Sons of Kemet

Sons of Kemet are a British jazz group formed in 2011, made up of Shabaka Hutchings, Seb Rochford, Tom Skinner and latest addition Theon Cross (taking over from Oren Marshall on tuba). The group uses saxophone and clarinet (Hutchings), tuba (Marshall, Cross), and two drummers to make their music and features a mixture of jazz, rock, Caribbean folk and African music. Sons of Kemet won 'Best Jazz Act' at the 2013 MOBO Awards. On 9 September 2013, Sons of Kemet released their debut album Burn, which received a variety of awards and nominations, including the Arts Desk 'Album of the Year 2013' and a nomination for Gilles Peterson's Album of the Year. Their next album Lest We Forget What We Came Here To Do received the same nomination for the year 2015. In 2018, the thirth album 'Your Queen Is A Reptile' was released on the great label 'Verve Records'.