25/08 – 27/08 :: Joy of Jazz – some FREE SHOWS in Newtown!
UPDATE!
The JOBURG LEG of the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz festival kicks off on the 25 August and continues until the 27 August… If you don’t know what’s going on CLICK HERE for the program and HERE for COMPUTICKET to reserve your seats for the paying shows – HURRY! There are free shows at Nikk…
i’s Oasis and Shivava’s – see the program – but get there early!
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21 July 2005
Joy of Jazz is back in August with two big concerts in Johannesburg and Cape Town featuring three hot and happening Jazz muso’s… two guitarists and a saxophonist. GO GO GO!
Legendary Jazz maestro’s Dave Koz, Lee Ritenour and Stanley Jordan are heading to South Africa this August, for the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz festival series. The tour kicks off on the 25th at the Standard Bank Arena in Johannesburg, featuring Dave Koz and Lee Ritenour and then heads south to the Cape Town International Convention Centre on the 28th where all 3 artists will be performing.
Dave Koz, the latest contender for the instrumental pop saxophone throne, came out of nowhere after his self-titled 1990 release made it onto the Billboard Contemporary Jazz charts and stayed there several weeks. He work has been described and fiery and intense, and he also played on Arsenio Hall’s show, which increased his popularity among the urban contemporary, light jazz and pop audience. Koz plays instrumental pop covers, some upbeat tunes and generally sticks to the fusion production formula; background vocalists, synthesizers and drum machines.
Lee Ritenour has long been the perfect studio musician, one who can melt into the background without making any impact. While he possesses impressive technique, Ritenour has mostly played instrumental pop throughout his career, sometimes with a Brazilian flavor. After touring with Sergio Mendes’ Brazil ’77, in 1973, Ritenour became a very busy studio guitarist in Los Angeles, taking time off for occasional tours with his groups and in the mid-’90s with Bob James in Fourplay.
Stanley Jordan’s discovery in the early ’80s rightfully earned a lot of headlines in the jazz world for he came up with a new way of playing guitar. Although he was not the first to use tapping, Jordan’s extensive expertise gave him the ability to play two completely independent lines on the guitar or, when he wanted, two guitars at a time. After graduating from Princeton in 1981, Jordan played for a time on the streets of New York. Soon he was discovered, had the opportunity to play with Benny Carter and Dizzy Gillespie and, after recording a solo album for his own Tangent label, signed with Blue Note.
The combination of these three talented musicians promises the show to be absolutely breath-taking, a lyrical and introspective display of enormous talent. So ladies and gentlemen, get on your feet and buy those tickets!
Thursday 25h August – Standard Bank Arena, Johannesburg
Sunday 28th August – Cape Town International Convention Centre
Tickets from Computicket
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