South African musician Benjamin Jephta is inspired by Miles Davis’ view on jazz, of how the genre is, in essence, a social club. “I mean to collaborate and be involved with many people from all ...

Last month Benjamin Jephta released Still I Rise (Part 1), the lead single from his forthcoming album Homecoming Revisited. The song’s title, of course, comes from Maya Angelou’s famous poem, a ...

When artist Benjamin Jephta steps onto the stage at this year's Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF), it won't be just another gig. It'll be the return to a body of work, to a city that ...

Jazz maestro Benjamin Jephta is back with a bold new single Still I Rise (Part 1), released on August 22, setting the stage for his highly anticipated anniversary album Homecoming Revisited. The award ...

Benjamin Jephta is something of a house bassist on the Johannesburg jazz scene. At all of 22 years, he gigs on average at least three times a week, sometimes more. He is a regular presence on stage at ...

Artist Benjamin Jephta at the 26th Standard Bank Joy of Jazz festival. Picture: Ntokozo Khumalo/ EWN. Today marks day two of one of the world's biggest jazz festivals, the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz, ...

Seven years is both an eternity and the blink of an eye. Enough of a stretch for individual circumstances to turn on countless dimes, it's also just a brief moment in the sea of existence and the ...

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Bassist and composer Benjamin Jephta was "born-free" in 1992 in South Africa, in the post-apartheid era, and grew up in the "colored township" of Mitchell's Plain in Cape Town. The exploration of ...