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The little giant from South Africa who took an epic jazz journey
While preparing for a jazz concert on November 13, 2021, I learned of the passing of my South African soul music brother and childhood idol, Barney Rachabane. He was 75 years old. The words of American alto saxophonist Eric Dolphy…
For Barney Rachabane, jazz was a way of life: New Frame
When the South African media finally notices the passing of saxophone hero Barney Rachabane on November 13 - at the time of writing, 36 hours later, only one newspaper did - they will undoubtedly highlight his participation in…
Original Jazz Malcolm Jiyane Plays It Forward: New Frame
For a while, musician Malcolm Jiyane has been jazz's worst-kept secret.
He had been on the radar of serious fans for almost 10 years, first as the fearless and original teenage trombone voice from the Gauteng Academy of Music…
Zimbabwe: Feli Nandi ready to spark sparks at Night jazz and soul concert
Talented Afro-fusion singer and musician Feli Nandi, born Felistus Chipendo, has said she is ready to set Harare on fire in a nighttime concert scheduled for tonight.
The nightly show, which will be hosted by Theater in the Park, was…
Jazz artists go solo in lockdown: New Frame
The world has been shaped over the past year and a half in an Edward Hopper painting, an art whose core is a reminder that humanity's default state is isolation. To face it, our jazz universe has turned to the solo piano in…
South Africa: jazz artists go solo during confinement
Five solo piano albums released in South Africa during the Covid-19 pandemic give substance and sound to our quest for meaning in the isolation of the moment.
The world has been shaped over the past year and a half in an Edward Hopper…
Jazzfest Berlin 2021 (starts November 4, digital guide released) – London Jazz News
START OF PRESS RELEASE: Numerous musicians from New York, Berlin, Cairo, São Paulo and Johannesburg and all over Europe will be presented with around 40 projects at Jazzfest Berlin 2021 Three digital guides with exclusive contributions on…
With a book and an album, Jeremy Pelt pays homage to the pushers of the limits of jazz
Pelt, whose quintet will perform the project's music at Scullers on Friday, decided to attempt something similar, in which prominent black musicians speak candidly about the race and tradition of jazz with a trusted peer.He began…
Malcolm Jiyane: Review of Umdali – South African Jazz That Affords Life | Jazz
Eince Hugh Masekela and Abdullah Ibrahim formed the Jazz Epistles in the 1950s, South African jazz musicians have reworked the American genre. The country sound combines the chromaticism of the bebop with a deeply swayed lope; in his…
What would summer days be without jazz and cocktails?
#CourvoisierMoments - an award-winning jazz and cognac cocktail. (Image: Instagram Photos / Ramsy)
She dances barefoot, wearing the…