Bokani dyer is actually a Motswana-born, award-winning pianist who has actually succeeded the SAMRO Overseas Scholarship as well as opened the Greater london Jazz music Festival. He is actually likewise the forerunner of a triad along with bassist Romy Brauteseth and also drummer Sphelelo Mazibuko.
Dyer’s popular music is actually a rich mix of effects and concepts. It fuses elements of a range of genres without ever before ending up being eclectic or even chaotic.
His Lifestyle
Bokani Dyer is an acclaimed pianist and also composer that fuses standard African rhythms along with jazz music. His make-ups are defined through elaborate harmonies as well as soulful melodies which have actually astounded target markets worldwide. He has done along with international greats like Shabaka Hutchings and also Jason Moran as well as local stalwarts like Feya Faku, Shane Cooper, Sisonke Xonti and also Pal Wells. BOKANDIYER
Born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Dyer grew listening to the similarity Pat Metheny, Khadja Nin and Oliver Mtukudzi, whose songs was played in his loved ones home. As he aged, he signed up with the revolutionary multi-disciplinary arts cumulative Medu in Botswana where he performed as well as generated films, staged gigs, installed craft exhibitions and also administered creative workshops.
Complying With Medu, Dyer moved to Johannesburg where he earned a bachelor’s degree in songs from the College of Cape City. Throughout his time at the tertiary institution, he formed enduring hookups with a hold of performers that are actually now partners along with him in one form or yet another consisting of bassist Shane Cooper and also singer Sakhile Moleshe.
After completing his research studies, he released his initial self-released album in 2010, adhered to by Emancipate The Tale in 2011. In 2015, he tape-recorded Globe Songs with a quintet including best South African performers featuring tenor saxophonist Feya Faku, pianist/composer Jonathan Jephta, drummer Buddy Wells as well as bassist Shane Cooper. His triad album Neo Native was discharged in 2019 and got a SAMA nomination for greatest jazz cd. He additionally released Kelenosi, a totally solo album created under astronomical problems in 2020.
His Popular music
The Motswana-South African pianist and composer Bokani dyer is a force to become considered in jazz music. Technically skillful past his years, he is actually likewise innovative as well as imaginative in a variety of jazz categories. His popular music attracts from an extensive variation of impacts and also is actually originated in heritage while accepting modern ideas and also possibilities.
The proclaimed multi-hyphenate’s most recent launch is actually a considerable cd referred to as World Music, his initial for the popular Gilles Peterson imprint on Brownswood Records. The report observes up sophomore standout Emancipate the Tale, and creates on it, blending a collection of vast influences to produce an anti-genre report along with a distinct identification of its own.
Along with the album, he unites skilled superstars like drummer Hassan Khan and saxophonists Linda Sikhakhane, John Swanson and Robin Fassie-Kock, along with more youthful blood streams such as trumpeter Sthembiso Bhengu as well as bassist Tendai Shoko. The outcome is a hypnotic fusion of idea as well as soulful machinery.
In 2014, he was actually picked for a Pro Helvetia cashed musician residency in Switzerland where he met musicians Donat Fisch, Stephan Kurmann and Norbert Pfammatter who joined him to develop the Bokani Dyer Swiss Quintet. The set happened to play at the position of the Greater london Jazz Celebration as well as toured South Africa with loaded receive King William’s Town, Johannesburg as well as Maputo.
His Cds
For Bokani Dyer, a pianist and composer, the music is actually at the facility of his globe. He develops jazz music with components of electronic, R&B, Afro-Latin and classic. His design goes to the moment creative as well as stylish, as affirmative as it is actually analytical.
He has actually actually released 5 albums – his debut, Mirrors, in 2010, followed through Emancipate the Tale in 2013, Oscillations in 2014 and 2015’s Globe Music (which was chosen for ideal jazz music cd at the South Black Popular Music Honors), and also a trio audio, Neo Indigenous, which gained the award in 2019.
The new record, Broadcast Sechaba, was issued on digital, CD as well as 12″ vinyl layouts on the 12th of Might 2023 by Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings tag. The album pays attention to nation-building and also oneness– styles that join his heart, provided his roots in a Botswanan neighborhood in exile coming from discrimination.
The 14-track offering features spiritual reflective instants, boosting energised gouges and an impressive mix of musical types– soulful secrets as well as vocals, jazz-funk and also Afrobeat percussion, punchy horns and more. Besides his own playing, he recruited an all-star cast for the sessions, featuring trumpeter Sthembiso Bhengu, saxophonists Linda Sikhakhane as well as Steve Dyer, guitarists Alder du Toit and also Keenan Ahrends, bassist Tendai Shoko and drummer Tinotenda Dambaneunga. 2 advance singles from the cd – Vibration of Truth along with its own West African groove and also appeal to observe your reality, as well as Go on along with its own call to cool down and also take a breath– prepared the tone for this excellent record.
His Tours
Bokani Dyer is actually one of South Africa’s a lot of well-known jazz pianists, and he on a regular basis travels internationally. Atrioventricular bundle features a range of worldwide as well as SA musicians, featuring bassist Shane Cooper, saxophonist Sisonke Xonti and vocalist Sakhile Moleshe. Having devoted his very early years in Botswana, where he complied with an amount of his current collaborators, it is actually not a surprise that his popular music draws motivation from a rich as well as varied heritage.
After earning a degree coming from UCT, he signed up with forces along with drummer Sphelelo Mazibuko to create a triad which debuted at the 2016 SA National Arts Celebration. The band additionally explored Switzerland in 2015, participating in loaded display in Basel, Zurich, Bern as well as Wintethur.
In the same year, he was actually picked to execute at the distinguished Jazzahead display in Bremen as well as went on to make saxophonist Sisonke’s debut cd, Iyonde. He is additionally the producer of a normal slot at The Orbit Jazz Nightclub in Johannesburg, the Jazzafrika Tradition Procedure, which commemorates the job of reputable as well as emerging SA jazz music composers.
The band is an awesome force to be actually considered on stage and the interplay in between them goes over. It is actually to Bokani’s credit rating that he can coordinate the ensemble so effectively, however also offer area for individual members to beam, as holds true when he opens his collection with the ballad Vuvuzela or even on the tough bop song Secret Details.