FORMED IN EARLY 2016, SEED ENSEMBLE IS A MERCURY AWARD NOMINATED TEN-PIECE BAND LED BY ALTO SAXOPHONIST AND COMPOSER CASSIE KINOSHI. COMBINING JAZZ WITH INNER-CITY LONDON, WEST AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN INFLUENCED GROOVE, SEED ENSEMBLE EXPLORES A BLEND OF GENRES THROUGH ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS AND IMPROVISATION. THEIR DEBUT RELEASE DRIFTGLASS (JAZZ RE:FRESHED, 2019) FEATURES THE TRACK AFRONAUT (FEAT. XANA) WHICH WON THE IVORS ACADEMY AWARD 2018 (FORMERLY KNOWN AS BASCA, BRITISH COMPOSER AWARD) FOR JAZZ COMPOSITION FOR LARGE ENSEMBLE.
“…A WONDERFUL REFLECTION NOT SIMPLY OF THE BEST OF LONDON’S CURRENT IMPROVISATIONAL MUSIC, BUT A STRONG PERSPECTIVE REPRESENTING THE CITY’S YOUNG BLACK CREATIVE CLASS.” – AFROPUNK
