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Instrument: Bass, acoustic
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Shane Cooper
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Shane Cooper is a jazz bassist, composer and producer based in Cape Town, South Africa. He recently launched his new album 'Oscillations' which 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.
Finish The Sun
By Shane Cooper
Label: Dox Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Finish The Sun; Where The Heart Is; Umshana; Spirit Animal; Kucheza; Joburg Poem; Flow; The Walk;
Shane Cooper & Mabuta: Finish The Sun
by Dan Bilawsky
On Mabuta's debut—Welcome To This World (Afrosynth Records, 2018)—South African bassist, electronic musician and composer Shane Cooper introduced ears to a leading-edge ensemble intent on delivering trippy, dance-friendly designs. Now, with this second album, he doubles down on that core concept, delivering a heap of hip groovers which draw strength from Pan-African influences and ride high ...
Thandi Ntuli (Live at Jazzwerkstatt)
By Thandi Ntuli
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: Setting The Tone for Exile (Live at Jazzwerkstatt); New Way (Live at Jazzwerkstatt); Portal (Live at
Jazzwerkstatt); Rainbow Shane & Rico's Intro (Live at Jazzwerkstatt); Rainbow (Live at Jazzwerkstatt).
Sisonke Xonti: A Leap of Faith
by Seton Hawkins
Known for years as an outstanding saxophonist and first-call collaborator in a variety of top South African Jazz ensembles, in recent years Sisonke Xonti has rightly earned acclaimed for his own talents as a bandleader and a composer. Notably, Xonti's 2017 debut release Iyonde not only provided a stellar showcase for his superlative horn ...
The Hunter
By Shane Cooper
Label: Enja Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: The Hunter; Loueke Intro; Loueke; Loom; Cubism; aube à l'inconnu; Time with the Masters; Radha IV; Dream Weaver;
Dayanous.
Skyjack: The Hunter
by Friedrich Kunzmann
This South African / Swiss combo might seem like an unlikely pairing on paper, but turns out to be more than fruitful on record. The Hunter represents the sophomore effort by the collaboration between Swiss winds Marc Stucki and Andreas Tschopp and the South African rhythm section made up of Shane Cooper and Kesivan Naidoo on ...
Skyjack: The Hunter
by Dan Bilawsky
This second album from South African-Swiss cooperative Skyjack strikes a smart balance between ideation and instinct. Feedback loops fire the imagination of the album's five participants, with input and output acting and reacting to one another in real time. As on the band's eponymous debut, independence and interdependence each play a role in these romping games. ...
South African Saliency: Reza Khota, Carlo Mombelli, Andrew Lilley, and Mandisi Dyantyis
by Dan Bilawsky
As sure as the sun will shine on Chapman's Peak and the winds will sweep over Table Mountain, South Africa will continue to flourish and birth new music worthy of worldwide attention. The West may typically pay little to no mind to South African jazz and the artists who shape it, but that has yet to ...
