London Saxophone Festival 2019
Xhosa Cole
BBC Young Jazz Musician Winner 2018
Last Show: Wednesday 12 th June 2019
PizzaExpress Jazz Club (Soho)
Xhosa Cole is the current winner of the BBC Young Jazz Musician 2018. He makes his London Headline show debut, performing at the 2019 London Saxophone Festival. Handsworth-born Xhosa has played saxophone in the Jazzlines Ensemble, Birmingham Schools Symphony Orchestra and Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra among others. While studying in sixth form, Xhosa attended courses with the National Youth Jazz Collective and National Youth Wind Orchestra. He performs regularly around Birmingham, writes for commissions by the Ideas of Noise Festival and is also involved in teaching the next generation of talent in his locality.