22a with Tenderlonious and Ruby Rushton

South London jazz makers, Ruby Rushton, tear up the rule book. Reaching beyond traditional jazz and coffee table conformity, this innovative bunch fuse hip-hop, afro-beat and electronic music to create 'tomorrow’s music, tomorrow’s sound'.

Tenderlonious is the founder and leader of jazz-funk-fusion quartet Ruby Rushton, who’s first album ‘Two for Joy”, from 2015, is often credited for inspiring the UK jazz resurgence.

His debut ‘Tenderlonious’ live album ‘The Shakedown” is considered to be one of the classic albums of the modern jazz era, gaining rave reviews and receiving over 5 million streams worldwide.

He has also proven himself to be one of the most versatile and forward thinking musicians in the world, collaborating with Polish jazz band EABS, Italian musician and producer Lorenzo Morresi on their 2022 album “Cosmica Italiana” and for his famous collaboration with the Pakistani band Jaubi that has generated 2 albums and lead to rave reviews from the likes of The Guardian, Pitchfork, Downbeat to name a few, which further lead to headline shows at London’s Union Chapel and festivals all over the world.