Abdullah Ibrahim, who has died aged 91, was a giant of jazz who was indelibly associated with his people’s struggle against ...

Gloria Bosman, the renowned South African jazz singer, composer, and songwriter, has died at the age of 50, leaving the music industry in grief. Her death was confirmed by the South African Music ...

South African jazz pianist, composer and improviser who cast a spell on audiences all over the world ...

While there are those who place flowers upon graves to honour the dead, others dust off the archives to reissue the music of an artist lost to time. Pianist Gideon Nxumalo, who died in 1970, was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Abdullah Ibrahim's last performance was in his home town of Cape Town in March [AFP via Getty Images] Abdullah Ibrahim, who helped ...

JOHANNESBURG: Globally celebrated South African jazz icon Abdullah Ibrahim, who performed at Nelson Mandela’s 1994 presidential inauguration, has died at age 91, his family announced in a statement ...

Adolph Johannes Brand was born on 9 October 1934 in Cape Town. He would become better known as Dollar Brand and then Abdullah Ibrahim, an artist of mixed ethnic descent who personified the city’s ...

At 64, McCoy Mrubata is a commanding presence on the South African jazz scene. A Cape Town native who now resides in Johannesburg along with his wife and four children, Mrubata has won many awards and ...

Bokani Dyer is not just a leading figure in contemporary South African jazz, he's also a living link to its history. His father, saxophonist Steve Dyer, was part of Medu, a radical multi-disciplinary ...

We were all pre-occupied with the tragic xenophobic attacks happening in South Africa to the extent that focus was almost lost on another event in that country, the sad loss of Abdullah Ibrahim, South ...

The accomplished musician, who recorded over 70 albums in his career, died peacefully in Germany after a short illness ...