Cape Town International Jazz Festival at the CTICC: 3 & 4 April 2010

Posted on | February 28, 2010 | 1 Comment

The eleventh edition of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival is happening at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) on 3 and 4 April 2010. There’ll be 40 international and African stars performing on the two nights and it promises to be one of the best music festivals Cape Town has seen to date.

Jonathan Butler at the 2009 Cape Town International Jazz Festival - Photo courtesy of Shelly Christians.

Melodytrip ranks the Cape Town International Jazz Festival as no.4 in the world, placing the event above other famous jazz festivals such as Switzerland’s Montreaux Festival and the North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland. The festival is fondly known as ‘Africa’s Grandest Gathering’ and attendance figures have risen from 14,000 to 32,00o in the last ten years.

This year’s line-up includes:

Jonathan Butler with special guests RICK BRAUN and Richard Elliott (RnR)
Vusi Mahlasela
Rachelle Ferrell
Selaelo Selota
Michaela Rabitsch & Robert Pawlik Quartet
Judith Sephuma
Lira
George Benson – With a 28 piece orchestra
Mezzoforte
Musa Manzini
The Glenn Robertson Jazz Band
Stix Hojeng
Regina Carter’s “Reverse Thread”
The Gauteng Jazz Orchestra
Delft Youth Big Band conducted By Ian Smith
Ronny Jordan Organ Trio
Paulo Flores
Sammy Hartman Project feat Robbie Jansen and Ezra Ngcukana
Toots Thielemans Quartet
McCoy Tyner with special guest GARY BARTZ
Charles Lloyd New Quartet featuring Jason Moran, Reuben Rogers, and Eric Harland
Mervyn Africa ‘Kaapse Finale’
Makeson Browne and Akoustik Knot feat. Johan Hørlen
Brooklyn Funk Essentials
Iridium Project
BLK JKS
TKZee
SOIL & “PIMP” Sessions
Guru’s Jazzmatazz feat Solar & The 7 Grand Players
MiKANiC with special guests Zolani Mahola and Buddy Wells
Kesivan and the Lights feat. Feya Faku, Prof. Adrian Mears, Martin Sjöstedt, Johan Hørlen
The Bokani Dyer Trio
Tete Mbambisa
Amanda Tiffin
The Bad Plus
Marcus Wyatt and Language 12
Jason Moran and the Bandwagon
Melanie Scholtz

Tickets range from R330 to R485 per person and you can book tickets at any Computicket branch or online at www.computicket.com.

Category: Entertainment & Music

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One Response to “Cape Town International Jazz Festival at the CTICC: 3 & 4 April 2010”

Adrian
April 2nd, 2010

Hi everyone,

Allou April, Jeff Lorber and La Melodia have been added to the line-up. And George Benson will be performing on both nights! Enjoy.