Stanley Engelbrecht Biography:Guitar extraordinaire Stanley Engelbrecht was born in Paternoster. (A fisher's village on the west-coast of South-Africa).He started playing bass guitar at the tender age of 8years old in church and later moved on to playing the guitar. Inspired by the likes of Jonathan Butler,George Benson,Alvin Dyers,Jimmy Dludlu and Richard Ceaser,he decided to pursue a solo career as a solo guitarist specialising in Afro... More
Stanley Engelbrecht Biography:Guitar extraordinaire Stanley Engelbrecht was born in Paternoster. (A fisher's village on the west-coast of South-Africa).He started playing bass guitar at the tender age of 8years old in church and later moved on to playing the guitar. Inspired by the likes of Jonathan Butler,George Benson,Alvin Dyers,Jimmy Dludlu and Richard Ceaser,he decided to pursue a solo career as a solo guitarist specialising in Afro jazz,Smooth jazz and Ghoema music.He’s been playing professionally in major events and venues such as Jazz on the rocks festival (2019 Jazz on the rocks battle of the bands winner),Old Dam festival(Clanwilliam), Lamberts bay festival,Macufe festival(Bloemfontein),Diamonds and Dorings festival(Kimberley),Gariep fees(Kimberley),Langleg festival (Langleg Resort) ,Writers festival(Kimberley Convention Centre),The Warehouse(Namibia),Mbabane(Swaziland),Regal Plaza(Dubai),Moses Mabida Stadium(Durban),Sun-City,Emperors Palace,Monte Casino, Flamingo Casino(Kimberley), Windmill Casino(Bloemfontein),Naledi-Sun Casino (Thabanchu)and many more.He performed and shared stages with bands and Artistes such as Temptations(USA),Randy Crawford(USA),Joe Sample(USA),Gerald Veasley(USA),Judith Sephuma,Stimela,Jamali,Denim and many more.YouTube Links:https://youtu.be/PJfeD_pQPn8https://youtu.be/9o3LOLix9mo Less
Songwriter
Jazz, Jazz Fusion
Jonathan Butler,Joe Pass,George Benson