(Addison Frei)
The
Centre for Jazz and Popular Music will present the winner of the 2016 UNISA
International Piano Competition 2016, Addison Frei, tomorrow (April 5).
The New
York based pianist has also won first prize in several competitions, including
the 2015 American Jazz Pianist Competition in Melbourne, Florida and the 2012
Jacksonville Jazz Piano Competition, where he was noted as the youngest
competitor.
He has
toured and recorded in a duo setting alongside Manhattan Transfer co-founder,
Janis Siegel. In New York, Frei has held residencies at the Kitano, the Cell
Theatre and Somethin’ Jazz, and performed at venues such as Minton’s, Birdland,
Cornelia St. Café, Pangea and Rockwood Music Hall, among others. He has served
as musical director of B-Side Productions’ Adding Machine and The Wild Party.
Frei also headlined the 2015 Wichita Jazz Festival, brought his group to the
Dallas Museum of Art and joined vibraphonist Christian Tamburr at the Lied
Center of Kansas. Frei’s acclaimed compositions have earned him invitations to
Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead, Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute and Generations
International Jazz Festival’s Workshop. http://www.addisonfrei.com/listen/
Join
Addison Frei (piano) with Marc Duby (bass) and Bruce Baker (drums) at The
Centre for Jazz & Popular Music (CJPM), Level 2 Shepstone Building at UKZN
Howard College Campus, Durban on April 5, 2017. Doors open 17h30 and the music
starts at 18h00 Tickets R70 (R45 pensioners, R20 students) will be available at
the door for
For more
information contact 031 260 3385 or email: zamat1@ukzn.ac.za
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