YOUTHFUL jazz outfit Too Open has engaged waning sungura musician Daiton Somanje for a series of collaborative gigs.
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Too Open and Somanje will tonight perform at Pamuzinda Highway X-scape at the inception of the sungura-jazz affair.
Lloyd Chidikano of Too Open said they would work with Somanje on a number of shows to give revellers diversity at all their gigs. “It is a fair arrangement that will see people sampling various genres at each show. Besides our own jazz compositions, we often perform copyright hits of other international genres and we saw a need to bring sungura into the mix,” said Chidikano.
“Somanje has a number of hits that will obviously be popular with audiences and we are hopeful that this project will go a long way in giving people quality entertainment. We are grateful for the support we are getting from Spellbound Electronics who are financially supporting the project.”
Somanje said he was happy to work with the youthful group.
“I have seen them performing and I know they are good artistes. Combinations are now the way to go on the local scene. It is rare to see musicians performing as individual groups these days. This combination might take us to another level on the music ladder,” said Somanje.
A spokesperson of Spellbound Electornics, which has facilitated tonight’s show, said his company looked forward to an interesting combination.
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“Besides our daily business in electrical appliances, we are also passionate about arts. We want to see artistes developing and this is our first step in promoting arts. Most promoters engage musicians to make money, but believe in developing talent as a way of giving back to the community,” said the spokesperson.
