Its jazz is both similar and different from American jazz. First of all, at the time—the late '40s-50s—we wouldn't even call it jazz if we didn't identify so completely with Black Americans, both in ...

The Cape Town Jazz Greats Homecoming series is all that jazz. For those who can’t stomach the thought of existential dread ...

The Cape Town International Jazz Festival takes place over two jam-packed nights, on five simultaneous stages. Now in its sixteenth year, it also includes a number of ancillary events during festival ...

Top jazz acts are gearing for the Cape Town International Jazz festival to be held at the end of next month. The festival, which celebrates its 10th anniversary, is known as Africa Grandest Gathering ...

The 10th annual Cape Town International Jazz Festival will be held April 3 to 4 in Cape Town, South Africa. The festival attracted 33,500 people in 2008. This year it will present 40 bands on five ...

The Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF) has a long and storied history dating back to the 2000s, and with this year’s edition being the 22nd, it is clear that through all the unexpected ...

The music industry has long been a notoriously male-dominated space, often sidelining the contributions and leadership of women. However, the Cape Town International Jazz Festival (CTIJF) - Africa's ...

In most cities, finding the hottest jazz is a matter of knowing which club to go to. But it’s not so simple in Cape Town. Although this city boasts its own jazz genre (the lilting, highly ...

THE Cape Town International Jazz Festival kicked-off on Friday night, with many of the advertised renowned artistes on parade in designated venues around the Cape Town International Convention Centre, ...

Local jazz veterans appearing at this year’s Cape Town International Jazz Festival reflect on the city’s vibrant musical heritage. There is an unsung Cape Town song in the countless devout, talented, ...