CHILLI & LIME
Hailed as The Jazz Maestros, Chilli & Lime is a vibrant, young, jazz band that has firmly established itself on the South African jazz scene and has become one of the most popular jazz bands in the country. Since their inception in 2006, Chilli & Lime has performed alongside many great South African artists at some of the most prestigeous events in the country, including for the president and many African leaders. The lineup includes Johannesburg’s finest talent performing traditional jazz and African favourites.
In their individual capacities, these award winning musicians have performed worldwide with well known artists such as Lauren Hill, Sibongile Khumalo, Hugh Masekhela, Judith Siphuma & more.
They have represented South Africa at a number of cultural awards and have performed at jazz festivals including New Orleans USA, Standard Bank Joy of Jazz, Cape Town International Jazz Festival and The Cape Town Jazzathon.
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
Chilli & Lime has performed for former president Jacob Zuma, Mrs Winnie Mandela, African ministers of Education and the South African government on numerous occasions.
Highlights also include performing for the Vodacom End of Year function at the Coca Cola Dome in front of 6000 people, an international performance in Gaborone, African Polo Cup, BMW X5 launch, J&B Met, SAB Kickstarter Awards, Proudly South African Homegrown Awards, the Business Day Entertainment Awards, the Premier's Service Excellence Awards, Deloitte & Touche Awards hosted at the Fan Court in George, Oliver Empowerment Awards, performances for Department of Defense, G4S, Bidvest, Investec, Etihad Airways, Kumba Laurel Awards, Transnet, as well as performing at year end functions for MTN, BMW, FNB, Sanlam, Eskom, Audi and Mercedes Benz, to name a few.
REFERENCES
“...Chilli & Lime is...smooth. Listen only once to how the petite Lindiwe Maxolo does ‘Ain’t no Sunshine’ with a voice larger than Table Mountain and you’re hooked...the jazz slips into your soul – seamlessly shifting from choppy to smooth in one song – ending in something so sublime you almost forget to place your order.”
- Sunday Times
“Please thank the guys for being so awesome last night. They completely hit the right tone for the evening. It was a pleasure having them at the function. Look forward to working with you again soon.”
- Lesley Wells, Startrackers
“They are incredible & really added to the overall success of the evening...”
- Maia Jordaan, Creative Collective
“They [Chilli & Lime] were absolutely stunning. From all the various people I have ever worked with in the past, these people were the most friendly, open, honest, accommodating and easy-going. It was a pleasure working with them and the client was over the moon.”
- Vevette Husbands, Intelsat, USA
PERFORMANCE OPTIONS
Chilli & Lime can be booked as the following:
QUARTET: sax, keys, double bass, drums - suitable for featured entertainment/create an uplifting vibe (2-3x 45min sets over 4hrs)
TRIO: keys, double bass, drums (or sax) - recommended for background entertainment (2-3x 45min sets over 4hrs) MOST POPULAR
DUO: sax, guitar - well suited to intimate spaces (2x 45min sets over 3hrs)