08 Apr 2013 13:57
This weekend marked the 14th annual Cape Town International Jazz Festival, a two-day extravaganza celebrating the best in local and international talent.
04 Apr 2013 12:46 - Mpho Moshe Matheolane Two things flow fairly easily during the Cape Town International Jazz Festival: great music, obviously, and an unwarranted supply of alcohol.
13 Mar 2013 06:26 - Mpho Moshe Matheolane Mpho Moshe Matheolane remembers buying his first book and how long it him took to finally read it.
22 Feb 2013 00:00 - Gwen Ansell First National Bank remains blissfully unaware of the bitter paradox in its use of the iconography of June 16 to peddle financial services.
08 Feb 2013 00:00 - Tiisetso Makube Obituary: Victor Ntoni (1947 – 2013)
23 Dec 2012 09:00 - Darius Brubeck Darius Brubeck reflects on his father's passing, as well as the jazz legend's South African connections.
16 Nov 2012 16:10
M&G arts editor Matthew Krouse picks the brains of five winners of the 2013 Standard Bank Young Artist Awards.
27 Aug 2012 10:57 - Mpho Moshe Matheolane Despite a few mishaps and delays, this year's Joy of Jazz eventually found its groove, says Mpho Moshe Matheolane.
26 Aug 2012 14:39 - Mpho Moshe Matheolane Dodging beret brigades and tipsy patrons, Mpho Moshe Matheolane finds much to like at the Joy of Jazz festival. But was Manu Dibangu worth the wait?
24 Aug 2012 00:30 - Evan Milton Swiss-French trumpeter Erik Truffaz blurs boundaries with his richly textural explorations of musical atmospherics.
30 Jun 2012 16:33 - Gwen Ansell One of the joys of the Standard Bank Jazz Festival in Grahamstown is serendipity. Most gigs are clustered in one venue. Here are the M&G's picks.
29 Jun 2012 00:23 - Gwen Ansell He has many awards behind him, but for Andre Petersen his career purpose lies in faith, love and learning.
22 Jun 2012 00:00 - Lloyd Gedye Hugh Masekela has plenty to keep him busy: a new studio, a new label and a further two albums to be released before the end of the year.
15 Jun 2012 00:23 - Gwen Ansell British flute-player Eddie Parker will be joining pianist Afrika Mkhize at the National Arts Festival.
08 Jun 2012 00:01 - Gwen Ansell Pianist Tete Mbambisa re-emerges from the shadows with an album that develops some of his greatest jazz hits.
01 May 2012 11:21 - Staff Reporter Adam Glasser has forged his career in jazz by re-interpreting classics from South Africa on his chromatic harmonica.
30 Mar 2012 00:00 - Gwen Ansell The director's craggy masculinity and individualism are not suited to a subject as subtle as Dave Brubeck.
19 Mar 2012 12:47 - Gwen Ansell Jazz is a small genre and the Cape Town Jazz Festival organisers have to realise that they cannot get bums on seats with music for purists only.
02 Mar 2012 16:35 - Charles Leonard Charles Leonard explains why Taste of Sónar is a far more exciting prospect for music junkies than the Cape Town International Jazz Festival.
03 Apr 2012 14:48
2012 Cape Town International Jazz Festival, from horn legend Hugh Masekela and soul crooner James Ingram, to Lauryn Hill and SA saxophone maestro Steve Dyer.