Tshepo’s jazz infuses the sounds of Africa and America
His music is soothing to the untrained ear and a superb journey for the trained musical ear.
THE Centre for Jazz and Popular Music proudly presents Tshepo Fela on Wednesday, 1 March at 6pm. Tshepo will be performing, for the first time in a public space, tunes from his second album Mother Tongue.
The album is a celebration of the only language that he considers his home language, it is broad as much as it is universal. He calls this the language of music, expressed in his deep rooted jazz compositions with a touch of African influence.
The tour is to be fresh and inspiring to up and coming musicians and an ear orgasm to jazz music lovers. This skilled vocalist has been working day and night as he is a perfectionist to produce the most beautiful work of art presented in forms of sounds and rhythm.o
Tshepo Fela offers complex American inspired jazz progressions accompanied by modern African melodies with vernacular dominated lyrics.
His music is soothing to an untrained ear and a superb journey for a trained musical ear.
His Liquid African Jazz is a quick path taking one from the past state of jazz to the current. Jazz progressions and African vernacular influences from different cultures dipped in soulful melodies.
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Fela graduated at Tshwane University of Technology’s Jazz Music program and has already won many accolades including ESP Young Legends top five finalists 2016, Gauteng Province Best jazz band in the Department of Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation’s Puisano Music Program (2013-2014) and in September 2013, his band was a finalist in battles of the bands competition, Raw Unplugged.
“Music has no gender, color, race or any politically selected language. It is a universal language spoken by the heart translated by use of melodies, rhythm and progressions,” he said.
Join Tshepo Fela accompanied by Pumlani Mtiti on sax, Sanele Phakathi on piano, Dalisu Ndlazi on bass and Stanley Matlou on drums at The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music (CJPM), Level 2 Shepstone Building at UKZN Howard College Campus.
Doors open 5.30pm and the music starts at 6pm. Tickets are available at the door for R70, R45 for pensioners and R20 for students.
