SACM Jazz Festival 2007

The annual SACM Jazz Festival will take place from Thursday 11 to Saturday 13 October and will feature several of the young generation of jazz musicians studying or teaching at UCT’s SA College of Music. This year’s festival is marked by the presence of several piano and vocal-led groups.

The line-up on the opening night will feature the Chris Engel Quintet (led by saxophonist Chris Engel, recently returned from a year studying in Norway), and bands led by ace French jazz vocalist Deborah Tanguy and pianist Wandile Molefe’s quintet.

The Friday night line-up will see the debut of vocalist Nicky Schrire’s quartet (featuring a rhythm section consisting of Chris Engel, Bokani Macha, Shane Cooper and Andre Swartz), exciting improvising vocalist Zak Moleshe and his band Shape Shifting; the Bokani Macha Trio performing original compositions in the spirit of great South African composers like Bheki Mseleku and Abdullah Ibrahim. Vocalist Emily Bruce who has just released her debut album This Love We Share, will be backed by the Alvin Dyers Trio.

The festival finale on 3 October will see another young vocalist Nomfundo Xaluva making her mark with backing by Jonathan Rubain (bass), Kyle Shepherd (piano) and Andre Swartz (drums), performing a programme of South African songs. The UCT Big Band directed by Darryl Andrews will close the festival with a set of original and standard repertoire.

All performances will take place in the Chisholm Recital Room at UCT’s SA College of Music. Tickets will be on sale at the door at a cost of R40 (general public); R25 for students; Free entry for all UCT students.

Secure parking available.

Enquiries: 021-650 2640/37

SACM Jazz Festival: 11 - 13 October

Thurs 11 Oct 2007 20:00

1.Chris Engel Group - piano, bass, drums, sax, guitar

2.Deborah Tanguy Group: featuring Shane Cooper, Andre Swartz

3.Wandile Molefe Quintet (trp, sax and rhythm)

Fri 12 Oct 2007 20:00

1. Nicky Schrire Quintet - voice - The group will play standard jazz repertoire.

Nicky Schrire is currently a 3rd-Year jazz vocal student at the South African College of Music, University of Cape Town. She has studied saxophone with Bob Mowday and Shannon Mowday and has had vocal training with Anthea Haupt, Amanda Tiffin, Dominique Eade, David Devoe, Kate McGarry, Gretchen Parlato and Natascha Roth. She has attended vocal masterclasses with Sheila Jordan, Madeline Eastman, Dena DeRose, Sara Leib and Deborah Tanguy. Nicky was selected as first tenor saxophonist in the 2004 Standard Bank National Youth Big Band and played baritone saxophone in Dr Abdullah Ibrahim's Cape Town Jazz Orchestra. In 2007 Nicky was accepted into "Jazz in July" at UMass, Amherst and the Stanford Jazz Workshop. Nicky has also performed with Junction 021, James Frank and the Sticky Triggers, Darryl Andrew's DA Band, Vaughn Fransch's KGB Band, Anything Goes, the UCT Big Band, Mike Campbell Big Band, Aviva Pelham, Virginia Davids and Pauline Malefane, Mike McCullagh and Johnny Cooper's Official Glenn Miller Orchestra.

Tonight Nicky will perform with Christopher Engel (saxophone), Bokani Macha (piano), Shane Cooper (bass) and Andre Swartz (drums).

2. Zak (Sakhile Molesh) 'Shape Shifting' (5 piece) Rhythm section, horn and voice

3. Bokani Macha Trio

4. Emily Bruce & the Alvin Dyers Trio

Sat 13 Oct 2007 20:00

1. Nomfundo Xaluva Quartet
Bass, Jonathan Rubain, piano, Kyle Shepherd, Drums, Andre Swartz - a performance of South African songs

2. UCT Big Band featuring students and singers from UCT under direction of maestro Darryl Andrews.

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