(Mike Rossi)
Mike Rossi is
Professor in Jazz and Woodwinds at the South African College of Music,
University of Cape Town, South Africa. Well-known to Durban jazz lovers from
his former association with the University of KwaZulu-Natal, he regularly
performs at jazz festivals and conducts workshops and master-classes in Africa,
Europe and the United States.
Due to tour to Durban on February 11 and 12, The Mike Rossi Project:
Trespassing Permitted is the result of a mixed musical life as a musician and
educator who has travelled extensively.
“While born in the US, much of the music that will be performed reflects my
experiences of living in South Africa for the past 15 years with frequent
travels to the US, throughout Africa, Europe and especially Italy where my
parents originate from,” explains Rossi.
The music was specifically orchestrated for three horns that include
trumpet, trombone and multiple saxophones with a stellar rhythm section. The
music ranges in style from South African township jazz, to hard bop, to modal,
to latin, to contemporary.
“Kesivan Naidoo (drums), Dave Ridgway (acoustic bass), James McClure (trumpet and
flugelhorn), William Haubrich (trombone), and Melvin Peters (piano) represent the very best of South African jazz
talent,” adds Rossi who plays soprano, altello, alto and tenor
saxophones. “I am proud to be
associated with such a fine group for the Durban tour. I hope you enjoy the
music and the CD The Mike Rossi Project:
Trespassing Permitted!”
Performances will
take place as follows:
February 11 at
18h00: Centre for Jazz, UKZN. Tickets: R50 (R30 pensioners, R15 students).
Bookings 031 260 3385
February 12 from 12h30
to 14h30. Performance/Workshop – free entry for learners and students at the Centre
for Jazz, UKZN. Bookings on 031 260 3385
February 12 at 22h30
for 23h00: The Chairman, 146 Mahatma Gandhi Road. Bookings 078 387 1408
CDs will be
available @R100 at each event.
This tour is made
possible by the SA Music Mobility Fund. Initiated in 2013 by the British
Council’s Connect ZA and the SAMRO Foundation, this funding mechanism offers
opportunities for South African musicians to undertake live music-related
activities. A total of 16 applications were successful in the 2014 round and
are being supported in South Africa (10 projects) and in the SADC region (6
projects), including countries such as Botswana, Swaziland, Tanzania and
Mozambique.
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