The
Cape Town International Jazz Festival is the grandest and biggest music
festival held in sub-Saharan
Africa hosted by espAfrika. It was being referred to ‘Africas Grandest
Gathering’ and thus the Jazz Festival is celebrating their 15th
annual event this year and has yet again set the bar sky high for another
phenomenal event.
Along all the world renowned artists performing at the
festival this year are, Andrea Motis & Joan Chamorro Group and Zoe Modiga.
Leading into the festivities of the weekend ahead, here is what you can expect
on the Moses Molelekwa stage, 27 March 2015.
Andrea Motis and Joan Chamorro group is a soulful band
with the star of the group, Andrea Motis, a 19 year old singer, trumpet and saxophone
player. Alongside her very talented mentor Joan Chamorro they started the group
and are now taking the world by storm. The duo is considered a revelation in Catalan jazz.
They are accompanied by Josep Tarver on guitar and other strings, Ignasi Terraza
on piano and Esteve Pi on drums.
Andrea
Motis’ voice has been compared to that of Norah Jones. Recent CD
releases include the albums "Live at Jamboree" and "Feeling
Good," which has 232,935 views on YouTube, and was recorded in 2012, but
launched in June 2013.
The
group is currently on tour and the Jazz festival is just among one of the many
stops they are scheduled to make, they are also performing at the Festival
Ellas Crean (Conde Duque) in Madrid 20 & 21 March 2015 and after the Cape
Town Jazz Festival, they are moving onto the Cheltenham Jazz Festival-The
Daffodil in Cheltenham on the 1st April 2015.
Moving
from a Spanish Jazz band to one of South African local artist, Zoe ‘Palesa
Nomthandazo Phumele’ Modiga, this aspiring young talented jazz musician was born in Pietermaritzburg.
She started her schooling career at the national school of arts in
Braamfontein, Johannesburg where she studied classical piano, clarinet and
singing.
Modiga
has been part of many festivals, just to name a few, the Aardklop festival, UCT
jazz festival and Cape Town International Jazz festival. She has also shared a
stage with many extraordinary jazz musicians such as Gloria Bosman, Matthew
Gold, and The Frank Paco Ensemble. The Kiffness with which whom she is working
on a track called, “dream”.
Modiga
continues to pursue her multi-talented career. She recently won the Grand West
casino and entertainment world open mic series which gave her the opportunity
to perform on the Moses Molelekwa stage at the upcoming 15th Cape
Town International Jazz festival. This includes playing at the free concert as
well as the main shows. This singer, songwriter and performer is currently a
full time third-year student at the South African Music College UCT, majoring
in Jazz vocals.
Don’t
miss out on the opportunity to see both these great artist perform on Friday 27
March 2015 at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival.
