Black Coffee to stir things up at the CTIJF
NEWS RELEASE : Black Coffee to stir things up at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival in two different shows
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Cape Town, 10 March 2014 – By popular request, multi-award winning record producer and DJ, Black Coffee joins the all-star billing for the 15th Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF) – for two different shows!
Black Coffee (born Nkosinathi Maphumulo) will brew it up on Friday 28th March on the Bassline stage with his ‘Black Coffee and Friends’ show AND will continue the vibe on Saturday 29th March on the Basil ‘Manenberg’ Coetzee stage with ‘Black Coffee Live’. To the delight of the fans who have been asking for it – he will perform a variety of his music, including his highly acclaimed ‘Africa Rising’ album which went double platinum in one month when it was launched in 2012 and which subsequently won Best Dance Album at the 2013 SAMAs.
In addition to his performances, the highly successful music businessman will also be part of an official master class which will take place on Friday 28th March 2014 – the business of music.
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The official sponsors for the Cape Town International Jazz Festival 2014 are the Department of Arts and Culture and the SABC (broadcast). Other sponsors include Brandhouse, South African Tourism, City of Cape Town, the Western Cape Government and Peninsula Beverages.
1. Black Coffee (SA)
Nkosinathi Maphumulo, known as Black Coffee is a South African multi-award winning record producer and DJ. His alias came about while drinking strong black coffee and hey presto a legend was born. Hailing originally from Durban, Black Coffee grew up in Mthatha, Eastern Cape before heading to the Technikon Natal to study jazz and finding his feet in Johannesburg along with two friends with whom he formed his first group called ‘Shana’ which means Simply Hot and Naturally African. Black Coffee was chosen as one of only two South Africans to join the Red Bull Music Academy in 2003. Which jump started his DJ career. Since launching his own record label, Soultisic Music, he has travelled the world racking up fans and awards. Reserved, studiously academic, inventive, imaginative, quiet, enigmatic, shy and bold are but of the few ways in which many across the world perceive and see Black Coffee. No matter how he is seen he remains one of the very few club DJs in the country who genuinely understands the precise function of a music DJ: he does not simply re-mix songs, he re-interprets their previously unimagined musical possibilities, adapting and arranging as each work advises and quietly creating new works that give life. When he debuted with his interpretation of Hugh Masekela’s rambunctious jazz hit Stimela. Black Coffee’s Africa Rising DVD and CD (triple CD) sold double platinum in a space of a month in 2012 and later won Best dance album at the 2013 South African Music Awards – all of this happens shortly after Black Coffee’s Soulistic Music announced a newly signed club DJ – DJ Shimza. 2013 saw him tour Greece, Spain and Amsterdam and also produced a song on Micasa’s Sucasa album.
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About espAfrika
espAfrika is a cutting-edge global competitor in events management. Over the past decade, they have staged international music festivals throughout Africa and under their leadership; the Cape Town International Jazz Festival has been named the 4th best jazz festival worldwide by Melodytrip Independent Survey in 2007.
Besides the highly successful Cape Town International Jazz Festival, similar jazz festivals have been held in Angola and Mozambique. This company continues to play a major role in highlighting and promoting South Africa as a prominent destination on the international entertainment circuit. Having diligently established trustworthy relationships in the international music industry, espAfrika ensures a lucrative flow of artists and expertise between Africa, Europe and the United States. espAfrika Pty Ltd is a proud subsidiary of Sekunjalo Investments.
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