Nubya Garcia

Nubya Garcia is a multi-award winning saxophonist and composer. A former member of Gary Crosby’s Tomorrow’s Warriors in her teens, she completed her music training at Trinity Laban. Her debut album, SOURCE, released under the iconic Concord Jazz, has been received with wide critical acclaim including a Mercury Award nomination. Following her album release, the London-based jazz player debuted on NPR’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert, garnering critical further critical and fan acclaim, received a Pitchfork ‘Best New Music’ honour and a Rolling Stone ‘Album of the Month’ pick. The New York Times, who featured Nubya in a full print and online profile feature, described SOURCE as “a life’s worth of experiences into an hour long listen.”

The network TV USA show ‘Entertainment Tonight, featured Nubya on-air during their Golden Globes special episode. Her original music was played and accompanied Jill Scott on CNN for their Juneteenth music TV special.

The Grammy Awards have profiled Nubya in a feature, titled “Meet Nubya Garcia, The Rising Star Taking The London Jazz Scene by Storm”.

In 2023, Garcia released the Amazon Original “Rude Boy/It’s Love,” an inspired mash-up of Prince Jammy and Lee “Scratch” Perry’s dub classic “Rude Boy”, and “It’s Love,” a deep cut from Jill Scott’s groundbreaking debut album. The single was later followed by the album release ‘Khruangbin & Nubya Garcia: Live At Radio City Music Hall’; and ‘Lean In’ her original single which pays affectionate tribute to the Garage scene that dominated the UK club scene throughout the late 1990s. Nubya Garcia recently released 'Fortify' in January 2024 and continues to tour worldwide.