Les Hommes

Les Hommes were key to the electric-organ-in-jazz renaissance of the 1990s, yet their take on the genre always veered from the obvious. Heavily influenced by the Brazilian sounds of the 1960s they mix intense percussion workouts with billowing organ refrains. Their move towards the vintage Lowrey organ (and the influence of Brit organ supremo Alan Haven and Brazil's Walter Wanderley) also distinguished them from the cognoscenti. For their performance at Jamboree expect groovacious Rio bossamba, nods to 'library' jazz, rarified film music, and exotica. The band are: Rory More - Lowrey Heritage organ Tarek Abou-Chanab - conga, vibraphone, bongos Vladimiro Carboni - drums Ross Huges - bass clarinet, flute "IT'S HAPPENING" with The Karminsky Experience Inc. For the after-show club night, DJ and producer duo The Karminsky Experience Inc play an all-vinyl set of the kind of jazz you nearly forgot existed. With a global audience that has them topping the Mixcloud Soundtrack chart with their extraordinarily crate-dug vinyl collection, and having sold well over 20,000 copies of their superbly curated lounge compilations, you can expect to hear (and dance to!) thrillingly groovy and reassuringly obscure mid-century jazz sounds. WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5E-3wMXMZU WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giKFac2coAA