Born as an adventurous jam band in Brisbane in the late 1990s, Afro Dizzi Act has been described as one of the best fusion bands to ever come out of Australia, and is celebrated as one of the country’s premier festival bands alongside contemporaries such as the Cat Empire and Fat Freddy’s Drop. From an early sound that blended in hip-hop as well as drum and bass, the band took on influences from jazz and world music as its growing reputation took the musicians to new places, arriving at a world-beat sound that comprises a dizzying variety of musical traditions and a mind-opening global perspective. Afro Dizzi Act has headlined top Australian festivals such as the Big Day Out and the Byron Bay Bluesfest, performed in Dubai with the percussion icon Trilok Gurtu, toured the Northeast of India, and played at the first edition of Jazzmandu in 2002. This year, to celebrate Jazzmandu’s 20th anniversary, the band is joined by Navin Chettri of the Cadenza Collective to revive a cherished friendship from Jazzmandu’s early days.
Nick Aggs – Saxophone
Shannon Sol Carroll – Guitar
Oj Newcomb – Bass
Navin Chettri – Drums
Matt Ledgar – Percussions
