The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis kicks off Opening Weekend in Rose Theater with a musical celebration of South Africa's 25 years of democracy after apartheid. Top South African musicians will join the orchestra to perform essential South African music, with each song chosen by a guest performer and newly arranged for the show by the JLCO.
South Africa has long been a vibrant and unique jazz hub, and most of the guests featured tonight helped shape the sound of jazz as a new South Africa was being born—and the music performed this evening reflects the sound of a nation defining itself anew.
Special guests include three New York-based South African vocalists—Nonhlanhla Kheswa, Melanie Scholtz, and Jazz at Lincoln Center fan-favorite Vuyo Sotashe—plus five top instrumentalists joining us from South Africa: trumpeter Feya Faku, saxophonist McCoy Mrubata, pianist Nduduzo Makhathini, vocalist and pianist Thandi Ntuli, and indigenous African classical multi-instrumentalist Tlokwe Sehume on vocals, guitar, ram’s horn, and percussion.
Venue and Accessibility
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Jazz at Lincoln Center
The South African Songbook
September 12–14, 2019 Rose Theater
Choose a Performance
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Nonhlanhla Khewswa, vocals
Melanie Scholtz. vocals
Vuyo Sotashe, vocals
Feya Faku, trumpet
McCoy Mrubata, saxophone
Nduduzo Makhathini, piano
Thandi Ntuli, vocals and piano
Tlokwe Sehume, vocals, guitar ram's horn, and percussion
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