Bokani Dyer
A multi award-winning and established artist, with a growing global reputation, Bokani Dyer was born 1986 in Gaborone, Botswana, where many artists from South Africa, including his father, musician Steve Dyer, were living in exile during apartheid.
Dyer has recorded six albums under his own name including his most recent, 2023’s Radio Sechaba which was released by Brownswood Recordings, a London-based independent record label founded by Gilles Peterson. Radio Sechaba comes 13 years after the 2010 release of Dyer’s debut album, Mirrors, an album that provided a strong indication of the style and artistic trajectory he continues to pursue. His second album, Emancipate the Story (2011), emerged in the same year that he won the prestigious Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Jazz and continued his musical journey, exploring the tradition and furthering the contemporary landscape of SA jazz through his compositions.
Bokani Dyer - Ke Nako (Kid Fonque Refix)
In Conversation With...Zoë Modiga
In Conversation With... Thandi Ntuli
Bokani Dyer performs 'Ke Nako' live at Constitution Hill
In Conversation With... Siya Mthembu (The Brother Moves On)
Bokani Dyer performs 'Mogaetsho' live at Constitution Hill
Introducing Radio Sechaba
Bokani Dyer “You are Home” live at Dyertribe Studio.
Bokani Dyer Trio live at A-Trane, Berlin 17 July 2022 - "Freedom is Ours"
Bokani Dyer "Kelenosi" launch live @ Untitled Basement 26 November, 2020
Bokani Dyer Trio feat. Mthunzi Mvubu "Prayer for Peace"
Bokani Dyer trio feat. Mthunzi Mvubu "Fezile" (dedicated to Bra Feya Faku)
Bokani Dyer Trio "Dollar Adagio" live at Dizzy's Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center, 13 September 2019
Bokani Dyer Trio "African Piano Suite" - Dizzy's Club at Jazz at Lincoln Centre, 13 September 2019
Bokani Dyer Trio "Hope Springs" live at Dizzy's Club at Jazz at Lincoln Center, 13 September 2019
Bokani Dyer "Improvisation on John Cage Prepared Piano"
Bokani Dyer Trio "Waiting, Falling"
Bokani Dyer Trio "Mind Travel"
Bokani Dyer Trio "Kgalagadi"
Bokani Dyer - "Reflection" live @ Bird's Eye Jazz Club
Bokani Dyer - "World Music" EPK
Bokani Dyer Trio Live @ the Orbit
Bokani Dyer - "Vuvuzela" live @ The Vortex, London Jazz Festival 2014
Bokani Dyer - "Meditation Suite" live @ The Vortex, London Jazz Festival 2014
Bokani Dyer Quintet live @ Bird's Eye - Kgalagadi
Prelude
Bokani Dyer @ The Mahogany Room 30 March 2013 - Vuvuzela