The Little Giants jazz spectacular with Marcus Wyatt

The Little Giants jazz spectacular with Marcus Wyatt

Sunday 29 May 2011, 18h00
Club 021 (Swingers Jazz Club)

Participating artists/groups:
Errol Dyers and George Werner Quartet with special guests Marcus Wyatt and Buddy Wells
Wathiq Hoosain
Erin Clark
Alexander Sinton Jazz Ensemble
The Little Giants

South African jazz star Marcus Wyatt will make a rare Cape Town appearance on Sunday 29 May at Swingers Jazz Club. He will be supporting leading South African youth jazz exponents the Little Giants, who will be showcased ahead of their annual participation in the National Youth Jazz Festival in Grahamstown this June.

Director and pianist George Werner has nurtured this groundbreaking youth group for more than a decade, in the process schooling several young professionals in the national and international music scenes.

Alexander Sinton Jazz Ensemble will also make a final Cape Town appearance before their much anticipated trip to the Tutti World Youth Music Festival in Beijing, where they will perform an exclusively South African music repertoire.

Trumpeter Wyatt needs little introduction, having journeyed to the forefront of South African jazz over the last decade with several recordings and performances worldwide. He will re-unite with long time collaborator Buddy Wells (saxophone), backed the experienced rhythm section of Werner, Peter Dladla (bass) and Ivan Bell (drums).

Rising jazz vocal stars Wathiq Hoosain and Erin Clark will be further additions to the evening’s music menu.

The concert starts at 18h00 and seating is limited. Tickets are R70. Dining is optional. For bookings call 083 390 4529 or pay at the door. Club 021(Swingers Jazz Club) is located at 1 Wetwyn Rd, Lansdowne.

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Artscape Concert for the Alexander Sinton High Jazz Band

Artscape Concert for the Alexander Sinton Jazz Band
Gloria Bosman, Jimmy Dludu, Errol Dyers, George Werner and guests
Jazz stars in support of Sinton’s participation in the Tutti World Youth Music Festival
15 April 2011

On Friday 15 April 2011, South African jazz stars will gather in support of the Alexander Sinton High Jazz Band’s pending trip to the Tutti World Youth Music Festival this July. For the first time this Cape Flats Arts Focus School will send its music learners to an international gathering where the upbeat youngsters will perform only South African music.

Their journey to Beijing is historical, says music director Ronel Nagfaal: "We are proud and eager to represent Athlone and South Africa at this global assembly, where youth musicians will present musical traditions from their countries. This contact and exchange is a unique cultural experience, a tremendous opportunity for the musical and personal growth of our youth and their grooming as leaders in music and in their communities."

The other Cape Town schools sending their bands to the 8-day festival are Heathfield, Bergvliet and Wynberg Girls High.

Appearing at the Artscape Theatre Centre will be vocal star Gloria Bosman, who will make a rare Cape appearance, supported by pianist George Werner, bassist Norman Sauls and drummer Frank Paco.

Star guitarist Jimmy Dludlu’s distinctive Afro jazz flavoured sounds will be heard, as will renowned Cape troubadour Errol Dyers and promising jazz vocalist Lee-Ann Fortuin.

Now in their 11th year The Little Giants directed by Werner and the Alexander Sinton Jazz Band will be the youth jazz groups in attendance. Both groups will participate in this year’s Grahamstown National Youth Jazz Festival.

Bosman appears on the back of a career in the music topflight that started in the mid 1990s. This vocal powerhouse finds herself in the slipstream of diverse musical styles, be it opera, Afro jazz, or Afrikaans pop. After several albums and headlining performances worldwide, she’s become an eminent voice on Mzansi’s musical landscape.

The concert starts at 8 pm in Artscape’s Opera House. Tickets are available at Computicket and cost R100 for adults and R50 for pensioners & children under 18.

For further information, contact 083 390 4529.

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IMAD Showcase

The Institute for Music and Indigenous Arts Development (IMAD) will host The Little Giants in their 2nd annual showcase concert at St Cyprians School in Gorge Road, Oranjezicht . Artists who will make guest appearances are Robbie Jansen, Alvin Dyers, Spencer Mbadu, Wayne Bosch, Duke Ncqukana and George Werner. Tickets to the event cost R60.

The Little Giants is one of the city’s renowned youth music groups, having plied their trade for the last nine years. This showcase celebrates the present edition of the band and some of the newer music performed by the group. The Little Giants regularly appear at the National Youth Jazz Festival in Grahamstown and is a feeder group for the likes of National Youth Jazz Band and the SA College of Music. The project is mentored and directed by pianist George Werner and released its debut CD "Ungalibali" in 2006.

Robbie Jansen, Alvin Dyers, Duke Ncqukana and Spencer Mbadu are elder statesmen of South Africa jazz. Each has made his mark on local music, particularly Cape Jazz with its distinctive ghoema and worldly rhythms. Wayne Bosch is a fresh sounding jazz guitarist who has garnered attention on the local circuit for the last decade or more.

IMAD presently nurtures children in music at York Road and Eluxolweni Primary, two Cape Flats schools. IMAD bands from these schools will also perform.

For more information call 083 390 4529
imad@jazz.co.za

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Summer In Cape Town,Volume One

The recording of the upcoming release, "Summer In Cape Town,Volume One", at the Artscape complex on 20 January 2008,was a huge success. More than a thousand copies of the first recording, "Winter In Cape Town,Volume One", has already been sold in Germany.

The driving forces behind theses recordings are Andreas Wellmann,his wife Regina Zelms and George Werner.

Cape Town has become second home for Germans, Andreas and his wife Regina. Organ player Andreas has a solid connection with the Cape Town music scene and has teamed up with musicians and groups like Gramadoelas, Alex Van Heerden, Wesley Rustin, Leslie Jooste, Jonathan Jacobs, Wayne Bosch, Peter Ndlala, Carlo Fabe, James Kibby, Mlamli, Titi Tsira, Yeye Smous. According to Andreas, "The Gramadoelas with Alex, Wesley, Leslie, and then Jonathan Jacobs are actually responsible that I was introduced to parts of the Cape Town scene like Robbie, Allou, Spencer and later to Titi, Stix and many, many more."

Probaly more than one cd can be filled with the amount of music recorded on 20 January.

While rehearsing for this project, Robbie Jansen composed a goema tune called, "9 Bath Street Goema", the Wellmanns' place in Cape Town.

For the previous recording "Winter In Cape Town, Volume One",jazz vocalist Erin Clarke, was part of the Little Giants. On this project, she is featured under her own name.

This recording also features some Xhosa Afro Pop stuff by Titi Tsira, Soi Soi Gqesa and Zami Mdimgi.

Two rhytm sections were employed on the 20. January:
Denver Furness (dr), Peter Ndlala (b), George Werner (p)
and Carlo Fabe (dr), Wesley Rustin (b), George Werner (p)partly supported by Andreas Wellmann (Hammond Organ)

The tunes that made it onto "Summer In Cape Town, Volume One",are
# Erin Clarke (voc) Softly, as in a morning sunrise

# Zami Mdimgi (voc) Ndiyayivuma Lendaba (Zami)

#Leslie Jooste (voc) Love

# Robbie Jansen (voc, sax) Sunny, 9 Bath Street Goema (Robbie)

# Perfect Way feat Erika Lundi (voc) Don't get around much any more (Ellington) Perfect Way are: Wesley Rustin (e b), Carlo Fabe (dr), Andreas Wellmann (Hammond Organ),James Kibby (guit)

# James Kibby Project (James, voc) Disappear, A Hundred and Ten in the Shade(John Fogerty) James Kibby (voc, guit), Wesley Rustin (acc b), Carlo Fabe (dr), Andreas Wellmann (Hammond Organ)

# Titi Tsira (voc) Back of the Moon (from King Kong)

# Little Giants Cape Samba, Anthem for a New Nation(Abdullah) Emile Duse (b), Craig Mehl (dr), Kim Raad (ten sax), Sisonke Xonti (ten sax), George

#Gramadoelas Wat nie dood maak Nie, Maak vet (Alex) Wesley Rustin (basses, voc)), Andre Swartz (dr), Alex van Heerden (accordion, voc), Lesley Jovan (guit, voc)
# Peter Ndlala (b) Envelope for Penelope (Peter) no rhythm section
# Soi Soi Gqeza (voc) What a wonderful world (Armstrong) Peter, Carlo, George

# Soi Soi Gqeza/Titi Tsira (voc) Meadowlands

Thank you from the production team Geroge Werner, Andreas Wellmann, ReginaZelms:
We had support through Fine Music Radio (Benedict Peters MC, Jazz Brunch everySunday 11-13),
Eric Alan (Radio 2000,
Jazz Rendezvous every Sunday 17),
KWV Wines,
Ian Burgess-Simpson Pianos Muizenberg who provided us with anice KAWAI grand piano including tuning support on the Sunday (!!) for an extremely nice price!

Other people involved:
All the wonderful staff at the News Cafe, Artscape Centre
Skip Wright & Juanita van Wyk: stage design
David Langeman: live recording
David Cathcart: live sound
Paris Zannos: mix
Tim Lengfeld: mastering

Andreas: In Frankfurt I am busy finding sponsors and organizers to bring Jazz Potjie Projects to Germany - maybe some of those Jazz or Afro festivals ...
The upcoming Winter in Cape Town will most probably be recorded with another sponsor: PIANOS Ian Burgess-Simpson in Muizenberg. He actually provided us with a nice KAWAI grand piano for the last recording. And there will be another launch 11. May at Nassau center.

Please note that "Winter in Cape Town, Volume One" is available in Germany from the following website: http://www.paso-africa-shop.com/product_info.php?products_id=295

International you can order at http://www.jpp.co.za/

In Cape Town you will find the CD with sponsors
Jimmy's Killer Prawns on Kloof Street 021 426 0327
Sushi Zone Obs 021 447 8427
Miller's Thumb on Kloofnek Road 021 424 3838
Cafe Paradiso on Kloof Street 021 423 8653
Dornier Wines, Stellenbosch 021 880 0557
Manenberg's 021 421 5639
Swingers 021 762 2443
with Iain Harris' http://www.coffeebeans.co.za/

and at record stores
African Music Store on Long Street, Cape Town
Revolution Records, 73 Lower Main Road, Observatory 0727698362

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