The Online Concert from the Centre for Jazz
on Wednesday April 8, 2020, will feature Lindi Ngonelo, The VCU Africa
Combo/UKZN Storytellers and Mbijana Sibisi.
UKZN Alumni Lindi Ngonelo features with a
performances that took place at Seaman's Corner in Hammarsdale on December 29, 2018.
On the bandstand is Mxolisi Mdlalose (tenor
sax), Siyanda Zulu (trumpet), Riley Giandhari (drums), Freeman Gumede (bass)
and Lindi Ngonelo (piano), who heads up the quintet. The first composition is
titled Hymn for Them whose sole
intention was to cherish and show love and appreciation to her parents for
everything they had done for her, while they were still alive. The song holds
even more meaning now than before, as her father passed on in 2018.
The second song is titled The Beginning which features Mbuso Khoza
who is recognised as a gem in the style of indigenous African music.
VCU Africa Combo and University of
KwaZulu-Natal Jazz Storytellers Ensemble (Durban) perform It Just is (Yiqiniso) and Brotherrelation
which was presented at the UKZN Jazz Centre on March 10, 2015.
This was part of an exchange programme
between UKZN and VCU Jazz Studies. Personnel include Kwena Elvis Ramahuta
(voice), Rogan van den Berg (guitar), Lungelo Ngcobo (piano), Dalisu Ndlazi
(bass), Jude Ganasen(drums), and UKZN’s Burton Naidoo (piano)with director Neil
Gonsalves (piano); and Trey Sorrells (alto sax), Cody Reifsteck (tenor
sax),Roger Pouncey Jr (guitar), Ryan Moses (piano),Jordan Mason (bass), and
Cleandré Foster (drums)
with director Prof. Antonio Garcia
(trombone).
Mbijana Sibisi will share his stories. His
music can be described as a mixture of storytelling and Zulu folk sound. He
considers himself as a social commentator and aims to be the voice of the
people, using his music to spread real-life stories about happiness, but also
touching on societal issues.
A qualified dental nurse, Sibisi gave up
his job in 2013, at the age of 22, to become a full-time musician. His career
has taken off since then with performances throughout South Africa, but also in
Belgium, France, Spain, Uganda and Reunion Islands. In 2016 he entered The Voice and in the same year released
his first EP titled History. He is currently
working on an album which he plans to release later in the year.
For more information email Thulile Zama on
zamat1@ukzn.ac.za
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