The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music will
present The Bass Showcase on May 22, 2019.
This show will feature the Jazz bass
students from first, second and third year of the School of Arts (Music)
programme. They will present original works by the participants and well as
well-loved standards and covers.
Blessing Thwala will play his own
composition as well as Indibano by
Skokiana. Solomon Riba will perform Yakhalinkomo
by Winston Mankunku Ngozi and Lonely
Heart by Ernie Smith
Freeman Gumede started his arts career in
2012 when he joined the K-Cap- Ekhaya Multi Arts Centre in KwaMashu. This is
where he met his first bass teacher Talente Mzukulu Mbatha. In 2013, he joined
an entertainment company called B5 Entertainment founded by Scelo Gowane among
others which collaborated with well-known artists such as Nancy C & Riky
Rick. He will perform Leni’s smile by
Mike Stern Joy Spring (Standard) - with a snippet of Clifford Brown Solo
transcription.
This concert is a part of a series of
showcases that run over the course of the year.
The Bass
Showcase will take place on May 22 at 18h00 (doors
open at 17h30) at The Centre for Jazz and Popular music (CJPM), Level 2,
Shepstone Building at UKZN Howard College Campus. General admission R80 (R50
pensioners, R25 students).
Contact Thuli on 031 2603385 or email
Zamat1@ukzn.ac.za for more details
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