South African multi-instrumentalist Zim Ngqawana has won a South African Music Award, the country's equivalent of a Grammy, for a CD recorded in Knoxville with several local jazz luminaries.
From the University of Tennessee press release:
More on Zim Ngqawana at MySpace.
From the University of Tennessee press release:
A CD released in 2008 by Zim Ngqawana, UT School of Music's 2004 African artist-in-residence, has won the South African Music Award (SAMA) for "Best Traditional Jazz Album."
The album, Zimology in Concert (USA), was recorded on campus with Ngqawana and the UT jazz faculty rhythm section in concerts during his Africa Semester residency in 2004 and a concert he did here in 2005. Bandleader/composer Zim Ngqawana performed on saxophones, flutes, harmonica, vocals, bicycle horn, antlers, bells, and more. He was accompanied by UT School of Music faculty members Mark Boling, guitar; Keith Brown, drums; Rusty Holloway, bass; Donald Brown, piano; and Ben Dockery, piano. The recording engineer was bass student Mischa Goldman.
Zim Ngqawana was an artist-in-residence at the UT School of Music during the 2004 Africa Semester, part of the "Ready for the World" campaign.
More on Zim Ngqawana at MySpace.
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