Vimbs Mavimbs presents Late Bloomer

MAVIMBS DEBUT ALBUM WORKING TITLE IS CALLED ‘LATE BLOOMER’. THE ALBUM MARKS THE “BECOMING” INTO ADULTHOOD OR TRANSITIONING INTO INDEPENDENCY. A JAZZ PROJECT THAT MIRRORS THE EIGHTEEN YEAR JOURNEY FILLED WITH TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS. IT AIMS TO CELEBRATE LIFE AND THE RICH AFRICAN HERITAGE. THE PROJECT EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF A MILLENNIAL SOUND BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE BOUNDARIES WITHIN THE JAZZ PRACTICE BUT AIMS TO BE INCLUSIVE OF TRADITIONAL APPROACH TO JAZZ. THE LATE BLOOMER IS A SONIC SELF EXPLORATION AND A PORTRAIT WITH REMNANT OF MAVIMBS MUSICAL UPBRING AND HIS MUSICAL JOURNEY CONCEIVED IN HIS LATE ADOLESCENCE YEARS. THE PROJECT HONORS THE IDEOLOGY OF ‘LATE BECOMINGS’ MONUMENTALIZES THE HUMBLE BEGINNINGS AND THE TRANSITION PROCESS OF EMBARKING ON A NEW CHAPTER. IT IS INSPIRED BY THE CATERPILLAR METAPHOR, WRAPPED IN A COCOON BLOSSOMS IN ITS OWN TIME INTO A BUTTERFLY. IT SYMBOLIZES GROWTH, HOPE AND TRANSFORMATION. THE ALBUM IS AN ODE TO ALL THE LATE BLOOMERS.