Zimology

Date: 7 March 2010

Time: 3pm

Venue: Gallery Momo, 52 7th Avenue, Parktown North

Johannesburg

We have been burgled and vandalised at the institute. 2 grand pianos were stripped for their metal content which gets taken to scrap yards for some silly small amount of money. How ignorant are our people? They do not understand aesthetic, the value! of a whole grand piano just for less than 1% of its worth. If these were intellegent people, they would have rather taken the whole piano and gotten anything between R150,000 to R200,000 for each.  Not to mention the other damage of taps, light switches and sockets, household equipment, beds and linen. The estimated damage is R500,000.

We are now embarking on a fund raising campaign to re-build the institute. We will be doing a series of concerts at the institute. Watch our Events page for updates of forth coming events. Anyone who wishes to contribute towards this loss can contact us on 079 504 4162 or 082 779 3937.

Peace

Linder Auditorium, 12 December  2009     19:30 (Doors close at 20:00 sharp)

This is the first concert after a long absence from the South African Jazz scene. The personnel is the current SA Quartet featuring Ayanda Sikade on drums, Nduduzo Makhatini on piano, Shane Cooper on contrabass and Zimology on woodwinds and sound modules.

The concert will comprise two sets - the first will comprise of the book that we have been playing over the last decade featuring the classics Qula Kwedini, Ebhofolo, Biological Warfare, San Song to mention a few, with new arrangements whilst the second set will centre towards the forth coming AvantGarde music introducing the new work, “Interpolations on Monk”, recently premiered at the Thelonius Monk 92^nd birthday concert in New York, Oct 2009.  

This concert is going to be recorded live.

Zimology has been active on the New York scene with William Parker, Matthew Shipp, Nasheet Waits and lately Dave Burrell. Three CD’s are forth coming from this unit recorded at the Vision Festival, (New York) Willisau Festival (Switzerland) and Theonius Monk at 92nd Birthday Concert (New York).

Zimology has also been nominated for a University of Yale Fellowship and in January is scheduled to perform at the Knitting Factory at the Winter Fest (New York).

Hope to see you at the concert.

ZIMOLOGY

The study of the SELF.

The knowledge of the SELF.

And now, the Celebration of the self towards SELFLESSNESS. 

At 50yrs, one realizes that the physical dimension

will soon fade away and consciousness  remains. 

I ask you to come join us at this celebration of

UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS.