"The first image, which was – to me – instantly recognisable, is of Gideon Nxumalo, who majorly contributed to the orchestration of King Kong and some other musicals, and produced two very famous jazz albums [Jazz Fantasia (1962) and Gideon Plays (1968)]. But in the essay leading up to it, they just say something like, 'pianist/composer at piano'. This is an important figure – why aren't we identifying these people and identifying the culture that surrounded them, that they created?"
– Matthew Blackman

At the conclusion of the inaugural A4 Library Residency, Matthew Blackman, Khanya Mashabela, and Daniel Malan discuss South African jazz, art, and photojournalism in the 1950s and ‘60s.