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 ...

1. Noto Sangoma - African Jazz Pioneers; 2. Thaba Bosiu - Sipho Mabuse; 3. African Marketplace - Abdullah Ibrahim; 4. Tunji's Song - Chris McGregor & the Brotherhood of Breath; 5. Cabbage and Roti - ...

Six-time Grammy-nominated and two-time Edison Award winner Chief Adjuah brought “stretch music” —his own jazz-rooted, culture-combining musical style — to campus on Friday evening. Adjuah performed ...

It’s 100 years since the birth of reedman Jeremiah Morolong “Kippie” Moeketsi on 27 July 1925. He was one of the most influential saxophonists shaping South Africa’s modern jazz style. His death in ...