(Leon Scharnick and Milton Chissano)
The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music (CJPM) proudly
presents Bantu’s Clef on Wednesday May 20, 2026, at
17h30.
Consisting of Milton Chissano (Guitar); Leon Scharnick (Alto and Tenor saxes); Doctor Vezi (Electric bass guitar); Albert Chemane (Drums); featuring Zoe the Seed (vocals), Bantu’s Clef’s music is characterized as instrumental World Music with strong influences of African rhythms from the Bantu people. It interlocks with various others musical influences such as African ethnic music, American jazz, Latin American music as well as aspirations from Baroque music and other genres of music.
Bantu’s Clef sound is presented in a language or aesthetic located within the expression of contemporary jazz. It includes interpretations of other composers from Mozambique, South Africa, Latin America and Bollywood music. Bantu’s Clef proposes a night of melo-rhythmic music that appeals for both dancing and listening with harmonic structures that travel from basic to complex, vesting the melodies with a lyrical aesthetic inspired in African chants in dialogue with the universe.
Like jazz, it also includes improvisation on the form, the
musicians have the freedom to express what is in their souls.
Event details:
Bantu’s Clef
Wednesday May 20, 2026
Doors open at 17h00
Music at 17h30
Tickets R130 (R100 pensioners, R70 students R70) - cash at
the door
UKZN, Howard College Campus. Dennis Shepstone Building level
2
Centre for Jazz and Popular Music
Use Gates 3 or 8 off Rick Turner Road
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