Saxophonist Linda Sikhakhane shares special moment with Thabo Mbeki at birthday party | The Citizen

On his debut album saxophonist Linda Sikhakhane has a song titled Influential Moments and it’s as though he was living through one of his compositions this past weekend when he shared a moment with former president Thabo Mbeki. 🎷

In the short speech during his performance, Sikhakhane made reference of acclaimed South African tenor and soprano saxophonist Winston Mankunku Ngozi, who refused to go into exile. Ngozi died in 2009.Mbeki, who is fond of jazz music, announced that The Thabo Mbeki Foundation will partner with annual festival, the Joy of Jazz. “Our colleagues from the Joy of Jazz said to the foundation, ‘there’s something that’s not gone right,’” said Mbeki in his address.

just as entertainment, so you stand up and jive and all of that. As we heard from the saxophonist who was saying that it would be a mistake to separate jazz from the politics of this country,” the former president said. “We have to attend to this matter, of bringing back the arts as part of the making of the nation. I’m saying that’s a statement about hope for the future not misery.”“I’ve played at one of his birthdays before, but I was part of a band in the background. This was the first time I played for him as the [main] artist,” says the saxophonist who hails from KZN.

Sikhakhane celebrated his birthday just a few days before, but says he doesn’t know if there’s any significance in celebrating his birthday in the same month as Mbeki. “People say things about star signs, but I’m not educated enough about it… I’m not against it though,” he says chuckling.

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