The Rainbow and Concerts SA will present Tete
Mbambisa and His SA-UK Big Sound on July 9.
This is a unique opportunity to hear Bra
Tete Mbambisa, one of the elder statesmen of South African jazz, in a programme
of Mbambisa originals arranged for his SA-UK Big Sound. Bra Tete is joined by
fellow South Africans, saxophonist Bra Barney Rachabane (Hugh Masekela and Paul
Simon) and drummer Ayanda Sikade (Zim Ngqawana and Thandiswa Mazwai).
Playing alongside this all-star South
African line-up are three outstanding British artists, Julian Argüelles
(tenor), Chris Batchelor (trumpet) and Steve Watts (bass). All three have been
heavily influenced by exiled South African jazz musicians in London; now
significant stylists in their own right they perform in South Africa for the
first time. This SA-UK BIG SOUND 2017 tour launches two new Mbambisa albums: One for Asa recorded in the UK in 2015,
and African Day recorded in
Johannesburg in 1976 but previously unreleased.
Tete Mbambisa and His SA-UK Big Sound can
be seen on July 9 at the Rainbow Restaurant, 23 Stanfield Lane, Pinetown. Doors
open at 13h00 and tickets at R100 are available at The Rainbow or Webtickets at
www.webtickets.co.za/event.aspx?itemid=409794326
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