South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim laughs when he remembers a gig he played shortly after he moved to America in ...

“Bach? Beethoven? We’ve got better,” Mandela once said of the musician who just turned 90.

Masekela was given his first trumpet at the age of 14 Legendary jazz trumpeter Hugh Masekela, a leading figure in the struggle to end apartheid and "the father of South African jazz", has died ...

African American music forms of slave ... incorporated into the repertoires of music reading players at home as well as in clubs. Jazz's New Orleans roots represent just one stage of growth ...

Jazz blends elements from varied traditions, including African and African American ... scattering jazz musicians, who join riverboat bands or move to cities such as Memphis, Chicago, St.