Kwanti Leeh! on The Jazz Standard With Brenda Sisane
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Tribute, remembrance, lineage — these are not only international conversations. Here at home, musicians are also returning to the work of South African elders whose compositions continue to shape the sound of the present.
The collective known as Kwanti Leeh! brings together Ayanda Sikade, Sisonke Xonti, Andile Yenana and Herbie Tsoaeli. Their guiding idea is simple but profound: to honour what Herbie Tsoaeli calls “Majors Up There” — the departed elders — and “Majors Down Here”, the living architects of South African jazz. Their performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Franschhoek revisits the music of composers like Winston Mankunku Ngozi, Johnny Dyani, Abdullah Ibrahim, Tete Mbambisa and Zim Ngqawana.
The collective known as Kwanti Leeh! brings together Ayanda Sikade, Sisonke Xonti, Andile Yenana and Herbie Tsoaeli. Their guiding idea is simple but profound: to honour what Herbie Tsoaeli calls “Majors Up There” — the departed elders — and “Majors Down Here”, the living architects of South African jazz. Their performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Franschhoek revisits the music of composers like Winston Mankunku Ngozi, Johnny Dyani, Abdullah Ibrahim, Tete Mbambisa and Zim Ngqawana.
