Oppikoppi is here, but that’s no reason to miss out on the rest of what happens in this city on a regular basis.
? The Grammy award-winning singer Dianne Reeves will perform her second and final concert on Friday night (August 5). She will be backed by acclaimed jazz pianist Peter Martin, who arranged and performed on Reeves’s 2003 Grammy-winning release A Little Moonlight. He also co-produced her 2004 Blue Note album, Christmas Time Is Here, and was the pianist in George Clooney’s 2005 film, Good Night and Good Luck, alongside Reeves.
The Teatro at Montecasino on August 5 at 8pm. Tickets range from R200 to R650. Book at Computicket. For hospitality packages phone: 011 510 7905. Email: [email protected].
? The Wish bar in Melville usually presents trumpeter Marcus Wyatt and friends every Wednesday, but the line-up is regularly subject to change so it’s a case of taking pot luck. On the release of his most recent album, ZAR, Mail & Guardian jazz critic Gwen Ansell quoted Wyatt as saying: ‘Being a muso is all about travelling.” So here’s your chance to go on a mind journey with him.
Wish, corner of 2nd Avenue and 7th Street, Melville, on Wednesday nights from 8pm. There is no cover charge. Tel: 011 482 1162.
? If you are in Sandton at lunchtime on a Friday, go to the Old Mutual Theatre on the Square’s Lunch Hour Classical Concerts. The new season kicked off in July and on Friday (August 5) you can catch a concert of klezmer, the Yiddish folk sound of a bygone Eastern Europe that, with Balkan and Gypsy music, is enjoying a cult revival. The performers include Miro Chakaryan (violin), Jacobus Swart (piano) and Etienne Malan (clarinet). The klezmer sound is soulful, joyful and nostalgic.
The Old Mutual Theatre on the Square on August 5 at 12.45pm. A cover charge of R30 includes coffee and biscuits. Tel: 011 883 8606.