#Safaricomjazz

Yesterday I had a word with 17 year old Grace Akinyi who plays the Tenor Saxophone at the Safaricom Youth Orchestra. She is set to graduate from the orchestra on Saturday and this year the…

Since it came to be 2014, Safaricom Jazz has become quite a story, touching on of course bringing international artists to the country, discovering and uplifting local bands and supporting the very noble course that…

Music as a career in Kenya has always been looked at with more than a little skepticism. The misconception that going down the path of a career in music is quite literally throwing your life…

Jazz music is considered by most enthusiasts as one of the purest form expressions of creativity in music. It can be spontaneous, versatile, romantic, joyful; it is the perfect soundtrack to life’s various moments.  At…

It is difficult to listen to Mary Anyango without tearing up. At just 16, this girl has been through adversity that could break anyone’s soul to pieces and lead them to completely give up on…

  Meet Joseph Omondi. He’s a music teacher at Ghetto Classics and everything he has learnt upto the point of teaching he has learned from that very Ghetto Classics. How awesome is that? Joseph is…

Safaricom Jazz is just about back and this time, it will be happening on 5th November at Uhuru Gardens. The leading artist is Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca and Fatoumata Diawara from Mali. Fonseca made his debut…

There are many things I remember about my late father and one of them is jazz. Particularly Hugh Masekela jazz which he has listened to as long as I can remember. My father worked away…

I’ve been a fan of #SafaricomJazz ever since it started. Not so much in the beginning but with time and continued introduction of jazz artist after jazz artist, the genre has since grown on me…

  ‘A gospel according to Jazz’. How utterly cool is that? That is what we’re looking forward to live at the Carnivore Grounds on the 3rd of December as the Safaricom Jazz Lounge comes in…