John Edwin Mason: Documentary, Motorsports, Photo History

Cape Town Winter Blues

Cape Town's winter can wear you down. (All photos copyright John Edwin Mason, 2010. Click directly on any of the images to see larger versions.) It's the weather, mostly. Too many days look just like this -- cold, gray, and wet. (The weather goes a long way toward explaining why... Read more →

Jazz in Africa: Cape Town, Part 9, Duma's Falling Leaves Jazz Rendezvous

Without a doubt, Duma's Falling Leaves Jazz Rendezvous is one of the best places in Cape Town to listen to jazz, have a drink, and hang out with some terrific people. Located in Gugulethu (a suburb that was referred to as an "African township," during the bad old days of... Read more →

Winston "Mankunku" Ngozi, 1943-2009

"I loved jazz before I knew what jazz was." --Winston "Mankunku" Ngozi, 2006 Winston "Mankunku" Ngozi, one of South Africa's finest musicians, died last Monday, in Cape Town. As a composer and as a saxophonist, he forever changed the shape of South African jazz. "Yakhal' Inkomo," his best known composition,... Read more →