(Zarcia Zacheus)
The fourth
edition of the ever-popular Carols Go
Jazz festive season concert will take place at Howard College Theatre on
December 19 and 20 with celebrated award-winning singers Zarcia Zacheus and
Sandile Gontsana.
“Carols Go Jazz is a fusion of jazz music
and timeless Christmas Carol classics with a jazz swing,” says producer
Mahlasela Nhlengetwa.
Carols Go Jazz began in 2009 and was staged over three
nights with Thulile Zama of the all-girl band Heels Over Head. The following
year brought a national tour around South Africa which included Howard College
in Durban, Broadway Theatre in Cape Town and The State Theatre in Tswane, with
performances from award-winning Melanie Scholtz, world-acclaimed pianist
Sylvester Mazinyaye and Zarcia Zacheus.
Zarcia
returns to Durban for this year’s Carol
Go Jazz to team up with the smooth jazz singer Sandile Gontsana with the
five-piece local band Unlocked Keys in what promises to be an evening to be
remembered.
Zarcia
began her music career in church at the age of nine and has performed and
recorded alongside Joyous Celebration, Patrick Duncan, Feya Faku and many more
South African music icons. Her blend of Gospel, Jazz and African elements is
soulful and fresh, making her performances an exhilarating experience.
Sandile
Gontsana, whose mellow and ardent voice is hauntingly emotive, was born in
Gugulethu, Cape Town. He is the nephew of the late great drummer Lulu Gontsana
and started singing at the age of 13. He enrolled into the Cape Town School of
Music in 2004, studying African Music under the world renowned musician and
multi-Instrumental Dizu Platjies and singer Lungiswa Platjies. Sandile Gontsana’s
music has taken him to Spain in 2008 and he also toured South Africa as the
lead singer of the Standard Bank National Youth Band.
Carols Go Jazz takes place on December 19 and 20 at 19h00
in Howard College Theatre, University of KwaZulu-Natal. Tickets R120 booked at
Computicket or Shoprite Checkers or purchased at the door on the night. Light
refreshments will be on sale. For more information email: carolsgojazz@gmail.com
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