The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music proudly
presents Bongani Givethanks - Sounds From The Catalogue live on
Wednesday 17 September 2025 at 17:30.
Bongani Givethanks (born Bongani Glen Sibanyoni) hails from
Mabopane, Pretoria. He is a boundary-pushing artist that blends Afro-jazz and
nu-jazz. A pianist turned to a multifaceted musician, his work spans sound
design, production, song writing, and bandleading.
With a sound rooted in African traditions yet futuristic in
scope, Bongani has collaborated with various artists, and performed at
festivals including Smoking Dragon, The Music Imbizo and Arts Alive (Rhythms of
Resistance). Internationally, he has worked with Germany’s Jazz & Milk,
Brazil’s Caixa Cubo, and joined the U.S. OneBeat residency.
He is the founder of Mvumo Productions and THEJAZZINJECTION,
a community initiative preserving live music. Bongani continues to nurture
talent and push creative boundaries. His releases, Indoda and Tsela
to the recent El Hombre remix project with nu-jazz producer Gab Juz —
showcase his genre-defying vision.
Bongani’s music lives where classic jazz meets the future,
fusing live instrumentation, improvisation, and lush harmonies with the pulse
of house music, downtempo, broken beats, and Afro-jazz rhythms.
Bongani reimagines his digitally composed stories through
live instruments, voice, and improvisation. His sound blends classic jazz with
house, downtempo, electronic, broken beats, woven with African and
Afro-jazz influences.
Joining him on stage are Victor Simeli (piano), Kgosi
Bilankulu (bass), Churchill Six (drums), Aubrey Seapose (Lead Guitar),
Mthokozisi Mazibuko and Thabang Kgatedi (percussions).
Bongani Givethanks - Sounds from The Catalogue
Wednesday 17September 2025
UKZN, Centre for Jazz and Popular
Music
University of
Kwa-Zulu Natal, Howard College Campus, Dennis Shepstone Building, Level 2
Tickets available at the door: R120, R90 for pensioners, R60
for students
Tickets will be available for cash at the door or on webtickets: https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/event.aspx?itemid=1575458837
