Live Jazz London

Influences: Herbie Hancock, Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan

The Herbaliser are a London band built around turntables, sampled breaks and live instrumentation, blending hard-hitting hip-hop beats with jazz and funk horns and keys. Their sound sits closer to a live hip-hop band than a traditional jazz combo, with albums like Blow Your Headphones and Very Mercenary forming the core of a catalogue spanning more than 30 years. What makes them worth seeing is their origin in the UK instrumental hip-hop scene and their association with Ninja Tune, which they have turned into a substantial live act that brings their sample-heavy productions to the stage.

Upcoming gigs

• Tue 16 Feb — 19:00 — The Herbaliser Band at The Jazz Cafe