(Dave Reynolds & Pops
Mohamed)
For its first gig of the second semester, The Centre for
Jazz and Popular Music will present Pops Mohamed and Dave Reynolds on July 22.
South Africa's beloved "minister" of music,
multi-instrumentalist, jazz composer, traditional music preservationist and
global "Fucha-Rist", Pops Mohamed was
featured in the tv series 21 Icons.
He’s synonymous with the term South African Jazz legend. He’s a multi-award
winning performer who’s toured with artists like world music legends Andreas
Vollenweider and Baaba Maal, and recorded music with South Africa’s tribal
people called the San, more commonly known as The Bushmen.
He also co-created the TV show Southern Rhythms. The show explores the relationship between music
and spirituality in South Africa.
Dave Reynolds is South Africa’s leading steelpan player!
He’s a SAMRO Award winning composer and also performs with acoustic guitar.
He’s toured and recorded all over the world with legends like Steve Newman,
Hugh Masekela, the late Gito Baloi, Tony Cox, the late Sipho Gumede, Paul
Hanmer and McCoy Mrubata, to name just a few.
Fresh from the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown mixing
World Music, Caribbean soul and South African jazz with an underpinning of
African traditional instruments
The performance will take place on July 22 at 18h00 at the
Centre for Jazz and Popular Music (CJPM), Level 2, Shepstone Building at UKZN
Howard College Campus. Doors open at 17h30 with the show starting at 18h00. Admission
R50 (R30 pensioners and free for students).
For more information, email: zamat1@ukzn.ac.za
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