Shane Cooper

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Kyle Shepherd Trio’s new album is packed with originals, covers, homages – and a guilty pleasure

The third album from South African-Swiss jazz band Skyjack delights and surprises

Setting my musical intentions for 2024, I select four upcoming albums that made my heart race

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…

Mabuta’s second album is a colourful sonic experience, inspired by the sounds of Africa.

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

Taking its cues from the dimming of the hope suggested by rainbowism, ‘A New Country’ attempts to articulate the depths of betrayal South Africans feel

Thandi Ntuli’s new album, ‘Live at Jazzwerkstatt’, is a radiant turn, with dark a darker meta-narrative

Shane Cooper’s approach to music and formation of Mabura has been coloured by his involvement with several groups (David Harrison)

The musician’s debut album, ‘Indlel’eyekhaya’, defies genres in its blend of jazz, gospel and R&B

The title of Mabuta’s debut album, Welcome to This World, has always seemed like a clear invitation to enter a dream state. (Isabel Janssen)

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…

The jazz musician has always been a visionary and a team player. He is now launching his solo debut

"Expressing his exhaustion with reinterpretations and enactments of American jazz culture, Mabuta merges the old with the new"