A conversation in jazz with Khaya Mahlangu and Salim Washington

In association with Concerts SA, iSupport Music Business presents renowned saxophone players, The Khaya Mahlangu and Salim Washington Quintet in Groutville this month.

For these performances Mahlangu and Washington will be accompanied by the talented Neil Gonsalves on Keys, Dalisu Ndlazi on bass, and Stanley Matlou on Drums.

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Mahlangu is a top-league artist, working with various artists like Hugh Masekela, Tsepo Tshola, Busi Mhlongo, Vusi Khumalo, Moses Molelekwa, Caiphus Semenya, Letta Mbulu, Jonas Gwangwa and guested on many recordings.

He formed a band called Iconoclast with Victor Ntoni, Hilton Schilder, and Vusi Khumalo.

Salim Washington’s story of jazz saxophonist-composer- scholar-activist Salim Washington paints a harlequin voyage in search of one’s roots.

His parents were born and raised in the sharecropper plantations of Mississippi, met in Caperville, Tennessee, got married and moved to Detroit with hopes of a better future.

Prof  Salim is a composer, and multi-instrumentalist, playing saxophone, flute, oboe, and bass clarinet.

As implied by the name of the band, Washington has emigrated from jazz’s epicenter, New York, to make South Africa his home.

This series of performances by Mahlangu and Washington is part of the Concerts SA Venue Circuit which aims to foster a love and support for live music in our communities, as well as anchor small and medium-sized venues in urban and rural Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, and the Western Cape.

The renowned saxophone players will visit Luthuli Museum in Groutville on Friday 31 August at 6pm.

Entrance for each concert is R30 at the door.

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