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Jazz bands and ensembles, from duos and trios to full line-ups with horns and vocals. Repertoire spans standards, contemporary and Afro jazz, working as sophisticated background for receptions and dinners or as a featured set.

Odwa Bongo

Cape Town
Odwa Bongo is a singer, songwriter and composer blending classical, African music and jazz, trained at the Drakensberg Boys’ Choir School. Cape Town.

Organic Lounge

Johannesburg
Organic Lounge combine Cafe del Mar style DJs with live jazz on trumpet, sax and keys for sophisticated event music. Based in Johannesburg.

Orlando Venhereque

Johannesburg
Orlando Venhereque is a Mozambican-trained saxophonist and flautist who has performed with Jimmy Dludlu and Sibongile Khumalo. Based in Johannesburg.

Pebble Shakers

Cape Town
Pebble Shakers are a swing band reviving South African swing of the 1930s to 50s, recording 12 original tunes for Echoes of Sophiatown. Cape Town.

Phoenix

Johannesburg
Phoenix are an all-girl trio on vocals, saxophone and electric violin, formerly Fever Trio, with a showcase set for corporate occasions. Based in Johannesburg.

Pilani Bubu

Johannesburg
Pilani Bubu is a singer-songwriter and creative lifestyle activist with two recorded EPs and the Afro folk jazz show Out of Africa. Johannesburg.

Prism Shore

George
Prism Shore are a versatile trio using looping pedals to cover everything from background music to remixed party sets. Based in George.

Quiet Storm

Durban
Jazz | Afro-Jazz | Fusion | Latin Jazz | Corporate & Private Events

Ramon Alexander Jazz Band

Cape Town
The Ramon Alexander Jazz Band is led by Cape Jazz pianist and composer Ramon Alexander, featured on the album Cape Jazz Piano. Based in Cape Town.

Richard Ceasar

Cape Town
Richard Ceasar is a jazz guitarist and vocalist of 25 years who released the album Come Back to Me with bassist Greg Higgins. Based in Cape Town.

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.

RJ Benjamin

Johannesburg
RJ Benjamin is an award-winning vocalist, songwriter, producer and vocal coach, and a judge on The Voice SA. Based in Johannesburg.

Saul City

Europe
Saul City are a songwriting duo formed in South Africa by Italian composer Michele and singer Lauren, balancing covers with own music. Based in Europe.

Sebe Spring

Johannesburg
Singer | Songwriter | Producer | Afro-Soul Artist

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.

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.

ShenFM

Cape Town
ShenFM is Afro-pop singer-songwriter Shen Winberg, a UCT jazz graduate who blends live instruments with loops and samples. Based in Cape Town.

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.

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.

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.

Soweto String Quartet

Johannesburg
The Soweto String Quartet play fresh, funky arrangements drawing on kwela, mbaqanga and swaying African jazz. Based in Johannesburg.

Stokes Jazz Trio

Cape Town
Stokes Jazz Trio play saxophone, piano and drums, moving from light background jazz and soul to upbeat pop tailored to your event. Based in Cape Town.

SWEET SONIC

Johannesburg, South Africa
All-Female Vocal Quartet | Classic Jazz | Afro-Jazz | Soul | Contemporary Vocal Harmony

Swing City

Johannesburg
Swing, Jazz & Blues Band | Live Entertainment

Taiwa Jazz Band

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

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.

Talitha Luiters

Cape Town
Talitha Luiters is a pop, R&B, jazz and Afrikaans singer from Atlantis who won the Shine99 talent competition on SABC 2 aged 10. Based in Cape Town.

TAVARUA

Cape Town
Tavarua are a mellow duo of Lynne Poulsen on piano and vocals and Neil Potgieter on guitar, playing jazz, light pop and covers. Based in Cape Town.

Thandeka Dladla

Cape Town
Jazz Vocalist | Afro-Soul Singer | Composer | Songwriter | Live Performer

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.

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.

The Glenn Robertson Jazz band

Cape Town
The Glenn Robertson Jazz Band move from blues and swing to bebop, modern jazz and gospel jazz, with Glenn Robertson fronting on vocals. Based in Cape Town.

The Great Gatsby

Cape Town
1920s-Themed Live Entertainment | Jazz & Swing | Vintage Glamour | Corporate & Event Entertainment

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.

The Kicks

Johannesburg
The Kicks are an eight-piece jazz band fronted by Hannah Foster and Cameron Bruce, reworking Top 40 hits in swing and bossa styles. Based in Johannesburg.

The Little Giants

Cape Town
The Little Giants are a jazz band founded in 1999 by Ezra Ngcukana and George Werner for the Jazzathon festival. Based in Cape Town.

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.

The Soil

Johannesburg
Award-Winning A Cappella Group | Afro-Soul | Kasi Soul | Contemporary African Music

The Starlight Band

Belgium / Cape Town
The Starlight Band is a wedding and private events band fronted by Belgian singer and DJ Nathan Ambach, also known as N8N. Based in Belgium and Cape Town.

The Stellartones

Cape Town
Live Duo | Vocals, Guitar & Live Looping | Cape Town / Western Cape

The Swing Collective

Cape Town
The Swing Collective are a quintet playing roaring twenties swing and Post-Modern Jukebox takes on pop songs like Toxic. Based in Cape Town.

Tia Black

Cape Town
Tia Black is a Cape Town singer and songwriter with strong gospel roots who has collaborated with Jody Williams, Slikour and Kwesta.

TopDog SA

Cape Town
TopDog SA are a four-piece jazz band who have backed local and international artists including Tevin Campbell, Lloyd Cele and PJ Powers. Cape Town.

Tracy Carter

Cape Town
Tracey Carter is a singer, songwriter and band director of 20 years whose band has a signature jazz-soul fusion sound. Based in Cape Town.

Tribute Birdie Mboweni

Johannesburg
Tribute Birdie Mboweni is a jazz singer and songwriter who has performed in Qatar and Dubai and at the Earth Fest in Zambia. Based in Johannesburg.

Vicky Goddard

Durban
Vicky Goddard is a saxophonist and jazz soloist who has appeared with the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra and opened for Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Based in Durban.

Vudu Jazz band

Port Elizabeth
VuDu are a Nu Jazz collective founded in 2009, fusing traditional and African jazz with urban contemporary genres. Based in Port Elizabeth.

Vuma Levin

Johannesburg
Vuma Levin is a jazz musician whose music explores identity, history and belonging for young black South Africans. Based in Johannesburg.
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