Safaricom to celebrate 20 year anniversary with Safari Ya Wasanii concert on Dec 26

Makena Ndung'uDecember 24, 2020

Safaricom has announced that it plans to celebrate its 20 year anniversary with the Safari Ya Wasanii concert on December 26th. Safaricom will mark 20 years ...

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Safaricom Jazz to celebrate International Jazz Day with an African artist line-up

Staff WriterApril 17, 2019

Safaricom Jazz has announced that it will celebrate this year's International Jazz Day with a concert that will be held on 1st May at the Carnivore Grounds in N...

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Kenyan artists showcase their work at Safaricom Exhibition

Staff WriterApril 3, 2019

35 of Kenya’s leading painters and illustrators showcased their works at an exhibition held by Safaricom to celebrate artists. The artists' paintings and illust...

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Dianne Reeves & Kato Change bring the house down at Safaricom Jazz

James WamathaiOctober 23, 2018

When Safaricom Jazz was launched in 2014, there was little to show that it would grow into the well oiled machine impact machine it is now. What started as an a...

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Kenya celebrates International Jazz Day in style with Manu Dibango

Richard MureithiMay 8, 2018

Tuesday 1st of May, other than just being Labour Day, also happened to be the International Jazz Day. As such it was fitting that the Safaricom Jazz Festival wa...

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Safaricom Jazz Festival 2018 was a feast for the ears

Lena AnyuoloFebruary 27, 2018

I would describe myself as a fickle jazz fan, or rather, a fickle fan of anything really.  By this I mean I have phases during which I immerse myself almost obs...

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Kirk Whalum, Rick Braun & Norman Brown to headline the 5th edition of Safaricom Jazz Festival

Lena AnyuoloJanuary 26, 2018

American trio, Braun-Whalum-Brown (BWB) are set to headline the 5th edition of Safaricom Jazz Festival on Feb 25th 2018 at the Kasarani training grounds. For Ki...

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Eddie Grey & Chris Bittok among artists performing at Kenyan Jazz All Stars Edition on 30th April

Vanessa MwangiApril 23, 2017

International Jazz Day will be held on Sunday 30th April at the Carnivore Grounds. The concert, dubbed Kenyan Jazz All Stars Edition, will open the 2017-2018 se...

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Arun Ghosh; the love of music inspires me

Richard MureithiFebruary 23, 2017

Who is Arun Ghosh? Arun Ghosh is a jazz musician who plays the clarinet. I grew up in England but my family is from India originally. I started playing the rec...

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Full artist line up & ticketing details for Safaricom Jazz Festival 2017 released

James WamathaiFebruary 5, 2017

The full list of the musicians that will perform at this year's Safaricom Jazz Festival has been announced. The headliner, as we reported recently, will be Davi...

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Safaricom Jazz Festival 2017 will be on Feb 26 with saxophonist David Sanborn headlining

James WamathaiJanuary 13, 2017

This year's Safaricom Jazz Festival will be held on Sunday 26th February at the Kasarani Training Grounds. The annual jazz festival is now in its 4th year. Cel...

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The amazing Hugh Masekela will perform at Safaricom Jazz on August 12

James WamathaiJuly 20, 2016

The Safaricom Jazz series has brought to Kenya some celebrated names in Jazz and also exposed to Kenyan music lovers some amazing artists they didn't know. Some...

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Safaricom Jazz 2016 in pictures

Richard MureithiFebruary 26, 2016

For the longest time, i have wanted to attend one of the Safaricom Jazz events but somehow i never got the time. Last weekend i was finally able to attend one a...

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How Safaricom Jazz 2016 went down

Medrine NyamburaFebruary 22, 2016

Prior to attending the Safaricom Jazz Festival 2016, I wouldn't say that i ever cared much for Jazz. Mainly because Jazz to me was a man in a suit playing a sax...

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Why you should attend the Safaricom Jazz Festival with Branford Marsalis

James WamathaiFebruary 12, 2016

As we recently reported, the third Safaricom Jazz Festival will be going down on 21st February at the Safaricom Stadium in Kasarani. Launched in 2014, it has ho...

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Grammy Award winner Branford Marsalis to headline Safaricom Jazz Festival

Richard MureithiFebruary 1, 2016

The Safaricom Jazz Festival is back and will be going down on 21st February 2016. The main act this time around will be Branford Marsalis, a 3 time Grammy Award...

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Win tickets to the Nairobi #SafaricomJazz Lounge with Kirk Whalum and Norman Brown

Staff WriterDecember 1, 2015

Safaricom will on Thursday 3rd December host Nairobi edition of the Safaricom Jazz Lounge, with highly acclaimed Grammy Award Winners Kirk Whalum and Norman Bro...

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Salif Keita delivers a magnificent performance at Safaricom Jazz

Sally KahiuAugust 31, 2015

The Safaricom Jazz lounge took place last evening at a bedecked Bomas of Kenya. Security was tight and the check points to the venue itself were more stringent ...

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Winners of the tickets to Safaricom Jazz Lounge with Salif Keita

Staff WriterAugust 29, 2015

Below are the winners of the Safaricom Jazz Lounge with Salif Keita competition. The seven lucky readers who get a ticket each are: Student tickets Chr...

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Win tickets to Safaricom Jazz Lounge with Salif Keita

Staff WriterAugust 28, 2015

The Safaricom Jazz Lounge with Salif Keita is tomorrow 29th August 2015 at the Bomas of Kenya. The tickets to the event have however sold out and no tickets are...

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Salif Keita to headline Safaricom Jazz Concert on August 29

James WamathaiAugust 17, 2015

Kenyan music fans are in for treat as one of Africa's most celebrated musicians will be in town later this month as the headline artist for the first Safaricom ...

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Safaricom Jazz Concert with Jimmy Dludlu ticket winners

Lulu AkakiDecember 5, 2014

Earlier in the week we had announced that we would be giving away tickets to the Safaricom Jazz Concert with Jimmy Dludlu. All you neede to do was leave a c...

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Win tickets to the Safaricom Jazz Concert with Jimmy Dludlu

James WamathaiDecember 3, 2014

The Safaricom Jazz concert with Jimmy Dludlu is on Friday, 5th December 2014 at the Safaricom Kasarani Indoor Arena. For a chance to win free regular...

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Jimmy Dludlu to headline Safaricom Jazz Concert this Friday

James WamathaiDecember 2, 2014

Jazz artist Jimmy Dludlu will be the main act at the second Safaricom Jazz Concert that will be held on Friday 5th December at the Safaricom Kasarani Indoor...

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