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Posted on: Friday, 28 August 2009

Cape Town Jazz Safari

Cape Town Jazz Safari

Cape Town Jazz Safari

Reviewed by the New York Times as 'gritty authen­ti­city' and revered by the loc­als as authen­tic grooves, easy listen­ing in Cape Town is a musical must. Take in live jazz in the liv­ing rooms of liv­ing musi­cians. Sit at the din­ing room table that com­forts the local jazz­ing legends of moody tunes and absorb them carving out rhythm in a private per­form­ance at their private residence.

A jazz safari will open the city's hid­den alley­ways with a secret hand­shake and a nod that allows access to oth­er­wise unre­vealed hot­spots. A con­stant soul pro­vider through­out his­toric spaces of pain, Jazz has been a cul­tural com­pan­ion of Capetonians through­out the South African struggle. Brass notes, ivory keys and gui­tar strings con­tin­ues to weave sounds and silences into an even­ing excur­sion of saun­ter­ing and socialising ...

Cape Town Jazz

Cape Town Jazz

The night tour com­mences at Distrix Café at the base of the his­toric District Six hill­side and on the pin­nacle of any jazz jour­ney. A musical nar­ra­tion of a nos­tal­gic era is told by the tune and testi­mony of old-school sav­ants; Abdullah Ibrahim and Basil Coetzee. A priv­ileged right of pas­sage lined with ori­ginal black and white pho­to­graphs leads to the 'M7' music school which is raised under the guid­ance of Abdullah Ibrahim.

Cape Town's first so-called col­oured town­ship, namely Bridgetown, where pas­sion­ate com­poser Mac McKenzie hangs his hat is then explored as a next stage of call. As a night­cap treat at the final des­tin­a­tion jazz pian­ist Hilton Schilder makes a guest appear­ance from time to time as does an impromptu jam­ming ses­sion with artists who sup­port their fam­il­ies solely off gig appearances.

Jazz Safari

Jazz Safari

Ladies and gen­tle­man put your hands together for a night with key mas­ter musi­cians in the city of jazz afi­cion­ados ... and all that jazz.

To take part in this spe­cial tour con­tact Andelula Experience on:
Telephone +27(0)21–7902592 or visit their web­site at http://www.andulela.com/

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For more des­tin­a­tion inform­a­tion see

Article by: The Team @ SA-Venues
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2 comments about Cape Town Jazz Safari
  1. August 28th, 2009 at 17:55
    Felicia says:

    This sounds amaz­ing! What a great idea, i am really glad I stumbled on this.

  2. May 4th, 2010 at 15:52
    Cape Town Tours says:

    Wow, looks amaz­ing! really ori­ginal. Thanks for posting.

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