Femi Temowo is a British jazz musician. Although known primarily for his guitar playing, Femi is also a well known producer and songwriter.

He discovered and became passionate about the guitar at age 17 when he joined his local church choir, a couple of years later he was introduced to the music of Wes Montgomery

Wes Montgomery

John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery was an American jazz guitarist. He is widely considered one of the major jazz guitarists, emerging after such seminal figures as Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian and influencing countless others, including Pat Martino, George Benson, Russell Malone, Emily...

 which ignited his love of jazz guitar in particular.

He obtained a degree in Jazz Studies from Middlesex University

Middlesex University

Middlesex University is a university in north London, England. It is located in the historic county boundaries of Middlesex from which it takes its name. It is one of the post-1992 universities and is a member of Million+ working group...

 in 2001 and became a well-known session player on the European music scene for several years. In 2003 British alto saxophonist Soweto Kinch

Soweto Kinch

Soweto Kinch is a British jazz alto saxophonist and rapper.Born in London, England to a Barbadian father, who is a playwright, and British-Jamaican mother, who is an actress, Kinch began playing saxophone at the age of nine after learning clarinet at Allfarthing Primary School, Wandsworth, SW London...

, who asked him to form part of his award-winning quartet, approached him. He has recorded two albums with Kinch, the debut Conversations With The Unseen released in 2003 and was nominated for a Mercury Music Prize. The second album entitled A Life In The Day Of B19 – Tales Of The Tower Block, was released in September 2006.

Also in September 2006 Femi released his own debut album entitled Quiet Storm. The album, unlike most things he had recorded before show the different facets of his musicality; featuring musicians such as spoken word artist Zena Edwards, drummer Troy Miller and bassist Michael Olatuja.

Femi is also known to have played with the likes of George Benson, The Roots, Eska, Julie Dexter, Amy Winehouse and Jason Rebello.