A Decade Later, Benjamin Jephta's 'homecoming' Reborn At Cape Town International Jazz Festival

When artist Benjamin Jephta steps onto the stage at this year's Cape Town International Jazz Festival CTIJF, it won't be just another gig.

It'll be the return to a body of work, to a city that shaped the bassist and composer, and to a place that long served as a creative crossroads for artists from across the world.

'The festival has become this meeting place and, in a sense, a watering hole where all these artists come together,' says Jephta. 'Some of the artists we know from online - its such a global world - and then we actually meet face-to-face.

'Sometimes we hang out, we say, I'm coming to your show,' we share music and ideas.

'We locals show them the city, we take them out. It's just this really cool meeting place of music, and we get inspired by each other.'