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Tumi Mogorosi’s new album has echoes of South African and American jazz traditions

‘Group Theory: Black Music’ is warm and human and its standout closing track brings together its intellectual and revolutionary influences.

Gwen Ansell, The Conversation
· Jul 18, 2022 · 09:30 pm
Sipho Mabuse’s music career has come to help define South African politics and popular culture

His 50-year career offers a guidebook to the distinctive character of the country’s jazz scene.

Gwen Ansell, The Conversation
· Nov 09, 2021 · 11:30 pm
Jonas Gwangwa: The musician who embodied South Africa’s struggle for a national culture

The trombonist, composer and cultural activist never wished to be ‘the state composer’ but remained political until the end.

Gwen Ansell, The Conversation
· Jan 31, 2021 · 07:30 pm

‘Freedom for some is freedom for none’: South African musician Jonas Gwangwa’s jazz of resistance

There are few musicians whose work embodies the political spirit of South African liberation more vividly than the 81-year-old.

Gwen Ansell, The Conversation
· Jun 20, 2019 · 11:30 pm
Philip Tabane (1934-2018): South Africa’s musical genius who hated being labelled

Philip Tabane was unlike any other musician. His music was intimately woven into his cosmology and spirituality.

Gwen Ansell, The Conversation
· May 25, 2018 · 08:30 pm
Remembering Hugh Masekela (1939-2018): The trumpeter who never let his music grow old

The South African jazz legend made an impact across the world during his decades-long musical career.

Gwen Ansell, The Conversation
· Jan 23, 2018 · 09:30 pm

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Gwen Ansell, The Conversation

Tumi Mogorosi’s new album has echoes of South African and American jazz traditions

‘Group Theory: Black Music’ is warm and human and its standout closing track brings together its intellectual and revolutionary influences.

Gwen Ansell, The Conversation · Jul 18, 2022 · 09:30 pm

Sipho Mabuse’s music career has come to help define South African politics and popular culture

His 50-year career offers a guidebook to the distinctive character of the country’s jazz scene.

Gwen Ansell, The Conversation · Nov 09, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Jonas Gwangwa: The musician who embodied South Africa’s struggle for a national culture

The trombonist, composer and cultural activist never wished to be ‘the state composer’ but remained political until the end.

Gwen Ansell, The Conversation · Jan 31, 2021 · 07:30 pm

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