- Title: INDONESIA: Zefa, eleven-year-old boy wows Indonesia's jazz community
- Date: 14th January 2006
- Summary: SHOW: (L!3) JAKARTA, INDONESIA (JANUARY 6, 2005) (REUTERS) WIDE OF STAGE DURING SOUND CHECK ELEVEN-YEAR-OLD ZEFA ON STAGE WITH BAND MEMBERS GETTING READY FOR SOUND CHECK; TILT UP FROM CLOSEUP OF ZEFA'S FEET TO ZEFA PLAYING ON KEYBOARD; CLOSE UP OF HANDS ON KEYBOARD; TILT UP FROM HANDS TO ZEFA'S FACE SMILING; ZEFA TALKING DURING SOUND CHECK; CLOSE UP OF AUDIO MIXER (VARIOUS) CLOSE UP SOUND ENGINEER ADJUSTING LEVELS ON MIXER; MORE OF ZEFA PLAYING ON PIANO; CLOSEUP OF HANDS ON PIANO; CLOSE UP OF ZEFA'S FACE WHILE PLAYING; ZEFA'S UNCLES ON SAXOPHONE AND BASS GUITAR ANOTHER UNCLE ON DRUMS; SHOT OF ZEFA'S PLAYING ON CAMERA VIEWFINDER (VARIOUS) (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) ZEFA SAYING: "When I have homework, I finish them at school before coming home so that they will not disturb my time practising the piano" MID VIEW: ZEFA ON STAGE WITH CREW (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) ZEFA SAYING: "I love playing at jazz festivals and concerts. (Q: How long have you been doing this?) I've studied classical piano since I was six, but started to learn jazz since I was nine" SLV EXTERIOR NIGHT: OF CONCERT HALL; SLV AUDIENCE OUTSIDE ENTRANCE (3 SHOTS) (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) SAYING: "I think he is very special, being only 11-year-old and can play jazz compositions, even at its basic was more complicated than other types of music. Being able to put himself among other more senior musicians also creates its own phenomenon" WIDE OF 'JEFA & UNCLES' ON STAGE PERFORMING; ZEFA'S UNCLES ON BASS GUITAR; CLOSEUP OF ZEFA PLAYING ON PIANO; MORE OF ZEFA PERFORMING IN CONCERT; AUDIENCE WATCHING; MORE OF BAND PERFORMING (6 SHOTS)
- Embargoed: 29th January 2006 12:00
- Keywords:
- Location: Indonesia
- Country: Indonesia
- Topics: Lifestyle
- Reuters ID: LVA4L3SWPSGWFFEMKNLAA349UJ1T
- Story Text: Homework doesn't get in the way of Zefa's jam sessions with his uncles. The 11-year-old recently wowed Indonesian jazz fans with his captivating concert in Jakarta. "When I have homework, I finish them at school before coming home so that they will not disturb my time practising on the piano," said the sixth-grader prior to the concert on Friday (January 6). Despite only having learned jazz for two years, Zefa has become Indonesia's most promising jazz newcomer. Rising from a classical piano background since he was six, Zefa soon joined a jazz band whose musicians consisted of his very own uncles. "I love playing at jazz festivals and concerts. I've studied classical piano since I was six, but started to learn jazz since I was nine," said Zefa, a native of West Java's provincial capital Bandung whose favourite musicians included Oscar Peterson, Hank Jones and Beethoven among many others. Jazz fans around the country soon took notice of the band -- known now as 'Zefa&Uncles' -- and were especially taken by Zefa's talent on the keyboard. "I think he is very special, being only 11-year-old and can play jazz compositions, even at its basic was more complicated than other types of music. Being able to put himself among other more senior musicians also creates its own phenomenon," said one jazz enthusiast attending the concert. Zefa, whose full name is Zefanya Hartani Putra, has also won numerous awards, including Best Keyboardist at the Jazz Goes to Campus competition last year in Jakarta. He was also the youngest jazz musician to have participated at the Java Jazz Festival and the Bali Jazz Festival last year. The Indonesian Museum of Records has also put his name as the youngest musician to have held a solo classical and jazz piano concert in 2004.
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