The first concert presented by the Unisa Music Foundation for 2014 is a lunch hour concert by the Peter Auret Trio.
It is taking place on Friday 24 January at 13:00 in the Miriam Makeba Concert Hall. With Auret on drums, pianist Roland Moses and James Sunney on double bass complete the trio.
Peter Auret grew up in Johannesburg. The largely self-taught drummer began playing at the age of seventeen. He studied drums with Garth Farrant while at the National School of the Arts.
After high school graduation, Auret attended Park Town College in Johannesburg studying fine arts and design whilst holding down regular club gigs with his own band.
After college, Peter developed an interest in jazz and improvised music.
He was fast building a reputation as a pop/rock musician, gaining wider recognition with singer/songwriter Riku Lätti and the then South African pop sensation Henry Ate (Karma), where he met future collaborator, guitarist Max Mikula. Auret and Mikula went on to record two SAMA nominated albums with their Afro Jazz/World Music group Tsunami.
Peter worked with Tsunami from 2001 to 2004, while also working more and more with local jazz outfits.
In 2004 Peter's musical horizons expanded, when guitarist Jonathan Crossley booked him to play on a jazz record featuring local jazz heroes: Marc Duby, Carlo Mombeli, Marcus Wyatt, Kevin Davidson and Sidney Mnisi.
Peter continued to work with Crossley from 2004 to 2007, performing and recording on another album and a live DVD. This association led to Peter meeting pianist Roland Moses who would later become part of Auret's trio.
In 2007 Peter joined South African Pop/Rock group Watershed, where he was reacquainted with bass player, James Sunney with whom he had occasionally performed over the years.
Roland Moses is currently a lecturer and program coordinator at the Tshwane University of Technology, School of Performing Arts. He is engaged in Doctoral studies on a music literacy program for church musicians.
Most recently, Roland has recorded an album featuring his own compositions to be released later this year.
Bassist James Sunney studied at the Tshwane University of Technology and is often touring as a sideman for various South African artists.
He is a regular fixture as a double bassist in various jazz ensembles in and around Johannesburg and Pretoria, which include: Hugo De Waal & Joe Penn's “Trench Ensemble” and the Peter Auret Trio in which he gets the opportunity to explore his passion for jazz and improvisation.
Ensembles in which James is involved include Barcode, The Andrew Massey Quartet, Jazz Assassins, Watershed, Alwyn Vorster/James Sunney, and Laurie Levin.
Peter Auret Trio debut album “Turn the Tide” features Roland Moses on piano and James Sunney on bass and has been well received by music critics and radio DJs alike.
Entry to the concert is free but limited seats are available.
Enquiries: AletJoubert, Unisa Music Foundation, Tel: 012 429 3336/3311
Cell: 084 763 4079. www.unisa.ac.za/musicfoundation
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