Reflecting on a poignant year, 2025 saw South Africa bid farewell to many beloved artists, actors and cultural figures whose legacies continue to shape our creative landscape.

His life in music was a struggle against narrow definitions - of ‘race’, instrumental appropriateness and musical genre.

The Big Apple” refers to New York City, but the nickname stems from a popular 1930’s jazz dance, born at the “Big Apple” club ...

From 2015 through 2020, a personal research project included my reading dozens of jazz books and related media. They included mainstays such as the massive reference The Penguin Guide to Jazz ...

He played the type of music that really resonated with his audience. It was feel-good music. It was people’s music.” ...

Join us for the Cape Town International Jazz Festival 2026, featuring Grammy-winning artists and a celebration of South ...

The word jazz is far too narrow for the musicianship of multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator T.K. Blue.

Genre-defying musical prodigy Jacob Collier will headline the 23rd Cape Town International Jazz Festival in March 2026, ...

A new documentary, "The Best of the Best: Jazz from Detroit," will premiere on Prime Video on Dec. 9. The film is based on the 2019 book "Jazz from Detroit" by former Detroit Free Press reporter Mark ...

It's only the second time Dave Koz & Friends has come to Tucson and it will likely be the last. The jazz saxophonist says he ...

At 22 years of age, the up-and-coming Cape Town-reared bassist Benjamin Jephta introduced himself to the wider world via Homecoming (Self Produced, 2015), an engrossing debut featuring South African ...

Rui 瑞 attended Oberlin Conservatory, where she studied with jazz-fusion great Billy Hart and minored in African American music. She graduated in May 2024, and since relocating here she’s been active ...