Hastings Jazz Festival Presents: Samaki & Barnaby’s Big Band | Henry Ward Hall | 4:50pm

Hastings Jazz Festival Presents: Samaki & Barnaby’s Big Band | Henry Ward Hall | 4:50pm

Samaki joins forces with Barnaby’s Big Band, led by festival co-founder & trombonist Barnaby Davies, for a one-off Hastings Jazz Festival performance — with Samaki’s Afrobeat-infused originals expanded into full big-band charts for the very first time. The project is driven by saxophonist and arranger Chris White , whose long-standing work with Van Morrison and Billy Ocean places him among the UK’