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10A SESSIONS ~ THE SCORPIOS SUPER JAM SESSION

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SERVANT JAZZ QUARTERS, 10A Bradbury Street, London N16 8JN, London

We kick off our first 10A Sessions of 2022 with a three-night monthly recidency by the mighty The Scorpios. Members of the band will invite a rotating cast of players from the Momo Collective for an open-minded jam session, drawing on the band’s back catalogue as well as playing new material.

Hailing from Central Sudan and now based in London after fleeing the fundamentalist takeover in that region, the Scorpios are a septet that melds Arabic rhythms and guitar chops with a raw Eastern funk feel, properly dismantling cultural barriers in pursuit of a unifying rhythmic bliss. Heavy bass, synths, horns and percussions drive through traditional Sudanese forms to create a sound that owes as much to Detroit as it does to Khartoum.

Majazz Project will DJ before and after the event.

This event is part of the Hello Again Hackney initiative ~ A special series of performances to welcome Hackney residents back to SJQ. This event is a collaboration between SJQ and The Majazz Project. Hackney residents get a special £5 discount ticket by entering the promotional code ‘helloagainhackney3’. Every ticket holder will receive a free Hello Again Hackney welcome drink upon arrival.

£10 adv./£5 Hackney residents discount

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The scorpios

Sudanese Afro-Arabic music

The Scorpios, originally from Sudan, fuse  traditional Sudanese music with Eastern funk and aim to dismantle cultural barriers with unifying rhythm. Heavy bass, synths, horns and percussions drive through traditional Sudanese forms to create a sound that owes as much to Detroit as it does to Khartoum. Mimi Kobayashi is the keyboardist for The Scorpios.

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The Scorpios

All tracks recorded qt Abbey Rd Studios on 23rd March 2018 apart from Track 1 recorded at Ormiston Grove and Track 6 recorded and mixed live at Opera de Lyon, France Sept 28th 2019 The Scorpios have a really wonderful Read more
All tracks recorded qt Abbey Rd Studios on 23rd March 2018 apart from Track 1 recorded at Ormiston Grove and Track 6 recorded and mixed live at Opera de Lyon, France Sept 28th 2019

The Scorpios have a really wonderful sound here – a mode that's way different than just the familiar Afro Funk styles you'll hear from other groups – and a style that really represents their long journey in music! The record is really fleshed out with a range of sounds – at times very rootsy and organic, with lots of percussion and vocals, other times almost jazzy – and sometimes a bit more in a deep funk mode, but always with a vision towards the larger mission of the group! There's a cohesive imagination here that's wonderful, and which keeps things moving at a very fresh pace throughout – as trumpet, tenor, guitar, keyboards, and all the other familiar instruments are used in nicely different ways – on titles that include "Samara Brown Complexion", "Yellah Let's Go", "Samha Beautiful", "Traditional Bridal Song", "Azzah", "Algrbow Yahenan", and "Mashena We Want". © 1996-2022, Dusty Groove, Inc.
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