Peter Tladi, the music man who blows joyous life into jazz
Joy of Jazz, giving African music a global platform, turns 21 this year
When impresario Peter Tladi ran a night club in the Vaal Triangle in the 1970s, he probably never imagined, even in his wildest dreams, the shape of his future career. Tladi is indisputably one of the top five, if not the leading, promoters of live music on the African continent. He prefers to call himself a music producer when talking about jazz. There are good reasons why he is revered, especially among musicians hoping to make it big by performing live in SA. Over the past 15 years live performances have become very important in musicians’ careers and for their incomes, as the digital world disrupted the manner in which music is distributed and consumed. In many ways, live gigs determine who succeeds and who does not make it commercially. Digital music channels allow consumers to access their favourite tunes at a mere fraction of what it used to cost to buy a record, cassette or CD. Promoters such as Tladi have played a major role in the elevation and appreciation of jazz in SA i...
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