Covid-19: Impacts on the Jazz Festival and Gig economy

Covid-19: Impacts on the Jazz Festival and Gig economy webinar presented on the day, print and digital media journalist Atiyyah Khan will probe the impact of Covid-19 on the Jazz Festival and Gig economy. She will moderate a discussion with Billy Domingo (Cape Town International Jazz Festival), Mantwa Chinoamadi (Joy of Jazz), Alan Webster (National Youth Jazz Festival) and independent promoters Marlyn Knol and Nikki Froneman.

South African Jazz: Connecting the Tradition is the theme for an online festival that will be presented on Tuesday 27 April as a partnership project of the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), Arts & Culture at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), the Centre for Jazz and Popular Music at UKZN, and the South African Association for Jazz Education.

The theme is inspired by a broad conference topic, Does Jazz Matter?, which would have been hosted by the South African Association for Jazz Education later this year, but which had to be cancelled because of the national lockdowns. The one-day free to attend online mini-festival will be presented to mark the global Jazz Appreciation Month celebrations.

Jazz Appreciation Month (fondly known as “JAM”) is a global event held in April every month to recognize and celebrate the extraordinary heritage and history of jazz. JAM is intended to stimulate and encourage people of all ages to participate in jazz – to study the music, attend concerts, listen to jazz on radio and recordings, read books about jazz, and more.

About Centre for Creative Art

The 25-year-old Centre for Creative Arts is located in the School of Arts in the College of Humanities at the University of Kwazulu-Natal. The Centre is renowned for presenting its four festivals, the Time of the Writer festival, JOMBA! Contemporary Dance Festival, Durban International Film Festival and the Poetry Africa Festival. The Centre for Creative Arts.
The Centre’s leadership role in presenting festivals, seminars, workshops and public events provide platforms for celebrations of the arts as well as being a platform for provocation and social change. The Centre for the Creative Arts is a champion for democracy, human rights, social justice, creative education and access to the arts for all.

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About UJ Arts & Culture
UJ Arts & Culture, a division of the Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture (FADA), produces and presents world-class student and professional arts programmes aligned to the UJ vision of an international university of choice, anchored in Africa, dynamically shaping the future. A robust range of arts platforms are offered on all four UJ campuses for students, staff, alumni and the general public to experience and engage with emerging and established Pan-African and international artists drawn from the full spectrum of the arts.

In addition to UJ Arts & Culture, FADA (www.uj.ac.za/fada) offers programmes in eight creative disciplines, in Art, Design and Architecture, as well as playing home to the NRF SARChI Chair in South African Art & Visual Culture, and the Visual Identities in Art & Design Research Centre. The Faculty has a strong focus on sustainability and relevance, and engages actively with the dynamism, creativity and diversity of Johannesburg in imagining new approaches to art and design education.

UJ Arts & Culture

About South African Association for Jazz Education
The South African Association for Jazz Education is a non-profit organisation which promotes jazz and jazz education in Southern Africa. The main aims of SAJE are to build the jazz arts community by advancing education and research, to promote skills development and performance, and to develop new audiences. To this end, SAJE presents annual conferences, festivals, masterclasses, workshops and international collaborations which promote and celebrate jazz and jazz education in Southern Africa.

http://www.saje.org.za/

About The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music

The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music is a facility within the School of the Performing Arts at UKZN that fosters the goals of social cohesion and promotes jazz and jazz education as a multicultural art form that is inclusive and diverse. CJPM was established in 1989 and is a performance venue with an established weekly concert program going back to its inception. It has hosted musicians from across the globe, and seeks to actively connect musicians, educators, students, industry professionals, alumni and media by organizing and facilitating performances, conferences, workshops, outreach events, exchange programs and partnerships. Jazz Appreciation Month is a highlight of the CJPM calendar and represents an intense period of activity for our jazz students and staff.

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Audience Responses
I was unable to connect on Tuesday due to technical issues. Is there any possibility of receiving a link to a replay?

Lesley • Attended April 27, 2021, 5 p.m.
Good conversation although my zoom kept going in and out, and I lost alot of the conversation. The panel was appropriate and experienced. Simply not enough time (1 hour) for such an important topic. Need a follow up session on how to fix the waning festival/gig economy……

Carol • Attended April 27, 2021, 5 p.m.
3.5