Jemba Groove

Jembaa Groove have started their 2025 tour with a new line-up and brand new songs to be released in fall 2025. With their latest project, Jembaa Groove are strengthening ties with Lagos' vibrant Afro-fusion scene. Together with premium highlifers The Cavemen (NIG), the band has teamed up for another contemporary interpretation of highlife, jazz and Afrobeats, also featuring legendary Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara and Nigerian singing sensation Tim Lyre.
The new wave of "Afro-Jazz" is flourishing around the globe, and Jembaa Groove is on its way to becoming one of the most important ambassadors of this emerging genre.
The latest additions to the line-up are two highly acclaimed members of the European jazz scene who are successful bandleaders in their own right.
Szabolcs "Abase" Bognar on keys and Peter Somuah on trumpet will accompany the band on their upcoming world tour through Europe, the UK, the USA and South Africa.

Quotes:
"A groovy blend of traditional West African and highlife rhythms infused with classic jazz and soul touchpoints that's all complemented beautifully by Owusu's vocals that are sung in Twi, Ga, and Pidgin English"
(KEXP/US)
"Jembaa Groove's second album, sounds like an invitation to daydream and let go"
(Le Monde/FR)
"Everyone is playing them!" Gilles Peterson (BBC6 Music/UK)
"I love their music so much!" Joe Kay (Soulection/US)
"Fantastic!...A great mix of Jazz and Highlife!" Jamie Callum (BBC Radio 2/UK)
"Legendary Stuff!...Sounding Beautiful" Cerys Matthews (BBC6 Music/UK)
"Truly a global phenomenon. An original and accomplished fusion"
(Songlines/UK)