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On the count of three: The Kyle Shepherd Trio on stage (left to right), Shepherd, Shane Cooper and Jonno Sweetman. (Supplied)

The Kyle Shepherd Trio: A jazz dance sweetly played

Kyle Shepherd Trio’s new album is packed with originals, covers, homages – and a guilty pleasure

  • Des Erasmus
8 min read
New vision: Asher Gamedze pulled together 10 musicians to create a new iteration of The Black Lung band and to produce his latest album, Constitution. Photo: Lungiswa Gqunta

Jazz fans, lend your ears to Asher Gamedze

Building a musical constitution with a 10-piece band requires the musician to go deep

  • Eyaaz
8 min read
Heritage: Nduduzo Makhathini, the South African pianist, composer and educator, brings his Zulu culture to bear on his new album uNomkhubulwane. Photo: Arthur Dlamini

A close listen: Jazz pro, healer and scholar stuns with depth of meaning and musicality

South African pianist and composer Nduduzo Makhathini’s latest album, uNomkhubulwane, is a masterpiece of transcendent spiritual jazz that draws on his Zulu cultural heritage and cosmology

  • Eyaaz
5 min read