Jazz at Lincoln Center kicked off their 2025-2026 season with MOTHER AFRICA, a concert consisting of compositions primarily ...

Musician Chief Adjuah Inspires Through 'Stretch Music,' African-Jazz By Rowan Wallin and Ashley Lee Mar 8, 2025 8:00 pm · Updated Apr 3, 2025 10:47 pm Reading time: about 4 minutes ...

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 ...

The needless death of South African jazz trumpeter and flautist Mongezi Feza in 1975 (in London, from untreated pneumonia) moved his friends to express their grief and anger in the studio.

It’s a big weekend of celebrating African American Heritage with Culture Fest and an Ethnic and Heritage Jazz Festival, but ...

The band's sound drifted away from the reggae, jazz and pop that dominate Ethiopia's music scene as it took on new members. "When we first came together, we didn't have the plan to create a rock band.

A lot of band cats from Birmingham, then they moved to New York," said Daniel Carr Jr., a jazz musician in Birmingham. Modern music genres like pop, rock, rap and R&B all have roots in jazz music.