South African rising jazz star, Thabang Tabane. Lidudumalingani Mqombothi September 24, 2018 Jazz isn’t dead: it’s just moved to new venues Gwen Ansell, University of Pretoria For a musician anywhere, surviving and prospering within the genre called jazz has never been easy, and it still isn’t.
Q-Tip (L) of A Tribe Called Quest performing in 2013. Gian Ehrenzeller/EPA May 6, 2018 Why hip-hop needs to be taken more seriously in academic circles Adam de Paor-Evans, University of Central Lancashire A greater synergy between academics and practitioners is needed to progress hip hop for it to be taken seriously as a core area for study.
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.