Chaka Khan – 'Ain’t Nobody’ (live), with Nu Civilisation Orchestra and the Southbank Meltdown Choir

Chaka Khan performs her global smash hit ‘Ain’t Nobody’ with a full orchestra, live on stage at the Southbank Centre as part of her 2024 Meltdown festival.

This live recording comes from Khan’s festival-closing concert, a 20th anniversary celebration of her album ClassiKhan. Backed by Nu Civilisation Orchestra and Chaka Khan’s Meltdown Choir – a collection of young London-based Black and Black mixed heritage female and non-binary singers, brought together from an open call-out specifically for the festival – Khan performed a host of tracks from the 2004 album.

This concert wrapped up Khan’s Meltdown; 10 days of gigs and live performances across our venues by artists specially curated by the ten-time grammy award-winner to celebrate her 50 years in music. And Khan closed out the gig, and the festival, with this brilliant live rendition of ‘Ain’t Nobody’, one of her most iconic tracks.

About Tomorrow's Warriors

Tomorrow’s Warriors is a leading talent development organisation based at the Southbank Centre in London. They creatively produce shows, provide learning, mentorship, training and consultancy specialising in jazz. Founded in 1991, they help aspiring young artists discover their magic, nurture nascent talent, achieve creative ambitions, and build engaged, diverse audiences.

They champion diversity, inclusion and equality. Whilst inclusive, their pioneering Young Artist Development Programme primarily supports the early careers of young musicians, with a focus on Black musicians, female musicians and those whose financial or other circumstances might lock them out of opportunities to pursue a career in the music industry.

Over almost three decades, Tomorrow’s Warriors have proved a crucial development platform for many of the artists now tearing up the international jazz scene – Moses Boyd, Nubya Garcia, Cassie Kinoshi and Nérija, Femi Koleoso and Ezra Collective, Binker Golding, Shabaka Hutchings and Sons Of Kemet, Cherise Adams-Burnett, Eska, Denys Baptiste, Soweto Kinch, Zara McFarlane, and so many more…

About Meltdown

The Southbank Centre’s Meltdown is the longest-running artist-curated festival in the world. Every year we invite a different cultural figure to curate Meltdown, programming ten days of live concerts and performances across our venues. First held in 1993 the festival has been curated by international icons including Grace Jones, David Bowie, Nick Cave, Robert Smith, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, David Byrne, M.I.A., Yoko Ono, Patti Smith and Nile Rodgers.

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