Lighting Up!

A captivating encounter between jazz and photographs, shadow and light

UK premiere

Lighting Up! reveals half a century of South Africa’s most vivid and vibrant history through music and images. Photographer Jurgen Schadeberg was hailed in the 1950s for his work for Drum Magazine, showing the realities of black South Africa. Heavy Spirits come from Pretoria and have developed their music playing in the community halls in the townships. Their original compositions draw on post 60s jazz, blues, oriental and African rhythms. Le Workshop de Lyon is the creation of French art collective, ARFI. They have an enviable musical empathy which is developed through thirty years of playing together. Their music is still growing and encompasses fresh rhythms and melodies that echo some of the great South African anthems.

Heavy Spirits:
Gershwin Nkosi – trumpet
Paul Vranas – tenor sax
Vincent Molomo – bass
Garland Selolo – drums

Le Workshop de Lyon:
Jean-Paul Autin – saxes, bass clarinet
Jean Aussanaire – sax
Jean Bolcato – double bass
Christian Rollet – drums

In association with the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building

Le Workshop de Lyon & Heavy Spirits
Photographs by Jurgen Schadeberg

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