LA LUNAR – Jozi’s newest ultra-lounge

La Lunar (meaning midnight in Latin) is Jozi’s newest club designed around a lounge theme. Featuring a modern contemporary décor, sophistication and comfort is the main focus with the white-on-white seating featuring a touch of red.

Legendary Hugh Masekela to jazz up Cape Town

“Jazz, like any artistic phenomenon, represents the sum of an addition. The factors of this addition are, to my mind, African music, French and American music and folklore,” wrote Robert Goffin, Belgian jazz critic, in one of his 1940s writings.

Jazz Festival’s Esperanza Spalding, wins the 2011 Best New Artist GRAMMY® Award

Bassist, singer and composer Esperanza Spalding has won the GRAMMY® Award for Best New Artist at the 53rd Annual GRAMMY® Awards on Sunday, 13 February 2011 in Los Angeles. Spalding is the first jazz musician to ever win the Best New Artist GRAMMY® Award. Her inclusion in this mainstream category signified her considerable appeal to a broad audience. She was nominated along with Justin Bieber, Drake, Florence & the Machine, and Mumford & Sons.