Category: Artist Pages

‘Jazz Jamaica…Well known for blowing the roof off live shows. A joyful, cosmopolitan tribute.’ -Jazzwise “Breathtaking stuff. Britain has its own rival to the Buena Vista Social Club. See them […]

‘‘Charles has managed to bring to life a very vivid sense of the mystery, the magical realism — the luminous folklore of the Caribbean.’’ – Jazzwise Magazine Trinidad born France awards Etienne […]

“With sparkling arrangements by several members of the band, this was a splendid performance of the highest order”. Brian Payne, Jazz Journal, July 2023 “Just to hear the all-female sax section […]

“Ebullient” – New York Times “Composer of eminent individuality” – Yusef Lateef “A concert of weightlessness, class, spark, inspiration and sharing… for such is the music of Etkin: sensitive to […]

“Colectiva fulfilled all our expectations – we were hoping for a group of young musicians playing joyous infectiously uplifting music that would engage across our entire audience,  and that’s exactly […]