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Chimurenga presents: REZA KHOTA QUARTET: RESILIENCE TOUR – Friday 12 Sept 2025
Chimurenga is proud to present Reza Khota Quartet: RESILIENCE TOUR – LIVE at Chimurenga Factory
With Reza Khota (guitar), Shane Cooper (bass), Jonno Sweetman (drums) and Buddy Wells (saxophone).
Friday 12 September 2025 from 7pm (SAST)
R200 pre-sale (via Quicket)
R250 at the door
Join us at Chimurenga Factory (157 Victoria Rd, Woodstock) or tune in via Pan African Space Station
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Centred on 18 years of musical collaboration between bandleader Reza Khota with Shane Cooper and Jonno Sweetman, and later joined by Buddy Wells, the quartet delves into the sonic spaces between jazz, rock, Afrobeat, Ethio-jazz and music beyond classification, and explore the question: how to make a sound together – both in the realms of affect and temporality?
The band will perform songs from their album releases Transmutation (2013) and Liminal (2018), as well as new compositions – including a tribute to Thomas Mapfumo and Resilience (Sumud), dedicated to the liberatory call of the Palestinian people and all oppressed people of the world.
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Tags: Buddy Wells, jonno sweetman, Resilience Tour, Reza Khota, shane cooper
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KEENAN AHRENDS TRIO – LIVE at Chimurenga Factory
Join us on Saturday 15 February 2025 (from 20:00 – 22:00) for a live performance with Keenan Ahrends Trio – Keenan Ahrends (guitar), Benjamin Jephta (bass) and Jonno Sweetman (drums). Pre-sale tickets available for R150 via Quicket and R200 on the night. After a successful tour in New York, Keenan Ahrends is set to tour South Africa in February. With his trio, he returns home for his second stop at Chimurenga Factory, Cape Town. The performance features compositions from his …