afrojol

R29.00

ISMN
979-0-804006-45-2
Catalogue No
SR 046
Scoring
jazz piano/ensemble
Edition
Surendran Reddy Performing Edition
Category

afrojol was originally composed as a jazz tune around 1991 for Channel 18, Reddy’s jazz-fusion band with whom he worked in Johannesburg. This comprised Reddy (keyboards), Rob Watson (drums), Danny Lalouette (bass), and Bruce Cassidy (electronic valve instrument). In Germany, Reddy performed it with Daniel Schlaeger (drums), Stefan Schoenegg (bass), and Martin Heizmann (saxophone). The piece works well as a piano solo, as a piano and bass duet as shown in the video below (where it is played at a rather slow tempo), or as a jazz trio, quartet, etc. Reddy rewrote the piece in 2005, writing out the piano part in full. Reddy was both a classical virtuoso and a jazz pianist, and compositions like afrojol are a fusion between the two styles that he called ‘clazz’.

‘Jol’ is South African slang for having a good time, or a party.

 

Audio

Type:
Live Recording
Performers:
Surendran Reddy (piano), Daniel Schlaeger (drums), Stefan Schoenegg (bass), and Martin Heizmann (saxophone)
Location:
Konstanz
Source:
Heike Asmuss private collection
Publisher:
Unpublished

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afrojol

Audio
Performers:
Surendran Reddy (piano), Daniel Schlaeger (drums), Stefan Schoenegg (bass), and Martin Heizmann (saxophone)
Location:
Konstanz
Source:
Heike Asmuss private collection
Publisher:
Unpublished

afrojol

Video
Performers:
Wandile Molefe (piano) and Thembinkosi Mavimbela (bass guitar)
Location:
Johannesburg
Source:
Heike Asmuss private collection
Publisher:
Unpublished
Date:
2010