Dele Olojede

Tenor saxophonist Rico Jones is a musician who found his voice at age thirteen in a Denver gospel band, and that sacred foundation has informed every note since. After earning two degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and being mentored by the likes of Sonny Rollins and George Coleman,…

When we speak about the defining voices of South African jazz today, the name Thandi Ntuli is central to the conversation. She is an artist who approaches the piano, and her own voice, with a rare combination of fearlessness and generosity. Her work is a bridge where African musical heritage…

Sonya Mazumdar is the co-founder of JazzRenyon — a platform launched in 2023 with Alain Courbis and Mustapha Terki, and together they are on a mission to support, promote and network the jazz scene of Reunion Island and the entire Indian Ocean basin. Mauritius. Seychelles. Comoros. Madagascar. And Reunion itself…

In Jabavu, Soweto, there is a centre where a child can walk through the door with nothing but curiosity—and walk out, years later, with a scholarship to one of the world's great music institutions. It is called the Morris Isaacson Centre for Music. The centre is closely tied to the…

We sit with Stacey Kent, one of the defining vocalists of our time. She is a singer whose work moves between literature and jazz, and whose collaborations with Nobel Prize-winning author Kazuo Ishiguro have redefined the relationship between storytelling and song. With over a billion streams, a Grammy nomination, and…