The Young Voices of Brandenburg is a jazz choir of 20 young voices - gathered from Brandenburg County around Berlin in Germany - which has developed a significant reputation for harnessing young talent in harmonic precision whilst ...

Tribe is one of the most exciting jazz bands in South Africa, playing original compositions that feature the cultural diversity and musical intensity within the band. The members of the band have a mass of individual awards ...

Tribe is one of the most exciting jazz bands in South Africa, playing original compositions that feature the cultural diversity and musical intensity within the band. The members of the band have a mass of individual awards ...

We kick-start the 2010 Jazz Festival with a really funky band from Mozambique and Cape Town. The Moreira Project is led by multi-award winning saxophonist Moreira Chonguica - a Cape Town based musician, ethnomusicologist, ...

We kick-start the 2010 Jazz Festival with a really funky band from Mozambique and Cape Town. The Moreira Project is led by multi-award winning saxophonist Moreira Chonguica - a Cape Town based musician, ethnomusicologist, ...

What do you get if you put five musicians together with a natural sensitivity for sweet melody? The lyricists! Hein Van de Geyn, Artistic Manager of the Rotterdam Jazz Academy, is one of Europe's leading bass players. ...

German-born singer and songwriter Natascha Roth divides her time between Berlin, New York and Cape Town, teaching and performing. After a Master's degree at the University of Graz, Austria, she has lectured Jazz Voice at UCT and ...

Legend has it that the Spanish conquistadores were the first Europeans to taste a fruit the Aztecs had been developing - the tomato - and, in taking it home in the 17th century, they marketed it ...

In her second opportunity to showcase her band leadership and musical direction, Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz 2010, Melanie Scholtz (vocals) brings together musicians with whom she has not previously worked, drawing inspiration ...

Standard Bank has been a central supporter of the arts in South Africa for decades and since 1984 the Standard Bank Young Artist Awards have annually recognised artists pushing the boundaries of their chosen art forms ...

Standard Bank has been a central supporter of the arts in South Africa for decades and since 1984 the Standard Bank Young Artist Awards have annually recognised artists pushing the boundaries of their chosen art forms ...

The Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Band is this year led by one of South Africa's leading jazz educators - Mike Campbell - who will put a small elite combo of the nation's very best young players ...

The Standard Bank National Schools' Big Band will show you the strides being made in the jazz education programmes in high schools around South Africa. The band brings together the best young school players in the country ...

Cape Town saxophonist Rus Nerwich "is a real jazzhead", says a jazz critic, "who should be showcased in Grahamstown." "Grahamstown - for sure," responded Nerwich when invited to perform this year. "I once drove ...

British saxophonist Jason Yarde has an impressive and diverse musical CV and his later work is significantly influenced by the music of South African jazz players. He has performed with the big bands of ...

British saxophonist Jason Yarde has an impressive and diverse musical CV and his later work is significantly influenced by the music of South African jazz players. He has performed with the big bands of ...

French poly-instrumentalist and iconoclast Braka is a drummer/sound-effects-maker/vocalist passionate about jazz and the sounds that emerge from objects, toys and electronics. His constant search for new sounds to enhance his musical expression has led ...

World-acclaimed Zimbabwean singer/guitarist Oliver Mtukudzi, or "Tuku" to his fans, has had a career that has spanned more than thirty-five years and 50 original albums (nearly all of them best-sellers) and which has seen ...

World-acclaimed Zimbabwean singer/guitarist Oliver Mtukudzi, or "Tuku" to his fans, has had a career that has spanned more than thirty-five years and 50 original albums (nearly all of them best-sellers) and which has seen ...

For decades there has been musical interaction between South Africa and Norway and trumpeter Arne Hiorth's North Sea Big Band - an innovative combination of professionals and students from both countries, drawing on compositions and arrangements from  ...

Multi-award-winning singer Judith Sephuma graces the Jazz Festival in Grahamstown this year to deliver a rare acoustic set comprised of a diverse mix of songs spanning her last three albums - A Cry, A Smile, A ...

Multi-award-winning singer Judith Sephuma graces the Jazz Festival in Grahamstown this year to deliver a rare acoustic set comprised of a diverse mix of songs spanning her last three albums - A Cry, A Smile, A ...

In The Netherlands, trumpeter Eric Vloeimans is the most lauded musician of his generation, and one constantly driven to innovation. He formed his electric-jazz project Gatecrash in 2007 and the personnel has done beautiful ...

In The Netherlands, trumpeter Eric Vloeimans is the most lauded musician of his generation, and one constantly driven to innovation. He formed his electric-jazz project Gatecrash in 2007 and the personnel has done beautiful ...

Trumpeter Feya Faku has regularly spent time in Europe, stretching his harmonic concepts and performing and recording with leading Dutch and Swiss musicians. One of those he has met in his travels is Swiss ...

The Eastern Cape has played a critical role in the development of a jazz style that is specifically South African and our country's jazz history is sprinkled with Eastern Cape jazz stars. The province is still home ...

Pianist Darius Brubeck is a member of the world's jazz aristocracy and has spent nearly three decades in South Africa, performing and teaching, playing for instance at the very first Jazz Festival in Grahamstown ...

Pianist Darius Brubeck is a member of the world's jazz aristocracy and has spent nearly three decades in South Africa, performing and teaching, playing for instance at the very first Jazz Festival in Grahamstown ...

Jazz is about more than just technical skills: it's about a shared vision of humanity; a meeting of artists intent on defining - even enhancing - the nature of the human condition. It is also about ...

"Danilo Pérez has all of the attributes of a performer, conductor, impresario, and purveyor of musical expression greatly needed in these uncertain times. His effort to bring to the world a beacon of hope ...

Jazz in Cape Town has developed on a trajectory quite different to that of the rest of the country, and one of the most popular results has been the "Cape Jazz" that has emerged. ...

Jazz in Cape Town has developed on a trajectory quite different to that of the rest of the country, and one of the most popular results has been the "Cape Jazz" that has emerged. ...

Since the late 1960s Norwegian bassist Bjørn Alterhaug has led numerous combos bearing his name, and he has accompanied many international jazz musicians visiting Scandinavia, including Ben Webster, Lee Konitz, Chet Baker, Joe Henderson ...

The music of Africa has a freshness and vitality that the world loves and responds to, and jazz musicians around the world are inspired by its rhythms and sounds. Tonight we have three very experienced South African musicians performing with ...

The a.s.k. trio is a perfect example of jazz's ability to bridge continents and cultures, in this case bringing together three musicians from Africa, Asia and Europe in a musical conversation that transcends the cultural and language barriers that normally ...

The a.s.k. trio is a perfect example of jazz's ability to bridge continents and cultures, in this case bringing together three musicians from Africa, Asia and Europe in a musical conversation that transcends the cultural and language barriers that normally ...

The Eastern Cape has played a critical role in the development of a jazz style that is specifically South African and our country's jazz history is sprinkled with Eastern Cape jazz stars. The province is still home  ...

The Young Voices of Brandenburg is a jazz choir of 20 young voices - gathered from Brandenburg County around Berlin in Germany - which has developed a significant reputation for harnessing young talent in harmonic precision whilst ...