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
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