Monday 7th Nov
Melanie Scholtz with the Mike Campbell Big Band are at Trinity, Greenpoint from 8.00 to 10.30pm
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 8 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 9 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 10 November
Ramon Alexander and Shaun Johannes play in "Jazz Lunch Surprise" at Endler Hall, Stellenbosch Conservatorium, cr Victoria and Neethling Sts, Stellenbosch from 1.10 to 2.00pm. 021 808 2358 / 084 682 1337 for info. Free entry.
Mike Laatz (saxes) and Keith Macfarlane (guitar) play at the Leopard Lounge, 12 Apostles, from 6.00 to 10pm
Trudy Rushin and friends are at Don Pedros, Roodeblom rd. Woodstock from 8pm
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.
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.
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Friday 11 November
The Dixie Swingers play on the lawns at La Petite Ferme in Franschoek from 5 30 to 9 30pm.
R150 a head which includes a bottle of wine per couple plus starter and
main course.
George Werner and The Little Giants Alumni Artists 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
Richard Caesar plays at Bertha’s, Simonstown, from 6.00 to 9.00
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Saturday 12 November
Mike Laatz plays at the Bromwell, Woodstock, from 10.30am to 1.30pm
Mike Laatz plays sax at Manuka, Steenberg Village, from 7.00 to 9.00
At Casa Labia, Muizenberg, there’ll be a classical flute recital by Taylor Weary, an 18-year-old flutist from California who has performed in LA's Disney Hall and New York's Carnegie Hall. This is the first of the Casa Labia Picnics in Muizenberg. She will be followed at 2.30 by The Joe Bolton Quartet: Gawie Du Toit - Saxophone, Joe Bolton - Piano, Graham Strickland - Double Bass, Julian Schubel - Drums. Concert is free but the performers put their hat down
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Sunday 13 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: Dixie Swingers
Moyo in Big Bay, from 1.15 to 3.30: Reza Khota on guitar, Jonno Sweetman on drums and Wesley Rustin on bass.
Emily Bruce Trio play at the Mount Nelson Oasis Restaurant from 12.00 to 3.00
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.
Dan Shout’s band plays at Lyra's in Rondebosch from 1.00 to 3.00pm
Riverboat Jazz Band plays at Ferrymans, V&A Waterfront, from 6.00 to 9.00pm, weather permitting.
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Monday 14 November
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