Friday, October 16, 2009

Steve Newman - All in one concert


Errol Dyers, Hilton Schilder and Steve Newman - All in One
Live music concert at the Greyton Lodge Theatre
Saturday 24th October 5pm. Tickets sold at the door.
These 3 cosmic travelers have been collaborating on a new album which will be released internationally in 3 weeks. This CD will take you on a journey from the slopes of Table Mountain to the heart of the Kalahari, to the plains of Argentina…and more
ALL IN ONE featuring Errol, Steve and Hilton was recorded at Swette Shoppe Studios, Muizenberg. 150 Certified Limited Edition Studio Copies, containing additional studio takes are available, besides the international public launch edition.
Contact Jai for further info 082 442 7922 or jairajreddy@gmail.com
Steve Newman is an accomplished South African acoustic guitarist, and was a founder member of the popular African group Tananas. For over two decades Newman has been collaborating with fellow South African guitarist, Tony Cox. Steve Newman has written a history for himself that very few can equal. A consummate instrumentalist who can uncannily pick out any tune you can name, he has traversed the length and breadth of the world plying his magic.
Acoustic guitarist Steve Newman whose work with Tananas, the Aquarian Quartet (with Tony Cox, Syd Kitchen & Greg Georgiades) Mondetta (with Gito Baloi & Wendy Oldfield), the duo with Tony Cox & as a soloist, makes him a widely travelled muzo. Tananas has played festivals & concerts in Oz, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, France, Sweden, UK, Spain, Canary Islands, USA, Mozambique, Namibia & Zim. As a soloist he has played UK, Holland, Belgium & India . With Tony UK, Norway, Moz & Namibia. Currently touring solo. Steve plays guitar like no other, from years of experience with only the best in the field. If you’d like to know what a guitar can really do, you have to see this gig!
Errol Dyers (Cape Town, South Africa), the acclaimed guitar maestro, is highly respected as a pioneer of what has today become known as Cape Jazz / Ghoema. During his illustrious career, Dyers has performed, recorded and toured locally and internationally with many great artists such as, the late Basil Coetzee, Winston Mankunku, Abdullah Ibrahim, Robbie Jansen & Mccoy Mrubata to name but a few. Dyers music is inspired and influenced by the rhythms & melodies of Cape Town where he was born as well as the people who live there. Dyers has a unique guitar style which maintains an acoustic and reminiscent ancestral sound that captures the guitar strumming of the century-old Cape traditional and folk music.

Hilton Schilder Hilton Schilder was born in 1959 in Lotus River, Cape Town. Born as he was into the musical families of the Schilder’s and Africa’s, Hilton soon found his own sound and developed a musical career of his own. Hilton’s career took of in the 1980’s in partnership with Mac Mckenzie as The Genuines, launching an international reputation that has on numerous occasions over the years made Hilton part of the international jazz scene. As the initiator and driving force behind the band Iconoclast and as a composer and regular member of the band Robbie Jansen’s Sons of Table Mountain, Hilton Schilder has been part of both the international and national South African music scene for decades. Hilton appears on more than 23 cd’s apart from three of his own. His debut album No Turning Back (2003) was nominated for the SAMA Award as best jazz Contemporary album. Although Hilton has gained much respect for his skills as a pianist and composer, he actually plays several instruments. This becomes apparent on his and Alex Van Heerden’s album Future Cape (2006). On this album Hilton’s musical skills shows in his use of as diverse instruments as Khoi mouth-bow, guitar, canter, piano, Navaho flute etc. Hilton Schilder’s last album Elements of Surprise (2007) is a solo piano album where Hilton plays his own compositions, both present and past ones. Currently Hilton is working on two different concepts. Hilton is working on a cd based on his own compositions played by his quartet, The Hilton Schilder Group. This group that was officially formed in 2006, has rapidly gained great popularity, as mirrored by their participation of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival in Cape Town 2007 and the Indian Ocean Jazz Festival in Reunion. Artist in residence at the Bird’s Eye Jazz Club in Basel, Switzerland in 2008.

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