Short Biography
Tumi Mogorosi is a South African musician. He began music at the age of 13. His first instrument was the guitar and a few years later, he fell in love with the drums. He began studying music, professionally, at the age of 18, attending the Tshwane University of Technology.
During his early career, he began playing with the likes of Andile Yenana (pianist), Feya Faku (Trumpeter) and many more South African greats. As Tumi Mogorosi progressed in his music career, changing instruments from the guitar to the drums only made him more popular in the South African jazz industry. He began branching out and expanding his musical repertoire by playing with the likes of Simpiwe Dana (vocalist), Zamajobe (vocalist), Africa Mkhize( pianist), Herbie (bassist), to name a few.

Tumi Mogorosi is a South African musician. He began music at the age of 13. His first instrument was the guitar and a few years later, he fell in love with the drums. He began studying music, professionally, at the age of 18, attending the Tshwane University of Technology.

During his early career, he began playing with the likes of Andile Yenana (pianist), Feya Faku (Trumpeter) and many more South African greats. As Tumi Mogorosi progressed in his music career, changing instruments from the guitar to the drums only made him more popular in the South African jazz industry. He began branching out and expanding his musical repertoire by playing with the likes of Simpiwe Dana (vocalist), Zamajobe (vocalist), Africa Mkhize( pianist), Herbie (bassist), to name a few.



Tumi Mogorosi, after having received experience and exposure to the jazz environment, decided to work on his first album entitled, Project Elo. His idea was to en-corporate jazz and choral classical music. The musicians consist of a jazz sextet and 4 chorally-trained voices. The album consists of 7 original songs which are a true expression to Tumi Mogorosi.

The music falls under the jazz category only because the improvisation by the various instruments. The original tunes in the Project Elo album can be described as spiritual and very earthy. The influence from South African music is clear and abundant. The music has a trans-like quality stemming from the very repetitive and simple melodies. Project Elo is truly breathe-taking and different.



Tumi Mogorosi, has performed at various places around South Africa. He also has performed under various bands such as The Freedom in Jazz Movement, Gabi(Vocalist) and Tumi(drummer) duet, The Trip also known as Gabi and the quintet, The Freedom in Jazz Movement and Queentet.

The performance venues are: The African Freedom Station, Corporate gigs for Transnet, Standard Bank Jazz Festival at Nikies Oasis, Nikies Oasis, Wish, The Loft, and The Big Band Orchestra for the Standard Bank Jazz Festival.