The return of McCoy!

Following an exciting concert last year saxophonist McCoy Mrubata and American guitar wizard Gary Wittner are back at café Roux for another special one night performance which will feature Cape Town's foremost jazz musicians including drummer Tefo Mahola and bass player Sibusiso Matsimela. Book your tickets and don't miss out as McCoy will play some of his new Afro beat tracks.

Born and raised in Cape Town’s historic Langa as a child McCoy Mrubata absorbed the soulful hymns of the Zion Church, the chants and rhythms of traditional healers and the South African swing of the Merry Macs, an early Cape Town jazz combo that rehearsed across from his home.

Leaving school after the bloody 1976 Soweto uprising, he threw himself into music, studying with Langa legends such as pianist Madoda Gxabeka, tenor saxophonist Winston Ngozi, trumpeter Fezekile “Blackie” Tempi and penny whistle master Robert Sithole.

Moving to Johannesburg in the late 1980s he started recording for Zomba Records, he came into his own as the leader of Brotherhood, a talent-packed band that won the Gilbey's Music for Africa prize in 1990. He gained international attention in 1992 when he toured the world with Hugh Masekela’s Lerapo and has collaborated with Brazilian greats Airto and Flora Purim. Several of his albums have won the South African Music Award for best traditional jazz release.

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