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SUMMARY:McCoy Mrubata Quartet with Gary Wittner | Dimensions in Jazz
DESCRIPTION:Featuring South African tenor saxophone phenom McCoy Mrubata
  in a rare US visit.\n\nFeatured South African jazz musician McCoy Mruba
 ta (Tenor Saxophone) returns to Portland\, Maine in his 4th tour of the 
 US and will be performing at the Portland Conservatory of Music in quart
 et alongside his friend Gary Wittner (Guitar)\, Shakeel Curtis (Bass) an
 d Lumanyano Mzi (Drums).\n\nSouth African reedman McCoy Mrubata grew up 
 in the Capetown township of Langa listening to church hymns\, traditiona
 l African rhythms and brass band music. He was a member of the legendary
  Hugh Masakela’s band in the 1990s and has since established himself a
 s a bandleader\, touring regularly throughout the African continent and 
 Europe. He has released over a dozen albums of original music\, and is c
 urrently touring in support of his most recent CD called “Quiet\, Plea
 se”.\n\nGuitarist Gary Wittner\, originally from New York\, now lives 
 in Maine where he is a faculty member of the Univ. of Maine School of Mu
 sic and Bowdoin College. Gary has performed and taught music worldwide o
 n 5 continents since the 1980s. He has officially represented the USA mu
 ltiple times as a Fulbright Specialist and US Embassy Outreach Artist. G
 ary has released 7 CDs as a leader\; he performs original\, instrumental
 \, and vocal jazz\, latin music\, and Balkan music.\n\nMcCoy and Gary ha
 ve been performing together since 2006 – 4 times in S. Africa\, and th
 is is McCoy’s 4th tour in the USA.\n\nDoors open at 7:30 pm | Show sta
 rts at 8:00 pm.\n\nTickets: $5 students\, $15 Seniors\, $20 in advance\,
  $25 at the door.\n\nFacemasks and proof of vaccination (or negative tes
 t result within 48hrs) are required for all public events at PCM.
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LOCATION:28 Neal Street\, Portland\,  Maine  04102\,  US
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