Shez Raja at the 2016 London Jazz Festival

Julian Joseph presents a performance by fusion bassist Shez Raja and his Collective recorded at the 2016 EFG London Jazz Festival. Shez trained on the violin from the age of 9 but switched to the bass when he was 13, which allowed him to explore his love of jazz and hi-energy grooves, and has toured with Elephant Talk, Loka and platinum-selling hip-hop artist MC Lyte. More recently he has collaborated with trumpeter Randy Brecker and guitarist Mike Stern on his album Gurutopia.