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 ...

This article was first published on All About Jazz in January 2004. South Africa has always been a little different from other countries on the African continent. That uniqueness has extended in many ...

The country has a rich, original relationship to jazz, with American techniques layered into regional traditions and rhythms. Explore 50 years of recordings picked by musicians, poets and writers. By ...

In a remarkable fusion of culture and creativity, the Montreux Jazz Festival Franschhoek (MJFSA) is set to paint its identity into history as the first-ever Montreux Jazz Festival on African soil.

Acclaimed singer, songwriter, and playwright Somi has been announced as Spotify's EQUAL Africa artist for the month of August. Celebrated globally for her narrative richness and genre-defying sound, ...

Better late, they say, than never. Twenty-nine years after his passing, Afrobeat legend and fearless political activist Fela Kuti received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He joins an illustrious ...

Duke Ellington rejected it, Charles Mingus was ambivalent about it, and Wynton Marsalis is okay with it. For many African American musicians the word “jazz” is a double-edged term, sometimes ...

South Africa’s jazz greats take centre stage at Jozi Gold, with performances by Abathwebuli Trio, Louis Mhlanga and Herbie Tsoaeli.

The Black Art Jazz Collective came together in 2013, with saxophonist Wayne Escoffery, trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, trombonist James Burton III, pianist Xavier Davis, bassist Dwayne Burno, and drummer ...

Artwork connected to jazz from both sides of the Atlantic-painting, photography, books-can be seen across America this month. ByChadd Scott, Contributor. Forbes contributors publish independent expert ...