Marcus Wyatt

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During the grind of lockdown, musicians exchanged notes on modes of creating through the barrier

Old-school kwaito, hip-hop and house meets ska and Balkan-tinged jazz in a riotously, joyful sound.

One of SA’s top jazz trumpeters has roped in an orchestra to add a new side to his sound.

There are no solos in the Maji Maji album, as one would expect from a jazz album. The album is then perhaps an unconscious rebellion.

You start to suspect that jazz in Jo’burg might really be dead when players start penning elegies for it. That’s exactly what Marcus Wyatt has done.

I always like to introduce my visitors to other interesting people who live in this crazy town. I find the people in Jo’burg are a bit more open.

Schizophrenia is the name of the game on the Johannesburg jazz scene, says trumpeter Marcus Wyatt.

Strings may be an unexpected addition to Chris McGregor’s jazz, but his music was always about expansion, writes Shaun de Waal.