Violinist and multimedia artist Laura Ortman stood onstage at the Stone, a performance space in New York City, earlier this month clad in a bejeweled paisley jacket with a bow under her arm.

For Jazz musicians in 2021, two was the magic number

On a small island where the Senegal River meets the sea, hundreds of mask-wearing jazz enthusiasts listened to French-Senegalse vocalist Awa Ly sing a blues for uncertain times. Last year COVID-19 halted Saint Louis' jazz festival for the first time in its 29-year history. This year it was back, bringing much needed life to the Island of Saint Louis, a UNESCO World Heritage site famed for its colonial architecture and pastel-coloured houses.

Jazz is back in Senegal's St Louis

Jazz lovers and aspiring musicians recently packed into a social hall in Soweto, South Africa to watch American Grammy-winning trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and his 15-strong Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JLCO) play ahead of a Jazz festival in the country.

South African youth fine tune music skills with Jazz maestro, Wynton Marsalis

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For Jazz musicians in 2021, two was the magic number

Jazz is back in Senegal's St Louis

South African youth fine tune music skills with Jazz maestro, Wynton Marsalis