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ROOTED FREQUENCIES | ROOTED (F) |
30+ phenomenal artists over 2-days |
This ULJ 5th year anniversary, we present our most bold cultural & curatorial statement to date.
Rooted explores global contemporary jazz, alternative music, spiritual improvisation, and forward-facing diasporic sounds.
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This ULJ 5th year anniversary, we present our most bold cultural & curatorial statement to date.
Rooted explores global contemporary jazz, alternative music, spiritual improvisation, and forward-facing diasporic sounds.
ULJ 2026
Welcome to Rooted (ƒ)
Welcome to Rooted (ƒ)
2026
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We are proud to bring together world class artists whose work pushes musical boundaries while remaining rooted in live musicianship, cultural influence, and sonic experimentation
ULJ 2026
ULJ 2025
For the 4th edition of UManyano Lwe Jazz, we paid homage to the visual language of South Africa’s Sophiatown golden jazz era;
As we continue our work building the visual and archival record of who’s shaping South African jazz in the present.
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the “Drum decade”
For the 4th edition of UManyano Lwe Jazz, we paid homage to the visual language of South Africa’s Sophiatown golden jazz era;
As we continue our work building the visual and archival record of who’s shaping South African jazz in the present.
the “Drum decade”
ULJ 2025
For the love of South African Jazz, Community and Culture |
As we channeled the lineage that immortalised the cultural renaissance of the 50’s, we invited our community to journey along with us. It was a spectacular celebration of an era of creative defiance, and the artist who carry it forward today.
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ULJ FEST 2025
An ode to an inspiring decade of resistance and
cultural revolution.
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ULJ FEST '26 | 5 & 6 DECEMBER
FOR THE LOVE OF JAZZ,
COMMUNITY,
AND THE CULTURE
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