Living legend Khaya Mahlangu is the founder of the youth Soweto Jazz Orchestra. His career spans the fulcrum of Soweto Jazz. Born in 1954 he played the bugle in the Boys Scouts and later picked up the trumpet in 1971,under Phineas Molefe Phetho in a program run by Professor Khabi Mngoma. In 1972 he switched to saxophone. In 1975, he joined a band called Harari, led by his uncle, Selby Fikile Ntuli, a keyboard player. In 1976 he joined a resident band of The Pelican. In 1977 he decided to study at the University of Zululand under Professor Khabi Mngoma until 1979. 1980 he joined a prolific band called Spirits Rejoice led by tenor great Duku Makasi. 1981 he founded a band with Sipho Gumede called Sakhile and recorded four albums and a solo album. He was the musical director of “BeJazzled” a Jazz TV program. The profile looks at his career with a view to the future generations he is mentoring through the Soweto Jazz Orchestra.