(Andile
Yenana)
The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music will
presents a double bill gig with Andile Yenana Sextet: Umnqgonqgo Wabantu and
Burton Naidoo in Celebration of the Mandela Centenary on Wednesday, July 18, 2018,
at 18h00.
Andile Yenana presents his latest
compositions recorded during his Swiss residency in 2017. His music is notable
for its evocative, soulful power and the sensitivity of his touch and ensemble
playing. The project features arrangements of traditional Xhosa initiation
songs worked into jazz-inspired sensibilities and pulses, all the while
celebrating free and boundless improvisation.
(Burton
Naidoo)
Our Song is Inspired by the Life and Character
of Mr Nelson Mandela. Pianist, composer and arranger, Burton Naidoo has
transcribed some of Mandela’s most iconic speeches. The words are pitch classed
and harmonized in the effort to create a musical backdrop to these iconic
pieces.
Burton has also written new compositions to
compliment the performance. Written for piano solo, the audience can expect
speeches from the Rivonia Trial, Praise Singing from Sthembile Mlangeni and
Zolani Mkhiva at the Inauguration as well as Mr FW de Klerk’s announcement to
free Nelson Mandela at Parliament, 1990.
Featuring Marcus Wyatt (trumpet and
flugelhorn), Linda Sikhakhane (tenor), Siyasanga Charles (trombone), Andile
Yenana (piano), Ariel Zamonsky (bass) and Michi Stulz from Switzerland (drum),
the concert will take place on July 18 at 18h00 at The Centre for Jazz and
Popular Music (CJPM), Level 2, Shepstone Building at UKZN Howard College Campus.
The doors open at 18h30. General admission R80
(R50 pensioners, R25 students) For more information, contact Thulile Zama, Concert
and Jazzcentre Coordinator, on 031 260 3385 or email Zamat1@ukzn.ac.za
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