Dig into 13 tracks from this influential drummer and bandleader, chosen by writers and musicians including several former ...

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Zethembiso ‘Zethe’ Zimela hails from Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal. Zethe is an emerging Afro-jazz artist blending jazz, soul and ...

Exiled for much of his career, he was acknowledged universally as a pioneer and a leading light of the international free jazz scene.

Lex Futshane , the South African bass player in the 1992 student band NU Jazz Connection , was the first to tell me that the ...

Musical icon Angélique Kidjo has become the first black African performer to be selected for a star on the prestigious ...

Benin-born musician Angélique Kidjo has become the first black African selected to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Music icon Angélique Kidjo has cemented her place in history, becoming the first African artist to be awarded a star on the ...

The Vanguard’s history in pursuit of infinite progression welcomes the creative fire of drummer Billy Hart from July 8–11.

Lalo Schifrin, the Argentine composer who brought Latin rhythms, jazz, and classical mastery to some of Hollywood's most ...

Kidjo’s illustrious career spans more than four decades, during which she has emerged as one of Africa’s most formidable ...

Louis Tebugo Moholo-Moholo was a defiantly straight talker with a deep grasp of the politics of the music work he devoted his ...