RC 261101Cape TalkGary van Dyk
Sunday, 1 November 2026
Pianist Bokani Daya's interview about his South African standards album Traditions dominated this Jazz and Beyond episode, alongside a listener vote on Feel Like Making Love.
- 18:43
Bokani Daya's new album Traditions reinterprets South African classics and standards, a first for him, with compositions mostly not his own, including his trio's take on Tembisa.
- 18:37
Daya says the album questions what tradition means, fusing the musical traditions he has absorbed into a piano trio format and stretching what is accepted as traditional in jazz.
- 18:52
Daya, who says he is not a trained singer, sings the standard But Beautiful himself, having sung in choirs as a youth and enjoying the joy of singing.
- 18:32
Daya was still jet-lagged from a US tour taking in the DC Jazz Festival and Monterey Jazz Festival, plus a return to Ronnie Scott's in London.