Africa’s music festival landscape has evolved into a multi-billion dollar industry, and as we sit here , it’s impossible to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sacré-Cœur Basilica, Paris, France In the roaring twenties, the world buzzed with jazz rhythms and a spirit of liberation. It was ...

“Nedbank is proud to stand alongside the first African edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival. Franschhoek represents ...

Randy Weston, an esteemed pianist whose music and scholarship advanced the argument — now broadly accepted — that jazz is, at its core, an African music, died Saturday at his home in New York. He was ...

Jazz at Lincoln Center will launch its “Mother Africa” season with the world premiere of “Afro!,” a new commission by managing and artistic director — and jazz legend — Wynton Marsalis, on Sept. 18–20 ...

The concert DUKE IN AFRICA, exploring the influence of African music on Duke Ellington, plays through Jan. 17. We spoke with ...

Legendary South African vocalist Sathima Bea Benjamin will begin digitally reissuing her long out-of-print catalogue this year, including her 1963 album with Duke Ellington (A Morning in Paris), all ...

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 ...

Exploring jazz, this episode features Manu Dibango, King Sunny Adé, Noa and more. From highlife music to musette on the road where European and African music converge, we discover the diverse ...

Jazz aficionados, rejoice! The Cape Town Jazzathon is celebrating its 29th anniversary at the V&A Waterfront this weekend.