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Cape Town International Jazz Festival - March 30-31
Line up for Cape Town International Jazz Festival 2007
Artists already confirmed include:
Randy Crawford's Her return to the Cape Town International Jazz Festival stage will be welcomed by her many SA fans. For more than three decades she has traversed a musical spectrum that ranges from jazz and
soul to R&B and pop. Her warm timbre, inventive, emotional phrasing, and songs like 'Give Me the Night' and 'Almaz' have won Crawford countless
fans around the globe.
Joe Sample He is a world famous jazz pianist and composer who has entertained for more than four decades, first as a founding member of the ground-breaking fusion ensemble, The Crusaders, and since the late '70's, as a popular solo contemporary jazz artist.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo The Grammy Award winning, South African a Capella singing group that represents the traditional culture of South Africa. The "isicathamiya" vocal group has fulfilled its role as South
Africa's cultural emissary at home and around the world with enthusiasm and dignity. The group has recorded and performed with a long list of international stars like Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, Dolly Parton, Ben Harper, The Wynans and George Clinton, and leader Joseph Shabalala and his group will be warmly welcomed to the Festival stage.
Sibongile Khumalo The acclaimed South African diva who’s soulful and dynamic performances have enchanted diverse audiences across South Africa and abroad. She interprets a variety of musical genres with
integrity and poise, moving effortlessly from traditional South African and European styles to more jazzy melodies but all with her trademark South African flavour.
Jack DeJohnette He is widely regarded as one of jazz music's greatest drummers and he has collaborated with many major figures in jazz history including John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Sonny Rollins,
Sun Ra, Jackie McLean, Thelonious Monk and Bill Evans. His most notable work was as the drummer in Miles Davis's group at the time of the epochal upheaval marked by 'Bitches Brew,' an album that changed the
direction of jazz.
Jerome Harris has won international recognition as one of the more versatile and penetrating stylists of his generation on both guitar and bass guitar, performing with a host of major jazz names, most notably in conjunction with Sonny Rollins for many years.
Byron Wallen He is one of the most dynamic and versatile jazz voices currently on the British scene and has performed with rap outfits such as The Roots, Digable Planets and Us3. Byron has appeared beside
African pioneers such as Hugh Masekela, Manu Dibango and Amampondo, Lonnie Liston Smith, Ronnie Laws and Chaka Khan.
Jason Yarde, Currently based in the UK, is a multi-talented composer, arranger, producer, musical director and saxophonist who composes across a variety of styles (progressive jazz, classical, hip-hop fusion, free improvisation, broken beats, R&B, reggae, soul,
song writing) and for a variety of media (chamber ensembles, big band, dance, film, electro-acoustic and midi).
Danilo Pérez A highly rated Panamanian pianist and composer whose distinctive blend of Pan-American jazz (covering the music of the Americas, folkloric and world music) has attracted critical acclaim, loyal audiences and three Grammy nominations for his ebullient and innovative recordings.
Vivid Afrika The coming together of two of South Africa's most adventurous yet sensitive composers and musicians, namely McCoy Mrubata
(alto and tenor saxophones, saxello and flute) and Greg Hadjiyorki Georgiades (who plays nylon guitar, oud, bouzouki and fretless resonator guitar).
Concord Nkabinde is one of South Africa's most accomplished bassists and over the past few years he has enhanced his reputation by working with a host of top names including Johnny Clegg, with whom he has been recording and touring.
UK based Esther Miller with special Special Guest Jeremy Pelt (USA) One of South Africa's leading jazz singers, whose South African performances include The Grahamstown Arts Festival and the
Standard Bank Jazzathon. She also completed two highly successful Jazz Services sponsored tours of the UK in spring 2003 and 2005.
Special Guest Jeremy Pelt (USA) Jeremy Pelt tops Downbeat Rising Star Trumpet honours for the 4th year in a row! Since his arrival, he has been fortunate enough to play with many of today's and yesterday's Jazz luminaries, such as Jimmy Heath, Frank Wess, Charli Persip, Keter Betts, Frank Foster, Ravi Coltrane, Winard Harper, Vincent Herring, Ralph Peterson, Lonnie Plaxico, Cliff Barbaro, Nancy Wilson, Bobby Short,
Bobby "Blue" Bland, The Skatalites, Cedar Walton,
Bev Scott-Brown A much sought-after South African session singer with premier SA acts including Late Final and the Jonny Cooper Orchestra. She recently released her acclaimed debut CD titled 'It's the Little Things'.
The leader of The Bruce Muirhead Quartet is a versatile jazz, rock and orchestral guitarist/bassist, teacher, composer and recording studio owner, who has appeared as featured guitarist and electric bassist for
the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, in addition to performing with some of Cape Town's most popular jazz artists, including Melissa van der Spuy on piano and Kevin Gibson on drums.
The group known as The Caribbean Jazz Project, features three well known artists - clarinet and saxophone sensation Paquito D'Rivera, vibraphonist Dave Samuels, best known for his work with Spyro Gyra, and
steel drum exponent Andy Narell. In conjunction with them are other musicians, namely Argentinean pianist, Dario Eskenazi, Oscar Stagnaro, the electric bassist from Lima, Peru, and drummer Mark Walker. The group
combines a unique blend of jazz, salsa and other styles from south of the border, opening up a new idiom in Latin American fusion into the jazz medium. The Project has won 2 Grammy awards
Fethi Tabet A singer, lutist, violinist, and percussionist of Algerian origin best known as an exponent of Eastern music and an accomplished player of hurdy-gurdy with bow.
The Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Band A product of the Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival, which takes place in Grahamstown in July each year as part of the National Arts Festival. It
attracts the very best young jazz musicians in the country and is selected from the 250 young musicians from around South African who come to the festival.
Each member of the SBNYJB is a highly competent musician, and the average age of the band members is 19. The Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Band vibrantly reflects the cosmopolitan nature of South African society, and has an interesting mix of gender and race. The conductor of the band is usually a South African musician of significant status and experience, as well as being a teacher and composer.
Lira The exciting new South African R&B performer whose original compositions are distinctly refreshing, evoking authentic expressions of contemporary jazz, and a fusion of Xhosa and Zulu lyrics with Latin rhythms. The title track off 'Feel Good', Lira's successful 2006 debut album on SONY/BMG, topped the Metro FM charts and her appearance at the Festival is yet another major milestone for this talented artist.
Saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist, Shannon Mowday, is one of the most diverse and sought after performers and recording artists to have emerged from South Africa. Her music successfully blends jazz with an eclectic mix of African rhythms and folklore and she was deservedly selected as the winner of the 2007 Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz.
Diego Amador A musical phenomenon. His music is almost impossible to define, mixing the traditional with vanguard Flamenco in a truly original style. A pianist and composer, he also sings and plays almost every possible instrument of flamenco from guitar to percussion. Diego, world-rated pianist who is regarded as one of Spain's finest jazz musicians and who was a member of the revered flamenco-rock band, Pata
Negra, founded by his brothers. He is one of the most gifted young musician-composers of the current flamenco scene, and remains very much rooted in the unique gypsy approach to rhythm and harmonic structure and is thus hailed as a provocative, innovative and creative force within flamenco's evolution.
The Rudimentals are paving the way to a new South African sound.
They have blended the essential, tried and trusted elements of Ska with both rural and urban African music. With its roots still firmly planted in the Jamaican dance halls of the 60's, the band have fused ingredients
of the local, like Zimbabwean cultural music and Goema, with the familiar back beat of Ska. This contemporary combination makes the music both accessible and fresh. The wicked final product being African Ska.
Hilton Schilder The highly regarded South African jazz pianist who is a member of the illustrious musical Schilder family, as well as a founder member of the legendary Cape Jazz group, The Genuines, alongside
Mac Mackenzie on bass, Gerard O'Brien on guitar, and Ian Herman on drums. He has also performed with groups like The Sons of Table Mountain, The Hilton Schilder Quintet, New Age, and in the late `90's
joined Mac Mackenzie in his outfit, Namakwa. Together with Mac, Hilton is still playing an integral role in keeping Cape Goema jazz alive through their recent outfit, the Goema Captains of Cape Town. Hilton is also focusing his energy on concept group, Rock Art - a Khoi electric
crossover band incorporating live musicians and a DJ.
World-class Trombonist and Vocalist Nils Landgren and HIS FUNK UNIT (11 piece band) - Nils Landgren has been involved in a variety of
music styles and projects. These include jazz, rock, soul, hip hop, big bands, and studio sessions, and by his own reckoning, at least 500 albums.
Mostly, for natural reasons with Swedish artists but also with such internationals stars as ABBA, The Crusaders, Eddie Harris, Bernard `Pretty´ Purdie and Herbie Hancock. Nils even plays on the first Wyclef Jean solo album, titled `Carnival and Joe Sample
His concerts from Stockholm to Beijing have been met with ecstatic acclamation. In duo with pianist Esbjörn Svensson, he has elevated Swedish folk music to the level of subdued works of art. As the artistic
director of the 2001 Berlin Jazz Festival, designed a state of the art presentation of Scandinavian trends and moods. In May 2002 Nils was honoured with the `Tore Ehrling-prize´ by the Swedish Society Of Popular
Composers for "His outstanding contribution to spread Swedish jazz music around the globe".
Lee Konitz Quartet regarded as the preeminent cool jazz saxophonist, because he performed and recorded with Claude Thornhill, Lennie Tristano (both often cited as important cool jazz proponents of
the mid 1940s), and with Miles Davis' on his epochal Birth of the Cool, which gave the form its name.
Konitz has been playing improvised music across six decades, with more than 50 albums to his credit. He's a main figure in the music called jazz, known for the distinct sound he gets from his alto sax and his
penchant for exploring.
He has also recorded or performed with Dave Brubeck, Ornette Coleman, Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan, Elvin Jones.
Stimela It has been indeed a long trip for Ray Phiri. From early days in Mpumalanga – where he was born and raised – where he used to dance to his troubadour father’s puppet shows. Ray had his first break
when he, in 1962, managed to dance for the legendary Dark City Sisters when they performed in Mpumalanga. He made enough money giving him a chance to travel to Johannesburg.
He became founder member of the soul music giants of the 1970’s, the Cannibals which were later joined by the late Mpharanyana. When the Cannibals disbanded Ray founded Stimela, with whom he conceived gold and
platinum-winning albums like Fire, Passion and Ecstacy, Look, Listen and Decide as well as the controversial People Don’t Talk So Let’s Talk.
Geri Allen Trio Feat Jimmy Cobb Hailed as “a jazz pianist who dares to follow an unmarked road” (The New York Times) and honoured for “her extensive music education and a devotion to the swinging roots of
jazz” (Los Angeles Times), pianist/composer Geri Allen is a true original. Rhythmically subtle yet startlingly provocative, Allen respects the jazz tradition, but refuses to be bound by it, and her original works journey into constantly adventurous areas, always seeking
out new musical avenues.
However, its Allen’s spectacular writing that has fuelled her emergence as a jazz leader. she has worked with musicians as diverse as Charles Lloyd (with whom she’s been touring for two years), Mal Waldron, Vernon
Reid, Mino Cinelu, Mary Wilson and The Supremes, Tony Williams, Ron Carter, Oliver Lake and Betty Carter and Ornette Coleman.
Jimmy Cobb, given his selfless approach to rhythm, the work of drummer Jimmy Cobb tends to be somewhat undervalued by comparison with the aggressive innovations of numerous contemporaries.
More often than not, Jimmy Cobb has been defined less by what he plays than by whom he has played with. Besides much-heralded stints as the rhythmic impetus
behind Miles Davis, Wynton Kelly, Wes Montgomery, the Adderley Brothers, and Sarah Vaughan, Cobb has performed with a who's who of instrumental and vocal giants, one of the most in-demand drummers of his generation.
Tortured Soul is music that will move you. It's a new concept in the world of house music: it's live. The instrumentation is simple and organic - drums, electric bass, vintage keys, and soulful vocals.
Tortured Soul filters club sounds like afro beat and samba through a lens of jazzy house, funk and American soul to reflect intense grooves evocative of Jamiroquai, Stevie Wonder, Prince and Fela Kuti.
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