Vijay Iyer. Lena Adasheva April 11, 2018 Can jazz be ‘woke’ or is it ‘just compressed air through a metal tube’? Gwen Ansell, University of Pretoria Explorations of form and sound in jazz are essentially political. They challenge the status quo in society by interrogating categories and barriers.
Mulatu Astatke. Alexis Maryon March 21, 2018 The father of Ethiopian jazz, Mulatu Astatke, remains a musician in motion Kay Kaufman Shelemay, Harvard University Veteran Ethiopian jazz musician Mulatu Astatke continues to have an extraordinary mobility and exposure to a wide range of musical sounds.
Saxophonist Kamasi Washington will be performing at the 2017 Cape Town International Jazz Festival. March 5, 2017 Afrofuturistic, cosmic jazz comes to the Motherland Michael Shakib Bhatch, University of the Western Cape Something really magical is happening at the intersection between jazz and hip-hop at the moment. Many of the artists involved will be playing at Africa’s foremost jazz festival.