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Take note: Photographer Vuyo Giba specialises in capturing jazz musicians in black and white. Photo: Supplied

Through the jazz lens: Vuyo Giba captures the spirit of South African sound

With her lens tuned to the heartbeat of South African jazz, Vuyo Giba transforms music into memory and sound into story

Rolland Simpi Motaung

Chris Botti plays on the edge of jazz with both contemporary classical and pop music sensibilities.

Festival is an embarrassment of jazz riches

Joy of Jazz takes place in Johannesburg this weekend.

Percy Mabandu

Welcome return: Musician and composer Feya Faku launched his book of compositions and two albums — Live at the Bird’s Eye and Impilo — in October at eDikeni in Sandton. Photos: Tseliso Monaheng

AND MALCOLM JIYANE

Mzansi jaz z breaks free and flies in 2021

A slew of new releases and ideas about jazz emerge as artists beat the Covid-19 blues

Tseliso Monaheng

Talented collective: Sibongile Khumalo with Uhadi band members (left to right) Justin Badenhorst, Paul Hanmer, Herbie Tsoaeli, McCoy Mrubata and Feya Faku outside the Market Theatre in 2014. (Photo: Tseliso Monaheng)

AT THIS POINT IN TIME VOICES IN VOLUME

The Portfolio: Herbie Tsoaeli remembers Sibongile Khumalo’s professionalism and wicked humour

The bassist says the versatile singer ‘knew her story’ in the music

Herbie Tsoaeli

A music teacher and one-time bandmate of Bheki Mseleku’s, Neil Gonsalves remembers the experience as akin to being a student in a professional band. ( Doug Mostert)

ARTHUR SMITH HALL

Bheki Mseleku: ‘He could play anything in any key’

Neil Gonsalves was formally taught, unlike his colleague Bheki Mseleku, but he was in awe of the genius the of multi-instrumentalist

Neil Gonsalves

ABDULLAH IBRAHIM

Let the music speak

Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya meets legendary South African jazz drummer Makhaya Ntshoko and his quintet.

Fikile Ntsikelelo Moya