Welcome to the SAJE home page!
The mission of the South African Association for Jazz Education is:
The mission of the South African Association for Jazz Education is:
- to assure the growth of jazz in South Africa and the development of jazz and jazz education in urban and rural areas,
- to build the jazz arts community by advancing education and research,
- to promote skills development and performance,
- to develop new audiences,
- to document, preserve and archive our South African jazz heritage.
South African Jazz Stories 2021-2022
An online jazz video project made possible by a supporting grant from the SAMRO Foundation. #southafricanjazzstories
An online jazz video project made possible by a supporting grant from the SAMRO Foundation. #southafricanjazzstories
December 2021 - February 2022
Join us as we celebrate the contributions made by individuals who have pioneered community music projects or who are recognized for their mentorship and influence in the music education journeys of several South African jazz musicians across the country. **Episodes 17, 18 and 19 are now available on our Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqzfy6QefW7ypvGFHkGDnFw
Join us as we celebrate the contributions made by individuals who have pioneered community music projects or who are recognized for their mentorship and influence in the music education journeys of several South African jazz musicians across the country. **Episodes 17, 18 and 19 are now available on our Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqzfy6QefW7ypvGFHkGDnFw
South African Jazz: Connecting the Tradition
27 April 2021 (Freedom Day)
The Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and Arts & Culture at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) joined hands during April with the Centre for Jazz and Popular Music at UKZN and the South African Association for Jazz Education to present a one-day free to attend online mini-festival on Tuesday 27 April to mark Jazz Appreciation Month.
**The four videos can be found on the SAJE Youtube Channel
27 April 2021 (Freedom Day)
The Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) and Arts & Culture at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) joined hands during April with the Centre for Jazz and Popular Music at UKZN and the South African Association for Jazz Education to present a one-day free to attend online mini-festival on Tuesday 27 April to mark Jazz Appreciation Month.
**The four videos can be found on the SAJE Youtube Channel
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#SouthAfricanJazzStories
An online jazz video project started during the 2020 lockdown with supporting grants from the SAMRO Foundation & Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) Stories come and go but some hang around - influencing, teaching, inspiring and enlightening. *The first #jazzstory was released on our SAJE Youtube Channel and other social media platforms on 1 September 2020. You can watch the first 15 videos on our Youtube channel. A new set of #jazzstories starts on Friday 10 December 2021. Here is the link. And please SUBSCRIBE - thanks. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqzfy6QefW7ypvGFHkGDnFw?view_as=subscriber |
