Cairo Jazz Festival

Jazz enthusiasts headed to the heart of downtown at AUC Tahrir for the opening night of the 9th Cairo Jazz…

This October marks the eighth edition of the annual and on-its-way-to-being-iconic Cairo Jazz Festival. To be held at the American…

  It only makes sense that Brazilian musician Gilberto Gil is this year’s “Guest of Honor” at the fifth Cairo…

Many people are not aware of Egypt’s internationally recognized Free Jazz Ensemble, which was active during most of the second…

In 2007, I asked composer Amr Salah, the director of Cairo Jazz Festival, if he was trying to resist the…

For all those who’ve had their fill of revolution-themed songs and patriotic anthems, the Cairo Jazz Festival will be a…