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Legendary Beninese musician Angélique Kidjo will be among the headliners of the 27th Standard Bank Joy of Jazz music festival. Photo: File
AFRICAN MUSIC FESTIVALS

Standard Bank Joy of Jazz reveals 2026 line-up as festival leans into legacy

From Angélique Kidjo to Thandiswa Mazwai, this year’s Joy of Jazz programme connects legacy acts with emerging voices across four curated stages

  • Kibo Ngowi
4 min read
Key figure: Musicians Basil Coetzee, Pat Matshikiza, Selby Ntuli, Sipho Mabuse, Alec Khaoli and Kippie Moketsi with producer Rashid Vally in 1975. (As-Shams Archive)
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM

Rashid Vally: A visionary whose record labels shaped the jazz scene

Rashid Vally gave a voice to the new black jazz of the Seventies — and on a shoestring

  • Gwen Ansell
6 min read
Melvyn Peters and Thandi Klaasens at the famed Rainbow Restaurant and Jazz Club in Pinetown. (All images by Rafs Mayet)
AGRIPPA AND NELSON MAGWAZA

Why we need a South African jazz photography archive

We need more books about South African jazz, focusing on both the verbal and the visual, to fully capture and appreciate the unique ‘river of culture we’ve been bequeathed’

  • Rafs Mayet
7 min read
Wayne Shorter had an emotionally taxing life, which inevitably coloured his tone on the saxophone
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM

Spirituality at the core of sax great’s sound

Oyama Mabandla explores the idea that artistic success has spiritual bliss at its centre.

  • Oyama Mabandla
6 min read
ABDULLAH IBRAHIM

Let the music speak

Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya meets legendary South African jazz drummer Makhaya Ntshoko and his quintet.

  • Fikile Ntsikelelo Moya
4 min read