Saul Williams - The Leap Life Album Tour

Saul Williams brings the Leap Life album tour to Belgrave Music Hall in Leeds, presenting the rapper, poet and actor's first solo full-length in seven years.

Leap Life is named after the leap-year birthday of Saul Williams, and it combines spoken word, jazz, hip-hop, ambient composition and ceremonial sounds, with the emphasis placed on voice, rhythm and instinct. Contributors to the record include Carlos Niño, Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack, Moor Mother, Kamasi Washington, Georgia Anne Muldrow and Surya Botofasina. The tour presents this material in concert.

Born in Newburgh in 1972, Williams is an American actor, writer, poet and rapper whose music draws on rap, hip-hop and alternative hip-hop. Over nearly three decades, Williams has worked across music, literature and film. Williams starred in Sinners, which received 16 Academy Award nominations, co-wrote and starred in SLAM, which won awards at Sundance and Cannes, and directed Neptune Frost. Williams has also released several albums and books.

Belgrave Music Hall is a concert and performance venue in Leeds. The evening suits listeners who follow hip-hop and spoken word alongside jazz and ambient music.