Welcome to An Evening of Global Jazz with McCoy Mrubata & Gary Wittner! Join us at 317 Main Community Music Center for an unforgettable night of music from around the world.
Featured South African jazz musician McCoy Mrubata (Tenor Saxophone) returns to Maine to play alongside his friend Gary Wittner (Guitar).
South African reedman McCoy Mrubata grew up in the Cape Town township of Langa listening to church hymns, traditional 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 as a bandleader, touring regularly throughout the African continent and Europe. He has released over a dozen albums of original music
Guitarist Gary Wittner, originally from New York, now lives in Maine where he is a faculty member of the Univ. of Maine School of Music and Bowdoin College. Gary has performed and taught music worldwide on 5 continents since the 1980s. He has officially represented the USA multiple times as a Fulbright Specialist and US Embassy Outreach Artist. Gary has released 7 CDs as a leader; he performs original, instrumental, and vocal jazz, latin music, and Balkan music.
McCoy and Gary have been performing together since 2006 – 4 times in S. Africa, and this is McCoy’s 5th tour in the USA.