The Centre for Jazz & Popular Music at
the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) will present Master Saxophonist Salim
Washington on May 15.
Washington is a saxophonist,
multi-reedsman, composer, and jazz educator. He pursued music first as a
trumpet player, and later as a student of classical piano. He was influenced by
the musical culture of the Church of God in Christ, a Pentecostal sect in which
his father was a minister.
The music of Charles Mingus had a profound
effect on his composing, in much the same way as Rahsaan, Trane, Pharaoh, and
Dolphy had on his playing. Salim has travelled extensively, playing music
festivals throughout the US and Canada, Latin America, and Europe. Salim
Washington first played at the CJPM when visited South Africa in 2009 through
the prestigious Fulbright Fellowship.
Salim has taken a full-time professorship
at UKZN School of Arts (Music). He teams up with Gamelihle Ngongoma (vocals),
Philani Ngidi (bass), Neil Gonsalves (piano), Leon Sharnick (saxophone) and
Paki Peleole (drums)
The performance takes place from 18h00 on May
15 at the Centre for Jazz and Popular Music (CJPM), Level 2, Shepstone Building
at UKZN Howard College Campus. Entry fee is R35 (R20 pensioners/R10 students).
More information from Thuli on 031 260 3385 or email Zamat1@ukzn.ac.za
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