Event

Soul'd Out Presents
Theon Cross
Wed October 26, 2022
( Doors: 7:00 pm ) SHOW: 8:30 pm PDT
Jack London Revue
529 SW 4th Ave., Portland, OR
Ages 21 and Up
$20.00 - $125.00
GIFTED U.K. MUSICIAN, COMPOSER & MEMBER OF SONS OF KEMET
EXPANDS THE SONIC POSSIBILITIES OF TUBA PLAYING
ROLLING STONE | "Theon Cross Is Bringing Tuba Back to Jazz’s Center"
 
PITCHFORK | "Cross brings new energy to the tuba, an instrument long neglected in jazz and its offshoots... Roving at will across other genres, Cross is able to wholly remake the horn in his own image."
 
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE | "as exhilarating of a tuba player as you’ll find in the business... an essential sideman for many of London jazz’s current luminaries, and he shows on ‘INTRA-I’ that he’s a force to be reckoned with as a bandleader himself"
 
Theon Cross – the gifted musician, composer and core member of Sons Of Kemet – is expanding the sonic possibilities of tuba playing, and is at the forefront of the thriving London jazz scene. He released his critically acclaimed album Intra-I (New Soil / Marathon Artists) last fall and today, in advance of tour dates later this month, Cross returns with a soaring new single, “Wings.”
“Conceptually, the song speaks of the metaphorical wings needed to take flight and embrace new changes and directions in life,” notes Cross. “It captures a feeling of freedom and symbolizes a sense of progressive movement which feels significant as I move into a new chapter in my career.”
 
The “Wings” single comes with a second track: an easy-going, bass-heavy cover version of Aswad’s “Back To Africa.” Both tracks are out digitally today, October 6th, and will be available as a limited edition 7” single.
 
Theon Cross is an award-winning tuba player and composer who not only redefines what can be done with his instrument but also transcends traditional genre conventions with his heady brew of low end theory combined with strains of jazz, dub, hip-hop, soca, grime, and other sounds from the Afro-Caribbean diaspora. In 2019, he released his acclaimed debut solo album, Fyah, and has collaborated with Little Simz, Stormzy, Moses Boyd, Nubya Garcia, Kano and others. Intra-I, his most recent album, is an exploratory and upful celebration of Afro-Diaspora music, featuring songs that examine self-development, the importance of history and heritage and the strength in adversity shown by the first generations of post-war Caribbean migrants to the UK.
Since the October 2021 release of Intra-I, the South Londoner has been busy with a successful UK solo tour and the final round of Sons Of Kemet dates before the band’s indefinite hiatus. Also, Cross recently reimagined Thelonious Monk’s “Epistrophy” for the Blue Note Re:imagined II compilation released last week.
 
 
Notes on Seating: The Jack London provides two options for ticket purchasers: Reserved Seating and General Admission. Reserved Seating is purchased on a table-by-table basis in the central part of the venue and is only available for select shows. Both Tables AND General Admission seating is limited on a first come first serve basis