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Homegrown talent heads back to the country’s shores for family tour

His first stage performance was with his dad and sister in East London just three weeks after he started playing.

15-year-old Los Angeles-based musical prodigy, Justin-Lee Schultz will be joining his talented drummer sister, Jamie-Leigh Schultz (19) and their guitarist father, Julius Schultz as well as South African bass player, Carlo Jooste, on stages around the country this summer season – for the first time since the family immigrated to the US in 2015.

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“They are receiving so much love in the USA and in Europe at the moment, So I’m hoping that they’ll have a great experience this time around in South Africa and find that their home country supports and loves them too,” says proud father, Julius Schultz.

Father and son will be the first to arrive in their home city of Johannesburg, in preparation for The Swing With The King benefit concert at The Tshwane School Of Music (TSOM) a Non-Profit Organization based in the township of Eersterust, Pretoria.

Justin-Lee who is currently taking the international Jazz scene by storm having performed and recorded with the likes of Robert Glasper, Jacob Collier Bob James, Jonathan Butler, Gerald Albright, Dav Koz, Kenny Lattimore, George Benson and many more, will be introduced as the global ambassador for the Tshwane School Of Music.

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This is an honour to the young muso who showed a keen music talent from when he was a toddler and has since performed with Jonathan Butler and George Benson in the USA.

“I’m honored to be an ambassador for the music school, it gives me an opportunity to give back and to help where I can and hopefully I can inspire and motivate and help our up and coming musicians, I’m up and coming too but you know what I mean, ” admits Justin-Lee.

Justin received notoriety at a young age after starting playing piano at the age of 5 and received an endorsement from Yamaha, South Africa that same year.

His first stage performance was with his dad and sister in East London just three weeks after he started playing.

East London will be one of the stops on the tour when the rest of the Schultz clan joins the father and son duo in November for a South African musical tour from November 26 until December 17.

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