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Afro Jazz & World Music

Afro jazz and world music ensembles blending African rhythm with jazz, Latin and global influences. Configurations run from trio to full band, working as sophisticated background or as a headline set at corporate events, gala dinners and festivals.

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Quiet Storm

Durban
Quiet Storm are a jazz group led by pianist Sue Barry, moving between fusion, Afro jazz, Latin jazz and American and South African standards. Durban.
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Rema Namakula

Uganda
Rema Namakula is a Ugandan recording artist who went solo in 2013 with Oli Wange and won Best Female Artist at the HiPipo Music Awards.
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Ringo

Johannesburg
Ringo is one of South Africa’s most popular performers, who first broke through with Peto after they won the 1986 Shell Road to Fame. Johannesburg.
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Saida Karoli

Tanzania
Saida Karoli is a traditionalist Tanzanian singer whose song Maria Salome hit number three on radio at home and who performs at Zanzibar’s Sauti Za Busara.
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Sethu Goduka

Cape Town
Sethu Goduka is a Durban-born singer and songwriter spanning R&B, soul and Afro-house who has toured Austria with Acoustic Element. Based in Cape Town.
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Shades of Africa

Cape Town
Shades of Africa are a vocal trio celebrating African song who have performed for Anglo American, BMW and the sheik of Dubai. Based in Cape Town.
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Shef and the Kitchen

Johannesburg
Shef and the Kitchen play African pop, soul and funk with original lyrics in isiZulu, Xitsonga and English, and have played the India World Festival.
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Sho Madjozi

Johannesburg
Sho Madjozi is a rapper and poet who raps in Xitsonga and was awarded a BET Award for Best New International Act. Based in Johannesburg.
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Sibanye

Cape Town
Sibanye are a world music group fusing afropop, folk and township jazz, named for their song of reconciliation meaning Together As One. Cape Town.
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Sibusiso “Mash” Mashiloane

Durban
Sibusiso Mashiloane is a jazz pianist and composer whose self-written work blurs genres and has taken him to major festivals and the USA. Based in Durban.
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Siki Jo-An

Johannesburg
Siki Jo-An is a vocalist who reached the top three of The Voice South Africa 2019 and studied music and drama at Rhodes. Based in Johannesburg.
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Sima

Cape Town
Sima is a singer-songwriter from KwaZulu-Natal who worked as a presenter and news reader at MFM 92.6 in Stellenbosch. Based in Cape Town.
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Simmy

Johannesburg
Simmy is a neo-soul and neo-folk artist who writes and co-produces her own material and began composing in primary school. Based in Johannesburg.
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Siseko Pame

Johannesburg
Siseko Pame sings ethno-soul laced with Xhosa folk harmonies and won a SAMA for Best African Adult Album in 2018. Based in Johannesburg.
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Sisonke Xonti

Johannesburg
Sisonke Xonti is a jazz saxophonist and co-founder of Deluge who has played the Cape Town International Jazz Festival. Based in Johannesburg.
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Sobantwana

Johannesburg
Sobantwana is a vocalist from Tsolo whose eclectic soul and jazz are carried by strong traditional African harmonies. Based in Johannesburg.
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Taiwa Jazz Band

Johannesburg
Taiwa Jazz Band blend traditional jazz with contemporary sounds at jazz festivals, live music venues and events around Johannesburg.
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Take Note Jazz Band

Port Elizabeth
Take Note Jazz Band are a youth outfit playing contemporary Afro jazz at corporate events, weddings and upmarket restaurants. Based in Port Elizabeth.
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Tantu Nada

Durban
Tantu Nada are an acoustic world fusion duo of Dave Starke on guitar and vocals and Nish Pillay on tabla, playing weddings and events. Based in Durban.
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Tapestry DUO

Cape Town
Tapestry is an acoustic duo of SAMA-nominated Laurie Levine and Malawian multi-instrumentalist Malson Nkhata, blending African rhythms with classics. Cape Town.
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Teta Diana

Rwanda
Teta Diana is a Rwandan singer-songwriter fusing folk, jazz and Afro-pop and blending Kinyarwanda with English and Kiswahili.
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Thabisa Dinga

Cape Town
Thabisa Dinga is a South African soprano performing opera, classical, sacred and crossover repertoire at concerts, weddings and events. Based in Cape Town.
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Thandi Ntuli

Johannesburg
Thandi Ntuli is a jazz pianist and vocalist whose debut album The Offering earned a MetroFM Best Urban Jazz nomination in 2015. Johannesburg.
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Thandiswa Mazwai

Johannesburg
Thandiswa Mazwai is one of SA’s most influential musicians, a voice of kwaito pioneers Bongo Maffin and artist of the decade in 2008. Based in Johannesburg.
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The Afro Divas

Durban
The Afro Divas are a vocal trio of sisters who have performed at the Dubai International Jazz Festival and shared stages with Hugh Masekela. Based in Durban.
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The Brother Moves On

Johannesburg
The Brother Moves On are an art movement and band from Johannesburg fusing dub, rock and free jazz, winners of the UK Roundhouse Rising battle of the bands.
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The Congo Cowboys

Cape Town
The Congo Cowboys mix bluegrass with Kwassa Kwassa rhythms and Soukous guitar, fresh from a European tour of Germany and Holland. Based in Cape Town.
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The Fanatics

Durban
The Fanatics are an Afro jazz and pop duo or trio on saxophone and keys, suited to banquets, conferences and wedding receptions. Based in Durban.
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The Fantastics

Cape Town
The Fantastics are a Cape Town pop band formed in 2018, seen on the Expresso Morning Show and at GrandWest’s One Vision concert.
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The Hout Bay Music Project

Cape Town
The Hout Bay Music Project is a youth ensemble teaching over 80 children strings, voice and drumming, and has played the Artscape theatre. Cape Town.
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The Jazz Catz

Cape Town
The Jazz Catz are Boris Guderjahn and Ryan Sackanary, a duo crossing contemporary and classical on the albums Timeless and Con Fusion. Based in Cape Town.
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The Muffinz

Johannesburg
The Muffinz are a five-piece soulful Afro-pop band of singers and instrumentalists whose music crosses age, race and genre. Based in Johannesburg.
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The Neptunez Band

Rwanda
The Neptunez Band is an urban professional live band created in 2014, fusing authentic local tunes with a global sound led by saxophone. Based in Rwanda.
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The Rad Jazz band

Bloemfontein
The Rad Jazz Band play smooth jazz, swing, funk, fusion and reggae, founded by Jaco de Wet while he was studying music at UFS. Based in Bloemfontein.
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The Soil

Johannesburg
The Soil are a four-member acapella group whose Kasi Soul sound fuses their voices into melodic, uplifting harmony. Based in Johannesburg.
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The Unity Band

Cape Town
The Unity Band is a young collective formed at the UCT South African College of Music, playing jazz, hip hop, fusion and world music. Cape Town.
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Thomas Mapfumo

Zimbabwe
Thomas Mapfumo created and popularised Chimurenga music and is nicknamed The Lion of Zimbabwe for his popularity and political influence.
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Thuba Myeki

Eastern Cape
Thuba Myeki reached the Idols Top 14 in 2009 and is now a sought-after corporate performer, solo and alongside Vicky Sampson. Based in the Eastern Cape.
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Tubatsi Moloi

Johannesburg
Tubatsi Moloi is a singer-songwriter blending blues, jazz, rock and African folk, and lead vocalist for Soweto band Urban Village. Johannesburg.
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Tucan Tucan

Cape Town
Tucan Tucan blend Kwasa Kwasa, Marrabenta, Mbaqanga and samba into a vibrant Afro-tropical show built for corporate events. Based in Cape Town.
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Umafikizolo

Durban
Umafikizolo, born Khethukuthula Mhlongo, is a rising Maskandi artist whose hit Uyoncengwa Unyoko has drawn millions of streams. Based in Durban.
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Unathi Nkayi

Johannesburg
Unathi Nkayi is a singer, Idols judge and radio host, and the first African to voice a character on Disney Junior’s Doc McStuffins. Based in Johannesburg.
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Vusi Mahlasela

Johannesburg
Vusi Mahlasela is a singer and songwriter from Mamelodi who was signed to Shifty Records and has received an honorary doctorate. Based in Johannesburg.
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Wandile Mbambeni

Johannesburg
Wandile Mbambeni blends African folk and country soul, and his single I Don’t Regret It debuted at number one on the iTunes Blues chart. Based in Johannesburg.
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Wandile Molefe

Johannesburg
Wandile Molefe is a pianist, composer and arranger, a Samro overseas scholarship competition finalist now studying an MMus. Johannesburg.
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Wegdayit

Ethiopia
Wegdayit is an Ethiopian folk singer and songwriter from Addis Ababa who blends traditional folklore with jazz, reggae and hip-hop. Based in Ethiopia.
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Wouter Kellerman

Johannesburg
Wouter Kellerman is a South African musician who won a Grammy Award for Winds of Samsara, his 2014 album with Ricky Kej. Based in Johannesburg.
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Xoliswa Tom

Cape Town:
Xoliswa Tom is a South African singer rooted in African choral music and jazz who has toured Europe with the Hot Water band and the David Kramer Tribute.
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