Babalwa Mentjies Celebrating Women

ABOUT

Jazz vocalists is the sixth attraction in the FMR Take Note Jazz project which celebrates Women's Month and 100 years of Langa township. Supported by the Media Development and Diversity Agency which celebrates 40 years, this concert will feature some of Cape Town's top talent establishment and those upcoming on the same stage.

Vocalist Babalwa will be joined by Line Up Jennifer Pau-Kakaza on vocals, Carly Barendilla also on vocal Esihle Vavela on enor Sax George Werner on keyboard, Peter Ndlala on bass and Dane Paris on drums. The repertoire will comprise of exciting South African jazz standards, own compositions by band members and a honouring song to legendary singer Sylvia Mdunyelwa who suffered a stroke a complications this year and is recovering.

About Babalwa Mentjies:

Babalwa Meintjies grew up in Makhanda and performs once again in her home town as a polished composer and a graduate of the UKZN School of Music. She now teaches and gigs in Cape Town and has shared the stage with many of South Africa’s top jazz musicians, including Feya Faku, Neil Gonsalves and Sazi Dlamini and has performed around South Africa and abroad. She presents a selection of loved jazz and South African standards. She will be singing songs from the South African Jazz Real Book and paying tribute to her all-time favourite South African vocalist, the legendary Gloria Bosman’s iconic music.