Cape Town International Jazz Festival 2007
South Africa Hosts International Jazz Stars
The 8th Annual Cape Town International Jazz Festival,
acknowledged as the biggest event on the African continent, is the one weekend
of the year when music lovers from all over South Africa and abroad descend on
Cape Town for the music event that is not to be missed. The 8th annual Cape Town
International Jazz Festival takes place on Friday 30th and Saturday 31st March
at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC).
Affectionately known as Africa’s Grandest Gathering, this
multi-stage event brings together a dazzling bill of 40 African and
international artists performing in five different venues to a diverse audience.
The annual free Community Concert, the organisers’ commitment to community
members who cannot make it to the paid sessions of the event, takes place on
March 29th on Greenmarket Square.
“The line-up this year is consistent with our vision of the
festival being a platform to showcase Africa’s best and the finest
internationally. We maintain the 50/50 split between African artists and
musicians from the rest of the world. We have also stuck to our formula where
the Cape Town International Jazz Festival brings together jazz and other
jazz-related experimental genres”, says festival director Rashid Lombard.
Artists confirmed to date include soul-jazz diva Randy
Crawford; jazz legend Joe Sample; South Africa's own world famous vocal group,
Ladysmith Black Mambazo; Sibongile Khumalo and Jack DeJohnette; Intercontinental
with Danilo Perez; Jerome Harris; Byron Wallen and Jason Yarde; The Caribbean
Jazz Project featuring Paquito D’Rivera, Dave Samuels and Andy Narell; Vivid
Afrika; Concord Nkabinde; Esther Miller featuring special guest Jeremy Pelt; Bev
Scott-Brown; Bruce Muirhead Quartet; Fethi Tabet; Shannon Mowday; Lira; Diego
Amador; Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Band; Rudimentals; Nils Landgren;
Hilton Schilder; Bheki Khoza; Lee Konitz Quartet; Stimela; Tortured Soul; Geri
Allen Trio featuring Jimmy Cobb; Leela James; Gino Vannelli.
 The
Cape Town Jazz Festival is one of the most eagerly awaited events on South
Africa’s events calendar, attracting tens of thousands of music aficionados each
year. The event takes place on five stages, ranging in capacity from 660
persons to 8,000 persons, and is more than just a music festival. A series of
workshops, focusing on music, the music business, arts journalism, a one day
jazz music conference and master classes for professional and established
musicians round out the kaleidoscope of activities taking place during the
Festival.
For further information and photos please visit the newly
designed, interactive official Festival website:
www.capetownjazzfest.com.
Edited by Dave Shultz
Images courtesy Cape Town Jazz Festival
The best way to get there is South Africa Airways
http://www.flysaa.com
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