Linda Tshabalala is a saxophonist from Daveyton, Benoni. Introduced to music in the course of her high schooling, after matriculating Linda resolved to pursue a career in music. In 2002 she joined the Music Academy of Gauteng under the tutelage of Bra Johny Mekoa.
Within the first year, she assumed a position in the Academy’s big band and subsequently toured Holland and Sweden with the band. In 2004 she was part of the big band that was invited to perform at the then International Association of Jazz Educators in New York.
Video footage of A live performance session with the band when Linda was in studio recording her album titled Convergence: Bekezela Siyeza.
Band Members
Lesego Mokgatle (30), originally from Dobsonville - Soweto, is an artistically inclined jazz vocalist whose interests in the arts also include performing and writing for theatre, dance and literature.She completed her studies in Jazz and Popular Music at the Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria.
Lesego Mokgatle
Jazz Vocalist
Born on the 15th of June 1994, Mark Komane is a young Producer,composer and guitarist with a degree in Music, as well as great experience in producing, composing, performing and teaching in these various skills. His qualifications include a Bachelors degreein Jazz and Popular music from Tshwane University of Technology, live performance experience of 11 years, 5 years in producing and 4 years of original arrangement and composition
Mark Komane
Audio Engineer, film scorer, arranger
Mamadrum whose birth name is Cathrine Nompumelelo Nhlapo was born and raised in Diepkloof
in Soweto,Johannesburg. Her stage name was given to her by a German promoter who invited
"African Footprints" (A company in which she played percussion) to tour Italy in 2004.
Mamadrum
Percussionist
Sphelelo mazibuko was born in Newcastle, Northern region of Kwazulu Natal in South africa. He was born into a family with generations of music tradition.His hunger for growth in Music led him to pursue formal studies towards a BA in music and media studies at the University of Kwazulu Natal in 2009 and graduated in 2012.
Lelo Mazibuko
Drummer
She has finally released her debut album with much anticipation from the public, called Convergence: Bekezela Siyeza. The album is a culmination of songs from her student days to date, it’s a reflection of all the work and time it has taken for her to get to this point in her career.
