Acclaimed artist Ivan Mazuze is a performer, a composer, an academic and a traveller who has found home in Norway. He is inspired by cultural differences and has immersed himself in studying the links that connect tradition to contemporary music
Ivan Mazuze joins forces with Dua Maciel and the Penuka Ensemble — a reunion built on decades of shared musical roots and storytelling
“This constantly evolving landscape is brought to life by the projects diverse roster (…) resulting in a work in which the composer expresses his vision of global music with clarity and intelligence” - Massimilano Busti
“Il sassofono di Mazuze è la voce narrante che ci fa da Cicerone in questo viaggio” - Gilberto Ongaro
“crea ponti e bellezza in musica. Tra jazz e radici folk” - Guido Festinese
“Un perfetto equilibrio di tempi e geografie” - Alessandro Hellmann
“La registrazione finale vede la partecipazione di musicisti la cui arte riflette le ricche tradizioni legate alle narrazioni del commercio e dello scambio culturale, sia all'interno dell'Africa che oltre ” - Vittorio Pio
— Suono.IT
“Ivan Mazuze, acclaimed saxophonist and a forever student of jazz and other music” - S'bo Gyre
“Eclectically African, Mazuze knows how to fuse contemporary improvisational styles of these world cultures into exciting soundscapes exuding spiritual connection, dance movement, and ethnic pride” - Carol Martin