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ARTISTS ROCK STATE THEATRE
IT IS encouraging to see live jazz being played regularly at the South Africa State Theatre in Pretoria.
IT IS encouraging to see live jazz being played regularly at the South Africa State Theatre in Pretoria.
Since the Jazz and African Music Nights started in February at the South African State Theatre people from as far as North West and Mpumalanga have attended.
The May line-up includes Allou April, Sol, Tlale Makhene, Vhumunu, Nothembi Mkhwebane and Luz Legoka.
April has been playing jazz for more than 15 years . When he left his home town of Saldanha for Cape Town in the s he was discovered by some of the city's top gospel bands. And so began his career as one of the most sought-after session musicians in Cape Town .
Singer, guitarist, composer, arranger, producer, band leader and performer Sol was born in Mamelodi, east of Pretoria.
Sol has worked with renowned musicians Louis Mhlanga, Concord Nkabinde, Vusi Mahlasela, Sello Montwedi, K
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Thirty years ago today, on 30 June , Walmer Township-born reedman and composer Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana died in London. He was only 51 years old.
I was fortunate to know Dudu in the late s and s, in Oxford, where he and the late trumpeter Mongezi Feza were regular and loved guests of our university jazz society, and later in London. There, South African friends in music, and neighbours, formed a supportive and welcoming community, making massive contributions to the city’s cultural landscape – and creating some of the most memorable music nights at the Club on Oxford Street.
Too few of Dudu’s own words about his life and music in exile survive. He wasn’t a big talker: when asked – even in relaxed social situations – “What do you think about&#;?” he would often respond “It’s in my music…just listen to my music.”
Into that absence and silence intrude the interpretations of others. One example is the liner notes for a just-released skiva from Matsuli Music: • As always, Masilo works with her own ensemble, but this time she does not use Stravinsky&#;s music for her ballet. Rather, it is three musicians and a singer who create an arc between African musical styles and jazzy sounds with their own compositions. This work was already shown in Vienna in at the Impuls Dance Festival, but now this year it will be on the stage of the Burgtheater. Foto: John Hogg Foto: John Hogg Foto: John Hogg Foto: John Hogg Right at the beginning, Masilo herself appears bare-chested to delicate bell ringing, wind noises and a lovely African chant. The young, delicate woman and her choreography stand in contrast to that of her ensemble, which comes on stage shortly afterwards with cheerful dance steps. It is &#; as soon becomes clear &#; a kind of village community. They clap and stomp together, but also sing. The solo of one of the dancers is accompanied by a narration, the sad content of which can only A recurring sacrifice in new guise