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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11 August 2017

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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

People can vote for the following three categories by texting “ZaJazz “BA1” To 40439

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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

SMS Code: zajazz

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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