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All Hail Angélique!: At the age of 64, the Beninese-French singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo lives joyfully, performs powerfully and gives relentlessly. Photo: Patrick Fouque

Angélique Kidjo still sings with purpose

The Grammy-winning icon brings joy, power and purpose to the stage — and there’s no sign she’s slowing down

The best of jazz is back at the North Sea festival

After a two-year break, jazz aficionados are gathering in Rotterdam in the Netherlands for a three-day musical feast

Herbie Hancock, a Buddhist for over 40 years, says it has a profound impact on not only his music but his life. (Douglas Kirkland)

Herbie Hancock and the recurring bridging of time

Herbie Hancock speaks about how his spirituality influences his approach to life and music and about jazz’s role in striving for a better planet

Wayne Shorter had an emotionally taxing life, which inevitably coloured his tone on the saxophone

Spirituality at the core of sax great’s sound

Oyama Mabandla explores the idea that artistic success has spiritual bliss at its centre.

Winehouse rules Grammys, Soweto choir wins award

British pop singer Amy Winehouse, whose rapid descent from promising newcomer to emaciated junkie played out in the full glare of the public eye last year, took home five Grammy…

Top jazz players pay tribute to Oscar Peterson

Oscar Peterson’s dazzling keyboard technique, commanding sense of swing and mastery of different piano styles from boogie woogie to bebop could leave even his most accomplished…

A total funk-up

This year’s Cape Town International Jazz Festival features intense gyrations on and off stage, writes Daniel Friedman.