Fewer know the extraordinary story of jazz in South Africa which, starting in a mood of cheerfulness, eventually became a means of resistance to a form of racism – apartheid – that became ever ...

Everyone knows how jazz, intertwined with the deeper sound of blues, emerged as the indomitable musical voice of black ...

Darius Brubeck has “played the changes” both as a musician, and politically, through deep involvement in the cultural ...

Masekela was given his first trumpet at the age of 14 Legendary jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela, a leading figure in the struggle to end apartheid and "the father of South African jazz", has died ...

The 13-song album features compositions from several iconic South African jazz legends including, Themba Mkhize, Jimmy Dludlu, Caiphus Semenya and Bheki Mseleku among other iconic jazz artists.

making his name in the UK in the 1980s playing with fellow South African jazz exiles in Chris McGregor's legendary Brotherhood of Breath and, later, Dudu Pukwana's Zila. Hi-Life International ...

South Africa jazz trombonist and composer Jonas Gwangwa, whose music powered the anti-apartheid struggle, died on Saturday aged 83, the presidency said. President Cyril Ramaphosa led the tributes ...

The celebrated artist with deep roots in South Africa has won numerous accolades, including the prestigious Standard Bank ...

South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim laughs when he remembers a gig he played shortly after he moved to America in 1965. “There was this club in New York and I suggested that I bring my ...

Hardly a fortnight out, the album A Dance More Sweetly Played, by the Kyle Shepherd Trio, has already been garnering massive ...