(Riley
G)
The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music at
the University of KwaZulu-Natal will present The Riley G Collective part 2 on July
31, 2019.
Riley G is a Durban-based drummer who
performs with various bands playing different styles of music such as Jazz,
Pop, Latin Jazz, House and Soul. He is currently the drum teacher at Kearsney
College and also teaches music privately. He has performed with many artists
such as Jan Lundgren, Hugh Masekela, Raphael Clarkson and Lloyd Cele to name a
few.
Riley is influenced by music greats such as
Chick Corea, Dave Weckl, Elvin Jones, Antonio Sanchez, John Pattitucci and
Steve Gadd. As part of his Masters degree, this is the second band that Riley G
has put together. This band not only consists of brilliant musicians, but also composers
and arrangers in their own right.
The band’s sound can be described as
electric/acoustic, rooted in the realm of Jazz with African and European
influences. The band will perform Riley’s compositions as well as some of his
arrangements of jazz standards and popular music.
The Riley G collection part two will
feature Riley Giandhari on drums, Sebastian Goldswain and Dane Francis on guitar, Dalisu Ndlanzi on bass,
and Burton Naidoo on piano.
The concert takes place on July 31 at 18h00
(doors open at 17h30) at the Centre for Jazz and Popular Music, Level 2,
Shepstone Building on the Howard College campus 17h30.
General admission R80 (R50 pensioners, R25 students).
For more details contact Thuli on 031 260 3385 or email Zamat1@ukzn.ac.za
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