It is not uncommon for jazz artists to borrow from world music to enliven ... The suite incorporates at its rhythmic core the instruments and patterns of West African music. Each of the songs is based ...

There are many different instruments used in jazz music such as saxophones ... Call and response originates from African work songs. One person would sing a line (the call), which is followed ...

As producer of Africa’s most popular jazz gathering, which has for years ... “If they are going to need a certain type of instrument, we need to know early so that we outsource it,” she ...

The pianist and composer performed at SFJazz in March with Tim Norton and Malachi Whitson. He spoke to KALW Music Editor ...