ROSE KORBER'S - 19TH ART SALON

Cape Town has hosted many original and exciting events during the year, and for art lovers, the annual ART SALON, curated by noted art dealer and consultant Rose Korber, this exhibition adds to the cultural highlights for the festive season. An innovation, this year will be the inclusion of the 'Salon des Confusés' - a 'salon within a salon’ - presented by the much sought-after Cape Town curator and art theorist, Andrew Lamprecht. The salon opens on Thursday 16 December 2010 until 17 January 2011 at Rose Korber Art, 48 Sedgemoor Road, Camps Bay,...

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Kyle Shepherd SOLO PIANO CONCERT Sat 18 Dec 2010

Kyle Shepherd the highly acclaimed and influential South African jazz pianist / composer and SAMA-nominee, will play a solo piano concert on Saturday, 18 December 2010, 8pm at the UCT College of Music, Rondebosch, Cape Town. This will be Shepherd’s 10th solo piano concert since the launch of his solo career and debut album in 2009. He has performed solo concerts in Belgium, Swaziland and South Africa. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL! R60.00 (R40.00 Students...

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MUSIC & WORDS - TRUDY RUSHIN and WAYNE BOSCH with Guests in concert

This is the third concert of her original music, where singer-songwriter Trudy Rushin has collaborated with guitar genius, Wayne Bosch. The first half of this concert will feature three exciting guest artists. Guest artists: Poet, DIANA FERRUS, who's just released her latest book, "I've come to take you home". Vocalist MEGAN FRANCIS, who came 2nd in the 2010 Jazz Voice competition at Grand West. Emerging young singer-songwriter, PETER LAVEY DATE:...

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‘PRESENT in the ORIGIN’ ‘Redefining the African roots of Jazz’

Shannon Mowday presentsMOTE and friendsA lecture/demonstration and performance10 December 2010Artscape Theatre, Artscape Theatre Complex, Cape Town Saxophonist and composer Shannon Mowday has been on the South African musical scene for many years having specialised in performing across all genres of music and styles ranging from Jazz, African, classical, rock, Afrikaans and symphonic music. She has performed with artists nationally and internationally...

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Celebration of African Culture and Heritage - 28 November 2010

Afro Pan Project is a collaboration of musicians and artist - our main aim is to create platform, opportunities for up, and coming performers in any art form. Hence, we will be hosting an annual music, arts & culture show at New Africa Theatre in Athlone, on the 28th November 2010. This year’s theme: Celebration of African Culture and Heritage through Music and Art. Last year we had a good show and well attended, regardless of the fact...

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ESTHER MILLER - A Jazz Odyssey

Jazz Vocalist Esther Miller makes a welcome return to her home town for the second year running with a concert at the NMMU South Campus Auditorium, Port Elizabeth, on the 5th of January 2011.On this occasion she will be accompanied by Cape Town Guitarist, Wayne Bosch and Threes Company Trio. ...Esther was born and raised in Port Elizabeth and matriculated from Gelvandale High school where she sang in the school choir, enjoyed sprinting in...

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WAVESCAPE SURF FILM FESTIVAL 2010 CAPE TOWN

The seventh annual Wavescape Surf Film Festival kickstarts the 2010 summer season in Cape Town with a bumper crop of adrenaline-charged surf movies. Presented by the Save Our Seas Foundation, the festival (from December 1 to 19) focuses on the critical plight of the world’s oceans, and surfing development in South Africa. The festival begins with the Wavescape Surfboard Art Exhibition from December 1 to 7 at the trendy Cape Town restaurant Depasco Cafe. Twelve surfboards decorated by artists will go on auction on December 8. Proceeds go to ocean...

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Frank Paco & The CT Young Lions feat Rodrigo Galvao

Frank Paco will be hosting a World Jazz performance this Saturday 2nd of October, featuring a vibrant Brazilian Percussionist and the CT Young Lions who are emerging so fast into the limelight of Cape town's Jazz scene with their skillful performance. Frank Paco(drums) - Performance with the band Queen backing artists such as Bono, Jimmy Cliff, , Angelique Kidjo, Dave Stewart, Andrews Bonsu, Johnny Clegg, Brian May, Peter Gabriel at 46664 concert. Other concerts with: Jonathan Butler, Ronny Jordan, Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Jimmy Dludlu,...

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Imperial Tiger Orchestra - Southern African Tour 2010

Pro Helvetia Cape Town, the Swiss Arts Council, presents a Southern African tour by Imperial Tiger Orchestra a Geneva-based music group that performs songs from the Golden Age of Ethiopian modern music (1969 - 1978) featuring Endres Hassan from Ethiopia playing the Masenqo Inspired by the Golden Age of Ethiopian modern music (1969-1978) Imperial Tiger Orchestra is soon to hit the live music spots of Southern Africa. Their tour includes Cape Town,...

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World Record at Earthwave Beach Festival 2010

EARTHWAVE BEACH FESTIVAL Guinness World Record attempt + Longboard and SUP contests Surfing and sustainable lifestyle event Saturday & Sunday, 25 & 26 September 2010 Muizenberg, Cape Town There will be action aplenty at the Earthwave Beach Festival at Muizenberg this weekend as Cape Town’s surfers try to break the Guinness World Record of 110 riding on the same wave alongside talks and displays on environmental issues, a photographic exhibition,...

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PAN AFRICAN SPACE STATION 2010

"The Pan African Space Station (PASS) is a 30-day music intervention on the internet and in venues across greater Cape Town from September 12 – October 12. It is an initiative of the Cape Town based curatorial team of Ntone Edjabe and Neo Muyanga (the Heliocentrics), in partnership with the Africa Centre. Now in its third year, PASS continues its cross-cultural and cyber-spatial exploration, bringing together diverse pan-African sounds from ancient...

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TRIBUTE TO EZRA NGCUKANA

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS WAS POSTPONED. TRIBUTE TO EZRA NGCUKANA Venue: Swingers Jazz Cafe, Wetton Date: Sunday 03 October 2010 Time: 18H00 till late Musicians free.... ALL WELCOME FOR JAM SESSION Donation: R50 RSVP: Tribute 078 6652 167 blackstarartspro@yahoo.com THIS EVENT WILL BE SUPPORTED BY TOP CAPE TOWN BANDS AND MUSICIANS, LEGENDS AND UPCOMMING ARTISTS, PRODUCERS, PROMOTERS, FILM MAKERS, MANAGERS. MUSICIANS WILL BE INDOCTRINATING THE LEGACY OF GOOD SOUNDS EZRA LEFT WITH ...

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ATHLONE ACADEMY OF MUSIC - Annual Jazz Concert 2010

"The Athlone Academy of Music (AAM) is a non-profit organisation established in 1994 with the sole aim of providing music tuition within the Athlone area. This initiative has now expanded and has grown to include the greater Athlone community residing along the Klipfontein corridor including Langa, Gugulethu, Khayelitsha, Mitchells Plain, Retreat, Steenberg, Atlantis and Malmesbury to name but a few." The aim of the AAM is to "To identify and develop...

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Living Guitar Legends Concert

Living Guitar Legends Concert Fri-Sat: 20:00 Sun: 18:00 17, 18, 19 September 2010 Joseph Stone Auditorium, Athlone Bookings:021 6371268 The Living Guitar Legends Concert is a cross cultural performance featuring a stunning lineup of South Africa’s well known soloists: on Guitar, Saudiq Khan, James Grace, Hilton Schilder, Tony Cox, Steve Newman, Greg Georgiadas, Errol Dyers. Cajon player Robert Davids and Bass player Andre Webb, join Khan’s Trio....

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Cape Town Goema Orchestra - Goema Symphony No. 1 update

With names like Mac McKenzie, Rayelle Goodman, Petra Hofmeyr, Sarah-Jane Frith, Vincente Espi, Matthijs van Dijk, Derek Gripper, Natalie Mason, Jeanette Claassen, Robert Jeffery, Theresa Bur...ger, Natasha Otero, Brydon Bolton, Spencer Mbadu, Wesley Valentine, Darryl Andrews, Gerand 'Aykes Swatz, Dave Williams, Heather Roth, Louisa Theart, Jody Engelbrecht, Simon Bates, Ernestine Deane, Hilton Schilder, Eugene Trofimczyk, Brian de Goede and Madosini...

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Percussion & Drums

20 August 2010 · 9:00pm - 11:00pm Tafelberg Restaurant & Bar 6 Roodehek Terrace, off 105 Hope Street, Gardens, Cape Town Please call: 021 465 6852/6864 http://www.thetafelberg.co.za/ http://www.indabamusic.com/people/danielbloem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyFNuEu_...

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Ezra Ngcukana - Funeral Arrangements

Memorial Wednesday, 18 August 2010, 16:00 - 20:00 Gugulethu Sports Complex Funeral Saturday, 21 August 2010 10:00 am Gugulethu Sports Complex Please note that from 15:00 until 22:00 there will be some music and cultural activities at the Gugulethu Sports Complex to celebrate the life of the great Ezra Ngcukana. If you want to partake in the activities please call Ntando For more info Please call Ntando: 0786652167 or 0768604...

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Cape Town Goema Orchestra - Goema Symphony No. 1

"The Cape Town Goema Orchestra is a 25-piece Mac McKenzie ensemble featuring strings and brass as well as mouth bows, marimbas and mbiras. Mac’s composition 'Goema Symphony No. 1' will be performed at SABC Studios Auditorium on Saturday 28 August 2010 at 8pm. Promo Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dg-e65r2HU" Yes, a symphony from one of the Goema Captains. It may sound a bit eccentric, but Mac is known to push boundaries, from the music of...

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Hamba Kahle Music Giant Ezra Ngcukana

Music Giant, Ezra Ngcukana passed away yesterday, 9 August 2010. A well educated musician, with two degrees and who had a big influence on his peers and young musicians. A man who unselfishly paid his dues over and over. Hamba Kahle Ezra Ngcukana. Tributes: sad news again: Ezra Ngcukana died yesterday morning in his sleep. This is a big loss for South African Jazz. He was a brilliant musician with a good sense of humor, "let's Rock 'n' Roll"...

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A PORTRAIT OF HOME - Kyle Shepherd New Album Launch Concert

Renowned South African Jazz pianist, Kyle Shepherd launches his 2nd Album, "A Portrait of Home" at 8pm, Saturday, 14 August 2010 at the UCT College of Music, Rondebosch. "A Portrait of Home", a 10-track CD, features 9 original compositions of which 7 are brand new, and is a live recording of Shepherd’s Trio in concert at Stellenbosch University’s Music Conservatory in August 2009. The CD features Shepherd on piano, Shane Cooper on double bass and...

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GUITAR WORKSHOP, presented by WAYNE BOSCH

Date: 14 August 2010, 14:00 until 15:30 Venue: Church in Parow (white building on corner, same street as Parow Station), Corner Station and Steenbras Roads, Parow, Cape Town Jazz guitarist WAYNE BOSCH will present a guitar workshop, open to the public, on Saturday 14 August, at 2pm. Admission R20. All welcome. For more information, call 083 690 8146...

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Book - "JAZZ, BLUES & SWING - SIX DECADES OF MUSIC IN SOUTH AFRICA"

Jürgen Schadeberg is no stranger to South Africa. He captured some of most important moments in South African history. At a very important time in our history, he became chief photographer, picture editor and art director of Drum magazine. The book, "JAZZ, BLUES & SWING SIX DECADES OF MUSIC IN SOUTH AFRICA" was published in 2007. It contains some of Jürgen's most amazing black and white photographs of South African jazz musicians. The essays in the book were done by Don Albert, Gwen Ansell, Darius Brubeck and Hotep Idris Galeta. This book...

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Jazz duo gig: Trudy Rushin & Rudi Byrnes

Date: 7 August 2010, 7:00pm - 10:00pm Venue: Food Lover's Market Restaurant & Sushi Bar,Vineyard Rd, Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa Vocal-guitar music from different genres, mainly jazz, swing, pop and some jazzy originals. Food Lover's Mkt has everything you need for a great, affordable night out. If you've never spent an evening there, give it a try this Saturday. Trudy (voice, guitar) and Rudi (guitar) have collaborated a few times before...

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Scott Kelby's World Wide Photo Walk 2010

Check out some of the groups from all over the world that participated in Scott Kelby's World Wide Photo Walk 2010. I was part of the Cape Town group. http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2010/archives/11436 ...

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World Wide Photo Walk 2010 - Green Point, Cape Town

I went on my first photo walk yesterday. Here is a link to some of the pool photos: http://www.flickr.com/groups/capetownphotowalk2010/po...

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Robbie Jansen(5/8/1949 - 7/7/2010) : Funeral Service

Robert “Robbie” Edward Jansen the Cape Jazz music legend passed away peacefully on 7th July 2010 at 16h20 at the Netcare Hospital in Kuilsriver Cape Town. He died as a result of respiratory complications due to his on-going Emphysema medical condition and was surrounded by the love and support of his wife, Mother, eight younger siblings until the end. Robbie Jansen’s career started in his early teens and he quickly became a respectable and versatile...

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fashion & arts project in Nyanga

This project explores innovative ways of turning waste material, discarded fabrics and damaged clothing into new, unique garments and accessories. In conceptualizing this project, fashion design was recognized as a platform to engage with creative young women from disadvantaged backgrounds to develop creative solutions to combat social problems like poverty. We recognize that by fostering an entrepreneurial spirit amongst young people to complement...

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Composers Panel - South African jazz musicians-IMS SASRIM Conference

The International Music Society (IMS) and South African Society for Research in Music (SASRIM) Conference is happening at the University of Stellenbosch from 14-17 July 2010. Jonathan Eato, researcher, composer, saxophonist and lecturer in music at the University of York (UK), has secured a proposal with the IMS SASRIM conference that the composers panel should also feature three extraordinary South African jazz musicians namely, Tete Mbambisa, Louis Moholo-Moholo and Zim Ngqawana. The conference charges a fee, but this talk is freely open to...

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Tributes To Robbie Jansen

sad news: Robbie Jansen died yesterday afternoon in hospital. This is truly a big loss for the jazz fraternity and the music industry. He was a brilliant musician who not only embodied the very soul of Cape-Jazz but also paved the way for generations of South African musicians to come. And he even gave us our very personal song "9 Bath Street Goema". Robbie, we will sorely miss you. We send our most heartfelt condolences to his family and friends. Regards Andreas, George and Regina and all musicians of Jazz Potjie Projects http://www.jpp.co.za/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jonathan...

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Hamba Kahle Robbie Jansen

Legendary saxophonist, flautist and vocalist, Robbie Jansen passed away at 16:15 local time in the suburb of Kuilsriver in Cape Town on 7 July 2010. R.I.P Robbie Jansen. Thank you for sharing your talents with the world. Your legacy will live ...

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