Dr Nduduzo Makhathini on The Jazz Standard with Brenda Sisane

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What does it mean to continuously workshop ideas? Or to finally be at peace with neither arriving nor resolving, and to embrace music as an ever-shifting constellation of extensions of the self and the communities from which we emanate?

In this special on-the-fly encounter, we lay our curiosities on the table for acclaimed pianist Nduduzo Makhathini to feed - a prompt he received with the utmost warmth, honesty and enthusiasm.

The Myth We Choose. Collaboration without borders. Archiving the sounds of text, and the texts of sound. This is the tell-all we have all been waiting for.
26 Jul English South Africa Music History · Music Commentary

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