The mission of the inaugural Silent Revolution Winter Jazz Series, to stimulate ‘thought-provoking and original expression”, has resulted in several unique collaborations.
?Sparks should fly when soulfully smooth songbird Melanie Scholtz teams up with the Dirty Trio’s explosive young hard-bop heads — Kesivan Naidoo (drums), Shane Cooper (double bass) and Bokani Dyer (piano) — on Friday at 7.30pm. Then Swiss duo Andreas Schaerer (vocals, mouth percussion, Jewish harp) and Bänz Oester (double bass, foot percussion, shrutibox, gadgets) tear up the jazz rule book and improvise, blending Mongolian overtone singing, Baroque castrato vocals, beat-boxing, Alpine yodelling and percussive and walking bass lines at 9pm. Mark Fransman (sax, piano) is the special guest for both sets. Saturday night’s pairings are more traditional: crooner Gavin Minter swings through challenging new arrangements of standards from his big-band album, I’ll Be Seeing You at 7.30pm. Then Tina Schouw (vocals, guitar) reimagines her folk-jazz repertoire with Kevin Gibson (drums), Wesley Rustin (double bass), Lodi Paul Inga (guitar), Fransman (piano, accordion, clarinet) and Minter (percussion) in the closing session. Jazz buffs should not miss the nightly all-star jam sessions at Club Voom Voom, 70 Loop Street, from 11.30pm. Admission is free with Silent Revolution ticket and for musicians with
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The Fugard Theatre, corner of Harrington and Caledon streets, District Six, July 8 and 9, 7.30pm. Entrance is R120. Tel: 021 461 4554.
? Zula Sound Bar is one of the inner-city’s chief live-music pit stops. The Springbok Nude Girls celebrate the venue’s relocation to bigger, better premises by reanimating classic hits such as Genie and debuting tracks from their forthcoming album on July 8. Friday’s upstairs line-up also features alt. rockers Ashtray Electric, Red Tape Riot, Wolftown, St Fearless and DJ Sideshow. It’s an Afro-ska-rock dream team downstairs with scene stalwarts Hog Hoggidy Hog, Rudimentals and Hot Water alongside the Little Kings, Limenals and DJ Hamma. Saturday’s celebrations are equally eclectic. Haezer, Markus Wormstorm and Sedge Warbler reroute the hardcore electro continuum with their mash-up of digital punk and ghetto-tech-house grooves upstairs. Downstairs, aKING cruise through indie-pop anthems about youth and young manhood from their latest album, The Red Blooded Years. Holiday Murray, Wolftown, Southpaw and Stereo Zen share the support slots.
Zula Sound Bar & Restaurant, 98 Long Street, Cape Town, July 8 and 9, 6pm. Entrance is R130 (weekend pass) or R80 (each night).