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Fourth SAJE Jazz Festival next week
The South African Association for Jazz Education will host its 4th Jazz Festival in Cape Town from 29-31 March 2015 at the SA College of Music at the University of Cape Town and Jazz at the Nassau.
International participants in this year’s Festival include pianist Mike del Ferro and saxophonists Rolf Delfos and Alexander Beets from the Netherlands, Irish bassist Ronan Guilfoyle, percussionist Paul Ngoie Le Perc from the DRC, and pianists Emilio Marinelli (Italy) and Darius Brubeck (USA).
Local participants include jazz artists from Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town, such as Kesivan Naidoo, Carlo Mombelli, Dan Shout, Andre Petersen and Kyle Shepherd, with jazz educators from UCT, UNISA and WITS, such as Mike Rossi, Mike Campbell, Amanda Tiffin and Karendra Devroop, plus the UCT BIG BAND and the UCT Jazz Voices.
Evening concerts:
Sunday, 29 March: Jazz at the Nassau Concert at 7:30pm
Emilio Marninelli Trio and In With a Shout
Tickets R100 - available from Cliff Wallis on 0764010008
Monday 30 March: Chisholm Recital Room, SA College of Music at UCT, 8:15pm
J'Afrozz, International Trio, Saxophone Summit, UCT Big Band
Tickets R60 and R30 (students/pensioners) – at the door
Tuesday 31 March: Chisholm Recital Room, SA College of Music at UCT, 8:15pm
Emilio Marinelli, Brubeck/Rossi Duo, UCT Jazz Voices
Tickets R60 and R30 (students/pensioners) – at the door
Workshops:
Monday 30 March: Chisholm Recital Room, SA College of Music at UCT, 9:30am to 5pm
Tuesday 31 March: Chisholm Recital Room, SA College of Music at UCT, 10:30am to 5pm
R150 per day/R250 for both days/R30 per workshop
The 4th SAJE Jazz Festival Two-Day Jazz Workshops Program on 30 and 31 March is an intensive immersion program for jazz students, learners, teachers, professionals and anyone else who is interested to learn and develop jazz music skills and knowledge, with classes including improvisation, rhythm, vocal performance, drumming, instrumental master classes, and workshops on different music subjects.
The schedule of events for the 4th SAJE Jazz Festival Concerts and Jazz Workshops can also be found at www.saje.org.za.
