Shane Cooper (musician)

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Shane Cooper at Aarhus Jazz Festival 2010

Shane Cooper (born May 28, 1985 in Port Elizabeth ) is a South African jazz musician ( bass , composition ).

Live and act

Cooper first learned the guitar and played in the school band when he was 14. Then he became interested in jazz and switched to bass; he played in Gerard O'Brien's local band at the age of 16. He studied at the South African College of Music at the University of Cape Town , where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2008.

Cooper was part of Kyle Shepherd's trio , Reza Khota's quartet, and Card on Spokes . He also worked with musicians such as Louis Moholo , Malcolm Braff , Zim Ngqawana , Feya Faku , Talvin Singh , Soweto Kinch , Marcus Wyatt , Nils Berg (The Stoner, Cinemascope), Afrika Mkhize, Spoek Mathambo and Okmalumkoolkat. He also played in bands like Closet Snare .

In 2013 he presented his debut album Oscillations with his own band . He can also be heard with Kyle Shepherd, Kesivan Naidoo and the Swiss Andreas Tschopp and Marc Stucky in the multinational band Skyjack on their album of the same name. As a film composer he wrote the music for the documentaries Forerunners by Simon Wood and Port Nolloth: Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Felix Seuffert; he also produced Kyle Shepherd's soundtrack for Noem My Skollie . With the trio of Shepherd and the soloists Mthunzi Mvubu and Lionel Loueke he gave several concerts at the 2016 SWR New Jazz Meeting , which were documented on the double CD Sound Portraits from Contemporary Africa . In 2017 he founded his quintet Mabuta with the saxophonist Sisonke Xonti, the trumpeter Robin Fassie-Kock, the keyboardist Bokani Dyer and the drummer Marlon Witbooi. In 2018, Cooper curated the Bern Jazz Workshop .

Prizes and awards

In 2013 Cooper was named “Standard Bank Young Artist of the Year” in the field of jazz. His album Oscillations received a South African Music Award (SAMA) in 2014 .

Discographic notes

  • Zim Ngqawana Live at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival
  • Closet Snare Live at the Armchair Theater (2010, with Lee Thompson, Mark Buchanan, Mr. Sakitumi, Inka Kendzia, Kesivan Naidoo)
  • Oscillations (2013)
  • Kyle Shepherd Trio Dream State (Sheer Music 2014, with Jonno Sweetman, Buddy Wells )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brief portrait
  2. ↑ Skyjack
  3. ↑ SWR New Jazz Meeting 2016 (Alte Feuerwache Mannheim)
  4. ↑ CD tip (SWR2)
  5. ↑ Musical steps across borders Berner Zeitung , February 26, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Cooper, Shane
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African jazz musician (bass, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Port Elizabeth