This Cape Jazz Collection celebrates the music and the musicians from the southern tip of Africa. Cape Town has countless riches as a result of its history, its beauty and its diverse culture, which all contribute to a unique style of music.
This Song Book contains thirty-nine compositions of twenty-three of Cape Town's leading musicians. The songs cover all the styles of the Cape Jazz genre. The intention of this book is to get musicians to play the music. Be it on the bandstand, in studio, for the occasional jam session or in the classroom.
The songs are written as lead sheets (chords and melody). In a few cases, where considered necessary for harmonic reasons, 2 or 3 voices have been used in the melody. One of the characteristics of popular Cape music is the 'ghoemma' beat and this is used extensively in many of these compositions.
The Cape Jazz Collection is available now from our online shop, or contact Nick Green on nick@jazz.co.za, or click here for a list of suppliers in Gauteng and Western Cape.
The composers and tunes contained in the Cape Jazz Collection are as follows
Alvin Dyers
Madiba
Jimmy Adams
Salon Kwela
Alvin Dyers
Wesley Street
Jimmy Adams
Soetwater
Basil Coetzee
Mofolo
Jonathon Butler
7th Avenue
Basil Coetzee
Umlazi
Mac McKenzie
Red Rock City
Bheki Mseleku
Monwabisi
Mac McKenzie
Wave after Wave
Buddy Wells
Re-Cognisence
Mark Fransman
From the Old
Charles Louw
Come on Home
McCoy Mrubata
Bo Kaap
Chris McGregor
Country Cooking
McCoy Mrubata
Cape Samba
Douglas Armstrong
Waiting for Phoebe
McCoy Mrubata
Merton's Place
Errol Dyers
Koukouwa
Merton Barrow
Capetown
Errol Dyers
Majietas
Merton Barrow
Little Rock In Spain
Errol Dyers
Samba Ja
Mike Campbell
Snoektown
Errol Dyers
Sonesta
Morris Goldberg
Peddle Pusher
Ezra Ngcukana
Sobukwe
Paul Hanmer
Cape Spanish Inquisition
George Werner
Retreat
Paul Hanmer
Katlahonger
Hilton Schilder
Khoisan Symphony #1
Robbie Jansen
Robbie Bop
Hilton Schilder
Mankunku
Winston Mankunku
Crossroads Crossroads
Hilton Schilder
Zeekovlei
Winston Mankunku
Khawuleza
Tony Schilder
Lullabye
Winston Mankunku
Yakhal Inkomo
Tony Schilder
Mitchell's Plain Samba
Colin Miller, the editor of the Cape Jazz Song Book, studied jazz at the South African College of Music at the University of Cape Town. He is Project Manager at the Swiss Arts Council's Pro Helvetia in South Africa, with special focus on music and literature projects. He is involved with the documentation and collection of oral histories at the Cape Town District Six Museum sound archives.
