Cassie Kinoshi is a composer, arranger, and alto saxophonist based in London. She leads the SEED Ensemble (aka seed.) and is a former member and arranger of Afrobeat band Kokoroko and jazz septet Nerija. Her multidisciplinary creative vision makes her an in-demand composer for film, dance, theater, video, art installations, and more. She released Driftglass in 2018 with seed. and was nominated for a Mercury Prize. In 2021, seed. recorded her score for the dance group BalletBoyz, BalletBoyz: Bradley 4:18, and released it on her Beatprint label. With seed., members of the London Contemporary Orchestra, and turntablist NikNak, she premiered her six-movement suite Gratitude at the Southbank Centre in 2023. Combined with later studio recordings and an older live composition, Gratitude was released in March 2024 by Cassie Kinoshi's seed.
Hometown
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England
Genre
Jazz
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