Mandla Mlangeni, multi-award winning Johannesburg trumpeter, heads south for a series of performances in Cape Town.
Mandla Mlangeni will perform with the TRC promoting his latest album The Future is Now on
- Friday 24 February at Intravinous Wine Lounge and Bar on 110 Loop Street at 8pm.
- Saturday 25 February at Gallery South, 19 Atlantic Rd, Muizenberg at 3pm.
- Sunday 26 February at Gallery South at 3pm – he will also perform with Little Giants.
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These gigs are curated by the Cape Town Music Academy (CTMA), a non-profit organisation that has been creating performance opportunities for emerging and established musicians in Cape Town.
” We are so excited to have now established firm collaboration with two new venues, Intravinous Wine Lounge and Bar and Gallery South,” says Projects Director Luvuyo Kakaza. “Both venues have a great potential to be prime jazz venues in Cape Town. Intravinous offers fantastic wines from the Elgin to Elim region and delectable selection of South African and Cape Malay dishes. Gallery South hosts great works by some of South Africa’s legendary artists who were ignored during the heydays of apartheid,” explains Kakaza
The Tune Recreation Committee (TRC) features Damian Kamineth on drums, Nicholas Williams on bass, Reza Khota on guitar, Mandla Mlangeni on trumpet. The T.R.C is the playground for the interrogation, assimilation and extended extemporization from the canon of South African jazz heritage.
The unit has performed to rousing applause at international festival namely the SAFARICOM Jazz Fest Nairobi Kenya 2019, Sauti Za Busara 2019 the IGODA Festival Circuit which included performances at the Bassline Fest, Bushfire Festival eSwatini, Sakifo Reunion Island and the 18th annual Cape Town International Jazz Festival.
The TRC’s third offering is in the form of an album release entitled ‘The Future Is Now’, an endeavour focused on collaboration and musical exchange. Recorded at the legendary Milestone Studio in Cape Town January 2020, the session presented an opportunity to perform each others music while creating musical interplay and dialogue. Added to the mix of this long awaited project is the voices that are featured on the album by vocal sensation Haile Supreme together with Yonela Mnana and The Soultee Sisters. By bringing the most complimentary assemblage of esteemed guest artists such as saxophonist Sisonke Xonti, percussionist Gontse Makhene, flautist Khanyi Mthethwa and multi instrumentalist Mark Fransman
The album embodies the spirit of embracing the future of endless musical possibilities. A springboard towards building and strengthening stories through musical and artistic dialogue.
“Led by the trumpeter Mandla Mlangeni, this alliance of young South African musicians delves into the country’s syncretic cultural heritage — then ventures beyond. You hear Balkan folk, American funk, West African high life, and South African free jazz. Most of all, you hear five bristling improvisers dancing together, modeling a kind of thoughtful communion.” New York Times
What: Mandla Mlangeni and the TRC
When: Friday 24 February, 8pm
Where: Intravinous Wine Lounge and Bar, 110 Loop Street, CBD, Cape Town
Tickets: R150 – Bookings HERE
What: Mandla Mlangeni and the TRC/Mandla Mlangeni and the Little Giants
When: Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 February, 3pm
Where: Gallery South, 19 Atlantic Road, Muizenberg
Tickets: R200 one day pass for one concert or R300 for two concert – Bookings HERE
