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Presented by Likwezi Arts, Legacy in Every Note is a five-concert Cape Town mini tour marking more than two decades of artistic partnership between South African saxophonist McCoy Mrubata and American guitarist Gary Wittner. The tour moves through five intimate venues across the city, from the CBD to Noordhoek, Muizenberg and Langa.
Mrubata was born in Langa in 1959 and is one of South Africa's most recorded jazz musicians. He toured internationally with Hugh Masekela's Lerapo from 1992 and has released more than a dozen albums as a bandleader, winning four South African Music Awards, including three in the Best Traditional Jazz Album category. In 2022, he received the SAMA Lifetime Achievement Award. He has collaborated with Brazilian musicians Airto Moreira and Flora Purim, performed at the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz and Cape Town International Jazz Festival across multiple decades, and has composed for film, television, and theatre.
The quartet is completed by bassist Sibusiso Matsimela, an established figure on the South African jazz scene with credits across numerous recordings and live collaborations, and drummer Joshua Klein, an emerging Cape Town-based musician and bandleader. The Sunday performance at Guga S'thebe in Langa, a short distance from Mrubata's birthplace, features an additional guest appearance by Hlubi Kwebulana.
Each concert takes place in a different Cape Town venue, offering audiences across the city access to the same programme in settings ranging from a CBD bar to a community arts centre.