Camilla George Quartet
Camilla George is a visionary saxophonist, composer, bandleader and innovator. Her strong cultural roots and love of fusing African and Western Music has informed her own unique style, a key reason why she is a firm fixture on the new London Jazz scene, alongside peers such as Nubya Garcia and Shabaka Hutchings. She began playing the saxophone aged 11 years old, when she won a music contest where the prize awarded her saxophone lessons.
Renowned newspaper, the Guardian, recently featured Camilla George as one of the “astonishing young talents” in the jazz world. As per the article, “In many ways, Camilla George exemplifies the diverse musical identity of the London jazz scene… Having just released her third album, the Afrobeat-inflected Ibio-Ibio George’s star as a bandleader is beginning to ascend.”
Camilla went on to study with many jazz greats such as saxophone giant, Jean Toussaint (of Art Blakey fame), Julian Siegal and Martin Speake at Trinity College of Music where she gained a Masters in Jazz Performance, as well as being awarded The Archer Scholarship for Outstanding Performance
“Thoroughly enjoyable” Courtney Pine