Jazz Night at Alliance Franciase with trumpeter Mandla Mlangeni's Trio
Fri Nov 27, 19:30 - Fri Nov 27, 21:30
Alliance Francaise du Cap
ABOUT
Raised in Soweto, Johannesburg Mandla Mlangeni is a vibrant graduate of music composition from the University of Cape Town. He performs his music with his band, The Tune and Recreation Committee (TRC), his brass band, the Native Groove Collective (NGC), and the newly established Amandla Freedom Ensemble based in Johannesburg . Besides being a bandleader and composer he performs regularly as a freelance musician in various capacities. As well as leading the TRC. He has been active in numerous other projects in Norway, Sweden, Germany, Israel, Britain and Botswana where he performed a wide variety of music ranging from Classical, Jazz, Pop, Balkan and Indigenous African Music. He performed with many celebrated musicians including Barney Rachabane, Marcus Wyatt, John Davies, Hugh Masekela, Sipho Hotstix Mabuse, Susana Baca (Peru), Mark Fransman, Louis Moholo , Dizu Plaatjies, Khaya Mahlangu just to name a few.
At this gig he will perform original compositions with Nic Williams on bass and Ronan Skillen on tablas.