CD: Chroma
Emma Rawicz
release date: 25 Aug 2023
"An extraordinary talent" (Jamie Cullum), "currently the name on everyone's lips" (BBC 3), "a force to be reckoned with" (Jazzwise) No question: at just 21 years of age, saxophonist Emma Rawicz is currently the talk of the town on the British jazz scene, which is currently one of the most interesting in the world.
She has single-handedly booked a UK tour covering almost 20 cities, played at numerous British and international festivals, headlined at London's Ronnie Scott's and founded her own big band. She also won the Parliamentary Jazz Award 2022, was a finalist in the BBC Young Musicians' Competition and was nominated for the Jazz FM Awards. All within the last two years. And even before that, in coronavirus times, Emma Rawicz proved to be creative and productive: she began posting practice routines on her tenor saxophone, flute and bass clarinet on Instagram. With lasting success: almost 50,000 mostly young people now follow her there. Her ACT debut "Chroma" is a distillation of all these experiences and an exclamation mark on the international jazz scene.
She has single-handedly booked a UK tour covering almost 20 cities, played at numerous British and international festivals, headlined at London's Ronnie Scott's and founded her own big band. She also won the Parliamentary Jazz Award 2022, was a finalist in the BBC Young Musicians' Competition and was nominated for the Jazz FM Awards. All within the last two years. And even before that, in coronavirus times, Emma Rawicz proved to be creative and productive: she began posting practice routines on her tenor saxophone, flute and bass clarinet on Instagram. With lasting success: almost 50,000 mostly young people now follow her there. Her ACT debut "Chroma" is a distillation of all these experiences and an exclamation mark on the international jazz scene.