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.
Here are the links to the four videos.
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.
Here are the links to the four videos.
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Milestones: The Todd Matshikza Centenary, veteran South African journalist Sam Mathe will discusses the life and career of legendary composer Todd Matshikiza with Dr Lindelwa Dalamba (Wits University), Dr Sazi Dlamini (University of KwaZulu-Natal), Ms Nomfundo Xaluva (University of Cape Town) and Dr Carol Muller (University of Pennsylvania).
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King Kong: 60 Years Later
Adam Glasser presents his popular lecture reflecting on the musical 60 years after its staging. |
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Covid-19: Impacts on the Jazz Festival and Gig economy presented by print and digital media journalist Atiyyah Khan. The segment will probe the impact of Covid-19 on the Jazz Festival and Gig economy. Atiyyah will be chatting to Billy Domingo (Cape Town International Jazz Festival), Mantwa Chinoamadi (Joy of Jazz Festival), Alan Webster (NYJF and Jazz Festival Makhanda), and independent contractors Nikki Froneman and Marlyn Knol.
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DOES JAZZ MATTER?
Public Participation Video Competition 27 April 2021 1st place: Mahlatse Baloyi 2nd place: Ildo Nandja 3rd place: Natalie Rungan's students at the DHS School ** These 2 minute videos are available to view on the Centre for Creative Arts facebook page https://www.facebook.com/centreforcreativearts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
Dreaming and Believing: New South African Voices in Jazz
Brenda Sisane presents an exciting program featuring six young South African Jazz musicians, their music and discuss with them their aspirations. They are: Linda Sikhakhane, Sisonke Xonti, Riley GIandhari, Nobuhle Ashanti, Thembi Dunjana and Sean Sanby. *******************************************************************************************
DOES JAZZ MATTER?
Public Participation Video Competition 27 April 2021 The winner of the audience choice award is Khayalethu Mguzulo ** This 2 minute video is available to view on the Centre for Creative Arts facebook page https://www.facebook.com/centreforcreativearts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #SouthAfricanJazzStories
An online jazz video project during 2020 lockdown with supporting grants from the SAMRO Foundation and from 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 all 15 videos on our Youtube channel. Here is the link. And please SUBSCRIBE - thanks. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqzfy6QefW7ypvGFHkGDnFw?view_as=subscriber |
Welcome to the SAJE home page!
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.
- The 15th SAJE Jazz Conference : Does Jazz Matter?
- Due to Covid-19 and other restrictions, the 15th SAJE Jazz Conference in August 2021 has been reconfigured into a series of smaller events over the course of the year featuring collaborations and digital events. Watch this space!
