Safaricom Jazz

Music collaborations are usually a spectacular way to meld two genres or two fans bases to yield incredible results. Earlier this year, I did a review of musicians to look…

Jazz is seemingly becoming popular in Kenya. Last week, fans thronged the Uhuru Gardens on a weekday for the Safaricom Jazz Lounge. Surprisingly, young fans trooped in more than the…

Nairobi Horns Project Debut Performance at Joy of Jazz I am a sucker for good music. It is not news anyway. I have a ritual every beginning of the week,…

The Afrosynthesis Experience Award-winning jazz & Afro-jazz fusion band, Shamsi Music curated an experience that celebrated Africa through music. The AfroSynthesis Experience was a Jazz party that we couldn’t resist…

If you know me personally, then you know that I absolutely love jazz. I am just from the 19th Cape Town Jazz Festival, and my whole inner being is still…

Kavutha Mwanzia Asiyo Jazz in Kenya today reflects the culture of the beautiful people of Kenya. Just like any other medium of communication TV, radio, internet and music in general.…

April is jazz appreciation month, and April 30th is International Jazz Day. In the early 1940s, a small group of musicians would meet in two small clubs late at night…

  I found out about the Nairobi Horns Project through stalking one of their members… I was so intrigued by videos MacKinlay Mutsembi used to upload of a band he…

The Safaricom international Jazz festival held on 21st February 2016 was a treat for the young and old as well. I went to the event to experience musical tastes beyond…

This will be a night I won’t forget, a bevy of Jazz and soul fans are going to throng the Carnivore grounds on the third of December for the Safaricom…