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SUMMARY:SOMI
LOCATION:SFJAZZ Auditorium\, 201 Franklin St\, San Francisco\, CA 94102
DESCRIPTION:Vocalist\, composer\, actor\, and playwright Somi Kakoma is a s
 ublimely gifted artist possessed of rare power and clarity. A Doris Duke P
 erforming Artist Award winner\, TED Senior Fellow\, and the first African 
 artist nominated for the GRAMMY for Best Jazz Vocal Album\, she is “a vi
 rtuosic performer in full command of her instrument and powers” ( The Ne
 w York Times ). Following her standout performance at the 42nd San Francis
 co Jazz Festival in 2025\, she returns for a night on the Miner Auditorium
  stage. Born into a Rwandan & Ugandan family\, the Illinois-born Kakoma sp
 ent her early childhood in Zambia\, where she absorbed the music of her ad
 opted home before returning to the States for college studies in anthropol
 ogy and music — a balance of interests that has come to define her singu
 lar vision. Somi was championed and mentored by the iconic South African j
 azz giant Hugh Masekela and released her 2007 debut Red Soil in My Eyes fo
 r Harmonia Mundi’s World Village label — a release that set her on the
  path to worldwide recognition and globe-spanning tours. 2014’s major la
 bel debut The Lagos Music Salon hit #1 on the Billboard jazz chart and fea
 tured guest appearances by Common and Angelique Kidjo. Her latest album\, 
 What Does It Take To Bloom? \, is a deeply personal song cycle on becoming
  and the courage to come home to oneself.\n\nhttps://www.sfjazz.org/ticket
 s/productions/26-27/somi/
URL:https://www.sfjazz.org/tickets/productions/26-27/somi/
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