"Led by the trumpeter Mandla Mlangeni, this alliance of young South African musicians delves into the country’s syncretic cultural heritage — then ventures beyond. You hear Balkan folk, American funk, West African high life, and South African free jazz. Most of all, you hear five bristling improvisers dancing together, modeling a kind of thoughtful communion." New York Times
The formidable ensemble comprises some of Cape Town’s finest musicians with special appearance by Afrika Mkhize on piano. The TRC features Damian Kamineth on drums, Nicholas Williams on bass, Reza Khota on guitar, Mandla Mlangeni on trumpet. The unit has performed to rousing applause at the 18th annual Cape Town International Jazz Festival in 2018. With numerous headline performances such as the Sauti Za Busara Festival (Zanzibar), Safaricom Jazz (Kenya), Bassline Fest, Arts Alive, Bushfire Fest (eSwatini) Sakifo (Reunion Island) and The World Economic Forum hosted in Cape Town 2019. The Cape Town –based TRC takes original tunes and reinvents nods from their influences to embracing vibrant underground music scene of drum and bass to Balkanology. Fusing imported sounds and exporting to their own flavour, either going into a Ghoema -tinged feel or just improvising around the melody. The T.R.C is the playground for the interrogation, assimilation, and extended extemporization from the canon of South African jazz heritage.
- A1 T.F.I.N (The Future Is Now)
- A2 RH
- A3 Kwaai Pappegai
- A4 Kwame's Jive
- A5 Interlude
- B1 Wena Fela
- B2 Didimala
- B3 Impimpi
- B4 Mothership Interlude
