Biography of Andile Yenana

Andile Yenana is a South African Pianist. Andile obtained a teaching Diploma from the University of Fort Hare in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province before taking up music studies under Darius Brubeck at the University of Natal's School of Jazz and Popular Music. It was here that he became friends with saxophonist Zim Ngqawana and trumpeter Feya Faku. He joined Zim Ngqawana's quartet and worked with Zim Ngqawana on all 5 of his album's including "San Song" recorded with Bjorn Ole Solburg and his Norwegian San Ensemble. He has also worked on the pan-African music project Mahube with saxophonist Steve Dyer and others. He has also worked as arranger for Sibongile Khumalo, Gloria Bosman and Suthukazi Arosi. In 2005 he was selected as the 2005 Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz. Discography We Used To Dance (2002) Who's Got The Map? (2005)