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Standard Bank Joy of Jazz reveals 2026 line-up as festival leans into legacy
From Angélique Kidjo to Thandiswa Mazwai, this year’s Joy of Jazz programme connects legacy acts with emerging voices across four curated stages
Rashid Vally: A visionary whose record labels shaped the jazz scene
Rashid Vally gave a voice to the new black jazz of the Seventies — and on a shoestring
Brass, class, steel and sorrow: Jonas Gwangwa cut close to the bone
The trombonist’s music-making was inextricably tied up with South Africa’s struggle for freedom
Why we need a South African jazz photography archive
We need more books about South African jazz, focusing on both the verbal and the visual, to fully capture and appreciate the unique ‘river of culture we’ve been bequeathed’
Spirituality at the core of sax great’s sound
Oyama Mabandla explores the idea that artistic success has spiritual bliss at its centre.
Let the music speak
Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya meets legendary South African jazz drummer Makhaya Ntshoko and his quintet.