With influences from around the world, Nigerian/British bassist and IMA Award Winner Michael Olatuja’s music touches on each spot has lived in, including London, Lagos, Nigeria, and New York. He finds commonalities among the various genres that have shaped his artistry, including Afrobeat, Jazz, R&B/Soul, gospel, and more. His band, Lagos Pepper Soup has recorded a new cinematic-afrobeat album with special guests, Angélique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves, Joe Lovano, Laura Mvula, Regina Carter, Lionel Loueke, Becca Stevens, and many others.This epic album will be released in April 2020. 

"Bassist Michael Olatuja simply delivered a well-honed message; its project was a perpetual thing, a way of being" - The New York Times

“A virtuoso jazz bassist whose hybridised work draws extensively on West African music” - BBC