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GOAT in the making: Jazz musician Mandisi Dyantyis, who has two albums to his name, has just done a fashion shoot for GQ magazine that has people talking. Photo: Dan Carter courtesy of Fifty Four

Mandisi Dyantyis: People are seen in his music

Local musician follows in the footsteps of the jazz greats with his cool sounds and dress

Lesego Chepape

Man of the street: Mandisi Dyantyis in Salt River, Cape Town. The vocalist, trumpeter, and musical director uses rising fame to comment on South Africa’s sociological problems. (David Harrison/ M&G)

ISANGO ENSEMBLE

Almighty talent of Dyantyis

The musician has an electric stage presence, but his studio album Somandla captures that same spirit

Kwanele Sosibo