Bassist Tebogo AusTebza Sedumedi will launch her new album, Motheo, at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival 2020 on Saturday 28 March, where she will be performing to around 34 000 festinos.
The new release is AusTebza’s second album and comes off the success of her single Going Home and her subsequent full album titled Make a Difference.
Mmabana Cultural Centre
“The CTIJF is the perfect stage on which to launch my new album, and I can’t wait to share my hard work with my fans,” she says.
Born in Krugersdorp, and raised between Mathopestad Boons and Mafikeng, Austebza fell in love with music at a young age. Her parents, who used to work at Sun City, tell her of how she would perform for strangers. Her love for music drew her to enter many competitions and perform at school concerts until matric.
After school AusTebza’s parents couldn’t afford to pay for her university fees and her bursary didn’t cover her fees at Boston Media House – this prompted her to join the Mmabana Cultural Centre Music Department. She became a lead singer for one of the bands at the institution which planted the seed for her to start her own band called Deeva.
It was with Deeva that AusTebza developed her love for bass, and the group became so popular they became the backing band for the late HHP.
Dubbed The Groove Queen by her fans, she has performed and recorded with Nothende, Gang of Instrumentals, Rae, Laurie Levine, Kelly Khumalo, Maxhoba, Wanda Baloyi and Swazi Dlamini. She has been part of the production of the SAMAs, as the Channel O Awards, and also played her role as an instrumentalist on the TV productions of The Respect Show with HHP and Afro Café on SABC.
AusTebza will light up the stage at Africa’s Grandest Gathering alongside the likes of Abdullah Ibrahim, Jonathan Butler – with special guest Candy Dulfer from the Netherlands, Kwetu Trio (featuring Aaron Rimbui, Herbie Tsoaeli and Ayanda Sikade), Lira, Mandisi Dyantyis, MF Robots from the UK, and Nduduzo Makhathini.
The Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF) will take place on 27 and 28 March 2020 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC).
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Who: Tebogo AusTebza Sedumedi bass
What: Cape Town International Jazz Festival CTIJF 2020
When: 28 March 2020
See: www.espafrika.com
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