In 2022 iPhupho L’ka Biko won the Standard Bank Gold Ovation Award at the National Arts Festival. This is their first time on the Joy of Jazz line-up.
“It is the perfect platform; it has an audience that truly appreciates jazz. I guess we can say it’s the first ‘purist’ jazz festival we’re performing on,” iPhupho L’ka Biko lead-man Nhlanhla Ngqaqu toldThis year’s SBJOJ will host over 50 musicians, from more than ten countries, taking place on 27 and 28 September 2024 at the Sandton Convention Centre, in Johannesburg.
“In the past we’ve been recognised by other festivals, the likes of the Tembisa Jazz festival which draws big numbers. But because our people come to those festivals expecting to hear what they hear on radio every day and because they’re not used to listening to jazz…you need to convince the audience in a way,” expressed Ngqaqu.and Vusi Nova and Mafikizolo, a similar move to the Cape Town International Jazz Festival took when they had the likes of Mac G in their line-up.
“There’s that opening guitar riff you’ll hear on Maskandi songs. That’s improvisation and jazz is about improvisation.”
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