(Pic: Guy Buttery)Rainbow Restaurant builds on success of first Thursday evening concert.
Building on the success of their first ever Thursday evening concert staged in December featuring 340ml, the Rainbow Restaurant and Jazz Club has announced another such event, this time featuring the first performances on the Rainbow stage from Guy Buttery and Babu.
Since the release of his third studio album, Fox Hill Lane in 2009, Guy Buttery's star has never shone brighter. His mastery of stringed instruments has resulted in him receiving performance offers from around the globe. Despite this global interest in his talent, he remains true to his KwaZulu-Natal roots and the rolling hills of the province will forever inspire him. He will present a solo set from approximately 20h30 that will have audiences well-tuned in for the next act - Babu.
“It is almost a year since this Cape Town based jazz fusion group visited the East Coast and Nicola and I were fortunate enough to be in the audience at Snap! Wine Bar,” says co-owner of the Rainbow, Neil Comfort. “We knew it would be good as, in July 2008, the Rainbow had hosted a jazz quintet under the leadership of Andile Yenana with Kesivan Naidoo on drums. We were simply blown away by his performance and were not surprised when, later that year, he was named as the Standard Bank Young Artist Award winner for Jazz. All of that meant that 2009 was a very busy year for Naidoo and his partners in Babu - Reza Khota on guitar, Shane Cooper on bass and Ronan Skillen on tabla, extended percussion and didgeridoo. Do not miss this whirlwind tour as it might be another year before you get a chance to see them again.”
The performance takes place on February 25, doors open at 20h00. Tickets R50 presale (R60 at the door). The Rainbow Restaurant is situated at 23 Stanfield Lane in Pinetown. More information on 031 702 9161 or 083 463 8044 or email bandwagon@artslink.co.za or visit www.therainbow.co.za
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