Mthunzi Mvubu

Contemporary Jazz

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VoiceMthunzi Mvubu

Listen to A Long Way from Home by Kyle Shepherd, Mthunzi Mvubu, Shane Cooper, Lionel Loueke & Jonno Sweetman, see lyrics, music video & more!

A Long Way from HomeKyle Shepherd, Mthunzi Mvubu, Shane Cooper, Lionel Loueke & Jonno Sweetman

Falling trees in the forest (feat. Mthunzi Mvubu)Steve Dyer

Mele Pelo Moya (feat. Mthunzi Mvubu)Selaelo Selota

Listen to Xirilo (feat. Shaluza Max & Mthunzi Mvubu) by Vuyo Manyike, see lyrics, music video & more!

Xirilo (feat. Shaluza Max & Mthunzi Mvubu)Vuyo Manyike

7 KingsMthunzi Mvubu

A Child SpeaksMthunzi Mvubu

Shwele, Pt. 2Mthunzi Mvubu

Sea LineMthunzi Mvubu

In the Wake of Your SongMthunzi Mvubu

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ALBUMThe 1st GospelMthunzi Mvubu

About Mthunzi Mvubu

Hometown

Daveyton, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa

Born

1988

Genre

Contemporary Jazz

Mthunzi Mvubu is an alto saxophonist, flutist, and composer from South Africa. Possessed of a reedy yet smooth, nearly mellifluous tone on the horn, his playing style draws on the North American and African jazz traditions; he also has an extensive post-bop vocabulary. Playing professionally since he was 14, Mvubu has traveled globally with jazz luminaries including Abdullah Ibrahim, Nduduzo Makhathini, Lionel Loueke, and Omar Sosa. He is also a member of Londoner Shabaka Hutchings' Shabaka & the Ancestors. Mvubu is a founding member of the Amandla Freedom Ensemble and, for a decade, has played in drummer/composer Tumi Mogorosi's band, appearing on 2014's Project Elo and 2022's Group Theory: Black Music. In 2022, Mvubu led a South African sextet in recording the Ropeadope album The 1st Gospel, his leader debut. It appeared in May 2023