Vuyo Sotashe and Chris Pattishall | Esplanade

In this highly anticipated collaboration, South African vocalist Vuyo Sotashe and American pianist/composer Chris Pattishall come together for an intimate and soulful evening of duets. Mainstays of the New York City music scene over the past decade, Vuyo and Chris have each contributed to a wide range of projects spanning jazz, gospel, theatre and film.

Vuyo Sotashe is a New York-based South African jazz singer with a voice of exceptional quality—reminiscent of past legends yet unmistakably his own. Chris Pattishall complements Vuyo’s rich, expressive vocals with inventive harmonies and bold, genre-blurring improvisation. Together, they create music with hushed vulnerability—a quiet invocation of community in turbulent times. Their programme features music by Duke Ellington, Nina Simone, and more, offering a soulful, contemporary take on timeless sounds.

In this intimate evening of duets, Vuyo Sotashe’s voice joins American pianist and composer Chris Pattishall in transversing a wide emotional and stylistic range—from jazz and gospel to Xhosa hymns and the music of Stevie Wonder.