American jazz pianist and vocalist Carolyn Wilkins has been active in the Boston music scene for over 20 years as a performer, educator and composer. She has released four critically acclaimed CD's of her original compositions and is an experienced educator. She is currently a professor of ensemble at Berklee College, the leading jazz institution in the world and is ideally placed to introduce audiences to "this thing called Jazz". Today's gig is aimed specifically at children - or anyone who shares a child's fascination with how things work - and is an introduction to the basics of jazz. Assisting her are four well-qualified academics: Mark Ginsburg (sax) from Sydney, Brian Thusi (trumpet) from Durban, Professor Marc Duby (bass) and Lloyd Martin, drum lecturer at NMMU.