Drummer Bernice “the Groove Master” Boikanyo comes to town
"We will be revisiting some of the great South African standards that have paved the path to make South African jazz to be on the map of the world."
In association with Concerts SA, iSupport Music Business presents Bernice Boikanyo Live in concert at the Luthuli Museum in Groutville next month.
For this performance drummer Boikanyo will be accompanied by Lungelo Ngcobo on keys and Qhubekani Mthethwa on bass guitar.
“I will be playing songs from my debut album “MY SOUL”, which has lots of groovy compositions and immense arrangements that will keep the audience tapping their feet.
“I will also be introducing some of the latest tunes from my next album, which resonates the love and affection for many styles/genres of music that have influenced me over the years, as jazz is not the only genre that influences me.
“Furthermore we will be revisiting some of the great South African standards that have paved the path to make South African jazz to be on the map of the world.”
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At a young age Bernice started crafting his own drums, boring holes into 5-litre paint tins, around which he stretched tyre tubes to make and explore different tones, despite this he took on the bass and guitar into his teenage years, this early passion for the beat, only later unfolded and made a return.
In the early 90’s Bernice studied music – starting at CAMS, then at the well-known FUBA music centre and finally at Soweto’s music and arts academy, FUNDA.
For the first four years, he focussed on the piano as a fundamental basis for making music, then in 1993, when he heard one of his part-time teachers, play the drums, Bernice realised that drums were still his thing.
Boikanyo prefers to play from the heart and the soul, hence he titled his debut album My Soul.
The Groutville show will take place on 4 May at 6pm. Tickets are R30 and are available at the door.
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