Complete List Of Nubya Garcia Songs From A to Z

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Nubya Garcia was born in 1991 in Camden Town, London, as the youngest of four siblings. Her mother is Guyanese, and her father is British Trinidadian. She grew up in a home where music of all kinds was present. She started learning violin at age five, later played viola in the London Schools Symphony Orchestra, and then switched to saxophone at age ten. Her early training included membership in the Camden Jazz Band and studies through the Royal Academy of Music’s youth jazz programme. At the same time, she attended workshops with the organisation Tomorrow’s Warriors under Gary Crosby. By the time she reached her gap year, she had earned a scholarship for a summer programme at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and in 2016 she graduated with honours in Jazz Performance from Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London.

Her professional career began to draw broader attention in 2017 when she released her debut EP titled Nubya’s 5ive on the Jazz re:freshed label. That year her band opened for the Worldwide Festival curated by Gilles Peterson, and in 2018 she made appearances at the Winter Jazz Festival in New York and JazzFest Berlin. In between, she explored how electronics could merge with live jazz performance in her 2018 EP When We Are, which was supported by the Steve Reid InNOVAtion Award. She has also been a member of the collective Nérija and the Afro-jazz ensemble Maisha, showing early on her commitment to collaborative projects and community-driven jazz.

Garcia has released three major albums as a leader: her EP Nubya’s 5ive (2017), her debut album Source (2020), and her third studio album Odyssey (2024). Source was recorded in London and Bogota in 2019 and released on the Concord Jazz label in August 2020; it incorporated reggae, cumbia, calypso, soul and African-diasporic sounds alongside her jazz roots. Odyssey was released in September 2024 and blends orchestral arrangements with R&B, jazz and dub influences. These works show both her depth as a saxophonist and her ambition as a composer and bandleader.

When it comes to recognition and awards, Garcia has earned numerous accolades. She won the Steve Reid InNOVAtion Award in 2017 and was named UK Breakthrough Act at the Jazz FM Awards in 2018. She also won the South Bank Sky Arts Award in 2018 in the Times Breakthrough Act category. In 2019 she was named UK Jazz Act of the Year at the Jazz FM Awards. In 2021 she won the Parliamentary Jazz Award for Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year—and her album Source was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize in the same year. These honours reflect the respect she commands within the jazz world.

What makes Garcia so well-loved and respected in the business is her vibrant tone on the tenor saxophone, her ability to bring in wide musical influences and her commitment to community and collaboration. She has said that Source is about personal power, collective power and her heritage, exploring the stories of her parents and grandparents. Her live performances at venues such as Ronnie Scott’s in London and festival appearances throughout Europe and North America demonstrate her appeal both to jazz purists and new audiences. She has been a monthly DJ on NTS Radio since 2017, further showing her range beyond performance alone.

Outside of her recording and performance work Garcia has contributed to large ensemble projects such as the 2023 album by London Brew, a band of British jazz musicians including Garcia, inspired by the Miles Davis album Bitches Brew. She has also performed with the Nu Civilisation Orchestra on a concert exploring the Stan Getz piece Focus. These collaborations highlight her role in bridging jazz tradition with contemporary creativity and show her interest in large scale musical experiments beyond standard small-group formats.

From her early days in Camden Town to the international jazz scene, Nubya Garcia’s career is marked by disciplined training, bold musical vision and the ability to connect deeply with her heritage while pushing jazz into new territories. Her albums and projects testify to someone who is not only a formidable instrumentalist but a thoughtful composer, curator and collaborator.

Complete List Of Nubya Garcia Songs From A to Z

Before Us: In Demerara & Caura – Source – 2020
Boundless Beings – Source – 2020
Boundless Beings (Georgia Anne Muldrow Remix) – Source ⧺ We Move – 2021
Clarity – Odyssey – 2024
Clarity – Alternative Version – Odyssey – 2024
Clarity – Outerlude – Odyssey – 2024
Contemplation – Nubya’s 5ive – 2017
Dawn – Odyssey – 2024
Fly Free – Nubya’s 5ive – 2017
Hold – Nubya’s 5ive – 2017
Hold (Alternate Take) – Nubya’s 5ive – 2017
In Other Words, Living – Odyssey – 2024
Inner Game – Source – 2020
Inner Game (Blvck Spvde Remix) – Source ⧺ We Move – 2021
La Cumbia Me Está Llamando – Source – 2020
La Cumbia Me Está Llamando – Live At Radio City Music Hall – 2023
La Cumbia Me Está Llamando (Kaidi Tatham Remix) – Source ⧺ We Move – 2021
La Cumbia Me Esta Llamando (Suricata Remix) – Source ⧺ We Move – 2021
Lost Kingdoms – Nubya’s 5ive – 2017
Odyssey – Odyssey – 2024
Odyssey – Outerlude – Odyssey – 2024
Pace (Moses Boyd Remix) – Source ⧺ We Move – 2021
Red Sun – Nubya’s 5ive – 2017
Set It Free – Odyssey – 2024
Solstice – Odyssey – 2024
Source – Source – 2020
Source – Live At Radio City Music Hall – 2023
Source – When We Are – 2018
Source (Dengue Dengue Dengue Remix) – Source ⧺ We Move – 2021
Source (Maxwell Owin Remix) – When We Are – 2018
Stand With Each Other – Source – 2020
Stand With Each Other (KeiyaA Remix) – Source ⧺ We Move – 2021
The Message Continues – Source – 2020
The Message Continues – Live At Radio City Music Hall – 2023
The Message Continues (DJ Harrison Remix) – Source ⧺ We Move – 2021
The Seer – Odyssey – 2024
Together Is A Beautiful Place To Be – Source – 2020
Together Is A Beautiful Place To Be (Nala Sinephro Remix) – Source ⧺ We Move – 2021
Triumphance – Odyssey – 2024
Water’s Path – Odyssey – 2024
We Walk In Gold – Odyssey – 2024
When We Are – When We Are – 2018
When We Are (K15 Remix) – When We Are – 2018

Albums

Nubya’s 5ive (2017): 6 songs

When We Are (2018): 4 songs

Source (2020): 8 songs

Source ⧺ We Move (2021)

Live At Radio City Music Hall (2023): 3 songs

Odyssey (2024): 13 songs

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