Xhosa Cole has moved forward constantly, since winning the 2018 BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year award. He has released two studio albums: K(no)w Them, K(no)w Us (Stoney Lane Records, 2021) ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Since winning the 2018 BBC Young Jazz Musician of the year award, saxophonist Xhosa Cole has headlined London’s ...

In his 1986 documentary film Handsworth Songs, the director John Akomfrah uses the West Midlands suburb as a lens through which to tell a story of Black life in post-war Britain. Why did he choose ...

“Andy’s Shuffle” features Jason Brown’s jumpy beats twisting and turning around Cole’s riffing, Adriano Adewale brings a hip-swinging groove to “Dance of the Ancestra”, while Mark Sanders’ minimalist ...

Xhosa Cole has moved forward constantly, since winning the 2018 BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year award. He has released two studio albums: K(no)w Them, K(no)w Us (Stoney Lane Records, 2021) ...

Ahead of his appearance at Flatpack Festival, where he is rescoring Sidewalk Stories, award winning musician Xhosa Cole talks to Fergal Kinney about Handsworth, BLM and British jazz Stewart Smith ...

The Orchestra will be performing at Sutton Town Hall on Saturday, October 16 and saxophonist Xhosa Cole will be attending. Xhosa first appeared with the orchestra as a ‘Young Soloist’ in 2015 before ...

As part of their Rhythm-a-ting Tour, Xhosa Cole Quartet visit More Music in Morecambe on Saturday March 4. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Lancashire Evening Post, you can get unlimited ...

The second wave of artists for Brick Lane Jazz Festival have been announced, joining headliners Laraaji, Adi Oasis, and Ragz Originale. Last month, the festival returned with their first announcement ...

Hailing from Birmingham, UK, Xhosa Cole began playing tenor saxophone at a community music school run by the late, great sax player Andy Hamilton MBE. He went on to win the BBC Young Jazz Musician of ...