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06/12/2007 09:42 AM - (SA) Enjoy jazz in the nature reserve 07/12/07
Consisting of the standard 18-piece big band line-up (namely five saxes, four trombones, four trumpets and a five piece rhythm section) this band has been getting audiences grooving wherever they perform. Jannie "Hanepoot" van Tonder, their founder and conductor, says that the band plays only South African music. While they play mostly original music, you will also recognize some standards written by local jazz greats such as Hugh Masekela, Dollar Brand and Zakes Nkosi. When Hanepoot started the band his idea was to offer Cape Town's jazz musicians the opportunity to play original and African music in a large jazz ensemble, as well as to provide a platform for composers and arrangers of big band material to write for and have their music performed by a big band. Jack Bowers of "all about jazz" has this to say about the band's first album, ".. the music is irresistible, and I've seldom been more enthralled while listening to a big band album for the first time." So successful have they been that they have performed as the opening act at the Standard Bank Jazzathon, the Cape Town Festival, Kirstenbosch, the Oude Libertas Theatre, and in 2003 the JWBB became the mouthpiece of Cape Town's music station, Fine Music Radio. Tickets for the concert are on sale at the Information Centre at the Reserve, or at the gate from 15:30. The concert starts at 17:30. Ticket prices are R25 for adults and R5 for scholars. Proceeds from the concert go to Environmental Education Centre at Helderberg Nature Reserve. Bring your own picnic and blanket or chairs. Visit www.helderbergnaturereserve.co.za for more details or phone (021) 851-4060.
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