JAZZ AT THE NASSAU - THE BENJAMIN SCHAEFER TRIO and LEE GELDERBLOEM QUARTET

JAZZ AT THE NASSAU
presents

THE BENJAMIN SCHAEFER TRIO(Cologne – Germany)
Benjamin Schaefer - Piano
Robert Landfermann - Bass
Oliver Rehmann - Drums
http://benjaminschaefer.com/
http://www.myspace.com/benjaminschaefertrio

LEE GELDERBLOEM QUARTET
Lee Gelderbloem - Vocals
Mark Fransman - Piano
Wesley Rustin - Bass
Mike Horn - Drums
http://www.myspace.com/leegelderbloem
http://www.facebook.com/pages/LEE-GELDERBLOEM/26061917453?
http://twitter.com/#!/LeeGelderbloem

Sunday 12TH. February at 7-30pm - Ticket price R80-00
Booking - Cliff Wallis 021-761-2726 or 076-401 0008

Nassau Centre,Groote Schuur High School
Palmyra Road, Newlands, Cape Town.

posted 3 February 2012

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Jazz on Sunday with Kyle Shepherd including lunch time performance by Darren English and Mark Fransman

Kyle Shepherd @ Diemersfontein Wine & Country Estate, Wellington
Sunday, 13 March 2011

Please check the poster for details or
check here

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Lisa Bauer Quartet ALBUM LAUNCH Finding A New Way

Lisa Bauer - vocals
Andre Petersen – piano
Chantal Willie - double bass/backing vocals
Kesivan Naidoo – drums and cymbals
with special guests: Mark Fransman - tenor and soprano saxophones
Maxim Starcke - guitar


Wednesday 13 January 2010 20H00

SABC Auditorium, SABC Studios, Beach Road, Sea Point

Entrance fee/tickets at the door: R40
Contact/Info: 0731896040
Contact us on lisabmusic@gmail.com or maximstarcke@gmail.com for further details.

www.lisabauer.co.za
www.myspace.com/lisabauerprojects

The album will available for purchase at R120 each.

Early arrival recommended.

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Mark Fransman & Akoustik Knot

Catch MAKESON BROWNE (Mark Fransman) & his new quartet, AKOUSTIK KNOT this THURSDAY 12 October 2009, 19:30 @ FOGEYS (old Railway house, Muizenberg). Call Magdeline @ (021) 788 3252 to book.

The quartet features, Brydon Bolton (double bass), Heinrich Goosen (drums & cymbals), Darren English (trumpet, flugelhorn & pocket trumpet) and Makeson Browne (saxophones, alto-clarinet and spoken word).

The group is about to release their debut album called, "Courting the Now", so come and catch them now and hear the music before it hits the streets!



For more information or bookings call John Belyeu @ 072 015 5888

http://www.fogeys.co.za/

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Monday Night Jazz Jam 22 June 2009

The venue: Lounge 021, Swingers Jazz Pub & Restaurant, 1 Wetwyn Road, Wetton, Cape Town.
tel +27 21 7622443
Entry: Free
When: Monday evenings after 21:00

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RUS NERWICH AND THE COLLECTIVE IMAGINATION play on...

The event:
TONES OF NOTE PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS RUS NERWICH AND THE COLLECTIVE IMAGINATION: ONCE-OFF CONCERT AT THE SABC AUDITORIUM SEA POINT, 18 June 2009


The musicians:The Collective Imagination featuring
Rus Nerwich on Saxophone
Lee Thomson – Trumpet
Ross McDonald – Trombone
Mark Fransman – Piano
Dave Ledbetter – Guitar
Wesley Rustin – Bass
Kevin Gibson – Drums
Ronan Skillen on Tabla and Percussion


All I have to say, guys, You Are World Class. I am so glad I was there. What a concert, bring on the next one...

The elders of jazz in South Africa, do not need to worry. The music are in good hands. These guys are really carrying the torch.


This is a comment from Carol Martin:

Rus Nerwich's "Mantras for Modern Man " concert at SABC Auditorium, Sea Point, on 18 June 2009 should have been a 'two-evening' showcase of his rich, moving, and applaudable compilations of Jewish concentration camp songs. This evening featured another dynamic of instruments - namely the electric guitar and tabla to give that Middle Eastern improvised sound - which were not heard on his equally moving studio-produced 'Beyond the Walls'. Rus has an uncanny method of mixing the sad, shocking, and cynical moods of such songs to reflect a hardship and a joy of surviving that the displaced Jews experienced. As a result, the evening was indeed 'heavy', and I could have split the sound experience into two (eves)..... Bravo for wonderful performances from the Tones-of-Note Man !!


Well done to The Collective...

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RUS NERWICH AND THE COLLECTIVE IMAGINATION

TONES OF NOTE PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS RUS NERWICH AND THE COLLECTIVE IMAGINATION: ONCE-OFF CONCERT AT THE SABC AUDITORIUM SEA POINT

Rus Nerwich and Tones of Note Productions are proud to present a one-night only concert at the SABC Auditorium 209 Beach Road Seapoint, Cape Town. Nerwich and The Collective Imagination will be performing compositions from three previous album releases, namely Mantras for Modern Man and Beyond the Walls as well as newly composed works written specially for this occasion.


The Collective Imagination features an all-star line-up:
Rus Nerwich on Saxophone
Lee Thomson – Trumpet
Ross McDonald – Trombone
Mark Fransman – Piano
Dave Ledbetter – Guitar
Wesley Rustin – Bass
Kevin Gibson – Drums
Ronan Skillen on Tabla and Percussion

Nerwich’s Mantras for Modern Man and Beyond the Walls will be featured. Mantras is an eclectic fusion of world music, jazz, and Nerwich’s semitic traditional influences, coming together in an enigmatic sound, that is inspiring, transporting and esoteric in nature. The concert will also feature music from Nerwich’s critically acclaimed album, Beyond the Walls; a historical recording exploring music written in the ghettos of wartime Europe. The album was recognised as one of the most significant and original projects to have come out of the South African music landscape in recent years.

After the recent release of Under the Poetree, a fusion of Jazz, hip-hop and soul, which garnered Nerwich two SAMA award nominations, this performance repositions Nerwich as one of the most innovative and prolific musicians in the country, continuing to delve into the more serious and adventurous dimensions of his musical persona.


The concert takes place at 19h30 on June 18 at the SABC Auditorium, 209 Beach Road, Sea Point. A R50 ticket price is payable at the door. Specially commissioned Double CD packs of Mantras for Modern Man can be bought for R100 at the event. For pre-booked tickets, please contact:

Leah Rolando
Tones of Note Productions
021 425 6246
083 546 0116
leah.rolando@gmail.com

For Further info:
www.rusnerwich.com
www.myspace.com/thecollectiveimagination
www.myspace.com/beyonthewallsalbum

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Last Set - The Monday Night Jazz Jam

You can call it musical chairs or the early morning jazz wake up, but many times, this last set brings out the best in the musicians. Such was the case at the Monday Night Jazz Jam on Monday, 21 January 2008. Although it was already early morning Tuesday, the hardcore jazz lovers were thoroughly enjoying it.


The musicians that played musical chairs for this set included John Russell, Claude Cozens, Darren English, Kyle Shepherd, Mark Fransman and a visiting American vocalist/guitarist. Music educator/pianist, Fred Kuit also joined in with these guys.

Some of these guys are jacks of all trades and masters of all when they switch between instruments.

What is also very encouraging is that these musicians include an extensive content of South African jazz in their music. Amongst the tunes they covered were "Ntylo Ntylo" and Moses Molelekwa's "Mountain Shade". Marks influence had a big impact. I am looking forward to see Mark playing in a concert setting with these guys.

This set can now truely be dubbed "The Musicians Set".

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