This week live on PASS Radio
Coming to you from Tagore’s Jazz Bar [ 42 Trill Road, Observatory, Cape Town – view map]
Wed 15 Feb – Gavin Bonner and friends present musical storytelling. A poet, storyteller, musician and praise singer, Bonner combines spontaneous wordplay, poetic dexterity and narrative smarts with rhythmic and musical elements. More here
Thurs 16 Feb – DJ Mogale performs diverse sonic jazz experiments on the decks
Friday 17 Feb – The Gorm Helfjord Quartet present their brand of freestyle, mutli-layered soul/funk and jazz
Sat 18 Feb – the Ethan Smith Quartet features Ethan Smith (Sax, Flute), Kyle Shepherd (Piano), Brydon Bolton (Double Bass) and Claude Cozens (Drums) in organic compositions laced with jazz, South African, Middle and Far Eastern traditional influences. Check them out here.
All shows start at 9.30pm – bar closes at 1.30am.
Entry is freer than the new SA.
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Culture Musical Club interview
Culture Musical Club began life as part of the youth organization of the Afro Shirazi Party during Zanzibar’s struggle for independence back in 1956. Today, CMC is Zanzibar’s most prolific and successful taarab orchestra. The club performs widely at concerts in Zanzibar’s Stone Town, but also frequently takes its music to the rural areas. Their international tours and CD-releases have made the name Culture Musical Club known to audiences throughout the world so that rehearsals in their clubhouse have become …
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Toumani Diabate interview
Kora maestro Toumani Diabate in conversation at PASS 2009. Diabate mediates traditions inherited from Mali’s ancient Mande Empire through globetrotting jazz, blues and electro frequencies. A lifelong Bamako resident, Diabate rose to global acclaim almost 20 years ago when he recorded the world’s first solo kora album Kaira. Since then his career has been characterised by a fierce refusal to erect a line between an ancient locality and a modern cosmopolis.
This week live on PASS Radio
Coming to you from Tagore’s Jazz Bar [ 42 Trill Road, Observatory, Cape Town – view map] WED 8 Feb – percussionist and storyteller Gavin Bonner‘s quartet THUR 9 Feb – The MIGHTY MIGHTY spins his vinyl magic FRI 10 Feb – acclaimed composer and soloist Hilton Schilder brings together jazz, urban Khoi, goema and crossover sounds SAT 11 Feb – the Ethan Smith Quartet features Eathan Smith (Sax, Flute), Kyle Shepherd (Piano), Brydon Bolton (Double Bass) and Claude Cozens …
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DIPALO a mixtape for those who practice counting
Composed, arranged and performed by Neo Muyanga, this audio cd supplement is part of the Chimurenga Chronicle, a speculative newspaper which is issue 16 of Chimurenga. [display_podcast] Tracklist: a) 1+1= (a re-composition of a 5000-year-old offering to Lord Ganesha, the Hindu deity, an opener of sorts) b) 4:7 (heaven’s on the ocean is a proportional refrain on reaching nirvana, the 7th grade, via the mundane material world) c) 3sin= rθ (sino projection technology theme) d) 3(x)n (illegal border crossing and …
This week live on PASS Radio
Coming to you from Tagore’s Jazz Bar [ 42 Trill Road, Observatory, Cape Town ] WED 1st Feb – the Dan SHOUT! quartet featuring Dan Shout on sax alongside Gorm Helfjord (guitar), Romy Brauteseth (double bass) and Jonno Sweetman (drums) THUR 2nd Feb – The MIGHTY MIGHTY spins his vinyl magic FRI 3rd Feb – acclaimed composer and soloist Hilton Schilder brings together jazz, urban Khoi, goema and crossover sounds SAT 4th Feb – the Ethan Smith quartet features Eathan …
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PASS Playlist
Another genre-bursting excursion into sounds from the PASS Playlist by The Ghost. To listen to PASS radio 24/7 hit the “Listen to the live stream” link to your left.
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(The) Adrian Syndicate live
Richard Bona, Lionel Loueke, George Benson and Pat Martino are amongst the legends that Cape Town based, Zimbabwean guitarist Tonderai Adrian Muparutsa name checks. (The) Adrian Syndicate channel these influences through closer-to-home grooves to create their own unique brand of jazz, live from the PASS Studio’s stage at Tagore’s Jazz Bar, 42 Trill Road, Obs, Cape Town,. Listen in on PASS Radio – now streaming 24/7, directly to speakers / headphones near you! Hit the ‘Listen to the live stream’ …
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The Ghost
The Ghost returns with another set of diverse sonic experiments, mutli-layered eclectro sounds, jazz jouissance, old skool grooves, traditional rhythms and tunings and much much more from the PASS Playlist. To listen to PASS radio 24/7 hit the “Listen to the live stream” link to your left.
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