
The Art of 1,4,5 By Lwanda Gogwana
Lwanda Gogwana is a trumpet player, composer, arranger and educator. He is particularly passionate about the music of our rich and diverse South African heritage.
Lwanda Gogwana is a trumpet player, composer, arranger and educator. He is particularly passionate about the music of our rich and diverse South African heritage.
Singer and trombonist, Siya Makuzeni isa band leader, collaborator and as a cross-over performer with electronic and groove styles. She is a composer, arranger and at the forefront of the surge of freshness on the South African music scene.
Singer and songwriter, Masauko was born in exile in the United States to Malawian parents. His father was a prominent politician.Returning from exile to South Africa he had success with the group BlkSonshine and is currently based in Costa Rico.
Through his travels over many decades, Eugene has worked in diverse communities.He has worked in prisons, with people serving life sentences, schools, communities, and with orchestras. He used to drive Steve Biko and the Black Consciousness movement. He writes poetry every day. Eugene employs rhythm as the principal motivational, focusing, galvanizing and energizing force.
Madala is often given the title 'King of Zulu guitar', however his music expands far beyond the traditional maskanda. His music is of universal appeal. He calls it Madalaline.
Sifiso was born in Kwa Zulu Natal and an anti-apartheid struggle member of the ANC. He went into exile in Swaziland, Tanzania and Canada. He made the radio documentary, ‘Umzabalazo, the songs of struggle,’ which was later transferred to ‘Amandla: A revolution in four part harmony.’
Zaide is a development worker and journeyed with Zim Ngqawana spiritually to give the space to realise himself through music. Asa she says, "We are always spiritual partners on this journey. We belong to each other. We are not alone. We belong to the universe. We belong to all of sound and we belong to all of colour."
Internet Tony is the founder of Music Business Intelligence, a beat maker and producer. As a young man he is proving that it is possible to make a career out of music.
The FINAL ASSESMENT for this course is for the student to create a video feedback outlining your inspiration, innovation, learning and unique realization. Successful completion earns you a certificate and best feedback videos will be rewarded with a free set of The Story of South African Jazz Book series (Volumes 1 & 2).
Good day to you student musicians, S.A. jazz learners, music and jazz teachers. In this e-learning, e-music, free-learning, free-music, Music Free-learning course; we are interactive, participatory and provocative. We rely on music to be heard and played, on photos and images to be accessed, on audio-visual media to be made and shard and on the inspiration of the master and student, to carry the great learnings of our South African musical message well into the future.
This series is task-based learning and to any institutions, classes and students who choose to complete all the tasks of the series as well as the final assessment, we have some great rewards on offer for you … including the IEB and CAP approved award-winning book series Story of South African Jazz.
"Wow! What a brilliant and forward-looking initiative. The most exciting thing I have seen in education this year." Michaelhouse school
"Building free quality education is commendable. Amandla." Glenn Ujebe Masokaone, S.A. feature and documentary filmmaker.
"We can be proud of this content, the diversity of voices, of music genres, the deoth in the African music approach and practice." Macingwane
This first series of the Music Free-learning course is brought to you by Sausage Films and Department of Sports Arts and Culture, South Africa. It has been produced and directed by performance poet, author and historian Vusi “Macingwane” Benedict Mchunu and author of the Story of South African Jazz book series, Struan Jon Stuart Douglas.