The January 15-17 show pays tribute to the influence of African music on the work of renowned jazz artist Duke Ellington. We ...

At 64, McCoy Mrubata is a commanding presence on the South African jazz scene. A Cape Town native who now resides in Johannesburg along with his wife and four children, Mrubata has won many awards and ...

While there are those who place flowers upon graves to honour the dead, others dust off the archives to reissue the music of an artist lost to time. Pianist Gideon Nxumalo, who died in 1970, was ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Smooth-voiced South ...

Queeneth Ndaba, a South African jazz advocate who managed Johannesburg’s most influential home of art and culture during the darkest days of apartheid, died Aug. 15 at a hospital in Boksburg. She was ...

The Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF) has been building anticipation since early February with its artist rollouts, and the excitement has been electric. Now, as we reach the final phase ...

University of Pretoria provides funding as a partner of The Conversation AFRICA. The immediate public reaction to the death of Gloria Bosman from a short respiratory illness on 14 March 2023 was ...

She’s the first African woman to be nominated for a Grammy Award in a jazz category. She is also the first Rwandan or Ugandan to ever be nominated for a Grammy. And she is the first East African actor ...

At 2 p.m. Feb. 3, I met John Fleming, his sister, and Ruby Miller, at the American Museum of Science and Energy. It was my privilege to provide a tour to acquaint our speaker for the evening with ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Smooth-voiced South African jazz musician Gloria Bosman has been lauded for her contribution to the country’s music industry in a career spanning more than two decades. Bosman died ...