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Award winning South African Radio Show, Sundays 10:00 to 13:00 SAST with Ngwako T. Malakalaka on Kofifi FM 97.2 Thank you for tuning into the podcast and you are welcome to donate to our channel, as part of the contribution to the work we do for jazz and her people. PayPal: ngwakom@gmail.com Thank you, as always. Big Love N.

  1. The Art of Listening with Sam Nhlengethwa

    JAN 4

    The Art of Listening with Sam Nhlengethwa

    “Today, The K Jazz Show doesn’t just fellowship with the artist—we enter a living archive.
 We are surrounded by paint, memory, vinyl, silence, and sound. 
This is where Jazz listens back. 
Sitting with me, is one of South Africa’s most revered visual storytellers, the man whose art hums, swings, remembers, and refuses to forget… Welcome, Sam Nhlengethwa.

    59 min
  2. Michaelangelo Scandroglio on The K Jazz Show

    12/28/2025

    Michaelangelo Scandroglio on The K Jazz Show

    On the K Jazz Show, This Sunday, we wrap up the year that was, and we find ourselves in Italy with a renowned bassist and composer who has received multiple awards for his exceptional talent. Michelangelo Scandroglio an artist whose journey has taken him from Europe’s great jazz stages to the world’s most respected festivals… and now, fresh from his inaugural visit to South Africa. From Umbria Jazz to the Kennedy Center, from fearless collaborations to bold new musical visions, we unpack the story, the sound, and the spirit behind the music. It’s a global reflection.
 A year-end pause. And a celebration of jazz without borders.

    32 min
  3. Future Forward with Zenzele Mthembu - Salter on The K Jazz Show

    12/21/2025

    Future Forward with Zenzele Mthembu - Salter on The K Jazz Show

    This Sunday on The K Jazz Show… The future calls, and it swings.
 The Cape Town born, Amsterdam based bassist takes the chair, unpacking his powerful debut album, Future Kwela. From township grooves to global jazz language, from inherited rhythm to bold new imagination this is kwela remembered forward. Join us for a conversation about heritage, movement, young voices shaping the horizon, and music that knows where it comes from… and where it’s going.

    37 min
  4. Matshidiso on The K Jazz Show

    12/14/2025

    Matshidiso on The K Jazz Show

    This Sunday we welcome an artist who lives beautifully in the in-between —that luminous grey space where jazz, soul, folk, poetry and memory weave themselves into something entirely her own. London–Johannesburg–Paris based singer, pianist and storyteller Matshidiso Mohajane joins us fresh on the show, carrying with her a new body of work that feels at once intimate, brave and borderless. Her new album, IDKL — I Didn’t Know Love, is a genre-blending tapestry of truth, tenderness and radical honesty Matshidiso is one of those rare boundary-pushers who honours the improvisational fire of jazz while stepping boldly into new sonic frontiers.

    36 min
  5. The Echoes of Marabi with Yonela Mnana on The K Jazz Show

    12/07/2025

    The Echoes of Marabi with Yonela Mnana on The K Jazz Show

    We welcome back a profound musical thinker, a sonic architect, and one of the most quietly influential forces in contemporary South African jazz. He last graced our airwaves when he gifted us Baba in 2016 and since then, his artistry has only deepened, sharpened, and expanded. Pianist, composer, bandleader, scholar, and collaborator of the highest order… Yonela Mnana returns to The K Jazz Show with a brand-new offering, "Echoes of Marabi "— a bold, beautiful collaboration with Swiss saxophonist Benedikt Reising and the transcendent Soultee Sisters.

    36 min
  6. Multipolar with Steve Dyer on The K Jazz Show

    11/16/2025

    Multipolar with Steve Dyer on The K Jazz Show

    It’s always special when we welcome back the giants of our sound, the elders who continue to move the language of jazz forward. Our guest needs little introduction; he’s a saxophonist, composer, producer, cultural thinker, and one of the most profound creative voices in South African music. The last time we spoke, he had just released Enhlizweni, a record that dug deep into our spiritual and musical connectedness. And now, he’s back with Multipolar, his 11th studio album, a sonic meditation that jazz writer Gwen Ansell describes as ‘not American, copycat, or retro,’ but absolutely of this place and of this time.

    34 min
  7. A maiden journey with Hakan Bașar on The K Jazz Show

    11/09/2025

    A maiden journey with Hakan Bașar on The K Jazz Show

    This Sunday on The K Jazz Show, we’re taking a trip that begins on the banks of the Bosphorus, glides through the cobbled streets of Florence, making its way to Johannesburg — where jazz meets joy, culture meets curiosity, and rhythm knows no borders. An extraordinary young voice in global jazz — Hakan Başar, the 21-year-old Turkish piano virtuoso whose elegance, maturity, and flair have been making waves since his debut On Top on the Roof,. He was recently in Johannesburg for the Joy of Jazz Festival, where his trio’s performance left audiences breathless — not just for their technical mastery, but for their unmistakable warmth and cultural openness. Together, they’ve crafted a stunning new album, Maiden Voyage — a nod to Herbie Hancock’s classic, but with a fresh, youthful vitality that reminds us that jazz, much like travel, is about rediscovery.

    29 min
  8. Senses wide open, with Tyreek McDole on The K Jazz Show

    09/07/2025

    Senses wide open, with Tyreek McDole on The K Jazz Show

    It is always a joy on The K Jazz Show to bring you the sounds and stories of artists who are not just shaping the present, but also defining the future of jazz. This Sunday, we are honored to welcome one of the brightest rising stars on the global scene — a 25-year-old Haitian-American baritone whose voice is as rich in depth as it is in vision. Tyreek McDole is no stranger to acclaim — in 2023 he won the prestigious Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, becoming only the second male vocalist in its history to do so. And now, he gifts us with his long-awaited debut album, "Open Up Your Senses", a project that is both bold and tender, rooted in jazz tradition yet expansive in its exploration of spirituality, self-reflection, and social consciousness.

    36 min
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Award winning South African Radio Show, Sundays 10:00 to 13:00 SAST with Ngwako T. Malakalaka on Kofifi FM 97.2 Thank you for tuning into the podcast and you are welcome to donate to our channel, as part of the contribution to the work we do for jazz and her people. PayPal: ngwakom@gmail.com Thank you, as always. Big Love N.

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