Ricky na Marafiki

Bio

Ricky na Marafiki is a 5 piece band playing Africanized Jazz with infusions of
world music, Their musical journey beginning in 2010 in Nairobi, the cosmopolitan capital city of Kenya.
Their arrangements are symphonic with the vocals infusing depth and
emotion into each performance. Their sound is deliberate and reminds us
that we live in an enormous universe filled with wonders and connected with music.
Having hosted numerous live bi-monthly Afrojazz events, Ricky na Marafiki
Band excels at connecting with audiences and taking them on a musical
journey from countryside to urban, delicately fusing high-energy and
danceable rhythms that appeal to young and old alike

PERFORMANCES, TOURS & ACCOLADES
2021 International Jazz Day Virtual
Performance, American Corner
2020 Best Jazz Act Of The Year, Café
Ngoma Awards [Kenya]
2019 Ricky Nanjero Victor Wooten Bass
Players Camp Residency [Tennessee,
USA]
2019 Jamafest Performance [Dar Es
Salaam, Tanzania]
2018 ONGEA! Music Summit Kenya
2018 Bengafest Kenya
2016-2018 Ricky Nanjero Tour with Les
Mangelepa [Europe]
2013 DOADOA Performing Arts Market
[Jinja, Uganda]
2012 Sauti za Busara Festival [Zanzibar,
Tanzania]

DISCOGRAPHY
2011 Tucheze
This album is a bass-guitar heavy journey through the different eras of Nairobi musical sound blending both traditional and modern Kenyan music styles
2015 So Simple
This album is an eclectic mix of sounds, swinging between the traditional lipala & mutibo music of the Luhya people of Western Kenya and the sophisticated jazz tunes in high end lounge bars in Nairobi
2016 Soul Food Ft. Biba Bouch
This album is a collaboration album featuring one of the greatest German jazz singers Biba Bouch. It is a celebration of Kenya music with a German interpretation.
2019 Soko Huru
This album challenged the norms of Benga music composition and seeks to break away from the mold of traditional music composition and performance. By way of collaboration, Soko Huru – Swahili for Free Market – intends to push Benga music across the global music market thus establishing the Benga genre as the ambassador of Kenyan music on the world scene

RICKY NA MARAFIKI BAND LINKS
Purchases: linktr.ee/RickyNaMarafiki
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RickyNaMarafiki/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/RickyNaMarafiki/
SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/Ricky-NaMarafiki
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/AEO_Afrojazz/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB16yGVqPvfEz-NrPqC3Gug---
Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9N9jP1Tpco
Live Show: https://fb.watch/5AU1nHjbvE/
Live Show: https://fb.watch/5ATVbBJDhz/
Gig: https://fb.watch/5ATYr1SPBl/...

Posts

Hit play and let the harmonious fusion of L.O.V.E. elevate your spirits and ignite your soul
Groove Like a Pro: Bass Tricks and Techniques for Success, African Sunrise Bass solo
Ricky na marafiki in the cooking
Ricky The Man with Bass #RickyNanjero #AneveningofAffroJazz

Music

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Weche gi wacho ni aheri
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African Sunrise
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Amka
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Dufa Mpararo
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Hope
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Mama
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Marobo
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Rafiki Jam
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Savannah Nights
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So Simple
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So Simple Mixdown (draft 2)
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Karibia
03:23
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Wasia
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Sunday morning
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Nairobi 70's
06:15
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Tucheze
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Endelea na Ricky
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Marobo
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Amini
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Videos

Hit play and let the harmonious fusion of L.O.V.E. elevate your spirits and ignite your soul
Groove Like a Pro: Bass Tricks and Techniques for Success, African Sunrise Bass solo
Ricky na marafiki in the cooking
Ricky The Man with Bass #RickyNanjero #AneveningofAffroJazz
Norah Jones, Don't know why... Cover bass solo
Abednego
yoweeee
Mastering the Groove: Advanced Bass Techniques Unveiled, Sunday Morning
The Shocking Truth About Double bass jazz What They Don't Want You to Know, Miles Davis / All Blues
IBANEZ SR 506 Great 6 String Bass/ Sunday Morning
Ricky na marafiki Afro jazz
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Wheels Of Life
Ricky Nanjero talks to Dan about bass and music in general
Bass Lesson Andrew Gouche
Afrojazz kenya Mama
Duffa Mpararo
kenyan jazz Sunday morning
kenyan Jazz Paddy Gwada
jazz Fly me to the moon "cover"
kenyan jazz music Rafiki jam with Victor Wooten
Afro jazz Hope
Unbelievable Secrets Revealed: The Truth Behind Bass Afro jazz, Kenyan jazz TUCHEZE
Blue bossa / Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto
Duffa mpararo reloaded
Jazz Uni Nyunyizie Maji..
Take Five - African
WECHE Ricky na marafiki
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Anyango nyar siaya with Ricky na marafiki jamming
Victor Wooten in Nairobi
90 Mins with Ricky na Marafiki
OHH GIVE THANKS COVER BY JUDITH CHRISTIE MC ALLISTER.... DISCLAIMER I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS
Endelea by Ricky Nanjero
Ricky Na Marafiki band performance in Dar es Salaam.
MAMAYO OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
RICKY NA MARAFIKI Hinya Wa Mutumia
RICKY NA MARAFIKI Dufa Mpararo
RICKY NA MARAFIKI New Day featuring
Jam
Jamming With Mitchel
Ricky na marafiki The Traveller 2017
Dufa with Ricky na Marafikii
RAFIKI JAM
Ricky na Marafiki at an evening of afro jazz, Nanjero on bass
kitheka
#theTrend Ricky Na Marifiki’s trip down memory lane
KENYA'S BEST BASSIST
KWELI TV Ricky na Marafiki 'Sondela'
Moments of Afro Jazz
MORNING EXPRESS Ricky na Marafiki Band
Ricky Bass
Ricky na Marafiki Sunday Morning
SOUND CHECK
Kenya Sessions 2015
CRAZY JAZZ MOVE
Best JAZZ Band in KENYA Ricky Na Marafiki BAND
Bass
DUFA MPARARO
goDown Gig MAY EDITION featuring H_art The band, vareso and Ricky na Marafiki
AN EVENING OF AFRO-JAZZ [Gentleman's Edition]
AFRICA'S BEST DRUM SOLO @An Evening Of Afro Jazz
the SOUL SYNDICATE BAND live @Carnivore
Francis Njoroge live@aliance francaise( LEGENDS EDITION)
Ola Mbwena, Ricky na Marafiki- An Evening of Afro Jazz
MAMA : RICKY NA MARAFIKI
INTRO Ricky na marafiki.
Weche :Rikcy na Marafiki
EPK Ricky na Marafiki band
Kenyan Afrojazz Band Ricky na Marafiki in Sauti za Busara

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KENairobi, Kenya
In operation since: 
2010

Contact

+254722228978
Ricky Nanjero

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