One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you’re into jazz.
Lou Reed
Filed under Zap Archive
Shane Cooper is a jazz bassist, composer and producer based in Cape Town, South Africa. He recently launched his debut record with his quintet. The album, titled Oscillations, is out now on iTunes. In 2013 he was selected as the Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz. He was a member of the groups Babu (SAMA Nominee) and Closet Snare, and still works with the Kyle Shepherd Trio (SAMA Nominee) and the Reza Khota Quartet, and has also worked with artists like Zim Ngqawana, Feya Faku, Louis Moholo-Moholo, Malcolm Braff, Jeroen van Vliet, Marcus Wyatt, Soweto Kinch, Melanie Scholtz, Bokani Dyer, Nicky Schrire, Afrika Mkhize, and more.
As a composer Shane has written music for the award-winning documentary Forerunners by Simon Wood, the documentary Port Nolloth: Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Felix Seuffert, the short film Celia’s Story by Ruth Levin-Forster. He also co-composed music for the award-winning theatre production and documentary Afrikaaps, as well as the film Visa Vie by Elan Gamaker which won a SAFTA in 2011 for Best Feature Film Music Composition.
Shane also writes and performs electronic dance music under the name Card on Spokes, with a 2nd EP coming out in late 2013.
Filed under Artist Of The Week
Vision:
To be South Africa and Africa’s pre-eminent Internet Jazz Social Lifestyle Radio Station and an essential broadcaster of good jazz music in all its various forms with blues being part an integral part of the broadcast mix, enriching the social, cultural, educational and community experience of the listening audience.
Mission:
The phrase, “Where Jazz Lovers of South Africa, Africa & The World meet to share in a common social interest and lifestyle on the World Wide Web” demonstrates our commitment to focus on the marginalized music of jazz in all forms and to show an equal commitment to work with the wider jazz music community.
Filed under Other stuff