Winnie's Soul & Jazz Restaurant

Had a great time. The live performance make every trip to Winnies worth your while. The platter for 4 however should be a platter for 2. My only criticism. Great place altogether.

After a very well received tour last year, the Swiss-South African jazz collaboration The Rainmakers return to perform at Cape Town International Jazz Festival, tour South Africa and Mauritius.

With Swiss bassist Baenz Oester at the helm, The Rainmakers will be performing at Winnie's Soul & Jazz Restaurant on Saturday, April 4th, 2015.

For the second concurrent year, the band is, supported by Pro Helvetia, the Swiss arts council.

Considered as one of Europe’s foremost double bassists, Oester has been active on the Swiss and international jazz scene since the early eighties. He has performed and recorded with numerous musicians, as well as recording his debut solo album, Blosperment Suite, in 2007. Oester is joined by fellow Swiss jazz artist Ganesh Geymeier on tenor saxophone and South Africans Afrika Mkhize on piano and Ayanda Sikade on drums.

Their shared musical philosophy has seen this collaboration result in collaborative performances both here and in Switzerland and the release of an album, Playing at the Bird’s Eye, recorded live at the Basel jazz club in 2012. The band first toured Southern African in 2014.

Coloured by the band’s varying backgrounds and musical traditions, the quartet’s eclectic style is a unique combination of jazz and blues, African polyrhythms and Swiss and Bulgarian folk tunes. Dubbed the group as “music of intention” it has been described by the media as joyful and energetic.