Mongezi Feza on trumpet at the concert in 1964 that is the source of the rare new photos of The Blue Notes. Norman Owen-Smith October 14, 2019 What lost photos of Blue Notes say about South Africa’s jazz history Lindelwa Dalamba, University of the Witwatersrand A rare set of photographs of South Africa’s most famous jazz ensemble, the Blue Notes, has added valuable insights to the music archive
Vijay Iyer. Lena Adasheva April 11, 2018 Can jazz be ‘woke’ or is it ‘just compressed air through a metal tube’? Gwen Ansell, University of Pretoria Explorations of form and sound in jazz are essentially political. They challenge the status quo in society by interrogating categories and barriers.
South African trumpeter, Marcus Wyatt. Muntu Vilakazi/Sunday Times September 11, 2017 Remembering the Blue Notes: South Africa’s first generation of free jazz Gwen Ansell, University of Pretoria When they arrived in Europe in the early 1960s, South African jazz outfit the Blue Notes revolutionised the London scene. Half a century later, their music is coming home in several new projects.