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Live Sessions: Poetry & Jazz with Myesha Jenkings
Jazzuary FM recently hosted Live Sessions, the Poetry Edition. The first of the Jazzuary Live Session – Poetry Edition. It was an evening of Jazz Poetry […]
ReadThe Life and Times of Amara Touré from Guinea
By Zuko Komisa To fully appreciate the eclectic music that is Afro-Cuban jazz, it’s important to celebrate those who pioneered this sound. One such person is […]
ReadExplore Afro Cuban music in these three Cuban cities.
By Zuko Komisa While the internet allows us to experience, virtually that is, what is out there in the worlds, nothing comes close to experiencing a […]
ReadAfro-Cuban Dance – The Rumba, Salsa and Timba
By Zuko Komisa The impact of Afro Cuban music can be seen all over the world, with popular dances being exported to many parts of the […]
ReadIs Jazz for everyone?
By Dinika Naidoo and Vusumzi Nkomo Historically, Jazz gigs in South Africa were notorious for their interracial mixing, not only on stage but as popular sight […]
ReadThe nation mourns the passing of Mama Dorothy Masuka
By Zuko Komisa The nation mourns the death of legendary african jazz musician Mama Dorothy Masuka, confirmed last night by her family. She was a pioneer, and […]
ReadUnderstanding Signature Jazz soundscape instruments
By Zuko Komisa The evolution of Jazz as we know it came full circle in the 1950s through innovators we still look to for inspiration and […]
ReadReflecting on the role Jazz played for Activism and Social Justice.
By Zuko Komisa At the height of the then Civil Rights Movement, the relevance of the Jazz genre rose to prominance as the music that made […]
ReadCool jazz, free jazz and evolving jazz conventions
By Zuko Komisa The late 1940s came with a changing tide that gave birth to an original style of jazz music called cool jazz, a sound […]
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