Mlungisi gegana interview

South African jazz player Mlungisi Gegana has released his third album. The music on this album has taken me almost 10 years to feel comfortable with for it to be recorded. As the title of the album is called My Time, My Space , it was created with so much passion that required time, appropriate time and space. It did not matter how much time had been spent, so long as the space allowed the creativity to come out.

The migration came from composing all the songs from the piano, unlike my previous albums where all the songs were written from the bass. Your offering comprises stellar personnel — what is your vision of each musician. I chose musicians that, firstly, I could relate to on a personal level. Secondly, culture. Next came similar tastes in music and musical influences.

Then the projects we had worked on collectively or individually. If any artist wants to bring onboard another artist to his or her project, they have to make sure that a strong personal relationship exists between them both.

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They have to ensure that he or she understands the concept, for instance, someone who can interpret the music in a way that will relate to the desired target market. Cape Town has a very warm audience. It is a city that opens up, appreciates and embraces that which is spoken to the heart. Without a doubt, the Mother City, will enjoy this offering.

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