Kaya 959 The Jazz Standard

Sonya Mazumdar on The Jazz Standard with Brenda Sisane

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Sonya Mazumdar is the co-founder of JazzRenyon — a platform launched in 2023 with Alain Courbis and Mustapha Terki, and together they are on a mission to support, promote and network the jazz scene of Reunion Island and the entire Indian Ocean basin.

Mauritius. Seychelles. Comoros. Madagascar. And Reunion itself — where the music emerging at the intersection of jazz and maloya represents one of the most distinctive and under-documented musical voices anywhere in the world.
7 Jun English South Africa Music History · Music Commentary

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