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Special Jazz on Friday performance will introduce young guest artists from Franschhoek
Date Published: 15 Dec 2009
January 15 will see a special Jazz on Friday performance at La Brasserie, at which Cape Dutch Connection will introduce two extremely talented young guest artists, Sean Jacobs and Danielle Davenport, who will both sing with the band. Sean was this year's best vocalist at the National Jazz Festival in Grahamstown and Danielle was runner up. Well known musician Mike Rossi will join them on the saxophone.
Eighteen year old Sean has just matriculated from Bridge House and plans to study at UCT. His talent for singing and performing was recognised when he won Best Male Singer at the Paarl Valley Eisteddfod seven times as a school boy and in 2002 when he won the KWV Talent Competition. He has performed with well-known local singer and composer Randall Wicomb and toured South Africa in 2003 with the show ‘Oos Wes, Tuis Bes’. In 2004 he performed with actress/producer Natalia Da Rocha in ‘Wa’ was djy’. He also plays the flute.
Danielle, who is planning to study Jazz at UCT, has just finished school at Bridge House, Franschhoek. Her passion for music began at the age of five when she learned to read music then began piano and violin lessons. She studied at Hugo Lambrechts where she played in the orchestra. She also played in the Backsberg orchestra for two years. However, a snowboarding accident in 2008 left her wrist ligaments damaged and put paid to her ambitions to be a musician. So she took up singing and instantly found a passion for it.
Woodwind specialist Mike Rossi is Professor in Jazz and Woodwinds at the South African College of Music, UCT. He regularly performs at jazz festivals and conducts workshops and master-classes in Africa, Europe and the US. He is the first recipient of the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Jazz Studies from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Some of his performing and recording credits include appearances with Dave Liebman, Tony Bennett, Lou Rawls, Aretha Franklin, Rosemary Clooney, Ulrich Suesse, Patrick Bebelaar, Frank Kroll, Herbert Joos, Jurgen Brauninger, The Boston Big Band, The Artie Shaw Orchestra, The African Jazz Pioneers and Darius Brubeck. Mike presently serves as President of SAJE, (SA Assoc for Jazz Education).
About the Standard Bank Jazz Festival
The Standard Bank Jazz Festival runs for the full 10 days of the National Arts Festival and caters for a variety of jazz styles. The festival incorporates the Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival for the first 6 days of the festival, which brings together 250 of the top young jazz musicians in the country (who audition to get into the National Youth and National Schools Jazz Bands), 35 jazz educators and 80 jazz performers from South Africa and around the world.
The intention of the festival is to develop South African jazz: 1. by providing educational opportunities for young players 2. by encouraging artistic integrity and creativity on the Main Stage 3. by creating a forum for South African musicians to network with peers from around the country and with foreign musicians 4. by providing audiences with interesting, quality jazz The SBNYJF has hosted most of South Africa’s leading jazz musicians over the past 16 years, as well as musicians and teachers from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Britain, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Mexico, Mozambique, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, the US and Zimbabwe.
About Jazz on Friday Every Friday evening until 2 April 2009 (except 25 December and 1 January). Venue: La Brasserie, 13 Daniel Hugo Street, FRANSCHHOEK Entrance: R130 per couple – incl bottle of wine and free jazz. Time: 5.30-8.30pm To book: Call 021 876 3420 or email info@labrasserie.co.za
Featuring: The Cape Dutch Connection - a jazz quintet with vocalist Charlette Dickson, Wesley Rustin double bass, drummer Jack Momple, Derk Blaisse on piano and a guest soloist on saxophone, clarinet, flute, trumpet or trombone.
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