Prom 56 - The South African Jazz Songbook
Work:: Prom 56 (S5993)
Part of the BBC Proms.
Production:: The South African Jazz Songbook (T0524063790)
Celebrated South African trumpeter, conductor and SAMA Award-winner Marcus Wyatt leads the Metropole Orkest in a showcase of the best of South African jazz - a cross-section of a vibrant and strikingly diverse scene. There will be music by artists including 'father of South African jazz' Hugh Masekela, Cry Freedom's Jonas Gwangwa, genre-crossing composer Abdullah Ibrahim, the Blue Notes' Dudu Pukwana and Johnny Dyani, and saxophonist Winston Mankunku. Vocalist Siyabonga Mthembu - lead singer of Shabaka and the Ancestors and performance art band The Brother Moves On - makes a special appearance, together with Mercury Prize-nominated singer ESKA and Sons of Kemet tuba player Theon Cross.
Listing:: L01739708747
The South African Jazz Songbook
Celebrated South African trumpeter, conductor and SAMA Award-winner Marcus Wyatt leads the Metropole Orkest in a showcase of the best of South African jazz - a cross-section of a vibrant and strikingly diverse scene. There will be music by artists including 'father of South African jazz' Hugh Masekela, Cry Freedom's Jonas Gwangwa, genre-crossing composer Abdullah Ibrahim, the Blue Notes' Dudu Pukwana and Johnny Dyani, and saxophonist Winston Mankunku. Vocalist Siyabonga Mthembu - lead singer of Shabaka and the Ancestors and performance art band The Brother Moves On - makes a special appearance, together with Mercury Prize-nominated singer ESKA and Sons of Kemet tuba player Theon Cross.
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