As jazz celebrities rallied to the cause of African decolonization, secret Western interests saw an opportunity for ...

South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim laughs when he remembers a gig he played shortly after he moved to America in ...

“Bach? Beethoven? We’ve got better,” Mandela once said of the musician who just turned 90.

Jazz blends elements from varied traditions, including African and African American, religious, brass band, and blues styles. The improvisational music that results has a syncopated rhythm ...

Jazz grew out of African American culture as it developed in the southern United States during the nineteenth Century. It became intertwined with many other musical traditions, including Hispanic and ...

The birth of Suite for Africa was prompted by Figarova’s visits to the annual Joy of Jazz festival in Johannesburg, South Africa. She discovered that the young musicians she met during master classes ...

Cape Town is gearing up for an unparalleled musical experience as Jazz on the Green descends upon the picturesque Riverside ...

Masekela was given his first trumpet at the age of 14 Legendary jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela, a leading figure in the struggle to end apartheid and "the father of South African jazz", has died ...

Rhythm. Color. Movement. Seeing sound through art. The rich sounds, rhythms, and colors of jazz inspired prominent visual artists of the 20th century. In depicting African American culture, Romare ...