Nubya Garcia (UK)

Opening Act at 8pm: Christine Tobin & Phil Robson

Nubya Garcia is one of the breakthrough international stars of the recent UK urban jazz boom.

Identified as a generational talent since long before she released her Mercury Prize nominated debut album in 2020, saxophonist Garcia has since played Glastonbury Festival, guested on Later… with Jools Holland and co-released a live album with psychedelic rock band Khruangbin – after a period touring with the Texan instrumentalists, last year.

One of an array of gifted graduates of the UK’s inspirational jazz education and artist development organisation ‘Tomorrow’s Warriors,’ Nubya Garcia is a regular collaborator with such contemporaries as Ezra Collective, Moses Boyd and Sons of Kemet, amongst others.

The 33-year old London born composer and band leader earned a Rolling Stone ‘Artist of the Year’ nomination following the release last Autumn of her second album ‘Odyssey, while The Irish Times called her new recording as “an exhilarating mix of jazz, neosoul and R & B,” and Pitchfork described it as “alive with intensity and rich with the luxury of inspiration.”

Nubya Garcia’s gig in Bray will be her first major concert appearance to an Irish jazz audience.

Opening Act at 8pm: Christine Tobin & Phil Robson

Christine Tobin has been feted by critics around the world for her unique vocal abilities and her haunting original compositions. She has won the prestigous Jazz Vocalist of the Year at the Parliamentary Jazz Awards and was described by respected trumpeter and critic Ian Carr as 'one of the most gifted and original singer-songwriters in today's jazz world'. Originally from Derby, Phil Robson became one of the most in-demand guitarists on the London scene in the 90s and was co-founder of influential quartet The Partisans which toured the US, including an appearance at Jazz at the Lincoln Centre. He has shared the stage with some of the biggest names in music, including Barbara Streisand, Maceo Parker and Django Bates.