Jazz & Pizza Thursday's presents Lex Futshane quintet

ABOUT

Lex Futshane is an internationally

proclaimed electric and acoustic

bassist, prolific composer,

arranger, performer and educator.

This music graduate from the

University of Kwazulu-Natal

currently lectures the ensemble

classes at Wits University.

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Lex is a founder member,

composer and arranger of

"Bassment" a 12 double bass

ensemble comprising of 6 Jazz

and 6 Classical bassists, a first in

Africa. His LEXtet is an exciting

ensemble playing

his own

compositions and arrangements

of local and international jazz

standards. The band has released

an album of Lex’s compositions

titled Innocent Victims and

Perpetrators.”

Apart from touring with the

LEXtet, he plays in the Ingqungquthela (Summit) which is

a collaboration with renowned

saxophonist, McCoy Mrubata.

He

and

McCoy

Mrubata

conducted a workshop at the

Nelson Mandela University when

they visited the city.

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