2017 Categories Best Jazz Album
Best Jazz Song
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Best Traditional Jazz Album
Best Female Artist
Best Male Artist
Best Foreign Jazz Album/Artist
Best International Collaboration
Life Time Achievement Award
1st Mzantsi Jazz Awards
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Performances. Awards. Celebration
Nominees entry criteria Work produced by South African Artist from 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017.
Entries evaluated on:
Creativity
Technical competence
Contribution to the industry with something new
Popularity within segment/fan base
Longevity
Best Jazz Album
Nduduzo Makhathini REFLECTIONS
Dumza Maswana MOLO
Sibu ‘Mash’ Mashilaone AMANZI OLWANDLE
Africa Plus AFRICA PLUS
Best Jazz Song
Nduduzo Makhatini - SOBANTU
Sibu ‘Mash’ Mashiloane - AMANZI OLWANDLE
Bongani Radebe - NOMA NGUMAMA
Africa Plus - SEA SIDE
Best Contemporary Jazz Album
Mimi – YOUR LOVE
Sibu ‘Mash’ Mashiloane AMANZI OLWANDLE
Bongani Radebe - BUYELEKHAYA SAX RENDITION
Omagugu Makhathini - UTHINGO LWENKOSAZANA
Africa Plus AFRICA PLUS
Best Traditional Jazz Album
Dumza Maswana MOLO
Nduduzo Makhathini INNER DIMENSIONS
Best Female Jazz Artist
Mimi Mtshali
Omagugu Makhathini
Best Male Artist
Dumza Maswana
Sibu ‘Mash’ Mashiloane
Nduduzo Makhathini
Bongani Radebe
Best International Jazz Collaboration
Nduduzo Makhathini, Umgidi Trio and Vocal Ensemble
Tumi Mogorosi and Gabi Motuba (ft Malcolm Braff)
SANCTUM SANCTORUM
Vocals: Gabi Motuba Drums: Tumi Mogorosi Piano: Malcolm Braff
Cello: Andreas Plattner Bass: Sebastian Schuster
Seba Kaapstaad - Tagore
Shabaka and the Ancestors
WISDOM OF THE ELDERS
Shabaka Hutchings Tumi Mogorosi Ariel Zamonsky Mthunzi Mvubu
Siyabunga Mthembu
Best Foreign Jazz Album
The Branford Marsalis Quartet with Special Guest Kurt Elling - UPWARDS
SPIRAL
Gregory Porter
TAKE ME TO THE ALLY
John Scofield
COUNTRY FOR OLD MAN
Joey Alexander
COUNTDOWN
Joshua Redman / Brad Mehldau
NEARNESS
Some of the music released in the last year alone •Africa Plus
•Soul yard records – Dumza Maswana
•Gabi Motuba and Tumi Mogorosi
•Thandiswa Mazwai
•Hugh Masekela
•The gogwana music company - Lwanda Gogwana
•Kokoko music McCoy Mrubata
•Nduduzo Makhathini Ola sax
•JazznArts Records Seba Kapstaad.
•Siya Makuzeni Sextet
•Makotopong Sound Studios Mimi
•Yonela Mnana
•Sibusiso Mkhize
•Bongani Radebe
•Carlo Mombeli
•Ernie Smith
Life Time Achievement Awards
Tete Mbambisa
Makhaya Ntshoko
Themba Mokoena
Louis Moholo Moholo
Gilbert Mathews
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Best Jazz Album
BA1 for Nduduzo Makhathini - REFLECTIONS
BA2 for Dumza Maswana - MOLO
BA3 for Africa Plus – AFRICA PLUS
BA4 for Sibu ‘Mash’ Mashiloane – AMANZI OLWANDLE
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Best Jazz Song
BS1 for Nduduzo Makhatini - SOBANTU
BS2 for Bongani Radebe – NOMA NGUMAMA
BS3 for Africa Plus – SEA SIDE
BS4 for Sibu ‘Mash’ Mashiloane – AMANZI OLWANDLE
People can vote for the following three categories by texting “ZaJazz “BA1” To 40439
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Best Foreign Album
BF1 for The Branford Marsalis Quartet with Special Guest Kurt Elling- UPWARD SPIRAL
BF2 for Gregory Porter - TAKE ME TO THE ALLY
BF3 for John Scofield-COUNTRY FOR OLD MAN
BF4 Joey Alexander-COUNTDOWN
BF5 Joshua Redman/ Brad Mahldau -NEARNESS
People can vote for the following three categories by texting “ZaJazz “BA1” To 40439
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