatre foyer or a wheelchair lift from the Grand Theatre Box Office to the foyer, and then lift access from the foyer (the lift is down the corridor to the right) up to the Howard Assembly Room (number 3 in the lift).
• There are two wheelchair spaces, but this can be increased if more are required. Please call the Box Office (0844 848 2720*) for more information.
• There is also lift access to the gallery (number 4 in the lift) from the foyer, and from the Howard Assembly Room level (number 3 in the lift). Request access from front-of-house staff before using it so they can arrange for someone to open the door from the lift into the gallery. Row A of the gallery is flat access but there are 3 steps to Row B and 6 steps to Row C.
• Accessible toilets are situated in the Grand Theatre foyer (down the corridor to the right, near the lift) and at Dress Circle level (number 2 in the lift).
• Support and guide dogs are welcome in the venue and can be looked after on request.
• Refreshments are available from the Emerald Grand Hall bar (at Howard Assembly Room level).