A new wave of jazz is blowing through Mzansi
/ 5 June 2022

A new wave of jazz is blowing through Mzansi

Nduduzo Makhathini’s release of his 10th studio album, In The Spirit of Ntu, is part of the ever evolving sound that is South African jazz. But what is the sound of the genre’s reinvention by the new generation of musicians — and is it still jazz?

Ndabo Zulu hails the queen
/ 18 October 2019

Ndabo Zulu hails the queen

While trumpeter Ndabo Zulu was studying at the Norwegian Academy of Music (from 2017 to 2019) and building on the idea that would become his opus, Queen Nandi The African Symphony, he followed a train of thought that led him on a quest that is gestured at, as opposed to concluded, by his album. In writing […]