Gabi Motuba: "The principles I live by, are the principles I compose by"

Jazz and Beyond with Nothemba Madumo · 5 April 2026 · 49m

Speaker 1: Swoony for some jazz. Speaker 2: Let not temper Maduma, serve you up some Jazz and Beyond on seven o two Speaker 2: and Game Talk. Speaker 1: Jazz and Beyond on seven o two in Kpe talk where you come for the Speaker 1: jazz, you stay for a good time with me, not Tember. And as usual we Speaker 1: have the most amazing guests here on Jazz and Beyond. And today's guests I must Speaker 1: say, you know, there are some artists who who sing songs and India those who Speaker 1: build worlds around sounds. Our guest today has this voice that I'd say it doesn't Speaker 1: just carry melody. Uh, there's memory, there's tension, there's there's some release in it. Sometimes Speaker 1: there's even some silence itself in the voice. She does compositions. She's an educator, or Speaker 1: should I say maybe she's a sonic storyteller. You might buy now, No, let me Speaker 1: shove my phone know who I might be talking about? Gabby with Tuba, How are Speaker 1: you? Speaker 3: Thank you so much for that beautiful introduction. Speaker 1: It's my pleasure. And can I just start by congratulating you for being the twenty Speaker 1: twenty six Standard Bank Young Artist for Chairs Awards winner. Speaker 3: Thank you so much. Oh my gosh. I can't even tell you how happy I Speaker 3: am. Speaker 1: I can imagine when you got the call. Where were you What were you doing? Speaker 1: Did you jump, scream or did you just lose a breath?

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