The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music is proud to present, an explosive jazz quartet from France,  OZMA on Tuesday 22 July 2014 at 18:00.

OZMA's Jazz means energy and openness, freedom of swing music and effectiveness of rock - within groovy compositions and a formidable team spirit. Colorful, explosive, exciting and always generous, the band OZMA lays between a mutant band and a jungle of sound. It is a group of nowadays, defending its creative and eclectic music with heart.

OZMA won the 2006 National Jazz Competition Jazz A la Défensein Parissicians and has  played in over 120 concerts across Europe, Africa and Asia.

OZMA’s originality : a searching spirit, a universe of sonic interactions, and truly melodic compositions. On one hand OZMA seems to be a mutant jazz band, on the other, an electric jungle of sounds, a group of nowadays, working within the heritage of rock, jazz, and experimental music.      

Join OZMA: Adrien Dennefeld (guitar), Stéphane Scharlé (drums), Edouard Séro-Guillaume (bass) and  David Florsch on saxophones at Centre for Jazz and Popular Music (CJPM) is at Level 2, Shepstone Building at UKZN Howard College Campus on Tuesday 22 July  2014. Doors open at 17:30 and music starts at 18:00. Entry fee is R40 (Pensioners R20 and students R15). Please contact Thuli on 031 260 3385 or email Zamat1@ukzn.ac.za for more details