Jazz Guitarist Jonathan Butler When Jonathan Butler came to Kenya in 2010 for a Sierra Jazz Concert, he told Jeff Koinange that he would love to come back to Kenya and hopefully…
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Jack Ojiambo is back with Jazz Essentials on Nation FM
Lawyer, Jazz enthusiast, and radio presenter Jack Ojiambo is back on Radio after leaving Capital FM where he was the Capital Jazz Club host for almost two decades. Jack will be the…
Simphiwe Dana to launch her latest album Firebrand in Kenya
One of the cover artworks from Simphiwe’s new album Firebrand Its not everyday you get to hear that an internationally acclaimed, non Kenyan artist has chosen to launch their album in Kenya.…
Jimmy Dludlu for the Next Safaricom Jazz evening in December
South African Jazz Musician Jimmy Dludlu (image courtesy) Last night was the much anticipated evening of Jazz with Nigerian born guitarist Kunle Ayo at the Carnivore grounds. The concert which started a…
Nigerian Jazz Guitarist Kunle Ayo for the Safaricom International Jazz Festival evening
Nigerian born Jazz Guitarist & Musician Kunle Ayo The Inaugural Safaricom International Jazz Festival brought one of Africa’s Jazz great, Cameroonian Jazz Bassist and musician Richard Bona in late February this year.…
Simphiwe Dana releases Nzima, A Kenyan Concert perhaps
If there is a woman who completely took on the spirit of the late Miriam Makeba, then its Simphiwe Dana From her sound, to her style of both music and dressing, Dana…
4 concerts in Nairobi to mark World International Jazz Day
30th April is a day that was set aside as a culmination of the celebration of Jazz in the month April to become the World International Jazz Day by UNESCO in 2011.…
Sights and Sounds from the Safaricom Jazz Festival 2014
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“People in Africa are changing their minds about Jazz” Richard Bona
I had a rare opportunity of talking to Jazz Bassist and Musician Richard Bona who is in the country for the first Safaricom International Jazz Festival taking place this Saturday, 23rd Feb…