SA musician Mimi on the magic of jazz

She won the Best Jazz Album for the Metro FM Awards and the multilingualism and nation-building female artist of the year. A true force to be reckoned with, Mimi has been entwined with the magic of music since she was a child.
“My earliest memory, or rather, my first performance was when I was 12 years old, at my teacher’s wedding. The song was When A Child Is Born. I was wearing blue palazzo pants and a white blouse,” she said.
This was the start of a blossoming music career. “Writing my own music gives me the chance to express myself with authenticity and to sing about my life stories, experiences and observations,” she said.