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| Ghetto Classics |
Every time I listen to jazz music, it evokes an emotion of
excitement within me. This morning when I reached the office, I started my day
by listening to Paco Sery and Cheick Tidiane Seck as I was working. Paco, plays the drum in a way my shoulders couldn’t help but move to the beat as I imagined myself seated on a fancy leather seat at a
jazz bar somewhere sipping champagne and
smoking a cigar, adorned in a nice midi
length pleated skirt that’s currently in fashion and high stilettos and a
fedora hat to crown the look. As I listened to Cheick his music is unique and
his performance is very entertaining. The African beats made me feel like dancing to a mix of shaku shaku dance and isukuti as his performance is spectacular.
Allow me to brief you on what International Jazz day is all
about. It is an international day declared by UNESCO in 2011 to highlight Jazz
and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe. Nearly
200 countries participate in international Jazz day. This year the programme
for 2019 edition will be launched in Australia. Closer to home in Kampala
Angelique Kidjo, Darren Rahn and Isaiah Katumwa will be performing in Kampala's International Jazz day.
Back at home we’ll have a Jazz concert themed ‘celebrating
African Jazz’ and the lineup includes:-
Renowned drummer, Paco
Sery – The headlining act
Born in 1958 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Music & Jazz fusion drummer
Made his first drum out of wood when he was just 9 years
Released his first album in 2000 “Voyages”
Plays the drums left handed
Born in 1958 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Music & Jazz fusion drummer
Made his first drum out of wood when he was just 9 years
Released his first album in 2000 “Voyages”
Plays the drums left handed
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| Drummer, Paco Sery |
Noted keyboardist
and vocalist Cheick Tidiane Seck – The headlining act
Born in 1953, Mali
Musician, arranger, composer , keyboardist & vocalist
Fun fact, he used to be a talented painter when he was young
He has a sense of style
Written for and played with world famous African musicians i.e Salif Keita, Fela Kuti and American Jazz Maestros Dee Dee Bridgewater
Born in 1953, Mali
Musician, arranger, composer , keyboardist & vocalist
Fun fact, he used to be a talented painter when he was young
He has a sense of style
Written for and played with world famous African musicians i.e Salif Keita, Fela Kuti and American Jazz Maestros Dee Dee Bridgewater
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| Cheick Tidiane |
· Mandla Mlangeni
& The tune creation Committee
Mandla is from Soweto, South Africa
He’s a composer, trumpeter, arranger & a band leader
Has performed with the late Hugh Masekela, John Davies among others
Nairobi Horns Project, Kenya
A band started by Mokua Rabai, Saxophonist, Victor Kinama, trombonist & Mackinlay Musembi, multi-instrumentalist
Kato Change and the Change experience
Self-taught guitarist
He has previously performed in Safaricom Jazz festival events
Mandla is from Soweto, South Africa
He’s a composer, trumpeter, arranger & a band leader
Has performed with the late Hugh Masekela, John Davies among others
Nairobi Horns Project, Kenya
A band started by Mokua Rabai, Saxophonist, Victor Kinama, trombonist & Mackinlay Musembi, multi-instrumentalist
Kato Change and the Change experience
Self-taught guitarist
He has previously performed in Safaricom Jazz festival events
A band that plays a mix of afro jazz, blues,
classic with a dash of contemporary pop.
They also performed in Last year’s international
Jazz day here in Nairobi
They have also performed in festival Jazzy Koum
Ben in Bamako
Ghetto Classic
A community based programme that aims to
transform lives through Jazz music
Ghetto classic orchestra has demonstrated in the
last 6 years that music is a powerful tool
They have been Safaricom Jazz beneficiary since
2014
One of its main objectives is to bring people
from all races, communities together to form a formidable foundation with the
aim of making music apart of its culture in the Korogocho community.
Jacob &
Kivutha Asiyo
Jacob is a multifaceted musician, keyboard
pioneer, composer, arranger in both Jazz and popular mainstream musical genres
while his wife is a jazz vocalist and music composer
Jacob & Kivutha Asiyo
· Safaricom International Jazz festival is honored to partner
with a project known as the Jazz Sister Cities. This organisation promotes Jazz
as a tool for building cultural bridges globally through engagement and
collaboration with cities, programs and artists. Nairobi through the festival
will officially join the Jazz Cities Network on this day and will present
Sylwester Ostrowski & the Jazz Brigade ft Dorota Miskiewicz- Freddie
Hendrix to perform at the international Jazz day celebrations.
Go ahead and purchase your ticket now on Masoko by clicking on this link here. Regular tickets are kshs 2000 and 1500 for students with proof of ID. All proceeds from ticket sales will go towards supporting Ghetto Classics music programme, which has received approximately 60 million since the inception of the Safaricom International Jazz festival in 2014.
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