Murray on the bill as jazz stars conjure soundtracks and stories
The spirit of my favourite actor, Bill Murray, was at the two-day Cape Town International Jazz Festival late in March. On the Friday, at about midnight, Murray’s spirit was in the Moses Molelekwa theatre where Brazilian singer-actor Seu Jorge presented The Life Aquatic with David Bowie. On Saturday afternoon it was in the Kippies hall with Ethiopian jazz veteran Mulatu Astatke. Murray is known for surprising fans. He recently went to Fayetteville, Arkansas (population 73,580), where he popped into the Third Base Restaurant and Bar and ordered onion rings, fries and a hamburger with bacon and a fried egg, with no cheese. The restaurant is debating naming the burger after him, according to a local paper. Murray was happy to be photographed with the waiters. The Cape Town Jazz Festival’s main operations person, Kaz Henderson, told me just before Jorge’s performance to meet her outside the venue at the end of the set. I had been bombarding her for days with text messages, e-mails and fa...
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