Description

"Note: We operate on a first come first serve basis for seating, please arrive early.
Pub menu and drinks available at the venue"

There are only a few seats, Most of the audience will be standing room.

1st house door time: 7pm, music 7.30pm
2nd house door time: 9.15pm, music 9.45pm.

Afrobeat is defined as: ?A combination of traditional Nigerian and Ghanaian music, Jazz, Highlife, Funk and chanted vocals, fused with percussion and vocal styles, popularised in Africa in the 1970s.?

Veteran Afrobeat King of the keyboards Dele Sosimi definitely meets all of the above criteria. With a CV harking back to playing alongside the legendary Fela Kuti in his Eygpt 80 band, Dele Sosimi?s Afrobeat Orchestra took to the Jazz Cafe stage to entertain their already hyped up and broad demographic audience.

Mi Soul DJ and integral part of Wah Wah 45?s Dom Servini did the honours with the introduction, ?Please make some noise for the incredible Dele Sosimi?s Afro beat Orchestra!? The whooping and hollering kicked in as Mr Servini jumped from the front of the stage and merged into the crowd, whilst the main protagonist took to the stage. Immediately capturing the spirit within the arena Dele invited the audience to sway their arms left-to-right as the first tune ?TMI'(Too Much Information) kicked in. With his keyboard situated front and centre everybody within the Jazz Cafe got a generous view the main man adorned in a blue Dashiki highlighted with various red patterns and dark trousers.

With his impressive Afrobeat band spread ten abreast across because the stage,the two guitarists and two bass players initiated that distinctive Afrobeat rhythm whilst whilst Dele Sosimi accompanying them on keyboards. Two minutes in and the three-piece powerhouse horn section (Mr Justin Thurgur ? Trombone, Ms Tamar Osborn ? Baritone Saxophone & Mr Tom Allan ? Trumpet ) gave the tune a turbo boost injection.

After six minutes Dele took to the microphone espousing words in the same languid manner and cadence of his former employer whilst the band played on beneath him.

Description

A pub and music bar on the perimeter of Cambridge Circus, at the corner of Romilly Street and Moor Street. First licensed in 1686 as the George, the current building dates from 1898 and the current name from 1986. (One of the old names, Cantons, can be seen being held by one of the gargoyles on the top of the building).

Famous in the 1960s and 70s for folk music and then punk, latterly it has become a jazz venue and home to SpiceJazz club. Up to 5 real ales from the McMullen range on offer and free admission to the main bar but you may have to pay for some music gigs in the basement.

Upstairs at the Spice is for drinks, eats and good times. Enjoy Great British classics with special seasonal dishes prepared daily by our chefs.

6 Moor Street,

Soho,

City of Westminster,

Greater London,

England,

W1D 5NA.

020 7437 7013