Nama Jazz IV with Topdog SA will take Baxter audiences on an indigenous journey with the fourth instalment of the series.
The band, having successfully performed their first three installments at Artscape Arena, use African music and musical instruments and fuse it with modern Cape Jazz traditions and genres.
Nama Jazz IV will also head into the show aiming to make a meaningful contribution to society, having recently adopted the under-resourced and underprivileged Dryden Street Primary School as the core focus of the show. Based in Salt River, the school of more than 120 years old caters for largely underprivileged communities from Khayelitsha, New Crossroads and Phillipi areas. It relies quite heavily on fundraising efforts to support its infrastructure requirements and daily school feeding needs.
Nama Jazz IV continues to explore indigenous roots
In the show, TopDog SA will use mouth bows, the Boesman’s klavier (African piano), the blik kitaar, the talking drum and rice shakers – instruments used by the Cape Khoena. These instruments are the origins of their music which links these indigenous instruments to contemporary sound such as the accordion, banjo, guitars, melodica, saxophone and drums that will equally feature in the performance.
The band is composed of Donveno Prins (saxophone), Camillo Lombard (keyboard), Charlton Daniels (bass), Mornay Hoffmeester (drums) and Mark Williams (lead guitar).
TopDog SA was established six years ago and has already made a name for themselves as one of South Africa’s premier jazz bands having performed with local and international legends such as Jonathan Butler, Karin White, All 4 One and Tevin Campbell amongst others. Nama Jazz is a new term that has given their music unique style and is a fusion between indigenous melodies, rhythms and jazz chord progressions.
What: Nama Jazz IV with TopDog SA
Where and when: Baxter Theatre from 4 to 6 July 2019
Tickets: Webtickets
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