Tony Kofi
Biography
Tony Kofi (born 10 July 1966) is a British jazz saxophonist and flautist. He leads a trio and quartet and is co-founder of the Monk Liberation Band. His trio includes drummer Winston Clifford and Hammond B3 organist Anders Olinder. Kofi is signed to the Specific Jazz label. He has twice won BBC Jazz Awards: Best Instrumentalist in 2008 and Best Album in 2005 for All Is Know. Tony joined Grand Union Orchestra in 1998, led by artistic director Tony Haynes, and has been a prominent player ever since. In May 2021 Kofi appeared on BBC Radio 4 to discuss his early life and the life-changing event that led him to take up the saxophone.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
94 releases · 25 albums · active 1995–2026
- Performance · 156
- Other credits · 7
- Production · 4
Studios: Fish Factory Studio · The Premises Studio (London) · Total Refreshment Centre · Blakeslee Recording Company
Frequent collaborators
- Grand Union Orchestra
- Alina Bzhezhinska
- Various
- Nigel Price
- Guido Spannocchi
- Jamaaladeen Tacuma
- Noga Ritter
- Jazz Jamaica