Jo’burg hasn’t got much to boast about at the moment. But there’s one thing Jo’burgers can be proud about: the city’s jazz.
In this episode Charles Leonard speaks to a city musician who’s just released an album through one of the most respected international record labels, explores how this brash mining town’s history can be heard in Jo’burg jazz, and finds out what makes someone open a new record store in the city.
Host: Charles Leonard
Guests: Bokani Dyer; Gwen Ansell & Umlando Khumalo
Photograph: Supplied
Credits:
Compiled, produced, hosted & engineered by Charles Leonard.
Recorded in May & June 2023 for the Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS).
Songs:
- Heshoo Beshoo Group – Emakhaya
- Bokani Dyer – Kalakuta
- Zim Ngqawana – Amagoduka, Pt. 3 (Migrant Workers)
- Bokani Dyer – Move On
- Jaimie Branch – Prayer For Amerikkka Pt. 1 & 2
- Bokani Dyer – Mogaetsho
- The African Swingsters – Liyaduma
- Hugh Masekela – Stimela (Coal Train)
- The Jazz Epistles – Scullery Department (feat. Hugh Masekela, Kippie Moeketsi & Abdullah Ibrahim)
- The Brother Moves On – You Think You Know Me
- Thandi Ntuli – Dikeledi
- Madvillain – All Caps (Instrumental)
- John Coltrane – A Love Supreme Part 1 Acknowledgement
- The Movers – Bump Jive
- Morena Leraba – Heleru
Chapters:
Bokani Dyer: 6’20”
Gwen Ansell: 31’57”
Umlando Khumalo: 56’03”