The frontman of award-winning UK jazz band Sons of Kemet is in SA to play & record with touted jazz artists. He caught up with the Mail & Guardian.
Fred Wesley played trombone for the godfather of soul but his first love has always been jazz.
Executive producer of Joy of Jazz Peter Tladi talks about the young fresh talent at the festival and the improvements they’ve made to the festival.
Presenting science in a more relaxed and informal environment than the usual academic setting.
Guitarist Vuma Levin’s music draws on various philosophies and genres that result in a lean, decisive sound.
A ‘popular’ funeral turned out to be led by a great dancer.
Tumi Mogorosi’s album, Project Elo, brings together the eloquent sounds of accomplished jazz musicians and opera singers.
Jazz singer Nomfundo Xaluva has won the 2014 Arts and Culture Trust ImpACT Award for Young Professionals in the music and singing category.
The international event shone the spotlight on the extraordinary impact the country’s musicians – past and present – have had on the genre.
There are no solos in the Maji Maji album, as one would expect from a jazz album. The album is then perhaps an unconscious rebellion.
NY Arts is bringing live jazz events to South Africa’s townships to give residents the opportunity to enjoy experiences usually reserved for the city.
This year’s Arts Alive programme has a strong focus on theatre and reinforces the important role art plays in improving the quality of lives.
Musicians Jonas Gwangwa, Roy Hargrove, Christian Scott and more are set to perform at this year’s Joy of Jazz at the Sandton Convention Centre.
Young musicians from South Africa and abroad are set to up the ante with exciting new vibes at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival.
New live jazz club and bistro The Orbit hopes to position Johannesburg as the jazz capital of Africa.
Carlo Mbombelli, a jazz enthusiast and lecturer. If he’s not busy teaching, he can be found on stage and in studio.
The Standard Bank Joy of Jazz has announced Grammy Award-winners Gregory Porter and Roy Hargrove as part of its line-up this year.
Hugh Masekela gets real about knowing your roots, struggle songs, and writing some of his greatest hits.
Standard Bank’s Young Artist of the Year for Jazz Kyle Shepherd may only be 26 but his music and discography makes him something of a veteran.
A new biography pays tribute to the innovative South African pianist and arranger Chris McGregor.
Model-turned-pop star ChianoSky is making an impact on the local music scene.
Jamaican artist’s free-ranging vocals mixed with
bottom-heavy rhythms signals a new trend in reggae.
Bassist Mlungisi Gegana pays tribute to ?Johnny Dyani at the Joy of Jazz this weekend.
Renowned Capetonian vocalist Sathima Bea Benjamin, who was launched onto the world’s stage by jazz legend Duke Ellington, has died.
Ten things you should know about Shane Cooper, the bassist and composer who is the recipient of this year’s Standard Bank Young Artist award for jazz.
Two things flow fairly easily during the Cape Town International Jazz Festival: great music, obviously, and an unwarranted supply of alcohol.
Mpho Moshe Matheolane remembers buying his first book and how long it him took to finally read it.
First National Bank remains blissfully unaware of the bitter paradox in its use of the iconography of June 16 to peddle financial services.
Obituary: Victor Ntoni (1947 – 2013)
Darius Brubeck reflects on his father’s passing, as well as the jazz legend’s South African connections.
M&G arts editor Matthew Krouse picks the brains of five winners of the 2013 Standard Bank Young Artist Awards.
Despite a few mishaps and delays, this year’s Joy of Jazz eventually found its groove, says Mpho Moshe Matheolane.