South African old school music groups Mahotella Queens and African Jazz Pioneers have teamed up to produce an album.
. The two groups will celebrate through a performance that will take place in at the Market Theatre in Newtown this coming weekend. Mahotella Queens and African Jazz Pioneers will be on stage tonight and Saturday.
Sowetan visited the two groups while rehearsing in Newtown in preparation for their performance. Saxophonist Mpho Sithole, who is one of the founding members of African Jazz Pioneers, says the idea to collaborate started last year after they decided to remix Mahlathini and Mahotella Queens’ hit song“We invited the group’s manager, Antos Stella, to come to the studio to listen to the instrument version of Melodi. She liked it but suggested that the ladies should add their voices.
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