LUCKY RANKU - guitar/South Africa | CLAUDE DEPPA - trumpet/South Africa
FAYYAZ VIRJI - trombone/Tanzania | BUKKY LEO - tenor saxophone/Nigeria
TONY KOFI - alto saxophone/Ghana | GREG BONNIE - baritone saxophone/Nigeria
KAZ KASOZI, piano/Uganda | JOSEPH HLENGETWA - bass/South Africa
BRICE WASSY - drums/Cameroon |LEKAN BABALOLA - conga/Nigeria
SIEMY DI - percussion/Congo| PINISE SAULvocals/South Africa

"All soloists are first class".
Jack Massarik, The Evening Standard.

"African rhythms effortlessly fused with jazz solos in a remarkable way"
John Fordham, The Guardian

"Exuberant and energetic, sophisticated and stylish"
World Music Magazine

Africa's finest jazz orchestra The African Jazz Allstars explores the African roots of jazz. Under the leadership of South African and Africa's greatest jazz guitarist Lucky Ranku, the African Jazz Allstars explores diverse influences and styles while maintaining irresistible African grooves and exuberant jazz solos.

The explosive African Jazz Allstars effortlessly integrate their African roots of many cultures with jazz vernacular to create a sound that sizzles like an African sun.Associations with various African legends like Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Fela Kuti, Dudu Pukwana and Franco and tours of Africa over the years have changed Lucky Ranku's musical vision.

At the summit of his career he began a new voyage of discovery, travelling in spirit through Africa without religious, ethnic, political and tribal divisions.The African Jazz Allstars, featuring musicians from Tanzania, Nigeria, Uganda, Congo, Ghana, Cameroon and South Africa occupies an African musical world that is united by the infectious rhythms of mbaquanga, afrobeat, hi-life, mbalax and soukous. The music is full of rhythmic tension, virtouso guitar lines and jazzy brass section. The African Jazz Allstars represents the most ambitious project to date by the South African guitarist Lucky Ranku.

See also: Pinise Saul & Lucky Ranku, The South African Gospel Singers, The African Guitar Masters