The Music

BONA FIDE COLLECTOR'S ITEM : Iconic SA jazz vocalist and composer (and wife to Abdullah Ibrahim), Sathima Bea Benjamin's 1976 classic Afrojazz album, AFRICAN SONGBIRD, is now available on this special remastered edition. [CD available from www.jazzessayrecordbar.com]

South African Master Bassist and Improviser, and 2013 South African Music Award winner for Best Jazz Album, Herbie Tsoaeli returns with this superb African Time Quartet live recording. IN CONCERT is a double album recorded live at the SABC M1 studio, in March 2014. [CD available from www.jazzessayrecordbar.com]

Accomplished trumpeter, flugelhorn player and composer, Feya Faku returns with this live offering, featuring an array of talented jazz musicians, THE SPIRIT JAZZ ORCHESTRA. [CD available from www.jazzessayrecordbar.com]

The 2014 Standard Bank young artist award winner for Jazz, Kyle Shepherd and his trio return with this magnificent double album offering, DREAM STATE, marking their 5th anniversary. The album features a total of 21 original compositions by the talented South African pianist. [CD available from www.jazzessayrecordbar.com]

Hugh Masekela's classic 1972 recording, Home Is Where The Music Is. Regarded as Bra Hugh's best jazz offering by most jazz critics, the album features two other SA jazz greats, Dudu Pukwana and Makhaya Ntshoko (and some compositions by Caiphus Semenya). Larry Willis and Eddie Gomez complete the quintet. It's a must-have ! [CD available from www.jazzessayrecordbar.com]

Sydney Ace Mnisi's culmination of 20 years of hard-work in the SA Jazz scene. The album, "20 Years Celebration", comprises 9 original compositions by the sax man. [CD available from www.jazzessayrecordbar.com]