The K Jazz Show on Kofifi FM 97.2

Kgethi Nkotsi Interview on Kofifi FM 97.2

Trombonist, Composer Kgethi Nkotsi, who has been quite busy in the circuit, fresh from performing with British musician Shabaka Hutchings. Kgethi joined us this morning to catch up about his upcoming DVD recording, new music and a different direction that this new body of work is taking.

5 Mar 2023 19 min

Gabi Motuba on Kofifi FM 97.2 - 26 February 2023

Our guest this Sunday is a South African award-winning jazz vocalist and composer. Gabi Motuba is not a stranger to the scene as she often collaborates with Tumi Mogorosi on the duo album Sanctum Santorium and her debut project Tefiti-Goddess of Creation which was nominated for a 2019 South African…

26 Feb 2023 21 min

Bokani Dyer Interview on Kofifi FM 97.2 12 February 2023

Producer, Composer, Pianist and Band Leader Bokani Dyer’s radio sechaba has been the buzz on everyone’s lips since we got a sneak preview last year at the Joy of Jazz festival. The usual ballad and traditional Jazz approach to his work has been reworked and the project promises more vocals…

12 Feb 2023 10 min

Florian Arbenz on Kofifi FM 97.2 05 February 2023

Swiss drummer & bandleader Florian Arbenz was on the show earlier. Perhaps best known for his work with trio VEIN or with American greats Dave Liebman and Greg Osby, Swiss drummer & percussionist Florian Arbenz is on a mission to release 12 albums with 12 different constellations of musicians. He…

5 Feb 2023 57 min

Banda Banda & Zoe Modiga talk "Back at Live" on Kofifi FM 97.2

"BandaBanda Agency is starting 2023 with a bang as they produce their first show at Constitutional Hill to celebrate Life, Love and Living for another." Says show producer Banda Banda. Banda Banda believes " Zoë Modiga and Mandisi Dyantyis have become the artists that communicate with stories, like how South…

2 Feb 2023 19 min

Jonathan Crossley on Kofifi FM 97.2

Northern Irish by birth, South African by life, Jonathan Crossley who is a versatile musician, performer, educator and composer with a specialised interest in contemporary musical cultures and technologies. He is on his way to Johannesburg for an exclusive performance of his new project “Inhale” and he gives us the…

22 Jan 2023 15 min

Mthunzi Mvubu on Kofifi FM 97.2 - 25 December 2022

Mthunzi Mvubu has been a sideman for many great acts and it was only a matter of time for him to get here. This is a project that captures the essence of who Mthunzi is as a human being and a jazz scholar, having been tutored and influenced by many…

25 Dec 2022 44 min

Mike Rossi Interview on Kofifi FM 97.2 - 18 December 2022

American born Mike Rossi is Professor Emeritus in Jazz and Woodwinds at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He regularly performs at jazz clubs and jazz festivals and conducts workshops and masterclasses in Africa, Europe and the United States. He was President of the South African Association for Jazz…

18 Dec 2022 26 min

Thuto Motsemme interview on Kofifi FM 97.2

Thuto Motsemme is a flexible and versatile bass player who hails from Kwa-Mashu, KZN. He was introduced to music when he was 13 and participated in local choirs as a baritone singer which led him to study music at a later stage. In 2001 he enrolled in University of Kwa-Zulu…

6 Nov 2022 50 min

Somi talks "Zenzile - The Re Imagination of Miriam Makeba" on Kofifi FM 97.2

The vocalist, composer, and writer known in the jazz world simply as 'Somi'a Grammy-nominated American-born singer, songwriter, playwright, and actor of Rwandan and Ugandan descent. Somi is the first African woman to be nominated for a Grammy Award in a Jazz category. Touched down earlier this year in South Africa…

3 Nov 2022 23 min

Kudzanai Chiurai & Tumi Mogorosi talk " We Still Insist" on Kofifi FM 97.2

Activist, poet, sometimes photographer and artist Zimbabwean Kudzanai Chiurai who’s come together with South African Drummer Tumi Mogorosi and DJ Kenny Nzama and together they have curated a one night only experience that they call “ We Still Insist” They spoke to Ngwako T. Malakalaka on Kofifi FM 97.2

18 Sep 2022 21 min

Melorie Jane talks "More or Less" on Kofifi FM 97.2

Growing up in Pretoria, Melorie Jane started the afro-funk, jazz band called ALL the MORE, in 2012. The group performed at venues such as Hard Rock Café Menlyn, Marais Street Acoustics and +27 Café. Inspired by contemporary South African jazz musicians, Melorie Jane released her debut album, 'More or Less'…

11 Sep 2022 38 min

Mdu Mtshali re-creates Gideon " Mgibe" Nxumalo's Jazz Fantasia.

It was in the month of September of the year 1962 when Gideon Nxumalo recorded his Jazz Fantasia in the Wits Great Hall. Sixty years on, Wits Music alumnus and jazz pianist Mdu Mtshali recreates a performance of this classic South African jazz work in his own arrangement for piano,…

4 Sep 2022 14 min

Hanka G Interview on Kofifi FM 97.2

HANKA G is a jazz, world music, gospel, and R&B singer living in New York, originally from Slovakia, who spent her childhood years growing up in the Mongolian desert. With her vibrant and velvety voice, she is considered one of the most talented jazz singers of our generation. Her latest…

28 Aug 2022 51 min

The Mkhize & Spiess Project Interview 17 April 2022

The music of the newly formed quartet of the two band leaders Afrika Mkhize and Simon Spiess moves in modern jazz and is packed with catchy themes and energetic solos. It is power jazz as you are used to from South Africa. The quartet consists of two famous musicians from…

21 Aug 2022 15 min

Muhammad Dawjee introduces "The Dawjee Trio" on Kofifi FM 97.2

Muhammad Dawjee is a musician, composer & scholar from the Indian apartheid group-area, Laudium, on the western outskirts of Pretoria. He sees improvisation as a research process and takes a particular interest in the identity of the Indian diaspora living in South Africa by using music to unearth complex stories…

14 Aug 2022 20 min

Dee Lee Dube Interview on Kofifi FM 97.2

Dee Lee Dube became the first British winner and recipient of the Sassy Award at the 5th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition including Best international collaboration at the 2021 Mzantsi Jazz Awards. Raised around an eclectic range of music, she picked up the violin at Four years old,…

31 Jul 2022 46 min

Tumi Mogorosi Interview on Kofifi FM 97.2 - 17 July 2022

Group Theory: Black Music is a stunning new statement from South African drummer and composer Tumi Mogorosi. Standing in the lineage of South African greats such as Louis Moholo-Moholo, Makaya Ntshoko and Ayanda Sikade. It is Mogorosi’s first project as leader since 2014, Group Theory: Black Music marks a return…

17 Jul 2022 18 min

Thandi Ntuli Interview on Kofifi FM 97.2 - 10 July 2022

Thandi hails from a lineage of rich musical heritage, being the niece of multi-instrumentalist and lead vocalist of Afro fusion band Harari, Selby Ntuli. Following her successful debut release “The Offering” (2014), is the release of her highly anticipated project "Exiled", which includes aspects of different genres including Spoken Word,…

11 Jul 2022 28 min

Tutu Puoane Live on Kofifi FM 97.2 - 05 June 2022

Tutu Puoane is one of the exciting voices on the international jazz scene today. A scholar of music, a vocalist, composer and collaborator who spent some time at the Royal Conservatory in the Netherlands, finally settling down in Antwerp, Belgium. Two of her albums, ‘Quiet Now’ and ‘Mama Africa’ (a collaboration…

5 Jun 2022 11 min