Standard Bank Joy of Jazz Festival
There have been few innovative contributions that have sparked such polemical responses as the tussle over the categorisation of malombo as jazz,...
The Sandton Convention Centre is a buzzing labyrinth of glass, its escalators laden with revellers hungry for jazz.
It’s been 18 years of celebrating jazz music on South African soil through the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz festival, which kicks off on...
The annual Joy of Jazz moved to the Sandton Convention Centre, which has also been confirmed as the venue for the next five years. For the...
In a dense and soothing voice, akin to her contralto register, Grammy award-winning vocalist Dianne Reeves shares her thoughts on the "importance...
Jazz vocalist Gregory Porter – who has been called "the brilliant new voice of jazz" and two-time Grammy Award-winning...
I can honestly say that the 2012 Joy of Jazz festival was a good one, with the exception of certain unavoidable mishaps and a vision that...
Oscar Rachabane (22) is a quirky hipster from Soweto. As he plays Miriam Makeba's Lakutshon Ilanga on his saxophone, he taps his shiny shoes on the...
Jazz aficionados are likening the Joy of Jazz line-up to another significant event -- "This is like the World Cup of jazz" -- because of the...
How do you define the success of a jazz festival?
"This is music from home. Why wouldn't it be? Why shouldn't it be?" declares Kyle Shepherd on his Sama-nominated debut quartet album, fineART.
'Who's got the power?” asks Ravi Coltrane. 'You've got the power!” echoes a voice from the darkness. 'Do you want us to carry on playing? Yeah?...
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