Kyle Shepherd
Xamissa
© Vincent Pontet ©
© Vincent Pontet ©
© Vincent Pontet ©
Xamissa, un portrait en musique du Cap
Kyle Shepherd, composition, piano, xaru arc music
Buddy Wells, Saxophone Tenor
Claude Cozens, percussion et ghoema
Bulelani Madondile, Busisiwe Ngejane, Portia Shwana, Xolisile Yali, voices
Commissioned by Festival d’Automne à Paris // Corealisation C.I.C.T./Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord ; Festival d’Automne à Paris // Part of Saisons Afrique du Sud-France 2012 & 2013 www.france-southafrica.com // With the support of Mécénat Musical Société Générale
Kyle Shepherd is a creative inventor, gaining spiritual strength from improvising jazz and other forms. Xamissa, Place of Sweet Waters, is the title which the versatile instrumentalist chose for his composition portraying Cape Town. The concert will be at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord where Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand), his spiritual father, performed 37 years ago.
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