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.
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?
Swiss-French trumpeter Erik Truffaz blurs boundaries with his richly textural explorations of musical atmospherics.
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.
He has many awards behind him, but for Andre Petersen his career purpose lies in faith, love and learning.
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.
British flute-player Eddie Parker will be joining pianist Afrika Mkhize at the National Arts Festival.
Pianist Tete Mbambisa re-emerges from the shadows with an album that develops some of his greatest jazz hits.
Adam Glasser has forged his career in jazz by re-interpreting classics from South Africa on his chromatic harmonica.
The director’s craggy masculinity and individualism are not suited to a subject as subtle as Dave Brubeck.