Jazz was likewise rooted in Southern African American music, yet it was a band of white musicians, billing themselves as the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, who first recorded jazz music. By the 1920s, ...

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Three global artistes will appear at the third edition of BC International Jazz Festival Series (BCIJF) which will take place on Saturday 15th February 2025 at the Carnivore Grounds.

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Along the way we meet key figures like feared and maligned pan-African activist and advisor ... It was a time, after all, when jazz greats like Louis Armstrong and Melba Liston were dispatched ...