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Titi Luzipo presents 'Songs my Mother Told Me'
Titi Luzipo presents 'Songs my Mother Told Me'
She comes to Durban playing the The Chairman on Friday 17 June starting at 10.30pm. The Chairman is at 146 Mahatma Gandhi Road, Durban
"It has always been my dream to relive my mother's songbook while she is still alive so that she may witness the wealth I have through her. It was then that I realised that I am my mother. She is my future and I am her past. Her songbook had become alive again and has helped many others realise their inner melodies. Her song book has become a living legacy", Titi says.
Born in a well-schooled family about music, it was the combination of her talent, her focus, her Jazz performance BMus from UCT as well as her performing arts qualification from UWC that led the Port Elizabeth born Titi Luzipo to this peaking point of her career in Jazz. The young singer who is known to have a voice that is older than her, has become the Nelson Mandela Bay's favourite jazz voice.
"My mother was not as liberated as I am. She had no freedom. The apartheid regime limited their expressions in song and resulted to scarce performances. The aim of 'Songs My Mother Taught Me' is to bring alive those songs which could not be sung and relive the moments shared by those before us and celebrate them as heritage."
Titi's mother - Vuyelwa Qwesha Luzipo - is a renowned jazz brand who came to fame in the 70's as lead singer of The Soul Jazzmen, one of the greatest jazz bands of the time, which featured greats such the late Zim Ngqawana, Winston Mankunku Ngozi, Feya Faku, Tete Mbambisa and many others. "When she realised that I was starting to take after her musically she taught me all the songs she used to sing in her days. This was the beginning of great things for me - I couldn't understand the melody at the time but it spoke to the sentiments of my heart."