Guitarist David Ledbetter made his first mark on the Jazz Festival in Grahamstown nearly two decades ago as leader of the very funky young group of UCT Jazz School graduates The Truly Fully Hey Shoo Wow Band, who stole the show here with their vibey compositions and hip stage presence. The band members - including the horn section of Marcus Wyatt, Buddy Wells and Graham Beyer - have gone on to become central members of South Africa's jazz industry while Ledbetter has toured overseas extensively while 1taining a local professional presence as a guitarist, pianist and singer in all styles of music. His latest project, The Clearing - which he styles Folk Jazz, moving seamlessly between jazz, African, country, funk, groove and world music - brings together some of the strongest players on the Cape Town scene in Buddy Wells (sax), Lee Thomson (trumpet), Andrew Lilley (piano), Shane Cooper (bass) and Kesivan Naidoo (drums) and is already a band with a substantial following.