(Drum lecturer Bruce
Baker)
The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music will present the Jazz
Drum Showcase by selected 1st to 3rd year students and a few alumni that are
prominent faces on the Durban and South African music scene on July 27.
The drummers will be presenting music that puts the drums in
the forefront as well as drum solo compositions of the icons of the instrument
such as Max Roach and Tony Williams. Some of the pieces will be from the students’
exam repertoire which range in style from Bebop to Big Band to Contemporary
Fusion. Other items will be the students own ideas and compositions.
The drums mostly occupy a rear-guard role, in that they
provide the time, groove, feel, and dynamics of the band ... the engine room.
The showcase will offer an opportunity to see, hear and feel drums in a more
upfront role and give context to the many skills a modern drummer needs to have
in his toolbox.
This concert is a part of a series of instrumental showcases
planned over the course of the year.
The Jazz Drum Showcase takes place on July 27 at 18h00 at The
Centre for Jazz and Popular Music (CJPM), Level 2, Shepstone Building at UKZN
Howard College Campus. Doors open at 17h30. General admission R60 (R40
pensioners/R20 students). For more information contact Thuli on 031 260 3385 or
email Zamat1@ukzn.ac.za
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