Dan and Fiona

The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music at the University of KwaZulu-Natal is hosting the duo Quark on Tuesday, October 6 at 6 pm.
Quark is a collaboration which combines two performers from very different backgrounds: Fiona Tozer on guitar and Dan Wilson on bass. Fusing Dan’s jazz/rock style with Fiona’s folk and classical influences, they seek to create a new sound, striving for the unexpected. They are currently writing music for an album with ‘space-time and the universe’ as its theme.

For this concert they will be sharing the evolution of their music from its beginning to the current place in the journey.

Coming from a background based in the folk revival music of the 70s, Fiona is a songwriter and guitarist who has performed solo and with bands throughout South Africa. She has released three acclaimed albums of original songs, and recently completed a music degree in contemporary classical composition at UKZN.

Dan has played with a lot of diverse people like steel guitar legend Mike Cooper, Annette Peacock, Syd Kitchen and RISE. He has released four albums with Creeper, an acid jazz outfit featuring saxophonist Luke Townsend. Dan’s album Max Roach Park with British drummer Mark Huggett was nominated for a South African Music Award for best jazz album in 2006.

The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music (CJPM) is on Level 2 of the Shepstone Building on UKZN’s Howard College Campus in Durban. Entry costs R50 (pensioners R30 and students R15). Inquiries: Thuli on 031 260 3385 or email Zamat1@ukzn.ac.za