French pianist Charlotte Reinhardt reconnects with herself on intimate album 'Colors'
We also look at releases from Franco-American jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, Danish vocalist Nana Rashid and American rock band The National.
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Ezra Collective: London quintet brings jazz to a new generation and party on stage
The quintet recently released their second album “Where I’m meant to be”. Brotherly duo Femi and TJ Koleoso tell FRANCE24’s Florence Villeminot what inspired the album and how they're on a mission to bring the world of jazz to a younger generation and show that it isn’t dusty or elitist but fun.
Ana Carla Maza: Cuban cellist brings rock energy to life and music
We also hear the story of Brazilian rapper Sagat B, an ex-convict who rebuilt his life through music and now mentors young children from a favela in Rio de Janeiro.
An ‘eye-opening’ discovery: Jazz drummer Gregory Hutchinson discovers ancestral past
Before the arrival of the Portuguese in 1575, Luanda was a trading outpost for the great Kongo and Ndongo Kingdoms. Five centuries later, the city of Luanda is rediscovering, confronting and embracing its past and hoping to establish itself as one of the most historic cities on the African continent – especially for those among the global Angolan Diaspora.