RE:SOUL

RE:SOUL Jazz/Global Beats/Soul/Hiphop live sessions & gigs established in 2015 in Leeds/UK run by DJ Lubi The community that is RE:SOUL. The house band also changed.

Since its launch in May 2015, RE:SOUL quickly became an essential part of Leeds' unique underground jazz/soul/global beats music scene. It began as a monthly jam session in 2015 but after a year, it was also doing regular stand alone shows often featuring bands and musicians who were regulars at the jam. The jam, which started at Hirst's Yard, would move to another 2 venues before the end of 2019

until it stopped. The live gigs and stand alone shows would continue until March 2020 and then they stopped due to the pandemic. DJ Lubi restarted live gigs in May 2021 using RE:SOUL as a co-host and featuring several RE:SOUL showcases with today's jazz/soul generation including shows with Secret Night Gang, Lovescene, Laura Kindelan, B-ahwe, Space Dolphin, Mamilah and Wise Willis. The monthly jam session began in May 2015 at Hirst's Yard Leeds and was organised by DJ Lubi Jovanovic and alto sax player Jonny Faull. For 2 years, this tiny venue was rammed with young emerging musicians and bands united by there love of jazz/soul/hiphop/global beats. With a killer house band of Leeds College Of Music alumni and students, an early doors showcase set for new artists and loads of great musicians/singers/MCs sitting in, the session became a bit of a local legend. It gave first or early shows to many of today's established Leeds/UK artists including Tetes de Pois, Jasmine, Mali Hayes, Necktr, KONL, Alice Higgins, Tim Cook (TC & The Groove Family), Slow Loris, Olivia Bhattacharjee (Noya Rao), Alex Robinson, Gracie, The Freese Trio and Vanessa Jamie. In autumn 2017, the original venue closed and RE:SOUL moved to the legendary Wardrobe hosting the jam up in the bar. Jonny Faull left and Lubi took over hosting the night solo. A new MD came in - saxophonist Harry Fowler from Tetes de Pois - and more great new bands and artists were featured in the showcase sessions and jam including Project Hilts, Grifton-Forbes Amos, The Space Antics, Wise Willis, Narcle, Lizzie Berchie and Shaniah Williams. September 2019 saw the jam move for the last time, this time to another legendary venue - The Hifi Club - and it became a monthly feature at the long established Sunday Joint live music sessions. DJ Lubi was the new booker for Sunday Joint and so he relaunched RE:SOUL at the venue. The new house band was drawn from Tetes De Pois's rhythm section plus drummer Theo Goss (KOG & The Zongo Brigade) and original RE:SOUL house band member Martin Longhawn on keys. There would be a few RE:SOUL sessions in autumn 2019 and spring 2020 at Hifi Club and then the venue and weekly night closed due to the pandemic. Sunday Joint would return in September 2021 with Lubi booking bands and hosting the night but RE:SOUL has not come back. However, Lubi has put together a new Sunday Joint house band that features Jonny Lodder (drums), Amanda Nossen (bass) and Eve Creighton (guitar) and twice a month, they open the night with guest singers, MCs and instrumentalists so the spirit of the RE:SOUL jam lives on! RE:SOUL, under DJ Lubi, has continued as a live gig promotions entity and over the last 3 years has featured shows with such amazing bands and artists such as Ezra Collective, Kokoroko, KOG & The Zongo Brigade, TC & The Groove Family, Pyjaen, Secret Night Gang, Tetes De Pois, The Haggis Horns, SEED Ensemble, Cykada, Awen Ensemble, B-ahwe, Rosie Frater-Taylor, Jarrod Lawson and many more top artists from near and far. The jam session may be temporarily dormant but the impact RE:SOUL had in building today's current amazing Leeds jazz/global beats scene is without question. So many bands and promoters doing great things today passed through RE:SOUL in their early days and the spirit of the night lives on in the live music gigs hosted by Lubi under the RE:SOUL banner as well as the resurgent Sunday Joint sessions at Hifi Club. And long may it continue

As the old saying goes : "jazz is for life not just for Christmas".....

18/12/2025

Bradford/Shipley/Aire Valley folks, great gig this Saturday at Kirkgate Centre Shipley....a night of afrobeat x afrofunk fusion with Kontiki and KOG/Jasmine Myra guitarist Ben Haskins new band LoVu....doors 7.30pm...tickets from Seetickets here : https://bit.ly/Kontiki-KCC plus via DICE and Jumbo Records

26/11/2025

This Saturday 29th November, alt-jazz band Plantfood link up with London rapper Yung Yusuf for a joint EP launch at Belgrave Music Hall & Canteen Leeds...support from alt-jazz band Nova.Sol and hiphop band Scratchy Junk Show...doors 7.30pm....tickets from Seetickets, DICE, Jumbo Records, Crash Records

16/10/2025

This Sunday (19th October), a UK next gen jazz showcase in Leeds st Hyde Park Book Club co-promoted by London's Tomorrow's Warriors and Lubi Jovanovic - Warriors RISE featuring London based Peruvian alto saxophonist Allexa Nava and ger quartet making their Leeds debut. She's will perform original music from her debut EP on Jazz re:freshed Records "No Language".

Support from Leeds drummer Tom Warrilow and his band Cinquillo playing contemporary jazz with Latin and Brazilian influences.

Tickets from Seetickets below 🎟
https://bit.ly/Tomorrows-Warriors-RISE

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The community that is RE:SOUL. Since it’s launch in May 2015, RE:SOUL has become an essential part of Leeds’ unique underground live music scene, particularly the vibrant jazz and soul scene. A monthly jam session founded by saxophonist Jonny Faull and DJ Lubi Jovanovic held on the last Monday (usually) of the month, originally at Hirst’s Yard and then since September 2017, at the legendary Wardrobe Leeds. In February 2020, the night moved to the legendary Hifi Club in Leeds for their weekly Sunday Joint session. RE:SOUL is the final Sunday monthly in term time. Dedicated to showcasing the genres of neo-soul, leftfield/alternative hip-hop, contemporary jazz, deep classic soul and jazz-funk, the venue is buzzing month after month with musicians, vocalists, MCs, and music lovers keen to jam, head-nod and enjoy the vibe! Check it out here: https://vimeo.com/128993833 Venue: The Hifi Club, 2 Central Rd, Leeds LS1 6DE Each monthly session begins with a set of original live music by a guest artist or band. There is so much emerging talent coming out of Leeds at the moment for this kind of music its unreal! RE:SOUL is proud to host the best upcoming artists/bands often for their debut performances. So far artists/bands who have been featured over the years have included Malaika, Pariss Elektra, Akin (The Abstract Orchestra), Indecent Gorilla, Gracie, Portmanteau, Michael Bird, The Freese Trio, Vanessa Jamie, Pieces Of A Man (Tru Thoughts Records), Miss Idelle, Mali Hayes (Brownswood Future Bubblers), Necktr (Wormfood Records), Garde Dog (Tight Lines), Lexys Reid, Têtes de Pois, Slow Loris, Mamilah, Dulahli, Glass Cage Experiment, Project Hilts, Narcle, Wise Willis and Lizzie Berchie. We may have missed a few out as we’ve had 36 sessions but you can see many of today’s bands started first in Leeds at RE:SOUL. Following the guest artist set comes the jam session with the RE:SOUL in-house band (currently musicians from Têtes de Pois, Slow Loris, Svarc/Hanley/Longhawn Trio, Jasmine, MDVLNS). This is the chance for vocalists, instrumentalists and MCs who love neo-soul/hiphop/jazz/funk etc to get on stage and do their thing performing covers or originals with the backing of professional musicians that make up the house band : Original band May 2015-December 2017 : Jonny Faull - alto sax/MD Martin Longhawn - keys/Co-MD Alex Robinson - electric bass Tim Carter - drums https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=322hqZqDmtk (RE:SOUL house band cover of 'Crazy Race' - RH Factor)

Current band January 2020 onwards : Martin Longhawn - keys Owen Burns - electric bass Harry Fowler - tenor sax/MD Ben Haskins - guitar Theo Goss - drums *****If you want to get up and jam with the house band choose a tune from the repertoire list below and either send us a message or put your name and selected tune(s) down on the list going round on the night before the jam. ***** From the moment doors open, between the sets and late into the night after the jam, Leeds legend of all things jazz/soul/global beats DJ LUBI (Soul Rebels Sessions/DIG Family/Sunday Joint) runs things, both as DJ and host. Expect him spinning music from his big collection of neo-soul/hiphop/jazz/funk - past, present and future. Look out for the monthly RE:SOUL event pages on Facebook for information on each individual session at The Wardrobe Bar as well as one-off takeovers at other venues. The page also posts & shares pictures, videos, recordings, events and anything else related to neo-soul/hiphop/jazz/funk/fusion etc in our city and beyond. RE:SOUL REPERTOIRE LIST Instrumental: Pastor T - Roy Hargrove/RH Factor Crazy Race - Roy Hargrove/RH Factor Strasbourg St Denis - Roy Hargrove/RH Factor Can’t Wait for Perfect - Bob Reynolds Happy people - Kenny Garrett G.T.D.S. - Kenny Garrett Wayne’s Thang - Kenny Garrett Sing a song of song - Kenny Garrett It’s On - George Duke Rising Son - Takuya Kuroda Piri Piri - Takuya Kuroda F.T.B - Robert Glasper Bounce - Nate Smith K.C. Bounce - Jesse Fischer & Soul Cycle Red Baron - Billy Cobham Mr Clean - Marcus Miller PP Head - Headhunters Skank It - Headhunters Cissy Strut - The Meters Footprints - Wayne Shorter (Terence Blanchard Version) So What - Miles Davis (Ronny Jordan version) Summertime (groove version) Just Let It Ride - Theo Croker The Right Time - Theo Croker This Could Be - Theo Croker Bubba Rides Again - Keyon Harrold Red Clay - Freddie Hubbard Jan Jan - Grant Green version Vocal: Apple tree - Erykah Budu On & On - Erykah Badu Afro Blue - Erykah Badu/Robert Glasper Golden - Jill Sott It’s Love - Jill Scott Brown Sugar - D’Angelo Lady - D'Angelo Feel Like Making Love - D’Angelo version Superman Lover - Johnny Guitar Watson (D’Angelo version) Chicken Grease - D'Angelo All Over Your Body - Jose James Save your love for me - Jose James vibe I Can’t Help it - Micheal Jackson Mr Magic - Amy Winehouse Half Time - Amy Winehouse Crazy - Gnarls Barkley (Cory Henry version) Nakamarra - Haitus Kaiyote Brother Sister - Brand New Heavies Have a Good Time - Brand New Heavies Crazy Race - RH Factor Cherish the Day - Robert Glasper Sometimes - Brand New Heavies (J Dilla) Don’t Let Go - En Vogue Ready or Not - Fugees Killing me Softly - Fugees Where Would You Be - Jaw Use Me - Bill Withers Lovely Day - Bill Withers Shackles - Mary Mary Midnight - Lianne La Havas Little Ghetto Boy - Donny Hathaway Everybody Loves the sunshine - Roy Ayers Summertime Searchin’ - Roy Ayers