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December 31, 2009 - Thursday 

Current mood:  creative
Category: Music

FROM ABDULLAH TO CAVE - AN EXPLORATION IN SONG




Join Singer, Songwriter, Pianist, Estelle Kokot as she takes you on a solo musical journey, from Abdullah Ibrahim's The Mountain  to Nick Cave’s Red Right Hand. This annual Pre New Year’s Eve Presentation at The Vortex Jazz Club will premiere outings of new compositions by Estelle, including Komodo Dragon Jam, songwriter Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Nails, Stephen Sondheim, songs by South African composers, Duke Ellington, Joni Mitchell and more.
 
Regulars at the Vortex will no doubt be familiar with the compellingly dramatic live work of Estelle Kokot. Her great strengths: a powerful yet intimately confiding vocal style, cogent and persuasive lyrics the subject matter of which ranges from affecting but unflinching despatches from love's front lines to meditations on contemporary African politics and their human consequences. Chris Parker Vortex Jazz Review

A powerful, soulful and independent artist, if you want to hear a genuine innovator with a creative twist on Jazz vocals include Estelle Kokot. The Guardian

Kokot is an original storyteller who's bound to become a cult figure on the underground jazz scene. The Sunday Times SA

With considerable wit and intelligence, Kokot ousts the singer and colonises the songs. Mark Rosen Business Day SA

Standards and originals perfectly compatible side by side, Kokot is an excellent arranger of her own and other peoples' material. John Fordham

DATE
Wednesday 30th of December 2009

VENUE
The Vortex Jazz Club
11 Gillett Square
London
N16 8AZ

TIME
Doors open at 8.00pm - First set starts at 8.30pm

PRICE
£12

BOOKINGS
              020 7254 4097     

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/64526

WEBSITES
www.vortexjazz.co.uk
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December 30, 2009 - Wednesday 


 
Estelle Kokot


Wed Dec 30


Vortex Dalston, 11 Gillett St, London, N16 8JH


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Critics' choice

Time Out says

South African pianist/singer/composer Kokot is an exceptional talent, with a repertoire that stretches from ethereal, English-accented pop to modern jazz, with Latin and worldbeat touches. Her witty interpretations of Mose Allison, Antonio Carlos Jobim through to Duke Ellington's 'Don't Get Around Much Anymore' make her a one-woman tour de force.

http://www.timeout.com/london/music/event/170757/estelle-kokot
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December 13, 2009 - Sunday 

Current mood:  contemplative

 

Recorded and filmed in Johannesburg in 1989

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August 23, 2009 - Sunday 

Current mood:  animated
Category: Music
Hello all and many thanks to those of you who managed to tune in for my 2 hour slot with Sirena Riley on Urbanjazz Radio last week Friday.
Much fun was had by all!

This weekend on Sunday 23rd of August 2009 I will be chatting to Eric Alan of Jazz Rendezvous fame on
Radio 2000 at 18h30 GMT (19h30 South African Time)
via The Telephone Suite for half an hour about my life in London as a South African singer, songwriter, pianist and what's to come.


 

 


Tune in to Jazz Rendezvous if you are in South Africa

http://www.radio2000.co.za/Default.aspx?tabid=64

or online

http://www.radio2000.co.za/streaming.html

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August 14, 2009 - Friday 

Category: Music

Friday 14 August, from 12pm-2pm GMT set your computer to UrbanJazz Radio http://www.urbanjazzradio.net as vocalist Sirena Riley presents IndieSpin, a new internet radio program focusing on modern jazz and the modern jazz musician.

This week Sirena will have UK born, South African singer/songwriter/pianist Estelle Kokot http://www.myspace.com/estellekokot, who wraps her ethereal vocals around some of the most imaginative lyrics to grace the ears of jazz lovers worldwide.  This is songcraft of the highest level! Tune in as we explore Estelle’s sublime recordings and delve into her musical past with songs from her wide-ranging influences and her recommendations for the best talent in the UK and abroad.

Written By Sirena Riley from Urbanjazz Radio.







 Photo of Estelle Kokot by Richard Kaby


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August 3, 2009 - Monday 

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April 20, 2009 - Monday 

Current mood:  calm
apparently i am a holiday in venice..
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December 31, 2008 - Wednesday 

Current mood:  excited
Category: Music

 

'From The Blues 
To Brazil
And Beyond' 
On

Tuesday 30th December 2008

Estelle Kokot
Presents Her
One Woman Show
AT
The Vortex Jazz Club 

Following her recent successes performing new material live on BBC Radio 3's Intune, an interview on BBC Radio 4's Soul Music series 7 'So What' and a sell out gig at Pizza Express Jazz Club, Estelle Kokot presents her one woman show (an annual event four years running) 'From The Blues to Brazil and Beyond' at the Vortex Jazz Club. 

A musical journey from Mose Allison's acerbic 'Your Mind Is on Vacation' to Antonio Carlos Jobim's carnival delight 'Felicidade' ( sung in Brazilian), dropping by to revisit a brand new arrangement of Duke Ellington's 'Don't Get Around Much Anymore' and stopping over to sample Charlie Parker's Anthropology ( sung a cappella) and more.... cosy up and be warmed by an evening of fun and reflection a day before the year is on its back...
 
Had your fill of turkey sandwiches? Cleared up the tinsel, stockings and streamers? Well treat yourself to a sumptuous trimming of a different sort; join in the fun with Estelle for an intimate evening of song, storytelling and anecdotes…


"With considerable wit and intelligence, Kokot ousts the singer and colonises the songs...  a deep magenta voice with a built-in echo" Mark Rosen, Business Day South Africa.
 
"Kokot's sweetly melodic voice set the audience on fire... a tumultuous reception."  Tebogo Alexander, The Sowetan/SABC Morning Live
 
"If you don't hotfoot it to catch one of South Africa's premier jazz voices in full fantastic flight, 'your mind is on vacation'- to borrow a phrase from Mose Allison - and your judgement, frankly, out to lunch... deliciously decadent!" The Cape Times
 
"A powerful, soulful and independent artist... if you want to hear a genuine innovator with a creative twist on Jazz vocals, include Estelle Kokot."  The Guardian

DATE:
Tuesday 30th of December 2008
 
TIME:
Doors open at 8.00pm.
First set starts at 8.45pm.
 
VENUE:
The Vortex Jazz Club
11 Gillett Square
London N16 8JH 
WWW.VORTEXJAZZ.CO.UK

 PHONE:
020 7254 4097 

TO BUY TICKETS:
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/39814

 

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December 30, 2008 - Tuesday 

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