AFTER GARNERING WIDESPREAD INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM FROM OUTLETS INCLUDING KEXP, BBC 6 MUSIC, GILLES PETERSON, SOULECTION, KCRW, FIP, AND MANY MORE, AS WELL AS SELLING OUT SHOWS ACROSS EUROPE, JEMBAA GROOVE HAS EMERGED AS ONE OF THE LEADING VOICES OF THE NEW AFRO-JAZZ MOVEMENT. FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF THEIR FIRST TWO ALBUMS, SUSUMA AND YE ANKASA / WE OURSELVES, THE BAND HAS APPEARED AT MAJOR FESTIVALS INCLUDING SUPERSONIC JAZZ (NETHERLANDS), JAZZONZE+ (SWITZERLAND), THE LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL, AND MANY OTHERS.
FOR THEIR 2025 TOUR, JEMBAA GROOVE RETURNED WITH A REFRESHED LINEUP AND A NEW COLLECTION OF SONGS THAT FURTHER STRENGTHEN THEIR CONNECTIONS TO THE VIBRANT AFRO-FUSION SCENES OF LAGOS AND LONDON. COLLABORATIONS WITH NIGERIA'S THE CAVEMEN, MALIAN ICON FATOUMATA DIAWARA, AND NIGERIAN VOCALIST TIM LYRE CONTINUE THEIR CONTEMPORARY EXPLORATION OF HIGHLIFE, AFROBEATS, AND JAZZ. THE BAND NOW ALSO FEATURES TWO OF EUROPE'S MOST CELEBRATED JAZZ MUSICIANS—KEYBOARDIST SZABOLCS "ÀBÁSE" BOGNAR AND GHANAIAN TRUMPETER PETER SOMUAH—AS THEY EMBARK ON AN INTERNATIONAL TOUR SPANNING EUROPE, THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE UNITED STATES, AND SOUTH AFRICA.
