British tuba player and composer
Musical artist
Theon Cross is a British tuba player and composer.
Life and career
Born and raised in London , England, to a Jamaican father and Saint Lucian mother,[ 1] he began taking tenor horn lessons at the age of eight, then switched to tuba when he was in his mid-teens,[ 2] discovering jazz through the Tomorrow's Warriors music education programme.[ 1] He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama .
Cross is a core member of the jazz band Sons of Kemet . He has also worked with Moses Boyd and Nubya Garcia in his solo projects.[ 3] [ 4] Other collaborators include Jon Batiste , Emeli Sandé , Kano , Lafawndah and Makaya McCraven .
His solo releases include the 2015 EP Aspirations and the 2019 studio album, Fyah .[ 5] On 29 October 2021, Cross released his sophomore studio album Intra-I .[ 6]
Discography
Studio albums
Title
Details
Fyah
Intra-I
Extended plays
Collaborative albums
Singles
Title
Year
Album
"Forward Progression II"
2021
Intra-I
"The Spiral"(featuring Afronaut Zu and Ahnansé)
"We Go Again"
References
External links
Official website