Dec 14, 2024 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL Sipho Hotstix Mabuse: The Journey / Theatre On The Square, Sandton Sipho Hotstix Mabuse is part of the fabric of South African music, and his most famous song, Burn Out, is perhaps the equivalent in this country of Dave Brubeck’s...
Jan 28, 2023 | chART
By BRUCE DENNILL An Intimate Evening With Gregory Porter / Teatro, Montecasino, Fourways Sub-genre titles often feel like some in publicity trying to fill space without being terribly sure of what they’re talking about. But in Gregory Porter’s...
Jun 21, 2021 | ARTicle
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Durban-based composer, pianist and educator Neil Gonsalves recently released his new record, Blessings And Blues. The album was recorded in December 2019, just before the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Jan 15, 2021 | ARTicle
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Sibusiso “Mash” Mashiloane has a Masters in Jazz Performance and graduated Cum Laude from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. His latest album Amanzi Nemifula: Umkhuleko is a continuation of his...
Jul 20, 2020 | ARTicle
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By BRUCE DENNILL Francis Onah is a jazz musician, saxophonist, composer, arranger, and singer. He originally began playing the trumpet at age 16, then picked up the saxophone and learned the rudiments in only...
