Tumi Mogorosi

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Tumi Mogorosi (* 1987 ) is a South African jazz musician ( drums , composition ).

Live and act

Mogorosi, who is part of the Johannesburg music scene, has played guitar since 2001. In 2004, he enrolled on the Allenby Campus in Bramley, Johannesburg to study guitar. He dropped out, changed instruments and completed his music studies at Tshwane University of Pretoria in 2012 . He belonged to the Gauteng Jazz Orchestra and to the groups of Feya Faku , Zim Ngqawana , Herbie Tsoaeli and Andile Yenana .

In 2014 he released his debut album, Project Elo, on the British label Jazzman , a suite of sacred music for jazz musicians and (opera) singers. The album was nominated for the South African Music Awards and earned it the Standard Bank Ovation Award in 2014; for the Mail & Guardian newspaper it was the “Jazz Album of the Year”. In 2015 he recorded a duo album with pianist Pule Pheto. With the singer Gabisile Motuba he released the album Sanctum Sanctorum in 2016 , with the poet Lefifi Tladi and the guitarist Sibusile Xaba the production It's a Shame, They'll Never Change . Shabaka Hutchings brought him to his ancestors , Nicola Conte to his Spiritual Galaxy.

Prizes and awards

His album Project Elo was nominated for a South African Music Award in 2014 and won the Standard Bank Ovation Award that same year ; It was also named "Jazz Album of the Year" by Mail & Guardian newspaper .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tumi Mogorosi talks drums Mail & Guardian, November 8, 2013
  2. ↑ Review: Tumi Mogorosi's Project Elo ( Memento from December 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ a b Tumi Mogorosi and Gabi Motuba launch 'Sanctum Sanctorium'
  4. ↑ a b Tumi Mogorosi & Gabisile Motuba: Sanctum Sanctorum ( Memento from December 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ^ Stories about Music in Africa
personal data
SURNAME Mogorosi, Tumi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African jazz musician (drums, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH 1987