Congo Square, a section inside the Jazz Fest fairgrounds, is home to artists, vendors, and craftspeople from across the African continent. The area features colors, sounds, and craftsmanship from ...

Louis Tebugo Moholo-Moholo was born in St Monica’s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa on 10 March 1940. He’d not have appreciated that introduction, once chastising an interviewer: Ah, no! My name is ...

Area inside fairgrounds features artists, vendors from across African continent ...

At New Orleans’ Jazz Fest, Congo Square is highlighting African heritage with artists, vendors, and craftspeople from across the continent. Exhibitors from Ghana, West Africa, and South Africa are ...

Each year, thousands of music lovers come together for the international Jazz festival in Cape Town, ranked among the top-ten best jazz festivals in the world. "This is my fourth or fifth year ...

Vocalist NALEDI showcases original music and classics of South African jazz. Vocalist, educator, and storyteller NALEDI; Lumanyano Mzi, drums; Ciara Moser, bass; Shahar Amdor, saxophone; Ely Perlman, ...

Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Mother Africa season continued last weekend with two concerts featuring South African contemporary pianist and composer Nduduzo Makhathini performing the music of Bheki ...

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 ...

After months of rehearsals, about 1,000 Milwaukee students will perform tap, tango and African jazz at the Mad Hot Rhythm ...

It is not uncommon for jazz artists to borrow from world music to enliven their pieces—adding a dash of spice as it were. It is even rarer (with Latin jazz being an exception) for musicians to dive ...

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 ...