African Jazz

Moya is her quiet insistence that excellence, faith and African high art can hold grief without spectacle

Tresor reflects on a decade of award-winning African pop, his groundbreaking collaborations with Drake and Hugh Masekela and the music that inspires him today

The 2025 Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz reflects on her beginnings, her inspirations and her vision for South African jazz

Cape Town prodigy Lumanyano Mzi returns home to share the musical flair that carried him to global stages

The avant-garde music transcends boundaries, blending healing sounds and community roots

The collaboration between Thomas Mapfumo and Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, broke new ground and should have grown cult status

In the face of dwindling writing about South African jazz, bassist and composer Carlo Mombelli’s new offering is a repository for future historians.

It took years for Ayanda Sikade to release the album Movements, which secures his place in the jazz idiom

One thing Philip Tabane left us remains definite: that it is possible to influence others as much as it is possible to learn from them.

A chance comment about Nduduzo Makhathini reveals the ignorant disdain in which many people hold those who succeed

The Ethiopian jazz master continues to attract attention with his very own blend of Ethio-Jazz

The distinct voice full of charm and realness is gone. But there is still so much music, enough music to heal us and teach us for lifetimes to come.

Coming to grips with this moment of disillusionment means finding new ways to use our voices

Letta Mbulu and Caiphus Semenya are finally signing off on a project that’s been in the making for 20 years

Stimela’s beloved storyteller constantly indulged his thirst for learning and his quest for meaning.