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The history of jazz presents a melding of different cultural cues which form the core of the music itself. It is no coincidence that the music originated in New Orleans, a city with a unique blending of influences from the Caribbean, Europe, and the African diaspora. Over the ensuing decades, artists have woven sounds from around the globe into the loose improvisation-knit fabric of the music to create new tapestries. At the same time, while jazz was born in America, its textural inclusiveness has formed a diverse music that transcends borders. In fact, one of the hottest jazz scenes of the early 2020s can be found in the capital of the nation from which America once declared its independence. Appropriately, artists on the London jazz scene have reached prominence primarily due to their openness and willingness to adopt ideas from other music – including hip hop, neo-soul, broken beat, or African and Caribbean music – and finding ways to connect them into a newly formed cohesive whole. Though, in its own words, \u201csmall and relentlessly determined\u201d, Jazz re:freshed has been at the crux of these most recent developments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now celebrating its twentieth anniversary, Jazz re:freshed has become a breeding ground for talent who later become world renowned for their broad creative perspectives and artistic prowess. Some of the organization\u2019s better-known alums include Shabaka Hutchings, SEED Ensemble, and Nubya Garcia. Each year, one of Jazz re:freshed\u2019s most significant offerings has been a night at Austin\u2019s South by Southwest Festival dubbed its Outernational showcase. The event provides tastemakers the opportunity to hear musicians who have developed through the organization, often in their first performance in the States. One such artist booked for the 2023 Outernational is the composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, Dominic Canning, better known as DoomCannon.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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