Week of 30th July

Monday 30 July
Sylvestre Kabbasidi (vocals/guitar) is at Asoka in Kloof street; phone 021 4220909
David Berman plays at Casa Nostra 66 Regent rd Sea Point. Bookings: 0214330187
The jazz jam with Alvin Dyers and band (with lots of guest artists) happens every Monday night at Swingers, Wetton; music starts at about 10.00pm
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Tuesday 31 July
Soul Agents: Jason Reolon, Jonno Sweetman, Nick Williams and Lee Thomson play at Asoka, Kloof street, from 8.30 to 10.30pm. Phone 021 422 0909
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Wednesday 1 August
David Berman plays at Casa Nostra 66 Regent rd Sea Point. Bookings: 0214330187
Mark Fransman Quartet (Mark on piano with Nick Williams on bass, Rus Nerwich sax and Kevin Gibson drums) plays at the Mahogany Room 79 Buitenkant St, Cape Town (next door to Divas Pizza). Two sets; 8.00pm and 10pm. Phone 076 679 2697
Live jazz at Tagores in Trill rd Observatory from about 10.00pm: No details given
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Thursday 2 August
Andrew Ford, Beverley Scott Brown, Wesley Rustin, China van Rensberg play at Pigalle, Greenpoint.
Charles Louw and his band ATLANTIQUE play at The Blue Chip Restaurant, Wetton road, Wetton every Thursday from 9pm. Phone 079 0254572
Mark Fransman Quartet at the Mahogany Room 79 Buitenkant St, Cape Town (next door to Divas Pizza). Two sets; 8.00pm and 10pm. Phone 076 679 2697
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Friday 3 August
Keith Macfarlane and Alan Bowen of Nossa Vida (Our life) play their unique blend of swing and Latin at Manuka, Steenberg Village
David Berman plays at Casa Nostra 66 Regent rd Sea Point. Bookings: 0214330187
Glenn Robertson band plus Chadleigh Gowar play at Kaleidoscope Jazz Cafe (85 Main Road; Claremont) Bookings: 021 6745761
Trumpeter Lwanda Gogwana, with Sisonke Xonti (Sax), Nicholas Williams (piano), Benjamin Jephta (bass) and Heinrich Goosen (drums) are at The Mahogany Room, at 8.00 pm and again at 10.00pm.
Address: 79 Buitenkant St, city. (next door to Divas Pizza) Phone 076 679 2697
Live jazz at Tagores in Trill rd., Observatory from about 10.00pm. No details given
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Saturday 4 August
Nossa Vida (Keith Macfarlane and Alan Bowen) play their unique blend of swing and Latin at Manuka, Steenberg Village
 Trumpeter Lwanda Gogwana, with Sisonke Xonti (Sax), Nicholas Williams (piano), Benjamin Jephta (bass) and Heinrich Goosen (drums) areat The Mahogany Room, at 8.00pm and again at 9.30.00pm. Address: 79 Buitenkant St, Cape Town (next door to Divas Pizza) Phone 076 679 2697
Live jazz at Tagores in Trill rd. Observatory from about 10.00pm. No details given
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Sunday 5 August
Jazz lunch at Allee Bleue, Franschoek from 12.00 to 3.00: Mike Laatz (saxes) Bookings essential (021) 8741021
Jazz brunch at Winchester Mansions: China van Rensberg, Andrew Ford, Maurice Gawronsky and Wesley Rustin.
Live jazz at Catharina's, Steenberg, from 12.00. Lunch buffet costs R240, bookings at 021 7132222.
Mike Laatz in “Sax and the Cities”, his one-man audiovisual show, at Velvet-upon-Tweed, Newlands at 6.30pm. Booking essential, phone 021 685 5918 or 082 434 3489
Dave Ledbetter and The Clearing play at Polana, Kalk Bay, from 4.30 to 6.30pm.
Vernon Castle plays with Allou April at Zouke Bar in Kensington.
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Monday 6 August
Sylvestre Kabbasidi (vocals/guitar) is at Asoka in Kloof street; phone 021 4220909
Jazz jam with Alvin Dyers and band (with lots of guest artists) happens every Monday night at Swingers, Wetton; music starts at about 10.00pm
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Tuesday 7 August
Soul Agents: Jason Reolon, Jonno Sweetman, Nick Williams and Lee Thomson play at Asoka, Kloof street, from 8.30 to 10.30pm Phone 021 422 0909