24th June 2020: Michael Olatuja Lagos Pepper Soup out now – press highlights includes Jazzwise Editor’s Choice, Lab FM, Pasadena and Bandcamp Album of the Day

Bassist Michael Olatuja‘s release Lagos Pepper Soup is out now on Whirlwind Recordings. An exposition of Michael’s Cinematic Afrobeat, the album captures Michael’s experiences in three metropolitan hubs – Lagos, New York and London.

Below are some recent press highlights – check out Lagos Pepper Soup on 12″ 2x Gatefold LP 180g Limited Edition Vinyl / CD / DL: here.

Lagos Pepper Soup is an ambitious work of African diasporic jazz. Olatuja’s bass playing throughout the album is vibrant and endlessly creative… A bold and colorful release that comfortably holds space for a rich musical exchange between American jazz and the music of the African continent.”
Bandcamp (Album of the Day)

“An engaging jazz fusion album.”
Pasadena Weekly

“‘Lagos Pepper Soup’ is loaded with guest artists including singers Angélique Kidjo, Laura Mvula and Dianne Reeves, harpist Brandee Younger and saxophonist Joe Lovano, just to name a few.”
Lab FM

” A thorough command of hard-hitting afrobeat; jazz and funk enables Olatuja to make appealing music that draws a coherent line from the rhythmically and metrically complex to ballads with a soulful and folkish beauty.”
★★★★ Jazzwise Magazine (Editors Choice​)