Ayodeji Ijishakin aka Deji aka XVNGO is the last musician part of #jazznewbloodALIVE2021 line-up to be featured in our interview series. Get to know him a little better. Deji, tell a bit more about your path with music. Are you part of a musical family? My parents themselves are quite musician people, but they never pursued it professionally. We would often sing as a family, and my Mother has actually released a few of her own songs. The musicality really has been expressed

Meet Morgan Wallace in our #jazznewbloodALIVE2021 interview series. Tell us a bit more about your background growing up in Devon. How is the jazz scene there? Growing up in Devon was lovely. I really value time outside, especially as a way to clear my head, and after moving to London I realised how much of the landscape I took for granted. I played in my school jazz band and the Devon youth Jazz orchestra, but most musical experiences I had in Devon were playing with friends

Our interview series continues with bassist Kielan Sheard who will be performing on Nov.20 on part I of our showcase #Jazznewbloodalive2021 . How did you start your relationship with music and with your instrument. I started as a musician pretty early actually! I started playing the piano when I was 5, inspired by this tiny little red toy piano my uncle got my sister for her third birthday. My parents saw I was obsessed with this piano and got me some lessons. As for the doub

Our interview series continues with Saxophonist Maddy Coombs who will be performing on Nov.20 on part II of our showcase #Jazznewbloodalive2021. Maddy tell us a bit more about your story with music and your instrument. Growing up, I was often around music - my mum is a singer songwriter/guitarist, my stepdad was from Grenada and was often blasting reggae music throughout the house, and my dad is a big music fan. I used to play clarinet in primary school, then in about year 8