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Thursday, January 22, 2015

SWINGTIME WITH PLATFORM JAZZ



(Kirsten Sayers, Dunc Wooldridge, Bruce Baker, Andreas Kappen, Shelley MacLean & Cathy Peacock)

Once more Platform Jazz will kick off the year at the Rhumbelow Theatre in Umbilo. This time they will present a classy show called Swingtime featuring the best of swing music from the 30s, 40s and 50s.

For their new show there are two new band members in the guise of Jeff Judge on sax, and Kirsten Sayers on clarinet. Effervescent Shelley MacLean will be the featured vocalist again. The rest of the band is unchanged led by Cathy Hotlips Peacock on trumpet, Dunc the hunk Wooldridge on trombone, Andreas Bullfiddle Kappen on double bass, the one and only Melvin Peters on piano, and bashful Bruce Baker on drums.

The show will feature hits by Duke Ellington, Rosemary Clooney and Ella Fitzgerald such as Fever, Hey Mambo, Blue Moon, Embraceable You and A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square. The band will pay tribute to great big bands of that time and will include Sing Sing Sing, Caravan, How High the Moon and a tribute to Glenn Miller. Other swing tunes include I’ve Got You Under My Skin, Fly me to the Moon and MacLean’s smoky version of Georgia On My Mind.

Swingtime offers class, sophistication and good old fashioned jazz nostalgia. Don’t miss these excellent musicians in action! Their music is finger-clicking good!

Shows take place from January 24 to February 1 with performances on January 24, January 30 and 31at 20h00 with Sunday shows on January 25 and February 1 at 14h00 with an extra show on February 1 at 18h30. The venue opens 90 minutes before show for picnic dinner.

Tickets R120 (R100 pensioners and tables of eight or more). Take along food picnic baskets and braais will be available. There is limited secure parking and booking is essential. A cash bar is available (no alcohol may be brought on to the premises). Rhumbelow Durban is situated in Cunningham Avenue off Bartle Road and Rhumbelow Pietermaritzburg is in the Allan Wilson Shellhole in Pietermaritzburg.

Booking is through Computicket or contact Roland on  082 499 8636, email roland@stansell.za.net or visit www.rhumbelow.za.net