“When QCBA team up with Omar they deliver an explosion of soul-funk infused music” Jazzwise ★★★★

 

 

Omar one of the UK’s greatest soul legends of modern times, whose debut hit ‘There is Nothing Like This’, topped the UK Charts launching a career that then took him global. Since then he has gone on to release 8 albums, and collaborated with Stevie Wonder, Erykah Badu, Angie Stone, Syreeta Wright, Common and Carleen Anderson.

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Omar teams up with his decade-long partnership of QCBA, featuring the outstanding trumpet player Quentin Collins and the tenor sax titan Brandon Allen, for an intoxicating musical cocktail of jazz, R&B, funk and soul. QCBA are an organ driven quartet of virtuosos known for their funky and contemporary original music. Influenced by the great Blue Note era of the 60s, they’ve taken the jazz scene by storm with their eclectic collaborations.

 

Omar + QCBA return to headline the Cambridge Jazz Festival after their sold out show in 2022. Not to be missed!

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Plus support and DJ Pete Moore

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"This is precisely the kind of gig that is medicinal in every sense of the term. British soul legend Omar has long made music that can lift the spirits as well as impress with its ingenuity, and his meeting with a Grade-A jazz quartet co-led by trumpeter Quentin Collins and saxophonist Brandon Allen provides a welcome opportunity to appreciate that.” Jazzwise Magazine

 

“The mix of Latin stylings, funk rhythms and soulful lyrics, paired with the jazz masters that are QCBA, made for an evening of high-class entertainment. The audience would agree that there’s ‘nothing like this’.” London Jazz News​

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Commenting on the upcoming project, Omar shared his thoughts: “I’m very excited to extend my collaboration with these great jazz musicians onto a live recording and share this fresh approach to my music with my fans.”

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Quentin Collins"I'm excited to have this opportunity to further develop my longstanding musical relationships with both Omar and Ubuntu Music. For so long now I've been a huge admirer of both Omar's incredible voice as well as his unique song writing style. Having collaborated together for over 10 years, it makes a lot of sense to put down on record QCBA's arrangements of some of Omar’s great songs."

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