Deelee Dube

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The Jazz Standard invites Deelee Dube, a recepient of the The Sarah Vaughn International Jazz Vocal Competition, she gives us a breakdown of the 2024 Jazz Grammy winners and talks about the legacy of her grandfather Zacks Nkosi.

11 Feb 2024 English South Africa Music History · Music Commentary Brenda Sisane

A Roundtable with Sifiso Khanyile, Tshego Molete-Khanyile (Resonance Archive Festival) & Vuyo McGlad (Kids Love Jazz)

This November, Africa’s young people are being placed at the centre of the continent’s public imagination through Africa Youth Day on 1 November, the One Young World Summit in Cape Town from 3–6 November, and the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar from 31 October to 13 November. Alongside the language…

8 Nov 38 min

Nhlanhla Manana: Bra Ray Nkwe Birthday Tribute

In this moving birthday tribute, bassist-composer-educator Nhlanhla Manana helps us muse on Raymond "Bra Ray" Nkwe''s contributions as a purveyor and promoter of South African Jazz in the early to mid-90s ahead of a memorial lecture hosted by Nhlanhla himself to honour Bra Ray at the Wits School of Arts…

8 Nov 19 min

Amina Figarova on The Jazz Standard with Brenda Sisane

Flying High Above, is her 20th album of all original compositions. With this project, she fulfills her lifelong dream of recording in Havana having felt the ties between the rhythms of her native Azerbaijan echoed in the music of Cuba since she was young. In 2024, she released "Suite for…

1 Nov 14 min

Tshepo Mngoma & Jahari Stampley Family Trio on The Jazz Standard with Brenda Sisane

Family heirlooms and continuity; Legacy work and cultural exchanges... Tshepo Mnogma and the Jahari Stampley Family Trio sit around a able to chat about working within a family unit and keeping the legacy of their mothers' teachings alive.

1 Nov 27 min

ABSA JAZZ SESSIONS W ANDILE YENANA AND T-BOSE MOKWELE

The adventure of rich storytelling about the world of Jazz continues with Brenda Sisane on Kaya 959's The Jazz Standard.

1 Nov 12 min