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Moses Boyd

Jazz Drummer, Bandleader

Music

My time at Trinity Laban was a positive one. My studies were greatly supported by a great group of staff and faculty. I feel I was given the space and freedom to explore and refine my interests which have now become a great asset in my career.

Moses Boyd
Moses Boyd

Biography

Moses Boyd graduated with a BMus (Hons) Jazz Drums in 2016. Throughout his time at Trinity Laban, he worked in a professional capacity as one half of the duo Binker and Moses, with his ensemble The Exodus and on his own as Solo Exodus, and released music under his own label Exodus Records. He has collaborated with Lonnie Liston Smith, Ed Motta, Little Simz, Four Tet, Floating Points, Zara McFarlane, Gilles Peterson, Soweto Kinch and many more. Awards he has received include the John Peel Play More Jazz Award from the 2016 Gilles Peterson Worldwide Awards, a Parliamentary Jazz Award for Jazz Newcomer of the Year 2016, a MOBO award for Best Jazz Act 2015, two Jazz FM awards and the Worshipful Company of Musicians’ Young Jazz Musician award in 2014. Moses has released two albums with his band Moses Boyd Exodus and a debut album, Dem Ones, with Binker and Moses.