TheAaronRimbuiQuintet
Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya | INDIE
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Aaron Rimbui is a jazz keyboardist, composer and performing artiste. His music is best described as colourful rhythmic melodies with African infusions served on a funky contemporary jazz platter.
He has 2 albums to date: the first Keys of Life released December 2005 and his second, Alfajiri released June 2009.Aaron has been one of the pivotal forces of the Jazz culture in Kenya playing a vital role in popularizing jazz music. He hosts a much loved and highly successful bi-monthly jazz concert in Nairobi city dubbed ALL THAT JAZZ. - Google
Discography
Keys Of Life (2005)
Alfajiri (2009)
Please Wait (http://www.soundcloud.com/aaronrimbui)
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Formed in 2008 by band leader Aaron Rimbui, the band has been performing in Nairobi at Nairobi's premier jazz event, All That Jazz and featured in Zanzibar's Jahazi Jazz Festival (2012). The band's influences include Jeff Lober, Herbie Hancock,Andile Yenana and Themba Mkhize.
The band's special expression of East African Jazz fusion can be broken down as such; jazz as it is known,that is, improvisation and compositions using the jazz language; and World Music,specifically a uniquely East African style known as Benga which is heard in music from East African greats such as Remy Ongala.
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