(Phumlani Mtiti)
The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music will present the Brass
showcase/ UKZN Big Band launch on June 1.
The UKZN Big band is directed by Burton Naidoo. The members
are pianists Abigail Giddings and Mandy Cobbing; bassist Llewelyn Chetty;
drummer Riley Giandhari; trumpeters Siyanda Zulu, Sanele Qwabe, Phuti Mofokeng,
and Talente Mhlongo; guitarist Kaylin Naidoo; Snothile Mkhize on clarinet; alto
saxophonists Nwabisa Kheswa, Simone van Niekerk, Tim Lewis and Phumlani Mtiti; tenor
saxophonist Bonginkosi Mkhize, and trombonists Thembinkosi Khumalo, Mokgethisi
Nkotsi, Tseleng Makhatla (flute).
Special guests will be Prof Salim Washington (tenor
saxophone), Prof Mike Rossi from South African College of Music, University of
Cape Town and George Mari (trumpet).
The UKZN Big Band repertoire includes standards such as Moten Swing, Take the A train, On Green
Dolphin Street which is arranged by Nicholas Chinnamunian , Fly Me To the Moon, Mra, Nelson Mandela,
Harlem Airshaft, Caravan arranged by Riley Giandhari, and When the Saints Go Marching In.
"The music discipline at UKZN is particularly excited
to be in a position to once again field a Big band after a sojourn of three or
four years due to having had too few horn players in the jazz programme. We are
hopeful that this resurgence in numbers is a sign of things to come, and we
thank the young musicians from the Durban Music School for their participation
as well," said Neil Gonsalves, director for the Centre for Jazz and
Popular Music., UKZN.
Brass Showcase/ UKZN Big Band launch will take place on June
1 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.
General admission R60 (R40 pensioners, R20 students). More information from Thuli
on 031 260 3385 or email Zamat1@ukzn.ac.za
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