This gig has now been rescheduled from Sun 11th Oct 2020 at The Fleece to Sat 24th Apr 2021at the Bristol Beacon (formally Colston Hall) in the foyer. Tickets for the original date remain valid. If you can’t make the new date please remember live music venues are struggling to survive through this crisis so please only request a refund if you really need it.

SEED Ensemble is a Mercury Award-nominated ten-piece band led by alto saxophonist and composer Cassie Kinoshi.The band presents a stellar line-up featuring some of London’s most up-and-coming young jazz musicians including tuba player Theon Cross (Sons of Kemet), trumpeter Sheila-Maurice-Grey (Kokoroko) and guitarist Shirley Tetteh (Maisha). Combining jazz with inner-city London, West African and Caribbean influenced groove, SEED explores a blend of genres through original compositions and improvisation. Their debut release Driftglass (Jazz Re:freshed, 2019) features the track Afronaut (feat. XANA) which won the Ivors Academy Award 2018 (formerly known as BASCA, British Composer Award) for Jazz Composition for Large Ensemble.