The K Jazz Show on Kofifi FM 97.2

Ropeadope's CEO Louis Marks on Kofifi FM 97.2

CEO Louis Marks began his career in a family owned business, gaining time, friends, and experience from the warehouse floor to the New York Stock Exchange. It was in 2005, at perhaps the lowest point in the recorded music business, Marks purchased Ropeadope and began a new phase. Ropeadope has…

3 Sep 2023 40 min

Sibusiso Mash Mashiloane talks "Izibongo" on Kofifi FM 97.2

Sibusiso Mash Mashiloane is a Durban-based, multi-award winning South African pianist and composer of remarkable skill and passion, he is hailed as an authority on South African music. And since 2016, has released an album a year, winning 6 awards and being nominated for 8 more, including the SAMAs, Urban Music,…

3 Sep 2023 58 min

Feature: The Cover Story with Warren Wolf on Kofifi FM 97.2

Our guest on the show this Sunday is an accomplished American jazz musician who under the tutelage of his father, Warren Wolf Sr., started music studies at the age of three, learning the vibraphone, marimba, drums, and piano.  Studied classical music at the Baltimore School for the Arts and later…

27 Aug 2023 52 min

Yayoi Ikawa talks the multi stop South African tour on Kofifi FM 97.2

Our guest this Sunday was Born in Tokyo, Japan, raised musically in New York and she is a pianist/composer. Yayoi Ikawa is an experience in ingenuity and compassion, using music as a powerful communicational tool, she strives to lift up humanity through understanding and encouraging herself and others. She was recently…

13 Aug 2023 33 min

Jordi Pujol celebrates 30 years of "Fresh Sound New Talent" on Kofifi FM 97.2

Our guest this sunday is Jordi Pujol he is the founder and executive producer from the jazz label Fresh Sound New Talent, a label that has had the privilege of recording some of the best contemporary jazz musicians. Renowned artists like Brad Mehldau, The Bad Plus, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jeremy Pelt,…

30 Jul 2023 53 min

Introducing Kabelo Boy Mokhatla

Tembisa born New York based Kabelo Boy Mokhatla is a multi-talented artist, excelling as a drummer, composer, arranger, and performer. It is under the tutelage of Jazz Drummer, Composer and Bandleader Kendrick Scott, at the Manhattan School of Music, that Kabelo has been exposed to the various aspects and disciplines…

16 Jul 2023 42 min

Nhlanhla Ngqaqu & Khutjo Nkwana interpret Iphupho L'ka Biko on Kofifi FM 97.2

iPhupho L'ka Biko is a Johannesburg-based Pan Africanist band. The collective was formed in 2015 by bassist and composer Nhlanhla Ngqaqu. The members of the band met in Braamfontein, where they frequently interacted through school ensembles, jam sessions, and circular live music venues. The band although founded years earlier is…

2 Jul 2023 44 min

Titi Luzipo introduces her sophomore project " Freedom " on Kofifi FM 97.2

Vocalist Titi Luzipo who has become a household name in the jazz and afro soul circles of South Africa. A student of music specialising in Jazz Performance and has shared the stages and worked closely with local and international musicians such as Feya Faku, Gloria Bosman, Judith Sephuma, Tsepo Tsola,…

25 Jun 2023 34 min

Mbongeni Ngema talks New Art School, The Black music festival and Aban'abamnyama on Kofifi FM 97.2

South African writer, lyricist, composer, director, choreographer and theatre producer, from in KwaZulu-Natal. He wrote the multi-award-winning musical Sarafina! and co-wrote the multi-award-winning Woza Albert! Mbongeni Ngema distinguished himself as a renowned playwright, screenwriter and librettist and has some news he would like to share with us.

25 Jun 2023 25 min

Benjamin Jeptha introduces his new projejct " Born Colored, Not Born Free" on Kofifi FM 97.2

Benjamin Jeptha has made name for himself as one of South Africa’s premier double and electric bass players. A graduate of the Jazz programme in Cape Town in 2013 and has performed both nationally and internationally with notable South Africa Jazz musicians. Benjamin has received many nominations and awards which…

11 Jun 2023 45 min

Drummer Asher Gamedze, talks " Turbulence and Pulse" on Kofifi FM 97.2

Drummer Asher Gamedze explores relationships of time between music and history on his new album Turbulence and Pulse Following his critically-acclaimed debut album Dialectic Soul which was released at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in July 2020. Turbulence and Pulse takes its title from this moment of synchronicities. Inspired…

4 Jun 2023 39 min

Atlas Duma talks the Inaugural KwaZulu Jazz Festival on Kofifi FM 97.2

The City of eThekwini is preparing to host jazz enthusiasts that who will be attending the inaugural KZN International Jazz Festival at the Durban Station, on Saturday 3rd of June.   This highly anticipated event is organized by Sagiya Foundation in association with the KZN Jazz Appreciators Association. So this Sunday, we managed to…

28 May 2023 18 min

Vuma Levin talks "The Past is Unpredictable, Only the future is certain" on Kofifi FM 97.2

It was in September of 2021, where multi award winning South African guitarist Vuma Levin was named as the Standard Bank Young artist for jazz. To this end he undertook to create a work to commensurate with the scale of this achievement. The resulting product is his new album titled…

21 May 2023 53 min

The K Jazz Show pays tribute to Musa Manzini

Celebrating a life that was indeed cut too short, Renowed and celebrated South African jazz musician Musa Manzini transitioned this past week and we stopped here this morning to remember and reflect on the life and times of this South African. We were joined in the conversation by Bassist Benjamin…

21 May 2023 54 min

It has to be Jazz with Ray Maseko - International Jazz Day Edition.

Every last Sunday of the month, Record label boss, Jazz Collector, Critic and Music Writer Ray Maseko joins us to co present our Jazz magazine feature: " It has to be Jazz with Ray Maseko". This month we spot light: The music of an unusual match-up that works pretty well…

30 Apr 2023 14 min

Brenda Sisane talks the "Journey to Jazz" Festival on Kofifi FM 97.2

Accomplished journalist, broadcaster, and community organizer Brenda Sisane is a recognisable name to jazz listeners globally, she takes on the reigns as creative director for the Journey to Jazz festival which is set in the picturesque town of Prince Albert in the Western Cape She stopped by the show to chat all about…

16 Apr 2023 22 min

Zwide Ndwandwe introduces " Kujenga" on Kofifi FM 97.2

Kujenga is an afrojazz band based in Cape Town, South Africa. The word kujenga – meaning “build” or “create” in KiSwahili - symbolises the band’s belief in their calling as musicians; to build and create meaningful experiences with every single listener. The band consists of a four piece rhythm section…

9 Apr 2023 45 min

It has to be Jazz with Ray Maseko - 26 March 2023

Every last Sunday of the month, Record label boss, Jazz Collector, Critic and Music Writer Ray Maseko joins us to co present our Jazz magazine feature: " It has to be Jazz with Ray Maseko". This month we spot light: The music of Ghanaian Hi Life Jazz musician Gyedu Bley…

26 Mar 2023 16 min

Karen Devroop on Kofifi FM 97.2 - 19 March 2023

Karén Devroop is one of South Africa’s leading saxophonists having performed with most of South Africa’s leading jazz, classical and POP artists. He has collaborated with an impressive list of artists from the USA, Netherlands, Germany, Venezuela, Canada, Italy, Thailand, Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, Mauritius and the Seychelles He has appeared…

19 Mar 2023 25 min

uManyano Lwe Jazz with Zukiswa White on Kofifi FM 97.2 - 12 March 2023

Zukiswa White is an activist-organizer, project specialist and consultant working at the intersections of gender equity, racial justice, and sustainable development. An ardent lover of music, with a keen interest in arts and cultural production in the country, she is one half of uManyano lwe Jazz, an independent boutique events…

12 Mar 2023 18 min