Date(s): 12th December 2009

Time: 7:30pm

Venue: Penelope's, 53-55 Arundel Gate - to the side of the cinema.

How many members of Rafiki Jazz can fit on the stage at Penelope's ? Come and find out and enjoy that music that opened the Musicport festival and got the audience on their feet after the first few bars...

RAFIKI JAZZ play gloriously ambitious contemporary world music, and feature a very special mix of star international and local singers & music-makers in a truly inspiring cross-cultural sound collision. With an outstanding all-Yorkshire frontline trio featuring the fiery Swahili taarab singing of Zanzibari Real World recording artist Mim Suleiman alongside Sheffield bossa-jazz singer Rosie Brown’s cool liquid vocals & newcomer Vanessa Chutturghoon’s sultry creole stylings, this ambitious band’s vision promises an ecstatic babble of voices, languages, stories & beats, whilst the breadth & energy of their arrangements focus on a daring combination of key cultural instruments..kora, marimba, tabla, steeldrums all propel a thoroughly contemporary sound, where beatbox meets berimbau and Brazil greets Banjul. Acclaimed new CD release More Big Muzik from Over There comprehensively raids the global dance chest & grooves its way across the popular music of the continents, impressively linking both established & emerging musicians from our growing community of migrant & refugee artists with some of the finest roots and jazz singers & players from the region & beyond.. whilst regular special guests in the mix include BBC award-winning Fulani troubadour Juldeh Camara & shamanistic soundsmith Juan Gabriel Gutierrez from Colombia ''exciting & special..comes across with a maturity and slow-burning beauty, to savour and enjoy..''(Debbie Golt: African Essence/Resonance FM)

How Much?: £7

Website: Rafiki Jazz on MySpace