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Sunday, 15 November 2026
A tribute-heavy episode honouring the 2026 NEA Jazz Masters, with Ashams producer Rashid Vali remembered and Aito Moreira previewing new festival and London plans.
- 15:47
The episode celebrated the 2026 NEA Jazz Master class, including Patrice Rushen and Aito Moreira, with Rhonda Hamilton honoured with the A.B. Spellman Fellowship for Jazz Advocacy.
- 16:28
Atiya Khan credits Ashams producer Rashid Vali, who died last December, with allowing artistic expression in the 1970s, when apartheid heavily clamped down on black artists and cultural gatherings.
- 17:22
Aito Moreira launched the Vilankulo International Jazz Festival in Inhambane, set for 5 and 6 November alongside a tourism summit, with two or three daily flights from Johannesburg.
- 17:25
Moreira will make his debut at Ronnie Scott's in London as part of the London Jazz Festival, bringing his full band to the famous club.