(Lloyd Martin; Joe van der Linden; John
Edwards & Curtis Kettledas)
The Eastern
Cape-based John Edwards Quartet will be performing in Durban in 2018 at the
UKZN Centre for Jazz on April 11, the Jazzy Rainbow on April 12 and at the
Chairman on April 13.
John Edwards is a
jazz pianist/composer/educator and former Durbanite and was a student of Darius
Brubeck at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Having graduated in 2004 with a
Masters (cum laude) in Jazz performance and Composition, he moved to the
Eastern Cape to take up a lecturing post at Rhodes University in 2006. Since
2010, he has been the lecturer in Jazz Studies at the Nelson Mandela University
in Port Elizabeth. He has maintained a parallel career as a musician and has
performed, composed and recorded in numerous musical contexts including jazz,
rock, jazz/classical fusions, dance productions, cabaret and cruise ship
engagements.
He has performed as
a sideman with nationally and internationally renowned musicians including
(amongst others): vocalists Natalie Rungan, Melanie Scholtz and Titi Luzipo,
saxophonist McCoy Mrubata, trumpeter Feya Faku, guitarist Shawn Phillips,
bassist Lex Futshane and drummer Ginger Baker. He has been the recipient of
several awards including winning the jazz band category in the Old Mutual Jazz
Encounters Competition in 2002.
The John Edwards
Quartet comprises Port Elizabeth-based musicians John Edwards (piano/keyboards);
Curtis Kettledas (alto saxophone); Joe van der Linden (acoustic bass) and Lloyd
Martin (drums).
The band members
are individually renowned as excellent musicians and all are involved in a
variety of diverse musical projects (including jazz, rock and popular and
gospel music). This wealth of experience is self-evident in their work as a
collective; the quartet plays original repertoire that blurs the boundaries
between a variety of jazz styles that include mainstream jazz, Afro-jazz,
Brazilian and funk. Additional influences include elements of classical and
popular music.
The band recently
performed as a headline act at the inaugural Mandela Bay Jazz Legacy Festival
in November 2017 and shared the stage with artists such as Andile Yenana,
Marcus Wyatt, Ayanda Sikade and Lex Futshane.
The John Edwards
Quartet will be performing in Durban in 2018 at the UKZN Centre for Jazz on April
11 at 18h00, the Jazzy Rainbow on April 12 at 20h00 and at the Chairman on April
13 at 23h00.
For more
information, contact John Edwards on email: john.edwards@nmmu.ac.za
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