Tony Kofi and Tim Boniface

JAZZ FROM THE HEART

Friday 17th September, 19.30 – 21.30

Award winning British saxophone legend Tony Kofi teams up with jazz multi-instrumentalist Tim Boniface for a vibrant and powerful evening of classic jazz and original music from their own recordings. Along with a top draw rhythm section, Tony and Tim will draw you into a soulful, rhythmic and melodic world.

Multi award winning saxophonist and flautist Tony Kofi cut his teeth in the Jazz Warriors of the 1990’s, and has gone on to establish himself as one of the most respected and loved jazz musicians, composers and teachers in Britain. He has worked with numerous artists, including Harry Connick JR, Macy Gray, Abdullah Ibrahim, Ornette Coleman, The World Saxophone Quartet, Courtney Pine, and Andrew Hill Big Band. A prolific group leader, Tony has recorded numerous solo albums, and his current project ‘Another Kind of Soul’ is a spirited and explosively affirming tribute to the great Cannonball Adderley. 

“Passionate… superb… heartfelt” – The Guardian

“There is so much respect in jazz circles for Tony Kofi.” – Jazzwise

Cambridge based jazz multi-instrumentalist Tim Boniface works primarily on saxophones and piano, but also on trumpet, flugelhorn, guitars. A leader of his own ensembles and projects - especially his quartet with whom he has recorded two critically acclaimed jazz suites ‘The Eight Words’ and ‘The Infant’ - Tim has collaborated with many remarkable musicians on the UK jazz scene, including Beth Rowley, Polly Gibbons, Andy Cooper, Alice Zawadski, Scott Hamilton, Tara Minton, and Irene Serra, with whom he has developed a project based on the music of Dexter Gordon and Nancy Wilson. Tim is also a priest and theologian, and is the chaplain of Girton College, Cambridge.

“Tim’s quartet play with invention and commitment throughout” – The Jazz Journal

“Inspired and reassuring” – The Church Times