Article on Struan Douglas and his book, "Towards Peace On Earth: Projections Manifest"

‘Cape Jazz’ is an important and unique musical style in South African music generally. Because of the high ethnic diversity of the peoples of the Western Cape, improvised music has crept into indigenous musical expressions, thereby offering an array of rhythms, themes, lyrical messages, styles and harmonies.
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Themes that are prevalent in the local music industry often appear in the artists’ compositions: of sexist portrayal, male hierarchical attitudes, and even gender-based violence issues, economic exploitations, etc. [See article & artist lists under Overview]

Pianist Kyle Shepherd’s sonic scaffolding continues to enthrall: an Interview.

Notable South African and Pan-African/World influences are enabling more jazz collaboration to develop and highlight contemporary moods and styles from various sources. THEMES and THREADS emerge with South African styles guiding this journey into other sonic European and global rhythms, while finding a rootedness in African-ness of sounds and message. [See artist & article lists under Overview]

Title page, foreword, introduction, themes, and artists

Interview: Jazz trumpeter Darren English imagines hope in debut album Imagine Nation, with tributes to Nelson Mandela

Article on Dinga Sikwebu and reflections on jazz

Jazz in the Native Yards, a small Nonprofit Organisation established to provide spaces for jazz artists, traces its ancestral footprints to the 1960s when impromptu live jazz sessions took place every weekend in Cape Town’s townships and elsewhere. [See more under Overview]

Formal and informal learning programs started to flourish with more trained music teachers in High Schools and at Tertiary levels, as well as at community levels where social development and mental health issues among youth called them towards arts training as a respite from the social ills they lived with daily. Initiatives like Youth Music Programs, and various Cultural and Music Festivals held throughout the year, often with their appending Conferences, all provided learning and mentorships. [See artist & article lists under Overview]