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Bhekisizwe

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This track is from the album Bhekisizwe and is available for purchase on CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/amandlafreedomensemble

Kwa Nyandeni

Tune Recreational Committee (TRC) Live at the Orbit in February 2017.  A formidable quintet  comprising of some of Cape Town’s  finest young musicians. Featuring Clement Benny on drums, Nicholas Williams on bass, Keenan Ahrends on guitar, Mandla Mlangeni on trumpet and special guest Mark Fransman on tenor saxophone, accordion and Yonela Mnana on piano. The unit is also set to perform in this year's 18th annual Cape Town International Jazz Festival.The Cape Town –based TRC takes original tunes and reinvents  nods from their influences to embracing vibrant underground music scene of drum and bass to Balkanology. Fusing imported sounds and exporting to their own flavour, either going into a Ghoema -tinged feel or just improvising around the melody. The T.R.C is the playground for the interrogation, assimilation and extended extemporisation from the canon of South African jazz heritage.

TRC Live at The Orbit

TRC Set 2 Orbit 17 Feb

Mandla Mlangeni:Trumpet,Mark Fransman: Tenor saxophone, bass clarinet and accordion Keenan Ahrends: guitar, Nicholas Williams: bass, Clement Benny: drums, Vocals: Zoe Modiga, Yonela Mnana and Vuyo Tshuma Music Composed by Mandla Mlangeni

Voices of our Vision

Umhlangano

Mandla Mlangeni trumpet, Mark Fransman tenor and alto saxophones, alto flute, Keenan Ahrends guitar, Nicholas Williams bass, Clement Benny drums, Ronan Skillen tabla

Ke TS.O.NA

Mandla Mlangeni trumpet, Mark Fransman bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, Keenan Ahrends guitar, Nicholas Williams bass, Clement Benny drums, Khanyi Mthethwa flute, Oscar Kitten clarinet, Vuyo Tshuma vocals special guest Madala Kunene steel guitar.

Composed by Mandla Mlangeni

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Amandla Freedom Ensemble: 

An urban arts music collective of young musicians dedicated to the advancement and preservation of the South African music legacy. We participate in artistic dialogue and collaborations with many of the living legends of South African music, particularly jazz and indigenous music.  The Amandla Freedom Ensemble is a cultural movement founded on the pillar of promoting opportunities for everyone to experience live music .As an ensemble we are committed to promoting quality and artistic renewal through collaborations with established musicians, workshops with composers/arrangers with the mission of contributing to the canon of our dynamic musical heritage.
The Amandla Freedom Ensemble highlights the compositional material of bandleader Mandla Mlangeni(trumpet) and executed by an impeccable dynamism by the ensemble in the form of Tumi Mogorosi (drums), Ariel Zamonsky (bass) Oscar Rachabane and Nhlanhla Mahlangu (tenor saxophones). 

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