Jazz for the struggle and the struggle for jazz
The Rainbow is one of many art spaces struggling to survive the Covid-19 lockdown. The venue’s place in the history of South African jazz and the struggle against apartheid is extraordinary.
Jazz
Musicians working together can change the world
American clarinettist and composer Angel Bat Dawid and South African drummer Asher Gamedze talk free jazz, collective collaboration and dismantling the system.
Landmarks in SA Jazz | Mannenberg
The iconic music of Abdullah Ibrahim’s Mannenberg, recorded in 1974, celebrated contemporary South African reality as well as capturing it for all time.
Bridging the black Atlantic in jazz
The collaboration of Zimbabwean musician Thomas Mapfumo and African American jazz trumpeter Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, broke new ground and should have grown cult status.