OLA TUNJI band

A first album, currently in preparation, will be released in 2026 on WERF Records.

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March 24, 2024 : Untitled EP – Vinyl Edition – Due to high public demand, and with thanks to W.E.R.F. records, this spiritual jazz gem is finally being released on vinyl – almost two years after its official digital release. IMPORTANT: Ships out from April 17th 2026 onwards.

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UPCOMING CONFIRMED EVENTS

• April 16, 2026 : Hnita Jazz Club, Heist-op-den-Berg
• April 17, 2026 : Tropicall Records, Brussels
• May 11-15, 2026 : Album recording
• May 25, 2026 : Jazz Middleheim Festival 2026, Park Den Brandt, Antwerpen
• July 10, 2026 : Gent Jazz Festival 2026, Gent

UPCOMING EVENTS TO BE CONFIRMED

• Summer Festivals 2026 : Avignon (France), Nîmes (France)…

March 24, 2024 : Due to high public demand, and with thanks to W.E.R.F. records, this spiritual jazz gem is finally being released on vinyl—almost two years after its official digital release.

Click the following link to get it : https://olatunji.bandcamp.com/album/untitled-ep

IMPORTANT: Ships out from April 17th 2026 onwards.

THE SUNSIDE TROPHIES – 24th edition, in this cult place for jazz enthusiasts in Paris: 13 participating groups over three evenings, including Ornella Noulet, who won second prize for soloist with OLA TUNJI.

To read this laudatory article and review by Franck Bergerot (*) published in JazzMagazine.com (September 5, 2025) : OLA TUNJI and the Leo Geller Quartet featuring Jérémie Lucchese

(*) Franck BERGEROT has been writing for thirty-five years in the specialized music press (Jazz Hot, Jazzman, Jazz Magazine, Le Monde de la Musique). He has been editor-in-chief of Jazz Magazine since 2007. Co-author with Arnaud Merlin of a two-volume history of jazz (L’Épopée du jazz, coll. “Découvertes”, Gallimard, 1990), he is also the author of Le Jazz dans tous ses états (Larousse, 2010) and Miles Davis, introduction à l’écoute du jazz moderne (Seuil, 1996). In 2009, he wrote the main text for the catalog of the exhibition We Want Miles organized by the Cité de la Musique. With Frédéric Goaty, he wrote the liner notes for the international edition The Complete Columbia Album Collection, a complete collection of Miles Davis’ original albums on 53 CDs. In the same year, he produced a “Nuit Miles Davis” for France Musique.

Yesterday (August 1, 2025), OLA TUNJI won the Avignon Jazz Festival’s European musical springboard (33rd edition)!

Grand Jury Prize: OLA TUNJI
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Best Soloist Award: Ornella Noulet (saxophone)

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• Summer Festivals 2026 : Gent (Belgium), Avignon (France), Nîmes (France)…
• September 3, 2025 : OLA TUNJI – Trophées du Sunside, Jazz Club Paris
• September 2, 2025 : After Jazz à la Petite Halle de la Villette : OLA TUNJI
• August 15, 2025 : Visual Sound Outdoor Festival 2025 (Festival for free jazz, improvised music and experimental music) at Parzelle Dortmund, Germany : Noulet/Wolfson
• August 1, 2025 : Finale Tremplin Avignon Jazz Festival, Avignon (Cloître des Carmes) ; Results : OLA TUNJI wins the Avignon Jazz Festival’s European musical springboard!

OLA TUNJI Wins Gent Jazz Talent 2025 and the Audience Award!

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