Doors 7:45 PM, Music 8:30 PM – 2 set(s) of music
Line-up:
Roella Oloro – Piano
Rio Kai – Double Bass
Andee Liu – Drums
About
Roella is a British multi-instrumentalist, performer and composer of Nigerian and Jamaican heritage. She is a full-tuition scholarship recipient and recent Magna Cum Laude graduate of Berklee College of Music and has also obtained a Master’s Degree at the Berklee Global Jazz Institute. Earlier this year, she performed with her trio and saxophonist Mary Orji on the “Bands at NAMM” stages at the Hilton Hotel and the Grand Plaza. In May 2024, she went on a mini-tour to Panama with the Berklee Global Jazz Ambassadors led by Danilo Perez, pianistic prodigy, artistic director and founder of the Global Jazz Institute and Panama Jazz Festival. In 2023, Roella performed with her piano trio at NAMM show and Capitol Turnaround in Washington as a featured artist of the SHEROCKS showcase. Pianistically, she represented Berklee’s Jazz and Gender Justice Institute at the Reno Jazz Festival, the Detroit Jazz Festival Collegiate competition and headlined with Terri-Lyne Carrington’s band for BAMSfest.
In May 2022, she won the ISJAC prize for Emerging Black Composers; traveling to Austin, Texas to accept the award and perform with their jazz orchestra. In November 2022, Roella booked a London Mini-tour for her trio during the London Jazz Festival. Three of five show dates; the Royal Albert Hall, Ronnie Scott’s and Pizza Express Soho were sold out. The tour coincided with the release of her first EP ,”Sentient Sounds.”