Jazz was born in America in the early 20th century, evolving out of a meeting of African and European music traditions. Once the style began to develop around the world, jazz found its way back to ...

South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim laughs when he remembers a gig he played shortly after he moved to America in 1965. “There was this club in New York and I suggested that I bring my trio,” ...

Duke Ellington rejected it, Charles Mingus was ambivalent about it, and Wynton Marsalis is okay with it. For many African American musicians the word “jazz” is a double-edged term, sometimes ...

On June 13 the sad news arrived that legendary South African drummer and composer Louis Moholo-Moholo had passed away at 85 after a long illness. Louis, “Tebogo,” Bra Louis, as he was variously and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some record labels create huge market and financial clout. Some stay much smaller, but punch way above their weight in terms of ...

Celebrated globally each year on April 30th, International Jazz Day pays tribute to the essence of artistic freedom. In South Africa, this celebration follows closely after the highly successful 2025 ...

1. African Rhapsody 2. Corsica 3. Wayne Left Town 4. Blue Chinguetti 5. Little African Flower 6. Joy 7. Aurore 8. Afro Queen Poetic Birds Suite : 9. Les Nuits 10. Un jour, le Silence 11. New york ...

One of the most influential artists in South Africa’s rich history of jazz is Kippie Moeketsi. He was born on 27 July 1925 and passed away at only 57. Like Moeketsi, Salim Washington plays the ...

Six-time Grammy-nominated and two-time Edison Award winner Chief Adjuah brought “stretch music” —his own jazz-rooted, culture-combining musical style — to campus on Friday evening. Adjuah performed ...

South African vocalist NALEDI performs songs from her debut album BATHO in GBH's Fraser Performance Studio. The local jazz scene is filled with a diverse and talented group of musicians, and that ...

In Gotham, the world’s greatest music city, the Jazz Gallery stands out for booking the most inventive artists on the jazz scene.