The Standard Bank Jazz Festival, Grahamstown 2013 incorporates a variety of disciplines into their programme. Mainstream is one of the genres that will be highlighted at the festival this year, though it is just one part of the formidable line-up which includes Blues / Funk / World Music, Afro-Jazz, Modern Jazz and Youth. Trombonist Steve Turre of the Juilliard School of Music, New York, has played and recorded with many artists around the world. These include Dexter Gordon, McCoy Tyner, … [Read more...] about International guest stars headline Mainstream Jazz at Fest
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Big Names and Big Bands for Grahamstown Jazz Fest
The Standard Bank Jazz Festival, Grahamstown 2013 incorporates a variety of disciplines into their programme. The Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festivaltakes place alongside a diverse programme that features Mainstream, Blues / Funk / World Music, Afro-Jazz, Modern Jazz and Youth. Mainstream performances are headlined by special guest from the Juilliard School of Music in New York, renowned trombonist and shells specialist Steve Turre. He adds zest to the Awesome Big Band, and his solo … [Read more...] about Big Names and Big Bands for Grahamstown Jazz Fest
Local Jazz band partners with educational NGO on musical project
VuDu, one of Port Elizabeth’s upcoming jazz bands has taken some time out to give back to their community by partnering with local NGO, Masifunde Learner Development in a musical project they have named Siyacula, Siyafunda, Siyakhula. The project incorporates music education as well as fundraising for the building of the organisations Lavel’ilanga Education Center in Walmer Township. The project will run in four week cycles, incorporating music workshops for selected members of Masifunde’s choir … [Read more...] about Local Jazz band partners with educational NGO on musical project
VuDu Jazz live for a good cause
VuDu jazz band will be performing live at Coco DeMer next Friday, 27 July 2012, in support of an NGO called Masifunde Learner Development. Tickets will be sold for R40 and proceeds will go towards the building of an Educational Centre in Walmer Township. Supporting acts include poets Ntsika and Nabi, as well as music group Umle and the african sounds of Robin Thulani on djembe drums and marimba. Dj David Magowan will be getting people dancing throughout the night too!! … [Read more...] about VuDu Jazz live for a good cause
Jazz Extravaganza
If you're a music fan, don't miss out on this year's NMMU Jazz Extravaganza taking place on Wednesday, October 19 at the South Campus Auditorium. The concert will feature a variety of jazz ensembles made up of NMMU music department staff and students. The concert will open with the tightly harmonized and perfectly pitched jazz vocal ensemble, #9, which is led by jazz voice lecturer Muz Sirenya. Jazz Studies lecturer and pianist John Edwards will also be performing a selection of original … [Read more...] about Jazz Extravaganza
And All That Jazz at the Opera House
The Port Elizabeth Opera House will be cooking with the brassy sounds of the Alexander Road High Big Band, under the direction of Debbie Everard. The band will perform selections from music legends such as Cole Porter, Miles Davis, Michael Buble, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Norah Jones, Diana Krall and many more at the end of July. The concert was previously scheduled to take place at the Vodacom Amphitheatre, The Boardwalk, but due to the exceptional response from the public, the organisers … [Read more...] about And All That Jazz at the Opera House
Port Elizabeth Band, Take Note, launch debut album, Rear Window
After recently signing a recording deal with national company Native Rhythms Productions, the seven-piece Port Elizabeth jazz band Take Note will launch their debut album entitled, "Rear Window" on June 23, 2011. The 14-track album is mixture of contemporary jazz with afro-soul. "It is a reflection of the township traditional songs as well as modern changes in society," says Take Note manager, Thandile Petshwa. Songs such as "Sakhile" and "Unonkala" are typical township jazz classics from … [Read more...] about Port Elizabeth Band, Take Note, launch debut album, Rear Window
An Evening of Collaborative Artistry
This June the Port Elizabeth Music Society will present "An evening of collaborative artistry" by John Edwards and Friends. The John Edwards and Friends concert will feature "something for everyone" with live performances by a number of the Eastern Cape's top musicians from a wide range of genres. The concert will take place on June 13 at the NMMU South Campus auditorium. Well known jazz pianist, composer and educator, John Edwards moved to Port Elizabeth in January 2010, and has been … [Read more...] about An Evening of Collaborative Artistry
Take Note
www.MyPE.co.za: One of Port Elizabeth's most vibrant jazz bands, Take Note, will be keeping the crowds on their feet at the Uitenhage Town Hall during the Opening of the Market Square on December 26. The five member band from Motherwell are the resident entertainers at The Boardwalk's News Café and Central's Zanzibar restaurant and have hosted many corporate events. According to the band, they "aim to please with their contemporary afro jazz style." Manager, Thandile Petshwa, describes the … [Read more...] about Take Note
