This month’s show premiers the new single by Shane Cooper and MABUTA off their sophomore album, due in May. We also hear new music by bassist Herbie Tsoaeli from his album At This Point in Time and drummer Ayanda Sikade from new album Umakhulu. Also featured is a mix titled ‘Black Music Under Apartheid’ made for the National Arts Festival 2020. It engages with the history of how jazz has always been connected to the struggle for freedom in South Africa, with a look at the stringent laws that musicians fought against and tracing the lineage of how the sound developed.
Artwork: Kippie Moeketsi by Grant Jurius
Future Nostalgia with Atiyyah Khan: South African Jazz Special
South African music journalist, DJ, and researcher Atiyyah Khan (El Corazon) digs out gems, past and present. The show is an extension of the music collective she co-founded in Cape Town called Future Nostalgia, which has hosted listening sessions for the past eight years.
Alone on Your Own - Herbie Tsoaeli (At This Point in Time, 2021)
Where the Heart Is - Mabuta (2022)
Umakhulu (Umakhulu, 2021)
Mdantsane (Umakhulu,2021)
Abadala Baholo - Herbie Tsoaeli (At This Point in Time, 2021)
East Gugs Skomline to Khaltsha - Herbie Tsoaeli (At This Point in Time, 2021)
Amaxesha Osizi (Times of Sorrow) - Louis Moholo-Moholo
Goli Kwela – Kippie Moeketsi and The Marabi Band (Clarinet Kwela, 1958)
Kulusizi – Dixie Kwankwa (Sadness and Joy, 1959)
Meadowlands – Nancy Jacobs and Her Sisters (Meadowlands, 1956)
Mra -Gwigwi Mwrebi (Mbaqanga Songs, 1967)
Black Heroes – Tete Mbambisa (Tete’s Big Sound, 1976)
Yakhal’Inkomo – Winston Mankunku Ngozi ( Yakhal Ínkomo, 1968)
Mannenberg - Dollar Brand/ Abdullah Ibrahim (Mannenberg - 'Is Where It's Happening', 1974)
Riot – Hugh Masekela (Masekela, 1969)
La Guinee Guine – Miriam Makeba (A Promise, 1975)
Barazinbar – Assegai (Afrorock, 1971)
Madodana (The Young Ones) - Dudu Pukwana (Diamond Express, 1977)
Nomusa - Ndikho Xaba and the Natives (Ndhiko Xaba and the Natives)
Funk Dem Dudu – The Blue Notes ( Blue Notes for Johnny, 1987)
Cherry – Basil Manenberg Coetzee (Plum and Cherry, 1979)
Ke A Rona (Power to the People) – District Six ( To Be Free, 1987)