| Biography | Ms Maurice brings her melange of influences from organic grooves infused with 70s jazz and a touch of West African sonic seasoning. These sounds are heavily influenced by her London upbringing.
Central to Ms Maurice's music, is stimulated by her visual art practice where she aims to question her 'identity' as well as what it means 'to misrepresent vs to be misrepresented.' Her art provocatively explores the notion of blackness and the hyper sexualisation of the black female body throughout history since the early 1800s. In particular she is interested in the visual history and facts known about Blackface Minstrelsy and The Hottentot Venus - Sarah Bartmann.
Ms Maurice is also bandleader of KOKOROKO and plays with jazz septet Nérija, who were nominated for Jazz Fm Breakthrough Act 2016 and Parliamentary Jazz Newcomer of Year 2017 winner. She has performed with the likes of SOLANGE, KANO on the Jools Holland Show and The Mercury Prize 2016, and features on Little SIMZs album Stillness in Wonderland. |