Jazz & Africa, Diaspora Connections April 4 Journey Through Jazz: Overtures to Africa The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Domo ...

With his first album in 10 years, Mulatu Plays Mulatu, recorded in both London and Addis Ababa, 81 year-old Mulatu Astatke, native of Jimma, Ethiopia and father of Ethio jazz, reimagines a portion of ...

The festival has unveiled artists’ line-up, promising to reaffirm its status as Africa's Grandest Gathering, an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sacré-Cœur Basilica, Paris, France In the roaring twenties, the world buzzed with jazz rhythms and a spirit of liberation. It was ...

Lalah Hathaway joins Robert Glasper & Bilal, as Matt Hansen, Tigran Hamasyan and rising local talent Caleb Dlamini complete ...

Two major jazz festivals. One weekend. The Western Cape’s music scene braces for an unusual clash between a global brand and ...

Randy Weston, an esteemed pianist whose music and scholarship advanced the argument — now broadly accepted — that jazz is, at its core, an African music, died Saturday at his home in New York. He was ...

Jazz played a quiet but powerful role in the fight against apartheid in South Africa. Artists like Hugh Masekela and Abdullah Ibrahim used music to protest racial segregation, promote unity, and give ...

NYC bassist and composer Essiet Okon Essiet is teaming up with local talent to honor jazz bass legends at the Sofia Theatre ...

Discover how Cape Town's fashion scene is set to shine at the upcoming fashion show, featuring renowned designer Jacques ...

The globally acclaimed jazz-inspired, multi-genre festival will offer attendees a blend of international acts, local stars, ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Trumpeter and singer Hugh Masekela, known as the "father of South African jazz" who used his music in the fight against apartheid, has died from prostate cancer, his family ...