Avzal Ismail

Musician.Piano and keyboards. Jazz, smooth jazz and other styles.
Other interests conservation, gym, martial arts,sport archery,live concerts and movies.

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Wishing my friends and family all over the world a Happy Hannukah, a Blessed Christmas, happy Kwanzaa ..Happy HannuKwanzaMas

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YEAH WWF says my inner animal is a Tiger. Find yours and adopt it at: http://t.co/GnIfdGBW

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So, that time of the year again..Winding down. Hey where are the live jazz gigs in South Africa or has the scene died out completely?

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Soooo Auto and General insurance in South Africa are trying to wiggle out out of paying my friend Glenn Veale for the theft of his gear.

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The students performed like stars for their lunch time concerts..We nailed a repertoire in 5 weeks and they pulled it off! Real proud!

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What's happening twitters??

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Urgently looking for a book called "Harmonic Foundation for Jazz and Popular music" by Jimmy Abadie. I'm in South Africa...HELP PLEASE!!

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And so it's the big 50..!!

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Need to do some live gigs real soon. Starting to feel frustrated.

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@BigRon08 http://t.co/rd4BEsaf Ron....Yo man you remind me of my pic that I sent you awhile ago remember ;-) Hey big guy hope …

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Haven't been around for awhile. Been teaching jazz piano at University. Great students, super gig albeit until year end. I miss Canada.

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Breakfast with Jimmy Haslip and Jeff Lorber..And bumped into Marcus Baylor and Gerald Veasley. Also great to see McCoy Tyner..Yeah man!

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Wishing everyone a great weekend. I'm looking forward to hanging with Jimmy Haslip and a few other cats this weekend. Be safe, be cool.PEACE

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Great to be teaching again.Super group of talented and eager young minds. Blessed to be doing exactly what I love. Performing and teaching.

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Our little Jaden played brilliantly and is once again part of the Central West Junior cricket team...Am so proud of him!

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Am without a laptop for a bit, so will be sporadically on and off..Have a great week everyone. Had a great first day at the university 2day.

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Watching Drummer Jason Gerling's "Between the Wheels" DVD..INSPIRATIONAL and AWESOME!

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Looking forward to new episode of Whale Wars on Animal Planet. Wishing Cpt Watson and everyone at Seashepherd a safe and successful mission.

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Yeah, looking forward to my newly appointed teaching post at TUT!