JAZZ & WORLD MUSIC MASALA

JAZZ & WORLD MUSIC MASALA
Hot Jazz Vocals, Dazzling Youth Jazz & a Kalahari Stew at Swingers Jazz Club
Kalahari Connection, Déborah Tanguy, Amanda Tiffin
With Sandile Gontsana, Vuyo Sotashe, Settlers Jazz Band

Sunday 10 July 2011, 17:00
Swingers Jazz Club, 1 Wetwyn Road, Wetton, Cape Town
Cost R70


Jazz & World Music Masala will take place at Swingers Jazz Club in Wetton on Sunday 10 July 2011, starting at 5 pm.

Parisian jazz vocalist and scat specialist Deborah Tanguy will make a brief return to the city to highlight a celebration of jazz vocals not seen in recent times in the city.

This concert marks the debut of Kalahari Connection, a global collective of Cape based musicians, each bringing their unique flavour to a band that celebrates a rich music variety descended from the Kalahari and the first peoples. The group features Bongani Sotshononda (Marimba), Dizu Plaatjies (Various African Instruments), Alice Zhang (Chinese Flutes), Barry van Zyl (Drums), Alistair Andrews (Basses) and Ronan Skillen (Tabla and Indian Percussion) in a tantalizing mix of Jazz, African and Indo-Chinese music.

Renowned songbird, pianist and musical theatre personality Amanda Tiffin will double up on piano and vocals, along with two of the city’s most promising jazz vocalists Sandile Gontsana and Vuyo Sotashe.

The Dynamics from Settlers High School will add dazzling youth jazz to the evening’s entertainment.

Tickets cost R70. For bookings call 083 390 4529 or pay at the door. Dining is optional. Swingers Jazz Club is located at 1 Wetwyn Rd, Wetton. Tel: 021 762 2443.

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SOULBIRD AT THE FORGE

SOULBIRD AT THE FORGE

23 August 2009, 18:30
The Forge
12 Windsor Road, Kalk Bay

Founded by Chris Tokalon (vocals, sax, flute, hang*) SoulBird have formed a multi-faceted trio of talented musicians. Along with their original compositions they combine to create a varied and eclectic blend of evocative and inspiring music. As a listener you are transported irresistibly on a soaring world music experience where cultural boundaries blur then vanish.



Their show is anchored on a solid foundation of conventional Western music genres (mainly contemporary jazz, folk, rock and blues) and decades of experience in performance and composition. From this solid platform they invite you to take flight on a globetrotting journey, visiting your imagination on exotic musings to India, Africa, Tibet, the Middle East, Australia and the Caribbean. Tablas (Indian finger drums), Tibetan singing bowls, Oud (Middle Eastern Lute), Didgeridoo (origins in Australia) and *Hang (miniature steel drum with origins in the Caribbean) combine with saxophones, flute and guitar for a vividly colourful, musical event.

SoulBird are :

Christopher Tokalon on vocals, sax, flute and hang
Ronan Skillen on tablas, didgeridoo and extended percussion
Peter Nordling on guitars, bass and hoüd.

6.30 for 7pm
R50pp

Bookings : 072 220 3736

website: http://www.soundman.co.za

The Forge, 12 Windsor Rd –you park at the parking lot on cnr Main Rd and the start of Boyes drive and walk to Olympia Deli. Left into Windsor and 40m up to nr 12 .

Bring own drinks, snacks

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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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babu - up roots - the album launch

Babu is having their album launch at the SABC Auditorium on Friday, 23rd May 2008.


Are you going to ask the question "Who is Babu?" If you are a jazz lover, for sure, you must have seen some of these guys playing at venues around town.

The group consist of:
Kesivan Naidoo - Drums and Cymbals
Reza Khota - Guitar
Ronan Skillen - Tabla and extended percussion
Shane Cooper - Bass

The binding force that brings this band of four highly imaginative and proficient musicians together is respect. Respecting the music and sharing a love for some of the most invigorating improvisational sounds in Jazz over the last 60 years. Drawing inspiration from the searching spirit in Jazz, and its ability to tap into the more complex realms of human experience, the subconscious, perhaps mystical world. This desire to look into the depth of shared musical experience leads us to investigate the improvisational practices of Indian Classical music, which has had an extensive history with spirituality in music.

With great faith, love and a willing audience, the performance occasion can bring our minds together to test the depth of ecstasy in music and leave the room charged with exhilaration, respect and love for all life.

Launch Details
Friday 23rd May 2008 20:00
SABC Auditorium, 209 Beach Road Sea Point
Entry Fee R50 - limited seats available
for bookings contact Marie on : 0834507533

website: http://www.babu.co.za

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