Acclaimed guitarist Oscar Jerome comes to Foyles for a special Tomorrow’s Warriors +1 evening of live music.
Jerome composed and featured on Kokoroko’s breakthrough single ‘Abusey Junction’ and has gone on to perform with Shabaka Hutchings, Moses Boyd, Yussef Dayes & Lianne La Havas.
The release of his debut solo album ‘Breathe Deep’ saw him embark on an international tour, before Kamasi Washington at venues across the UK.
Oscar will be joined Tomorrow’s Warriors Junior Band. Featuring some of the most promising musicians on Tomorrow's Warriors' award-winning Young Artist Development Programme, the band are closely mentored by Rosie Turton - one of the finest trombonists on the London scene - as well as Dian Gasper, Axel Kaner-Lidstrom, and Gary Crosby OBE.
For over 30 years, Tomorrow’s Warriors has played a vital role within its community and the wider music industry and has been credited with literally changing the face of UK jazz.
Free access to Tomorrow’s Warriors artistic programme has proved crucial in nurturing the nascent talent and early careers of so many of the most exciting UK artists currently tearing up the international jazz scene including Mercury Prize 2023 winners Ezra Collective, Moses Boyd, Nubya Garcia, Shabaka Hutchings and Sons of Kemet, ESKA, Jason Yarde, Denys Baptiste, Robert Mitchell, Soweto Kinch, Shirley Tetteh, Byron Wallen...the list goes on.
A Black-founded and Black-led organisation, Tomorrow’s Warriors is based at Southbank Centre in London and offers a pioneering, comprehensive programme of learning and training which champions and supports young Black and female talent and those who come from challenging circumstances that would be a barrier to accessing opportunities to pursue a music career.
Doors will open from 6:30pm.
