YOUR GUIDE TO JAZZ IN CAPE TOWN

A jazz gig guide for Cape Town and surrounds can now be found on https://capetownjazz.weebly.com/

This blog site was originally started by the late Mike Laatz.

Please help by submitting details of any jazz events you're aware of, preferably by early on Mondays, to sajejazz@gmail.com

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Monday 14th November

Monday 12th Nov

The famous jazz jam with Alvin Dyers and band (with lots of guest artists) happens every Monday night at Swingers, Wetton; music starts at about 9.30 or 10.00
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Tuesday 15 November
Soul Agents, featuring Jason Reolon, Jonno Sweetman, Nick Williams & Lee Thomson play at Asoka from 9 to 11pm Phone 021 422 0909

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Wednesday 16 November
Keith Macfarlane (guitar) and Mike Laatz (sax) play easy-listening Latin and swing standards at Manukas, Steenberg Village, from 7.00 to 9.00
Reza Khota trio plays at Blakes, 189 Buitengracht street; phone 021 426 2369 ...................................................................................

Thursday 17 November
Andrew Ford plays with Beverley Scott Brown, Sammy Webber, China van Rensberg at Pigalle, Greenpoint.
Hassanadas band plays at Alba Lounge, V&A Waterfront, above Hildebrand Restaurant.
Debi Parkinson plays sax at The Leopard Lounge, 12 Apostles, from 6.00 to 10.00
Jazz guitarist John Russell's quartet (with either Willie van Zyl or Len Richey on saxes, Charles Lazar on double bass and Kevin Gibson drums) plays classic swing and Latin jazz styles at Cru Cafe in the Cape Quarter Extension, De Waterkant, from 6:00p.m.
Alvin and Errol Dyers are at Pizzeria Villagio in the Howard Centre, Pinelands from 7-9pm.

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Friday 18 November
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Tren Latino plus The Glenn Robertson Jazz Band are at Kaleidoscope, Main rd., Claremont, from 7.30; Phone 021-674 5761 during office hours to book. R60pp.
Chad Zerf and Louwtjie Rothman are at Bertha’s, Simonstown, from 6.00 to 9.00

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Saturday 19 November
Mike Laatz plays at the Bromwell, Woodstock, from 10.30am to 1.30pm
Gavin Minter is at the Amphitheatre, V&A Waterfront, from 3.30 to 4.30
Chad Zerf and Louwtjie Rothman play at the Black Marlin, Simonstown, from 3.00 to 6.00pm
Keith Macfarlane and Alan Bowen play at Manuka, Steenberg Village, from 7.00 to 9.00
Amanda Tiffin plays at Berthas Simonstown, from 6.00 to 9.00pm
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Sunday 20 November
Debi Parkinson plays flute, sax and clarinet at Dunes, Hout Bay from 9.30 to 12.30, weather permitting.
Jeremy Olivier plays from 3.00 to 6.00 pm at Black Marlin, Simonstown
Lee Gelderbloem trio plays at Berthas, Simonstown, from 6.00 to 9.00pm

Brunch at Winchester Mansions, Seapoint: Vocalist Bev Scott-Brown, backed by Andrew Ford, Wes Rustin and Maurice Gawronsky


Emily Bruce Trio play at the Mount Nelson Oasis Restaurant from 12.00 to 3.00
Dan Shout’s band plays at Lyra's in Rondebosch from 1.00 to 3.00pm
Dave Ledbetter and The Clearing play at Polana, Kalk Bay, from 4.30 to 6.30pm.
Open mike jazz from 7pm at Don Pedro’s, Roodeblom rd. Woodstock
Len Richey and Andrew Ford play at the Morituri Italian restaurant at The Old Bakery-Woolworths Centre, Main Road, Lakeside, from 6.30 to 8.30.
Riverboat Jazz Band plays at Ferrymans, V&A Waterfront, from 6.00 to 9.00pm, weather permitting.
8pm at Café Sofia, Rondebosch: Mark Fransman, Bruce Muirhead, Jonno Sweetman, Nick Williams & Makeson Browne play original compositions.
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Monday 21 November
The famous jazz jam with Alvin Dyers and band (with lots of guest artists) is at Swingers, Wetton; music starts at about 9.30 or 10.00