Javon Jackson on The Jazz Standard With Brenda Sisane

Across more than three decades of recording, Javon Jackson has become somewhat of a musical archivist — revisiting the work of John Coltrane, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, and collaborating with poet Nikki Giovanni in a powerful fusion of jazz, gospel and spoken word.

Soon he brings another tribute project to South African audiences — a celebration of Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Franschhoek.