(Salim
Washington. Pic by Lindo Mbhele)
In association with Concerts SA, iSupport
Music Business presents The Khaya Mahlangu and Salim Washington Quintet in
Groutville. The renowned saxophone players will visit Luthuli Museum in
Groutville on August 31 and Seaman’s Corner in Hammarsdale on September 1.
For these performances Mahlangu and
Washington will be accompanied by a talented backing back consisting of Neil
Gonsalves on Keys, Dalisu Ndlazi on bass, and Stanley Matlou on Drums.
Mahlangu is a top-league artist, working
with various artists like Hugh Masekela, Tsepo Tshola, Busi Mhlongo, Vusi
Khumalo, Moses Molelekwa, Caiphus Semenya, Letta Mbulu, Jonas Gwangwa and
guested on many recordings. He formed a band called Iconoclast with Victor
Ntoni, Hilton Schilder, and Vusi Khumalo. 2001 was also an important year for
him. Bejazzled, a jazz TV programme,
offered a chance for Mahlangu to do TV work as Musical Director and he also
composed the signature tune. The show ran for 13 weeks.
(KhayaMahlangu.
Pic by Steve Gordon)
Salim Washington’s story of jazz
saxophonist-composer- scholar-activist Salim Washington paints a harlequin
voyage in search of one’s roots. His parents were born and raised in the
sharecropper plantations of Mississippi, met in Caperville, Tennessee, got
married and moved to Detroit with hopes of a better future. Prof Salim is a
composer, and multi-instrumentalist, playing saxophone, flute, oboe, and bass
clarinet. He has played as a jazz musician throughout The United States,
Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and has
performed and recorded with many of jazz’s greatest luminaries. As implied by
the name of the band, Washington has emigrated from jazz’s epicentre, New York,
to make South Africa his home.
This series of performances by Mahlangu and
Washington is part of the Concerts SA Venue Circuit which aims to foster a love
and support for live music in South African communities, as well as anchor
small and medium-sized venues in urban and rural Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, and
the Western Cape.
Concerts SA is a joint South
African/Norwegian live music development project housed within the SAMRO
Foundation. Concerts SA receives financial, administrative and technical
support from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, SAMRO, the SAMRO
Foundation and Concerts Norway. Working with musicians, promoters, venue owners
and audiences, and providing support to the sector through research and skills
development for music professionals, the project aims to build a vibrant and viable
live music circuit in southern Africa.
It also aims to develop an interest in and appreciation of live music by
showcasing music performances and conducting workshops at schools.
For more information visit http://concertssa.co.za,
follow @ConcertsSA on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ConcertsSA or like us on
Facebook at www.facebook.com/ConcertsSA.
Entrance for each concert is R30 at the
door. The concerts take place as follows:
August 31 at 18h00: Luthuli Museum,
Groutville.
September 1 at 19h00: Seaman’s Corner, Unit
3, Hammarsdale.
For more information contact 083 337 2518