Mark Kavuma
@ the PizzaExpress Jazz Club
22 November 2018
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Biography
Born and partly raised in Uganda, Mark Kavuma is
a prominent young Trumpet player on the British jazz scene. Leading
his own Quartet, the ‘Floor Rippers’ house band and
his main outfit ‘The Banger Factory.’ As well as, playing
with Jean Toussaint’s Young Lions, Jazz Jamaica, Nu Civilisation
Orchestra and also one of the brass leaders at London based carnival
band Kinetika Bloco.
In 2012 Mark was featured as Guest soloist with
Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra having been
voted best soloist at the very first 'Essentially Ellington’
competition in the UK. 2013 saw Mark involved in the national theatre’s
production of the Amen Corner, got the opportunity to play with
the great Mulatu Astatke, played a support slot for Wayne Shorter
at the Barbican (London jazz festival) with A quintet Mark co-leads
with Ruben Fox(sax) and also featured on trumpet in the ‘El
Train,’ Hoxton Hall (directed by Sam Yates and Ruth Wilson).
In 2014 Mark toured the world featuring in Peter
Brooke’s production of ‘The Suit’ and in 2015
he went on the road with the legendary Salif Keita and Les Ambassaduers.
In 2016 Mark got another opportunity to play as
guest soloist with Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Centre Orchestra
performing the Gershwin songbook at the Barbican, before resuming
his studies at Trinity College of music. He Featured in Hoagy B
Carmichael's production of 'This Joint Is Jumpin’ at the Other
Palace Theatre (2017) before starting to work on his debut album
which is to be released on Ubuntu Records, summer 2018.
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