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Lesedi Ntsane

Lesedi Ntsane is a South African-born Trumpet player who was introduced to the cornet whilst at the Salvation Army Church, where he later learned to play. Lesedi was born into a musical family, with a singing Mother, a Father who had spent some time with Trumpet, and a Grandfather was the Director of one South Africa’s classic Musical unit, The Merrymaker’s Orchestra. Lesedi spent his entire High School career playing for the Springs Boys High School Brass Band, winning national Marching Band Competitions for Five consecutive years. He later enrolled at the M.C. Art Academy at the South African State Theatre and later enrolled at Tshwane University of Technology under the mentorship of Bernt Baumann, John Davies, and Kevin Davidson

An Open Dialogue

By Linda Sikhakhane

Label: Skay Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: Codes of Light; Umkhokheli; Amakhosi; Timelessness; Tlhatlha Matjolo (Amenless Prayer); Ziyokhala Ziyotheza Sokela; Saziwa Nguwe.

Linda Sikhakhane: An Open Dialogue

by Dan Bilawsky
October 25, 2020

When tenor saxophonist Linda Sikhakhane released Two Sides, One Mirror (Skay Music, 2017), it was a statement of arrival, marking his ascendancy within the jazz ranks in his native South Africa, and departure, signaling a move to the United States that would result in studies with tenor saxophonist Billy Harper, trumpeter Charles Tolliver, bassist Reggie Workman ...

The Jazz Epistles featuring Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya at The Town Hall

by Dan Bilawsky
May 1, 2017

The Jazz Epistles featuring Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya The Town Hall New York, NY April 27, 2017 There are rare instances when a musical message for the times manages to transcend its place, evolving into a message for all time. Such is the case with The Jazz Epistles, the first ...