As Botswana gets ready to celebrate its Golden Jubilee as an independent nation, Thursday Nite Live @ Choices is proud to partner with Cool Waters Jazz & Roots Festival 2016 in presenting direct from Botswana Guitarist and Harmonica player Kabo Leburu.
This concert is made possible by the support of Letshego Kenya Limited and The High Commission of Botswana with the added support of UP Nairobi - Nairobi’s Urban Perspective.
Cool Waters Jazz & Roots Festival is Nairobi’s boutique jazz festival for music lovers who are open to discover new voices, seasoned talent and unique sounds. We celebrate the values of culture, innovation and improvisation that Jazz and Roots music offer the world.Teetering on the edge of virtuosity is a guitarist cum harmonica (or ‘harp’ as some fondly call it) player, KABO LEBURU. A self-taught musician who graduated from The University of Botswana with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical engineering, he won THE BEST LIVE ARTIST in PRESIDENT’S NATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITIONS 2014 and was nominated for the BEST AFRO-JAZZ in the MASCOM-BOMU 2008-2009 Awards.
With the ability of multi-tasking on the guitar and harmonica as well as singing, Kabo brings a unique style of playing music. He fuses indigenous rhythms with a touch of jazz and classically inspired finger-picking to come up with a unique ground breaking sound.
He has shared the stage with some of the greatest musicians this side of the equator; Oliver Mtukudzi, Yvonne Chaka-Chaka, Louis Mhlanga, Paul Hanmer, Socca Moruakgomo, Machesa and Steve Dyer, Bholoja just to name a few. His song ‘Kalahari Bluegrass’ which is track No.1 in his debut album, Footsteps wagreatly loved by the European band Celtic Fusion. In March 2011 and September 2012, Kabo Leburu and his band Ethno Jazz collaborated with Celtic Fusion Band from Germany and wowed audiences in Gaborone, Botswana with their afro-celtic sounds. The milestoneof this collaboration continued with a recording of 13-song album released in Germany in August 2013.
Catch a glimpse of Kabo Leburu in the following video links
